Faculty & Staff

Kenneth Blaha
Professor
Ph.D., University of Oregon
| (253) 535-8702 | Office: Morken Center, Room 313 |
| blahakd@plu.edu | Personal Web Page |
Areas of Emphasis:
- Computational Complexity
- Algebraic Algorithms
- Parallel Algorithms
- Parallel Networks

Eas S. Easwaran
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Clemson University
| (253) 535-8286 | Office: Morken Center, Room 248 |
| easwarsa@plu.edu |
Areas of Emphasis:
- Digital signal, speech and image processing
- Speech recognition
- Pattern recognition
- Digital communications
- Digital systems

Michele Dijkstra Folsom
Clinical Instructor
M.A., Pacific Lutheran University
| (253) 535-7402 | Office: Morken Center, Room 247 |
| mfolsom@plu.edu | Personal Web Page |
Areas of Emphasis:
- Computer Science Education
- Operating Systems & Networks
- Computational thinking
- Problem-based & active learning
- Diversity in CS

George Hauser
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Rochester
| (253) 535-8731 | Office: Morken Center, Room 314 |
| hausergj@plu.edu |
Areas of Emphasis:
- Parallel Algorithms
- Computational Complexity
- Computer Communication
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Object-Oriented Programming

A. Tosh Kakar
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Washington State University
| (253) 535-7102 | Office: Morken Center, Room 312 |
| kakarat@plu.edu |

Laurie Murphy
Associate Professor
M.S., Vanderbilt University
| (253) 535-8729 | Office: Morken Center, Room 255 |
| lmurphy@plu.edu | Personal Web Page |
Areas of Emphasis:
- Computer Science Education, in particular active and cooperative learning
- classroom assessment
- novice debugging
- diversity in CS

Richard Spillman
Professor
Ph.D., Utah State University
| (253) 535-7406 | Office: Morken Center, Room 309 |
| spillmrj@plu.edu | Personal Web Page |
Areas of Emphasis:
- Computer Hardware
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Security

David Wolff
Associate Professor & Chair of CSCE Department
Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1999
| (253) 535-8735 | Office: Morken Center, Room 251 |
| daw@plu.edu | Personal Web Page |
Areas of Emphasis:
- Computer Graphics
- Physically based rendering
- Animation
- Scientific Computing
Staff
Emeritus

James E. Brink
Professor, retired
Ph.D., Iowa State University
| brinkje@plu.edu | Personal Web Page |
Areas of Emphasis:
- Computer Architecture
- Compilers
- Object Oriented Programming
