Incorporating Biometrics Technology into a Sophomore Level General Education Course

Dr. Shane Cotter came to Union College in August 2005 and is an associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He teaches courses in introductory digital logic, digital design, signal processing, and computer networking. Dr. Cotter’s principal research interests are in the areas of speech and image processing, wireless communications, computer networking, and biological signal processing. Prior to joining Union College, he was a visiting assistant professor in the ECE Department at the University of Miami for the 2004-2005 academic year. Dr. Cotter worked at Nokia Mobile Phones as a senior design engineer between 2002 and 2004 in the DSP/Audio group on speech codec implementation and phone acoustic properties. Dr. Cotter received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on Digital Signal Processing from the University of California at San Diego in 2001 and 1998 respectively. He received his undergraduate degree in Electronic Engineering from University College Dublin in 1994.