CONTACTING DR. BARKER

Campus Address, Phone, and Email

Office Hours & Teaching Schedule

DR. BARKER'S

Classes and Labs

Education and Research Interests

Professional History

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

Publications

Presentations and CSEMS

USEFUL AND INTERESTING WEB PAGES

webCHARLIE

webOctave

Useful Web Addresses

Really-Interesting Stuff

Global Sustainability - The Story of Stuff

Misc.

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Common Questions And Answers For The First Day Of Classes

Classes - Spring 2009

1. ENT341, Electronics, 4.5-hours lecture and lab/week
2. ENT462 & ENT462W, Control Systems II, 4.5-hours lecture and lab/week
3. ENT465, Senior Design, 4.5-hours project work/week

Other Classes Previously Taught by Dr. Barker

• TEC313, Statistical Quality Control , 3-hours lecture/week
• TEC314, Electro-Mechanics , 4.5-hours/week including lectures and labs
• ENT300, Analytical Methods, 3-hours lecture/week
• ENT313W, Computer Methods, 3-hours lecture and lab per week
• ENT331, Electrical Circuits and Devices I, 2.25-hours lecture, 2.25-hours lab/week
• ENT332, Electrical Circuits and Devices II, 4.5-hours lecture or lab/week
• ENT335, Industrial Electronics , 4.5-hours/week including lectures and labs
• ENT342, Electrical Networks, by independent study, but normally 3-hours lecture/week
• ENT361, PLCs, 4.5-hours lab and lecture/week (previously ENT495 and ENT497)
• ENT461, Control Systems I, 4.5-hours/week including lectures and labs

• ENT342
• ENT461
• ENT462
• ENT361
• ENT341
  Professional History
  • Associate Professor at Buffalo State College, since Fall 1999
  • Assistant Professor at Buffalo State College, Fall 1995 to Spring 1999
  • Industrial Experience: ten years in the aerospace industry in Southern California designing and simulating satellite control systems
  • Prior University Teaching Experience: five years at the University of Wyoming teaching electrical engineering courses
  • Prior Community College Teaching Experience: eight years in Wyoming teaching physics and pre-engineering
  • Degrees: BA Physics (1969), MS Physics (1972), Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (1984).
  • Member of ASEE
  Current Interests in Education and Research
  • Educational Interests:
    • Global sustainability.
    • Improving Algebra Skills of Engineering Technology Students using the TI-89.
    • Educational Uses of Linux,
    • MBTI Personality-Model Utilization,
  • Research Interests:
    • Systems that promote global sustainability.
    • Industrial Automation.
    • PID Controller Tuning.
  • The web contains many MATLAB tutorials.

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