Smith Professor of Computer ScienceOffice Location: Dunham Hall, Room 216
Telephone: 630-844-5539
Fax: 630-844-7830
Email Address: jgudenas@aurora.edu
Dr. Gudenas started doing research at Argonne National Laboratory designing computer-based systems for experiments in High Energy Physics. He moved to Argonne's Center for Environmental Studies and developed air quality models that allowed the State of Illinois to meet clean air standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency. He has presented his work concerning uncertain reasoning and object complexity to international audiences as far away as Japan. He is most noted for the development of the web site SciFair.org that helps millions of students with their science fair projects. Dr. Gudenas published one of the initial papers on introducing small robotics in the classroom. The Professor is currently working on fractal representation of high voltage arcs.
Education
Ph.D. Computer Science - Illinois Institute of Technology
M.S. Information Science - Illinois Institute of Technology
B.S. Physics - Illinois Benedictine
Areas of Specialization
Knowledge Engineering
Fuzzy Logic
Natural Science
Courses Taught
Natural Science
Science Foundations
Programming Languages
Software Engineering
Discrete Mathematics
Computer Organization
Database Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Highlights of Presentations, Honors and Professional Contributions
Journal for Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, University California Press, 2008
ACM, SICGSE 2007, Trends in Computer Science Capstone Courses
"Organizing for Research and Development in the 21st Century" Sponsored by NSF and DOE and developed by the Princeton Materials Institute
Gudenas J. W., "SCIFAIR.ORG, A Web Based Resource for Elementary to Graduate School", Proceedings of the "Nineteenth International Conference on Technology and Education, Tallahassee, FL, 2001
Highlights of Campus Involvement
Department Chair Computer Science
Faculty Personnel Committee
Other Interests
Board of Directors of SciTech Hands on Museum, Aurora, IL
Executive Board of Directors, Society of Amateur Scientists
