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Software Engineering Status Report

Spring 2008

The search continues for an additional CS faculty member.

Wendy Adrian begins working as an administrative/office assistant for the department.

We are finalizing the requirements for an advisory committee for the computer science and software engineering programs.

We are beginning our ABET self study. Two faculty members will be attending an ABET Best Practices Symposium in April

We are working on plans to offer courses and training programs at the Lebanon, VA Technology Center. These programs will initially be aimed to meet the needs of CGI and Northrop Grumman employees.

Current Classes:

• Sweg 213 Software Construction Technology - 3 students
• Sweg 221 Testing, Verification, and Validation - 5 students
• Sweg 321 Software Quality Assurance - 2 students
• Sweg 322 Software Requirements and Modeling - 4 students
• Sweg 323 Software Configuration Management - 5 students

Fall 2007

Faculty Search

We published an ad for a CS faculty member. The department will start evaluating the applications in December.

Software Engineering Articulation Agreements With Local Community Colleges

We have met with representatives of each of the the three local community colleges - Mountain Empire, Southwest, and Virginia Highlands. We are looking over proposals and working out the details.

Virginia IT Workforce Summit

Two department members attended the summit in Culpeper. The discussions were all about how to improve enrollment in IT education programs.

Student Exchange Agreement with University in the UK

We are in the process of signing an agreement for a student exchange program for software engineering students with the University of Glamorgan in Wales. Andrew Ware, Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Glamorgan, visited Wise in August. Representatives from Wise are supposed to travel to Wales in October to formally sign the agreement.

Down the Road Toward ABET Accreditation

This semester we begin the process of gaining accreditition for both Computer Science and Software Engineering. Three members of the department are attending an accreditation workshop on Oct 5.

Software Engineering Advisory Committee

We are beginning work to establish a committee of educators and professionals who will provide advice and guidance for the program.

Software Quality and Testing Lab

We are in the initial stages of creating a software testing laboratory.

New Faculty

Frank Xu (SE) and Daniel Ray (CS) begin teaching courses.

Courses

• Sweg 179 Engineering Leadership - 13 students
• Sweg 213 Software Construction Technology - 5 students
• Sweg 221 Software Testing - 3 students
• Sweg 279 Engineering Economics - 5 students

Current Staffing

• 3 ½ Computer Science Faculty
• 1 Open Computer Science Faculty Position
• 2 Software Engineering Faculty
• 2 Technical Support Staff
• 2 Open Technical Support Positions

Summer 2007

New Software Engineering Faculty

Weifeng (Frank) Xu was hired during the summer and will begin teaching in the fall. He has a Ph.D. from North Dakota State University (NDSU) along with several years of experience in software development.

Spring 2007

New Faculty

Abrar Qureshi (SE) begins teaching.

Daniel Ray is hired in Computer Science to replace the retiring Ross Grable. Daniel received his PhD from The University of Alabama.

And the search continues for more faculty.

New Full-time Technical Staff

Josh Moore starts work as department Webmaster and Academic Software Support Technician. Josh has a BS in Computer Science from UVa-Wise.

Metting with architects about plans for new computer labs that are part of the renovation plans for the old science building.

Courses

• Sweg 213 Software Construction Technology - 4 students
• Sweg 221 Software Testing - 3 students

These students are CS majors who are either switching majors or are taking the courses as electives.

Fall 2006

Faculty Search Continues

Abrar Qureshi is hired as the college's first software engineering faculty member. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). He also has over ten years of experience with General Electric. He will start in the spring.

New Full-time Technical Staff

Jim Stewart is hired as the department's Computer Systems Administrator. Jim has a BS in Computer Information Systems from UVa-Wise. He manages the department's 130+ computer workstations and servers.

Courses

Sweg 179 Engineering Leadership is taught for the first time this semester. Steve Brooks from Thompson and Litton is teaching the course. He has nine students.

Spring 2006

Software Engineering Degree Approved

The Board of Visitors of the the University of Virginia approves the degree program in February. The State Council (SCHEV) approves the program in March.

Begin Faculty Search

We are late getting started so it isn't surprising that we don't find anyone.

Fall 2005

New Software Engineering Proposal

Based on the work and discussions that had been ongoing, we decided that we were ready to create a new program in software engineering. The computer science faculty consulted the ACM/IEEE Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering and, in record time, put together a program. The program consists of a mix of existing math, science, and computer science courses, along with about ten new courses in engineering and software engineering.

The Faculty Senate and, soon after, the UVA-Wise College Board approves the new program.