Introduction of a Digital Logic Project in a First-Year Honors Engineering Course

Stuart A. Long was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 6, 1945 and completed his secondary education in Snyder, Texas. He was granted the B.A. (magna cum laude) and M.E.E. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rice University, Houston, Texas, in 1967 and 1968, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1974. He was employed as an Aerosystems Engineer in the antenna design group of General Dynamics, Ft. Worth, Texas, from 1968 to 1969. From 1970 to 1974 he was a Teaching Fellow and Research Assistant in applied mathematics and applied physics at Harvard University. He was also a Research Assistant at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories, Los Alamos, New Mexico, for the summers of 1970 and 1971. In 1974 he joined the faculty at the University of Houston, and served as Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1984 to 1995 and from 1998 to 1999 and as Associate Dean of the College of Engineering from 1995 to 1998, and again from 2000 to 2008. He was Interim Dean of the Honors College in 200809. He also serves as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Research and the Honors College, and in this role oversees the undergraduate research programs for the entire campus. He is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a registered Professional Engineer. In 2010-2011 he served as Interim Vice Chancellor/Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer. His research interests are in the broad area of applied electromagnetics and more specifically in microstrip and dielectric resonator antennas. His most recent work has been focused on broadband dielectric resonator antennas and on the use of existing structures to serve as radiators for wireless communications systems. Over the past several years Dr. Long has also begun a program designed to increase the number of graduates in engineering. Among these are GRADE Camps which bring high school girls to campus during the summer, the RET program which allows high school teachers to be involved in research, the REU program which involves undergraduates in research activities, the WIE-UH program which forms a community for female engineering students, and Redshirt Camps that aid in the retention of currently enrolled students. These programs are sponsored by NSF and the State of Texas.