Bill Barge is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at TSU. On campus since 2002, Barge has taught courses in computers and applications, systems analysis and design, COBOL programming, Visual Basic programming, digital multimedia, wireless security, business algebra, college algebra, elements of mathematics, and statistics. He has a bachelor’s degree in applied science from Miami University, a master’s degree in business administration from Indiana University, and a master’s degree in computer information technology from Regis University. He is currently working on earning a Ph.D. in Technology Management at Indiana State University.  He has worked as a systems engineer, a systems analyst, a programmer, a systems consultant, small business owner, and a teacher in his field.  

Internal Accomplishments (service)

• Added/integrated hands-on learning exercises in the mathematics classroom
• Incorporated TabletPC into classroom
• Student Senate Faculty Advisor
• MSDN Academic Alliance
• Grader/Judge
  • TSU High School Math Contest, January 2008
  • TSU Science Fair, March 2008
• Committee Memberships
  • Honorary Degree Committee
• Benefits Committee

External Accomplishments/Activities

• Webmaster - Steuben County Industrial Guild
• IEEE Electro Information Technology Conference, Chicago, IL, May 2007
  • Presented paper, User Authentication at Cyberspots
  • Paper published in conference proceedings

Memberships in Organizations

• Member: American Statistical Association
• Member: IEEE
• Member: ACM
• Member: The Mathematical Association of America
• Pull-Handle Registrar: North American MGB Register
  • Registrar since March 1996
  • Submit two articles per year to be published in the NAMGBR journal, MGB Driver
• 4-H Judge–Electrical: Adams County 4H Fair, July 2007
• 4-H Judge–Electrical: Adams County 4H Fair, July 2008
• Praise Band: Fairview Missionary Church