Dr. James Hereford.
James M. Hereford received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford in 1982, the MSEE degree in 1985 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1990. He has over 8 years of industry experience and is presently teaching in the Engineering and Physics department at Murray State University in Murray, KY. His research interests are in the areas of evolvable systems, fault tolerant algorithms, and swarm robotics. He is a member of IEEE, Phi Beta Kappa, and Tau Beta Pi.
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 1990
MSEE in Electrical Engineering, 1985
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1982
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Courses Taught at Murray State University
- EGR 425: Bio-Inspired Computational Intelligent Systems
- PHY 378: Logic Design (+ Lab)
- PHY 398: Principles of Design
- ETE 520: Digital Signal Processing
- PHY 460: Electricity and Magnetism
- PHY/ETE 264: Linear Circuits I (+ Lab)
- PHY/ETE 365: Circuits II (Systems)
- PHY 132: General Physics II (Elec and Mag)
- PHY 195:Statistics for Engineers
- PHY 140: C++ Programming
- Electrical Circuits and Electronics (UK EE 305)
Memberships/Honors
- Phi Beta Kappa (Top 2% of all junior-level students at Stanford)
- Tau Beta Pi (Top 12% of junior-level engineering students)
- Frederick Terman Award (Top 5% of senior-level engineering students at Stanford)
- ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship (3x)
- IEEE
Work Experience
- 2001-present Murray State University Murray, Kentucky
- 1996 -2001 Christopher Newport University Newport News, Virginia
- 1993-1996 Camber Corporation Huntsville, AL
- 1990-1993 Sigmatech Incorporated Huntsville, AL
- 1984-1990 Georgia Inst of Technology Atlanta, GA
- 1982 - 1984 Delco Electronics Santa Barbara, CA
Personal
Dr. James Hereford lives in Murray, KY with his wife, Deborah, and their children.
