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Dr. Steven H. VanderLeestDr. Steven H. VanderLeest
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department Chair

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Office: SB142

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Educational background

B.S.E. with electrical concentration, Calvin College (1988)
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Michigan Technological University (1991)
Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois (1995)

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Dr. VanderLeest obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1995. While working on his doctoral degree he was a graduate research assistant at the Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing at the University of Illinois at Urbana. He has been a graduate teaching assistant at Michigan Technological University. He has participated in the Outstanding Student Summer Program in Engineering and Science at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.

Professional experience

VanderLeest has consulted with Tandem Computers, Inc. in the area of performance evaluation; Smiths Aerospace in the areas of digital design, software engineering, intranet web development, and ASIC design; and for Laser Alignment in areas of laser and direction control. He is a partner and Vice-President of Research & Development at DornerWorks, Ltd, a company started by one of his former students, specializing in embedded systems engineering for safety-critical domains.

Publications

Dr. VanderLeest has published a number of papers in the area of I/O performance measurement and evaluation. Recent research work has focused more on novel methods of engineering for safety-critical
designs, including DO-254 hardware and DO-178B software development. He has also published numerous times in the Christian Engineering Education Conference as well as the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) proceedings. He is an officer of the Liberal Education Division and the Multidisciplinary Engineering Division of the ASEE.

Memberships

He is a member of the steering committee for the Christian Engineering Education Conference (CEEC) and was general chair of their most recent conference.

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