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Computer Science & Systems Analysis
School of Engineering & Applied Science

Douglas Troy
Chair and Professor

OFFICE ADDRESS: 205M Benton, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056-1601

OFFICE PHONE: (513) 529-0350

EMAIL ADDRESS: troyda(at)muohio.edu

HOME PAGE: troyda.eas.muohio.edu

 

EDUCATION:

PhD. University of Waikato, Computer Science
MS Ohio State University, Computer Science
BS Miami University, Education (Mathematics)
Summa Cum Laude, General Honors

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

1999- present Professor and Chair,
Computer Science and Systems Analysis Department, Miami University
1995 - 1999 Graduate Program Director
Computer Science and Systems Analysis Department, Miami University
1988 - 1996 Associate Professor, Miami University
1983 - 1988 Assistant Professor, Miami University

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Association for Computing Machinery

 

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS:

Troy, D., Keller, D. S., Kiper, J., and Kerr, L., "First Year Engineering: Exploring Engineering through the Engineering Design Loop," Proceedings 38th ASEE-IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, October 2008, pp. T1A-1 - T1A-6.

Vanderbeek, J., Carson, A., and Troy, D., "Evolution of a Collaborative Model between Nursing and Computer Science Faculty and a Community Service Organization to Develop an Information System," CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, Vol. 26, No. 4, July/August 2008.

Troy, D., A. Carson, J. Vanderbeek and A. Hutton, “Enhancing Community-Based Disaster Preparedness with Information Technology, Disasters, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2008.

Burge, J. and D. Troy, “Rising to the Challenge: Using Business Case Studies in Software Engineering Education,” Proceedings of the 19th Conference on Software Engineering Education & Training, Turtle Bay, Hawaii, April, 2006, pp. 43 – 50. Hutton, A., D. Troy, J. Vanderbeek, and A. Carson, “CDIS Model,” IAEM Bulletin, Vol. 22, No. 10, October 2005. (Reprinted in Range of Motion, Vol. 2, No. 4, April, 2006.)

Morton, Y., Troy, D., and Pizza, G. “A state-based modeling approach to develop component-based control software for flexible manufacturing systems,” International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol 16, No 4-5, 2003.

Morton, Y., Troy, D., and Pizza, G. "An Approach To Develop Component-Based Control Software For Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings of 2002 American Control Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, May 8-10, 2002.

Morton, Y., Troy, D., and Pizza, G. "Incorporating Component-Based Control Software In Manufacturing Engineering Instruction," Proceedings of 2002 American Society of Engineering

"Approaches to Work Cell Programming Language Design," International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 2000, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 80-94 (Co-authors are Y. Dessouky, G. Hellstern, M. Ma, Z. Wang.)

"An ActiveX Control for Real-Time Computer Control," Dr. Dobbs Journal, February 1998, pp.94-99. (Co-author, C. Huddleston.)

"A Sustainable Fishing Simulation Using Mathematical Modeling and Database Access Through the World Wide Web", Crossroads (ACM Student Magazine), Fall, 1997, pp. 9-12. (Co-authors, V. Kapur and J. Oris.)

"An Approach for Developing Domain Specific CASE tools and its Application to Manufacturing Process Control", The Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 38, No. 2, August, 1997, 165-192. (Co-author R. McQueen)

"A Development Environment for Batch Process Control," Computers In Industry, 31, 1996, 61-84. (Co-author R. McQueen.)

"Replacing Generic Office Automation Tools with Domain Specific CASE Tools for Batch Process Manufacturing," In Proceedings of the IPC95 Conference, Detroit, Michigan, May, 1995, 131-142

"Object-Oriented Flexible Manufacturing at Miami University," In Proceedings of the International Conference on Object Oriented Manufacturing Systems, University of Calgary, May 1992, 358-363. (primary author)

Computing Fundamentals: UNIX Systems. 1990. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, MA, 212 pages.

The C Programming Language, Including ANSI C, Portability, and Software Engineering. 1989, Scott, Foresman, Inc., Glenview, IL, 545 pages. J. Kiper, co-author.

Complete C Language Programming for the IBM PC. 1986. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, MA. 505 pages.

 

MAJOR INTEREST AREAS:

Informatics for disaster response, software engineering tools and methods, including domain-specific methods and general systems thinking.