Resume for Patrick R. Michaud

TITLE

Director of Software Development and Tidal Analysis
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

DEGREES RECEIVED

Ph.D., University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1990

M.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1988

B.S., Corpus Christi State University, 1986

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

• Conrad Blucher Institute, Tidal Analysis & Software Design Consultant, 1991-present.
• Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, 1990-present.
• Financial Data Systems, Corpus Christi, TX Software Design/Networking Consultant, 1992-1993
• Executive Systems Incorporated, Lafayette, LA, Project Leader, Hypermedia Software Design and Implementation, 1988-1990
• University of Southwestern Louisian, Lafayette, LA, Research Associate, USL NASA Project, 1987-1990
• Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, TX, System Administrator/Laboratory Assistant, 1984-1986.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEE/CS)

Member, USENIX Association

AWARDS

The Center for Advanced Computer Studies, Outstanding Service Award, 1988.

University of Southwestern Louisiana, Fellowship Recipient, 1986-1990.

Corpus Christi State University, Warren Scholarship Recipient, 1984-1987.

Member, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Del Mar College, 1984.

Member, Alpha Chi Honor Society, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 1992.

INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE

Automated tide monitoring and analysis
User interface design and evaluation
Object-Oriented Systems, Languages, and Applications
Geographical Information Systems
Environmental databases
Remote sensing
Computer Graphics, X-Window System
UNIX Programming, System Administration, and Network Administration
Hypermedia Systems
The Perl Programming Language
The C Programming Language
The C++ Programming Language