Michael J. Quinn

Dean of the College of Science and Engineering

Seattle University

Contact Information

Voice: (206) 296-5500

FAX: (206) 296-2179

Email: quinnm at this domain

U.S. mail:
      Seattle University
      College of Science and Engineering
      Dean's Office, Engineering 500
      901 12th Avenue, P.O. Box 222000
      Seattle, WA 98122-1090

Background

I've been Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Seattle University since September 2007. Before that, I was on the faculty at the University of New Hampshire for 6 years and at Oregon State University for 18 years.

Links

Follow this link to access the PowerPoint presentation, "Season Your Lectures with Active Learning." I gave this presentation on June 1, 2007 at the OSU Innovations in Science and Engineering Education Conference.

Follow this link to access a Web page containing links to interesting Web material related to computer ethics.

Follow this link to access a suite a 18 Java applets designed to help students learn fundamental concepts in computer science.

Follow this link to access source code appearing in the textbook Parallel Programming in C with MPI and OpenMP, published by McGraw-Hill in 2004.
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From time to time I give a colloquium on effective presentation techniques.
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Research and Publications

My academic life story, including most everything I've ever published, is summarized in my curriculum vitae. In particular, I've authored or co-authored seven books. My most recent books are:

• Computer Confluence: Tomorrow's Technology and You, 8th Edition, co-authored with George Beekman and published by Prentice-Hall in January 2007
• Ethics for the Information Age, Second Edition, published by Addison-Wesley in October 2005