Herbert L. Dershem
Career Vita
Education:
B.S., Mathematics, University of Dayton, 1965
M.S., Computer Science, Purdue University, 1967
Ph.D., Computer Science, Purdue University, 1969
Awards
NDEA Fellow, Purdue University, 1965-1967
Honeywell Corporation Fellow, Purdue University, 1968-1969
Project COMPUTe, Dartmouth College, Summer Fellow,
1974
NASA/ASEE, Goddard Space Flight Center, Summer Fellow, 1976
Provost’s
Award for Outstanding Teaching, Hope College, 2002
Outstanding Greek Advisor, Hope College, 2003
Herb Dershem Summer
Research Fund, 2009
Provost's
Award for Service to the Academic Program, 2010
Positions Held
Hope
College
(11)
Assistant Professor, 1969-1974
Associate Professor, 1974-1982
Professor, 1982-2009
Chair, Department of Computer Science, 1975-2003
Interim Director of Computer Services, 1984
Director, Computer Science Summer Institute, 1985-1986
Director, Computer Science Summer Research Program, 1992-2003
Director, CSEMS Scholarship Program, 2004-2010
Interim Dean for Natural Science, 2005
Director of Institutional Research, 2007-present
Director, S-STEM
Scholarship Program, 2008-2011
Interim Dean for Natural & Applied Sciences,
2012
External (16)
University of Dayton Computer Center, part-time systems and
applications programmer, 1961-1965
University of Dayton Research Institute, numerical analyst,
summer 1965-1967
Project COMPUTe Dartmouth College,
Summer Research Fellow, 1974
CONDUIT, Series Editor, 1975-1985
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Summer Research Fellow, 1976
Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Summer Research Scientist,
1977
Oak Ridge Science Semester, GLCA Faculty Director, 1977
Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Visiting Scientist, 1978
University of Tennessee, Visiting Honorary Associate
Professor, 1978
Boston University, Professor of Overseas Program, 1982-1983
Harcourt Brace Publisher, Consulting Editor, 1984
United States Air Force Academy, Distinguished Visiting
Professor, 1993-1994
Council for Undergraduate Research, Councilor, 1994-2000
Advanced Placement, Computer Science Reader, 1995, 1997, 1999
United States Open University, Computer Science Advisory
Committee, 2000-2001
ABET, Program Evaluator, 2003-2007
Professional
Activities
Hope College
Board and Committee Assignments:
24 assignments, 51 years (Chair 9 assignments, 16 years)
Faculty Advisor at Hope College:
Department Student Organization 16 years, Greek Student Organization 7 years,
Programming Team Coach 8 times
Research students supervised: 164 projects
External
Conference Leadership:
13 conferences
Consultant (37 Assignments)
Business and Industry:
23
Education: 14
External Reviews: 30
campuses visited
Invited Presenter/Participant: 12
NSF Review Panels: 13 panels
Public presentations: Total
153
Community: 20
Conference: 31
Education: 48
Hope College: 31
Other Institutions: 24
External Grant Proposals
Funded: 18 projects for $3,230,474
15 projects
for $2,018,639 as PI
4 projects
for $1,211,835 as co-PI
Not Funded: 11 projects for $2,857,088
8 projects
for $1,679,566 as PI
3 projects
for $1,177,522 as co-PI
Pending: none
Total proposals submitted: 29 for $6,087,562
23 projects
for $3,698,205 as PI
7 projects
for $2,389,357 as co-PI
Publications: Total 41
Papers: 26
Chapters: 2
Books: 4
Software: 1
Technical Reports: 3
Monographs: 3
Editor of Proceedings: 1
Consulting Editor of Textbook: 1
Reviews: Total 296
Papers: 196
Books: 30
Posters:46
Research Projects: 13
Proposals: 8
Software: 3
Courses Taught: Total: 89 courses, 330 offerings, 5049 students, 73
courses designed
Central Michigan: 1982-1984(Graduate) 1 course, 5
offerings, 100 students
Boston University Overseas Program: 1982-1983 (Graduate) 6
courses, 12 offerings, 140 students, 6 designed
Western Michigan University: 1988-1990 (Graduate) 1 course, 2
offerings, 25 students
United States Air Force Academy: 1993-1994 3 courses, 4
offerings, 76 students, 1 designed
United States Open University: 2001-2002 2 courses, 4
offerings, 14 students
Other External Courses: 7 courses, 12 offerings, 108 students,
7 designed
Hope College: 1969-2009 69
courses, 291 offerings, 4,586 students, 59 courses designed
Personal
Annual Evaluations
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Contracts & Appointments
Remembrances
from Alumni
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