Faculty and Staff

Dr. Tim E. Roden

Associate Professor and Department Head
Office: MCS 205A
Phone: (325) 942-2101, ext. 212
Home Page: http://www.cs.angelo.edu/~troden
Joined ASU: 2007
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Education

• B.S. (1989) Computer Science, Angelo State University
• M.S.C.S. (1995) Computer Science, University of Texas at Arlington
• Ph.D. (2005) Computer Science, University of North Texas

Teaching Experience

• Angelo State University, Associate Professor, 2007 - present
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Assistant Professor, 2005-2007
• University of North Texas, Lecturer, 2001-2005
• Angelo State University, Assistant Instructor, Spring 1990

Professional Memberships

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IEEE Computer Society
• Association for Computing Machinery
• ACM Special Interest Group on Graphics
• International Game Developers Association
  

Areas of Specialization

• Game Development
• Computer Graphics
• Software Engineering
• Artificial Intelligence

Selected Publications

• T. Roden and J. Etheredge, "Educating Game Programmers", Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Game Development in Computer Science Education, Orlando, FL, pp. 82-86, February 22-25, 2007.
• T. Roden, I. Parberry, and D. Ducrest, "Toward Mobile Entertainment: A Paradigm for Narrative-Based Audio Only Games", Science of Computer Programming, Vol. 67, Issue 1, June 2007.
• T. Roden and I. Parberry, "Procedural Level Generation", Game Programming Gems 5, Charles River Media, pp. 579-588, March 2005.

Dr. Mark B. Motl

Professor
Office: MCS 205M
Phone: (325) 942-2101, ext. 216
Home Page: http://www.cs.angelo.edu/~mmotl/
Joined ASU: 1990
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Education

• B.S. (1983) Mathematics, Angelo State University
• M.C.S. (1985) Computer Science, Texas A&M University
• Ph.D. (1990) Computer Science, Texas A&M University

Teaching Experience

• Angelo State University, Professor, Fall 2004 to present
• Angelo State University, Associate Professor, Fall 1998 to Summer 2004
• Angelo State University, Assistant Professor, Sprng 1991 to Summer 1998
• Angelo State University, Instructor, Fall 1990

Professional Memberships

• Association for Computing Machinery
• Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• TeX Users Group

Areas of Specialization

• Programming Languages
• Literate Programming
• Digital Typography
• Operating Systems

Dr. Mark B. Crouch

Associate Professor
Office: MCS 205G
Phone: (325) 942-2101, ext. 215
Home Page: http://www.cs.angelo.edu/~mcrouch/
Joined ASU: 2001
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Education

• B.M.Ed. (1969) Music Education, Texas Tech University
• M.M.Ed. (1972) Music Education, Texas Tech University
• B.S. (1978) Computer Science, University of Texas at Tyler
• M.B.A. (1985) Management, Angelo State University
• Ed.D. (2001) Higher Education Administration, Texas Tech University

Professional Memberships

• Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA)
• Association for the Institute of the Certification of Computer Professionals (AICCP)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)

Areas of Specialization

• Computer Science
• Management Information Systems

Dr. Rob LeGrand

Assistant Professor
Office: MCS 205I
Phone: (325) 942-2101, ext. 217
Home Page: http://www.cs.angelo.edu/~rlegrand/
Joined ASU: 2009
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Education

• B.S. (1998) Computer Science, Texas A&M University
• M.C.S. (1999) Computer Science, Texas A&M University
• Ph.D. (2008) Computer Science, Washington University

Professional Memberships

• Association for Computing Machinery

Areas of Specialization

• Computational social choice
• Multi-agent systems
• CS theory
• Compilers and languages

Beth Niehues

Instructor
Office: MCS 205E
Phone: (325) 942-2101, ext. 214
Home Page: http://www.cs.angelo.edu/~bniehues
Joined ASU: 2007
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Education

• B.S. (1988) Computer Science, Angelo State University
• M.S.C.S. (1990) Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas
  

Area of Specialization

• Computer Science

Troi Middleton

Office Coordinator
Office: MCS 205
Phone: (325) 942-2101, ext. 211
Joined ASU: 1988
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Education

• San Angelo Business College, San Angelo
• Rotan High School, Rotan, Texas, 1971

Community Activities

• Sierra Vista United Methodist Church
• Safe Kids Coalition
• Member, USTA and Concho Valley Tennis Association
  

Hobbies

• Tennis
• Crossword Puzzles
• Sudoku Puzzles