Faculty Profile: Stephen T. Frezza

Accreditations

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
IEEE-Computer Society Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) # 0088 May 2001-May 2013.

Educational History

• Post-Graduate work in Pastoral Studies, Aug. 2009-Present, Gannon University
• Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering, Dec. 1995, University of Pittsburgh.  Dissertation: “Requirements-Based Design Evaluation Methodology.” Advisor: Prof. Steven P. Levitan.
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Apr. 1991, University of Pittsburgh. MS Thesis: “SPAR: A Schematic Place and Route System.” Advisor: Prof. Steven P. Levitan.
• Post-Graduate work in Computer Science, Aug.-Dec. 1987, University of Pittsburgh
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering cum laude Apr. 1985, University of Pittsburgh

Professional Experience

Academic Experience (1995-present):

• Professor of Software Engineering, Gannon University, Aug. 2012 – present.
• Vice-President (President Elect) Faculty Senate (May 2012 - May 2013)
• Associate Professor of Software Engineering, Gannon University, Jul. 2005 – Aug. 2012.
• Chair, University Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee, Jul. 2009 – Jul. 2011.
• Department Chair Computer & Information Science Dept., Gannon University, Jul. 2005 – Jun. 2009.
• Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Gannon University, Aug. 2001 – Jun. 2005.
• Acting Department Chair: Computer and Information Science Dept., Gannon University, Jan. 1997 – May 1998.
• Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Gannon University, Aug. 1995 – Aug. 2001.

Industrial Experience (1995-present):

• Software Development Lead, Immersimap, LLC., Erie, PA; May 2008- Present. Lead the software development for a homeland security information system involving distributed 360^o-video capture, storage and deployment. Included support for system and software design, quality planning, code construction, testing, production support and project management.
• Embedded Software Lead, Airborn-Lake City, inc., Lake City, PA; April 2010 ; Dec. 2004- Aug. 2008.  Dec. 2011-Present. Lead the software development and modifications for an embedded controller for a prototype custom aircraft power supply. Included support for system design, software specifications, design, quality planning, code construction, testing, production support and project management.
• Software Development Lead, PSI Medical, LLC., Erie, PA; Jan 2010- Dec 2012. Lead the software development for a medical information system to collect, track and provide alerts for blood catheter information in clinical settings. Included support for system design, design, quality planning, code construction, testing, deployment, production support and project management.
• Director, Keystone Software Development Institute, Gannon University.  Erie PA. .Jan. 2007- June 2008. Led the formation, funding and staffing of an institute for software development for supporting technology development and transfer.
• Software Development Lead, Precision Rehab Manufacturing, North East PA. May. 2007- June 2008. Lead the software prototyping and validation for a video-based  surface-mapping system involving o support . Included project planning, customer management and support for system validation, , code construction, and testing.
• Chief Technology Officer, Electronic Source Documentation, Inc., Erie, PA; Jan. 2003 – Aug. 2005.
  Support in the development of entrepreneurial software to support computer-based medical records to support pharmaceutical studies.
• IT Development Lead, Beata Clinical Research Services, Inc., Erie, PA; Mar. 2002 – Jan. 2003.
  Lead a team of interns in the development of entrepreneurial software to support computer-based medical records to support pharmaceutical studies.
• Mentor for IMGP Graduate Students, GE Transportation Systems, Erie, PA; Jan. 2000 – Jul. 2003.
  Guided four full-time graduate students’ work in IT development, including eServices and infrastructure work with General Electric Transportation Systems. Included on-site and on-campus (recruiting, guidance, etc.) work.
• eServices Lead Analyst, GE Transportation Systems, Erie, PA;  Jun. 2000 – Jul. 2003.
  Supported eServices initiatives to enable integrated delivery of product software and software configuration tracking for 5000+ locomotives.  Included development of system and software requirements for electronic locomotive performance specifications and automated software configuration health checks.
• Software Process Consultant, GE Transportation Systems, Erie, PA; Sept. 1998- June 2001.
  Supported efforts in software process improvement, including the training and implementation of Formal Technical Reviews, software estimation and tracking, software metrics, TickIT and ISO 9000 support. Included development of web-enabled tools to support process changes, development of in-house standards and templates, prototype modeling. Sept. 1998- June 2001.
• Industrial Trainer, Erie Insurance Group (EIG), Erie, PA; May-December 2002; March-August 2005.
  Provided custom short courses to support department-specific training initiatives:
   - Systems Analysis and Design, 20-hour on/off-site course primarily focused on UML application for practicing systems analysts. (2005)
  - Requirements Management for Business Analysts, 20-hour on-site custom course on requirements elicitation, documentation, modeling, analysis and review techniques. (2002)
• Industrial Trainer, GE Transportation Systems (GETS), Erie, PA; May 1996-Jun. 2001.
  Provided custom short- and long courses to support various GE Transportation Systems initiatives:
  - Formal Technical Reviews, including long and short courses for reviewers, moderators and readers (1999-2001)
  - Design for Six-Sigma, short course on modeling techniques to support DFSS training. Feb. 1998.
  - Software Testing, long course focusing on the fundamentals of software testing for embedded systems (1996)
• Mentor for ESGP Graduate Students, GE Transportation Systems, Erie, PA; Aug. 1997-May 2001.
  Guided graduate students’ work in embedded software systems (GETS). Aug. 1997-May 2001.

Professional Societies

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1984, Senior Member 2010.
• IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) 1986; Volunteer for Educational Activities Board (EAB), Nov. 2006 to present. Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Steering Committee member, 2011-present.
• ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), 1998
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 2012

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

• IEEE-Computer Society Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) # 0088 May 2001-May 2013.

Publications

Book Publications:

Frezza, S., Tang, M-H., and Brinkman, B., “Chapter XVI: How to Create a Credible Software Engineering Bachelor’s Program: Navigating the Waters of Program Development,” in Software Engineering: Effective Teaching and Learning Approaches and Practices, Heidi J. C. Ellis, Steven A. Demurjian, and J. Fernando Naveda, Eds., Idea Group Inc (IGI), 2008,  pp. 298-325, ISBN 978-1605661025.

Journal and Conference Publications

Weifeng Xu, Lin Deng, Qing Zheng, and Stephen Frezza, “Using stereo vision to construct 3-D surface models,” IEEE Potentials, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 31-37, March/April 2012, doi: 10.1109/MPOT.212.2182833

Weifeng Xu, and Stephen Frezza, “A Case Study: Integrating A Game Application-Driven Approach and Social Collaborations into Software Engineering,” in Proceedings of 13st International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS’2011), Beijing, China, June, 2011.

Weifeng Xu, William R. Betz, Stephen T. Frezza, and Wookwon Lee, “Letting Patients’ Daily Living Information Speak: A Novel Approach to Study Geriatric Patients with Dementia and Hypertension,” in Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, San Francisco, CA, October 2010. Paper awarded the Certificate of Merit for the International Conference in Modeling Health Advances 2010.  http://www.iaeng.org/WCECS2010/awards.html

Stephen T. Frezza, “Computer Science: Is It Really the Scientific Foundation for Software Engineering?” Computer, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 98-101, August 2010, doi:10.1109/MC.2010.224

Weifeng Xu, Ben Luebbert, Stephen Frezza, Sreela Sasi and Todd Dinner, “Building Customized Cushion Seats Using Stereo Visions for Disabled,” in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Technology : New Generations, Las Vegas, NV, April 2010

Eric D. Regan, Stephen T. Frezza, and Jeremy Cannell, “Product-Based Learning in Software Engineering Education”, in Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE'09), San Antonio TX, October 2009.

Stephen T. Frezza, “Deus Machinator: God the Engineer”, in Proceedings of Christian Engineering Educators Conference (CEEC’09), Waco, TX, June 2009.

Stephen T. Frezza, “‘Real World Problems’ as Assessment of Software Engineering”, WIP paper in Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE'07), Milwaukee, WI, October 2007.

Invited Presentations
Stephen T. Frezza, “A Facilitator’s bag of Tricks: Dealing with difficult stakeholders,” workshop presented to the August 2010 Project Manager’s Forum, Erie Insurance, Erie, PA, 31 August, 2010.

Stephen T. Frezza, and Mei-Huei Tang, “Testing as a Mental Discipline: Practical Methods for Affecting Developer Behavior,” workshop presented at the 2007 Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T ’07), Dublin, Ireland, 5 July, 2007.

Stephen Frezza, Andrew Getz, Mary Anne Rivera, “Re-visualizing the Mission of the Catholic University for the 21st Century,” presented at A City on a Hill: A Symposium on the Purpose and Identity of Catholic Higher Education, Steubenville, OH, April 19-22 2007.

Service

Gannon University

• Faculty Senate Vice President (2012-13)
• Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee (2006-Present); Chair (2009-11)
• Mission & Identity Council (2003-Present)