Students in sections of Dr. Pulimood’s CSC 415: Software Engineering class have collaborated with Mercer Street Friends, a community food bank based in Trenton, to upgrade their information systems as part of a semester-long software engineering project.

The project, co-created by Dr. Pulimood and Dr. Kevin Michels (School of Business), tasks students with designing applications that can streamline Mercer Street Friends’ information systems and help keep track of community volunteers, donations, and families that benefit from Mercer Street Friends’ work.

For more information, please see TCNJ’s official news posting. 

Sharif Mohammad Shahnewaz Ferdous (Assistant Professor of Computer Science) is a computer scientist specializing in virtual reality, augmented reality, and game development.  He received his bachelor’s degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Computer Science and Engineering and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at San Antonio. His research interests focus on using virtual reality and gaming to help improve quality of life for people with special needs.  In particular, his dissertation focused on improving postural stability in virtual and augmented reality for people with balance impairments.  He is experienced in interdisciplinary research activities and collaborates with kinesiologists, health care professionals, and first responders.  He has published in peer-reviewed conferences, served as a program committee member in international workshops, and applied for a U.S. patent based on his work.

Personal interest: Dr. Shahnewaz Ferdous likes to play soccer. His favorite team is Barcelona and he follows most of their matches.

John DeGood (Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science) is a computer scientist specializing in real-time embedded systems and computer security.  He received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry followed by graduate study in Electrical Engineering at the Missouri University of Science of Technology.  He spent the next 19 years in R&D (research and development) at Hewlett-Packard (now Agilent) helping develop three generations of gas chromatography products.  He proposed and led the development of Agilent’s first PC-based chromatography data acquisition and analysis product line.  While at Agilent, John earned a Master of Science in Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware.  He then spent eight years at Sarnoff Corporation (now SRI International) in a broad range of research including software defined radio, ad hoc networking, and high-performance computing.  He then joined the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories where he performed government-funded computer security research for 15 years. John was an adjunct professor of Computer Science at TCNJ in the 2017-2018 academic year.

Personal interests:

• Yoga Instructor: John teaches weekly power vinyasa yoga classes at 2 area yoga studios
• Cooking: like most chemists, John loves to cook. He bakes homemade yeast and sourdough breads and homemade pie crusts. He also craft brews a variety of ale styles and home roasts green coffee beans.
• Bicyclist: League of American Bicyclists Instructor, MS City to Shore Planning Team member and 14-year MS City to Shore rider
• Amateur Radio: antenna modeling and design, digital communication modes, FCC Volunteer Examiner

The registration period for Fall 2018 courses is April 3 – 13, 2018.  Some seats have been reserved for CS majors in all CSC courses.  Please review the registration newsletter for additional information on options courses offered this semester.

After your registration window opens, if the class you need is closed, put yourself on the wait-list using the Qualtrics form below.

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We will not be signing students into courses until Monday, April 16, after the registration window closes. Please do not email the department for updates before this time.   We will enroll students into any unfilled seats in order, based on their registration times and time they registered on the wait list.

Please be sure that your intended course does not conflict with a course in your current schedule, and that you are willing to drop conflicting courses to make the change.  If you have a full course load or time conflict and do not indicate courses to drop on your wait-list submission, your submission will be disregarded.

As always, please have a back-up plan in case you are not able to get into your preferred courses.