Richard Eckhart, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Department of Engineering & Computer Science

Richard Eckhart, PhD, has over 50 years of combined industrial, business, and academic experience. With degrees through the doctoral level in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University and Penn State University, he has held industrial positions with several well-known corporations including Monsanto, Exxon, Honeywell, Parsons, and SimSci. In addition, he has been on the faculties of a number of colleges and universities including Azusa Pacific University, Penn State, Villanova, UCLA, University of Maryland, Cal State Fullerton, California National University, CALCampus, and Northcentral University in both the online and face-to-face environments.
Eckhart has experience as an applications software developer using Visual Basic, Oracle, FORTRAN, BASIC, and C/C++ programming languages. He specializes in mathematical modeling, steady-state and dynamic simulation, process control, and custom applications software development. He is an experienced site developer and a Registered Professional Engineer.

Education

PhD, Chemical Engineering, Penn State University
MS, Chemical Engineering, Penn State University
BS, Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University

Academic Area

School of Humanities and Sciences

Expertise

Steady-state and dynamic simulation
Numerical methods
Mathematics
Mathematical modeling
Computer applications
Applied math

Courses Taught

MSIT 540 – Client/Server Applications Development
MSIT 555 – Graphical User Interfaces