Dr. Ronald Uhlig

Dr. Ron Uhlig is currently Chair, Department of Engineering, Data and Computer Sciences, National University School of Technology and Engineering, College of Business, Engineering and Technology, and Academic Program Director for the BS in Manufacturing Design Engineering Technology. From 2010-2014, he served as Dean, NU School of Business and Management. He returned to the engineering faculty in 2014 as Academic Program Director for the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science program, responsible for the successful effort to secure ABET accreditation for that program. During 2005-2010 he served the School of Engineering and Technology in multiple positions including Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, and Academic Program Director for the Master of Science in Wireless Communications; as well as Principal Investigator for two Hewlett-Packard Technology for Teaching grants. He teaches courses in cybersecurity, engineering management, engineering economics, technology and globalization, and computer ethics. From 2000-2005, he was President/CEO, SegWave, Inc., an educational technology systems company he founded. Previous positions include Vice President for Russia and CIS Countries, Qualcomm Inc., 1995-99, with offices in San Diego and Moscow, Russia and multiple positions with Northern Telecom and Bell-Northern Research in Ottawa, Canada and Richardson, TX during 1978-1995, including Director, Intelligent Network Solutions and Director, Asia/Pacific Strategic Marketing. He is one of several “Fathers of email”; based on work he did with the US Army and DARPA in the 1970s and several international committees he chaired during 1979-91. Those committees and other interests have taken him to more than 100 countries globally. He had nationwide responsibility for US Army Materiel Command scientific & engineering computing, 1969-78, pioneering many applications in what has become today’s Internet, and he served as a US Army Officer in the Office of the Chief of Staff, in the Pentagon, 1966-1968. He holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Maryland. He received the National University Distinguished Teaching Award (Teacher of the Year) in 2016. He is the recipient of a Gold Medal from the International Telecommunications Academy for sustained contributions to telecommunications; the Silver Core from the International Federation for Information Processing; and the Founders Award from the International Council for Computer Communications. He was also awarded the Army Commendation Medal. He served as a member of the Steering Committee for Project Inkwell.

Memberships

• American Society for Engineering Education
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Int'l Federation for Information Processing Technical Committee on Comm Systems
• Internet Society
• International Telecommunications Academy

Publications

• Uhlig, Ronald P., Jawad, Shatha, Zamora Philip, And Niven Elizabeth. (June 26, 2024). Ethical Use of Generative AI in Engineering: Assessing Students and Preventing them from Cheating Themselves. ASEE 2024 Proceedings, Protland, OR.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (February 15, 2024). Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in the Classroom. BEEC 2024.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (June 27, 2023). Student Use of Artificial Intelligence to Write Technical Engineering Papers – Cheating or A Tool to Augment Learning?. Proceedings - ASEE 2024, Baltimore, MD.


• Shatha K. Jawad, Ronald P. Uhlig, Bhaskar Sinha, Mohammad N. Amin, Pradip Peter Dey. (August 01, 2018). Multithread Affinity Scheduling Using a Decision Maker. Asian Journal of Computer and Information Systems.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (August 06, 2018). Enriching Responsiveness to Enhance Student Learning in Online Courses. Proceedings of the 2018 Hawaii Universities Intern.


• Dey, P., Uhlig, R., Al Any, L. Amin, M., Sinha, B., And Badkoobehi, H.. (December 29, 2017). Managing Sustainable Development. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (August 01, 2017). Enhancing Student Collaboration for Improved Learning. Journal of Modern Education Review (JMER.


• Mehta, K., & Uhlig, R. (January 10, 2017). Business Administration and Computer Science Degrees: Earnings, Job Security, and Job Satisfaction. American Journal of Business Education, First Quar.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (April 23, 2016). Powerful Small Group Project Presentations to Improve Engagement in Online Computer Science Courses. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineerin.


• Ronald P. Uhlig And Kamlesh Mehta. (March 01, 2016). Computer Science Graduates: Teaching Innovations, Earnings and Reducing the Shortfall. Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching.


• Dey, P., Uhlig, R., Sinha, B. Amin, M., Zhang, L., Badkoobehi, H., Al Any, L, & Gonzales, R.. (March 17, 2016). Ethics in Technological Fields. International Journal of Computer Science and Elec.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (June 27, 2015). Computer Science Degree or Business Degree-Which Has the Highest Potential?. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference o.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (April 10, 2015). Mapping between Computer Science Program Educational Outcomes, University Mission, and Student Outcomes. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineerin.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (March 01, 2015). The Value of Business Education: A Case Study of Business Administration Graduates of a Large University. Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Sprin.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (July 01, 2011). Enhancing Learning and Engagement in Engineering Classes.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (August 01, 2010). Agile Response to Rapid Changes in Masters Program Student Demography.


• Radhakrishnan, B. Sinha, B, And Uhlig, R.. (n.d.). Blockchain Technology Enabling Sustainable Development, Verification and Approval. Journal - Advances in Humanities & Social Sciences.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (n.d.). Computing and Telecommunications Convergence: Armageddon, Nirvana or …?. Proceedings of ISDSI 2019.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (n.d.). Generating Student Interest in Quantum Computing. 2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference.


• Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig. (n.d.). The Promise and Threat of Quantum Computing. 13th Annual ISDSI Conf., 2019 Bhubaneswar, India.

Presentations

• (2018-09-20). The Profound Impact of Computing and Telecommunications on the Global Economy. Invited Inaugural Lecture of the Dr. Pramode Verma Endowed Lecture Series on Telecommunications. University of Oklahoma, Tulsa.
• (2016-03-16). Powerful Small Group Project Presentations to Improve Engagement in Online Computer Science Courses. National University Spring Symposium. San Diego.
• (2015-03-18). Safe Single Sign On - Practicing What We Teach. National University Faculty - Spring Symposium. San Diego, CA.