Dawn Ellis

12550 Highway 58

Georgetown, TN 37336

Dawn-Ellis@utc.edu

Education:

Expected: Ph.D. Computational Engineering, May 2008 emphasis in user interface development. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN.

Advisors: Dr. Andrew Novobilski, Dr. Roger Briley

Master of Science in Computer Science, May 2003 emphasis in Internet Application Programming, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN.

Advisor: Dr. Stephanie Smullen

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, December 2000, with major in Information Systems, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN.

Advisor: B.C. Day

Associate of Science in Computer Science, May 1997, with major in Information Systems, Dalton College, Dalton, GA.

Advisor: Dr. James Head

Honors and Awards:

Laverne Thompson Memorial Award, April, 2000

IEEE Computer Society Service Award, April 2001

IEEE Computer Society Service Award, April 2003

Outstanding Computer Science Teacher, December 2004

Professional Experience:

August 2003 – Present

Instructor of Computer Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN. Responsible for the lecture and coordination of three sections of Fundamentals of Computer Science and two sections of Program Design and Data Structures.

February 2003 – Present

Consultant, Law Offices of Richard Banks and Associates, Cleveland, TN.

Design and development of a bankruptcy forms package with patented communications module.

August 2002 – May 2003

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN.

CPSC 160, Data Structures and Program Design using Java (undergraduate)

March 2002 – August 2002

Instructor, Community Development, Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN. Courses taught: Introduction to Windows (professional), Introduction to Microsoft Word (professional), Introduction to Microsoft Excel (professional), Intermediate Microsoft Excel (professional)

August 2001 – April 2002

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN.

January 2001 – May 2001

Graduate Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN.

March 1995 – August 2002

Partner, D&M Auto Glass Specialists, Rock Spring, GA.

Introduced a new company into the surrounding area by developing a customer base; negotiated with vendors to ensure the most competitive pricing.

February 1990 – February 1992

Software Specialist, Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL.

Responsible for the software maintenance and employee computer education for over 1,500 personal computers.

Technical Development Skills:

Programming Languages

C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, Perl, PHP, Python, OpenGL, Assembly for the Intel processor, LISP, Pascal, SQL, COBOL, xHTML, XML, CSS.

Operating Environments

UNIX/Linux, Windows 3.1/95/NT/2000/XP, MS-DOS

Special Platforms
Matlab, CLIPS Rule-based System

Publications

Conference Proceedings

1. Joseph Dumas, Andrew Novobilski, Dawn Ellis, and Mark Paschal. “VR on a Budget: Developing a Flight Simulator in a Small Institution with Off-the-shelf Hardware and Open Source Software”, Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual CCSC Southeastern Conference, 2002.

2. Dawn Ellis, “The Role of Technology in Academic Dishonesty”, Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Conference of the Tennessee Academy of Science.

Professional Societies and Activities

Chair, Chattanooga Chapter IEEE Computer Society, 2004-2006

Acting Branch Counselor, UTC Student Branch, IEEE Computer Society, 2003-2004.

Chair, UTC Student Branch, IEEE Computer Society, 2000-2001 and 2002-2003

Memberships:

Association of Computing Machinery

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IEEE Computer Society

TN Academy of Sciences