I have many interests in and around the area of Computer Science.  If you are interested in working with me on a Senior Project or Master's Thesis, check this list and see if you have interests in common with mine.  I am also happy to advise students on entirely new topics, but you need to educate me during your project or thesis after you convince me that the subject is a worthwhile pursuit.

Once you have made a decision that you'd like to work with me, you must write a proposal for my consideration.  The main vehicle for this is to take a course with me in a relevant subject area or to take a directed study course during the term before you intend to formally begin your Senior Project or Master's work.  Please review and consider my Senior Project Proposal or my Master's Thesis Proposal forms to begin making your plans and to guide your discussions with me.

Please check my research page and read a bit of my research interests and note my style.  It is good to know something about me and how I write when you approach me regarding a thesis or project.

I am especially interested in the following areas of advising:

Software Requirements:

• Software Requirements
  
• Safety-Critical Software Analysis (Leveson)
  
• Requirements Analysis as a Social Activity
• Legal Constraints as Software Requirements
• Software Requirements and Legal Contracts

Software Design:

• Software Design "in the large" (Winograd)
• User-Centered Design

Legal Issues and Software:

• Enfoceability of the GPL (GNU Public License)
• Shrink Wrap Licensing (as Agreement)
  

Small Satellites:

• Predictable de-orbiting CubeSat class Satellites
• Autonomous Networks through Constellations of Small Satellites
• Small Satellite Communications Subsystems (Command and Control)
• Ground Station Networks for Small Satellites

Software Engineering Education:

• Teaching Computing Ethics using Laboratory Courses
• Software Engineering Licensing Issues (and Curriculum)

Page last updated: March 2005