Dr. Mary Ellen Weisskopf Assistant Professor & Undergrad Curriculum Coordinator, Computer Science Contact 320 Sparkman DriveOlin B. King Technology HallRoom N300AHuntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map 256.824.6306weisskop@cs.uah.edu Biography Dr. Mary Ellen Weisskopf's Curriculum Vitae Education Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1989 M.S., Computer Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1980 B.S., Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, 1960 Honors & Awards Phi Beta Kappa Phi Kappa Phi Upsilon Pi Epsilon Catherine Cooper Cater Outstanding Graduate, 1989 (Awarded by the Alabama Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors) Outstanding Computer Science Graduate (M.S.), 1980 Outstanding Computer Science Graduate (Ph.D.), 1989 Affiliations Associate Chair, 1997 - present, Serve as acting chair in absence of chair, process undergraduate POS, graduation applications, etc., other duties as needed Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator, 1990-present, Responsible for course content, programmatic changes, evaluating transfer credits for equivalence, etc. Act as advisor to students who do not yet have an advisor; liaison to advisement centers. Math Lecturers' reappointment committees, 2005-present, Member University Judicial Board, 2005-2011, Member Program Committee, 42nd annual ACM Southeast conference, 2004, Member ABET accreditation review, 2008-2009 2003-2004 2008-2009 2014-2015, Participated in preparation of self-study document by writing responses to questions related to curriculum, student advising, similar topics. Coordinated preparation of files and displays Committee to select new chair of Computer Science Department, Spring 2000. Summer 2002, Chair Faculty Search Committee, 1995 - 2000, Member Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1991-present, chair Graduate Teaching Assistant training and supervision, 1993-present, Conduct organizational meetings for GTAs at beginning of each term; assign duties to GTAs; organize training sessions, etc. Expertise Operating Systems Distributed Systems Recent Publications Cox, G., Hughes, William E., Etzkorn, Letha H., and Weisskopf, Mary E., "Predicting Computer Science PhD Completion: A Case Study," IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 52, No. 1, Feb. 2009, pp.137-143. Refereed Carter, Donna M, Aygun, Ramazan, Cox, Glenn, Weisskopf, Mary Ellen, Etzkorn, Letha, "The Effect of Uncontrolled Concurrency on Model Checking," Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Vol20, Issue12, pp. 1419-1438, August 2008. Etzkorn, L.H., Gholston, S., Weisskopf, M.E., "A Study of Student Performance in Combined Courses," Journal of Information Systems Education, Vol 15 (2), July, 2004. Education Special Interest Group (EDSIG) of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) Lab Manual For CS 107, Lab Manual for CS 207. Published in-house, used from fall of 1994 through summer of 2001. Timothy S. Newman, Mary Ellen Weisskopf, and Malcolm Morrison, "CS 090: The Case for a Developmental Course in Computer Science", The Journal of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1999, pp. 15-33