Ronald J Glotzbach

Associate Professor

rjglotzbach@purdue.edu

765-496-2953

765-494-9267

Knoy 319

Department of Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University, Knoy Hall
401 N. Grant Street

West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

Ronald J. Glotzbach is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus. He leads the web programming area and his courses and research revolve around web programming, development, and database integration. He served as the Purdue football e-Stadium Application Manager and Project Manager for ITaP from May 2004 to March 2006. Professor Glotzbach has been the Principal Investigator for several major dynamic, data-integrated web development projects in which he has hired many CGT students to work as web developers, usability experts, and quality assurance testers. Professor Glotzbach earned his B.S. in Computer Graphics Technology, holds a M.S. in Technology and plans to earn a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. Ronald served as the SIGGRAPH 2004 and SIGGRAPH 2005 Conference Student Volunteer Chair. The total term lasted from April 2003 through October 2005. He was awarded back-to-back honors of Outstanding Professor in 2003 and again in 2004 at the CGT Spring Banquet. In 2005, he was recognized with the CGT Dwyer Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching. Most recently, in 2008, he was recognized with the CGT Outstanding Un-Tenured Faculty Award.

Professor Glotzbach currently teaches: CGT 356, Web Programming, Development, and Data Integration - an intermediate web programming course teaching the fundamentals of data integrated web technologies; CGT 353, Principles of Interactive and Dynamic Media - an intermediate course teaching data integrated RIA techniques; and CGT 456, Advanced Web Programming, Development, and Data Integration - an advanced web programming course using object oriented programming to implement the latest web trends. He has also taught: CGT 141, Internet Foundations, Technologies, and Development - an introductory course on the Internet and web development; and CGT 215, Computer Graphics Programming I - an introductory programming course for CGT majors.

Professor Glotzbach has worked for The Boeing Company in St. Louis, Missouri in both the Technical Publications department and Software Engineering. The majority of his time was spent as a software engineer working on the F-15 Distributed Mission Trainer. He has also worked for Microsoft Corporation as a Software Test Engineer on various teams including the XML Documents Testing Team, a part of Office.NET.

Ronald’s research interests include leading-edge technologies that expand the boundaries of dynamic and interactive content delivered and collaborated on via the graphical communication tool that is the web. Related interests include web-enabling software, dynamic content delivery methods, programming graphics, and integration of varying media into highly technological solutions.

Relevant Publications and Presentations

Glotzbach*, R. J., & Kocur, L. A. (2011). Work in Progress: Evaluation and Feedback for Web Programming Curriculum. Proceedings of the 41st annual Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2011).
Glotzbach*, R. J., Kocur, L. A., Mohler, J. L., & Morales, C. R. (2011). Work in Progress: A Health Information Technology Centralized Web Application. Proceedings of the 41st annual Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2011).
Kocur*, L. A., Glotzbach, R. J., Schulze, D. G., & Miller, C. C. (2011). Work in Progress: Development and Integration of an Online Soil Mapping Web Application. Proceedings of the 41st annual Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2011).
Kocur*, L. A., Glotzbach, R. J., Schulze, D. G., & Miller, C. C. (2011). Usability of educational soil mapping software. Proceedings of the 22nd international conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE 2011).
Schulze*, D. G., Owens, P. R., Mitzman, S., Snyder, L. U., Van Scoyoc, G. E., Graveel, J. G., Steinhardt, G. C., Miller, C. C., Bracke, M. S., Glotzbach, R. J., Kocur, L. A., Benes, B., Neely, T., Wiggington, M., & Nielson, R. (2010). Isee - Integrating spatial educational experiences into soil, crop, and environmental sciences. Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of Soil Science.
Schulze*, D. G., Miller, C. C., Glotzbach, R. J., & Kocur, L. A. (2010). Isee: Integrating Spatial Educational Experiences. Proceedings of the 2010 Indiana GIS Conference.
Glotzbach*, R. J., Mohler, J. L., & Radwan†, J. E. (2009). Really Simple Syndication (RSS): An educational approach. Journal of Interactive Media in Education.
Glotzbach*, R. J., Burton, T. L., Co, B. (2008). Online Instructor Evaluations: A Web-Based Application. Journal of Industrial Technology, 24(4), 1-15.
Glotzbach*, R. J., Mordkovich, D. A., Radwan, J. E. (2008). Syndicated RSS Feeds for Course Information Distribution. Journal of Information Technology Education, 7, 163-183.
Glotzbach*, R.J., & Kellogg, L.D. (2008). The Usefulness and Effectiveness of PDA Integration into the Classroom. Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Technology Education 2008 (INTERTECH'2008).
Glotzbach*, R.J., Mohler, J.L., Mordkovich, D.A., & Radwan, J.E. (2008). RSS Research in Education. Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Technology Education 2008 (INTERTECH'2008).
Glotzbach*, R.J., Burton, T.L., Ealy, J., Troyer, E., Macy, C., Alley, C. (2007). Capstone Project: Development of a Computer Graphics Technology Conference. Proceedings of the 37th annual ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2007).
Glotzbach*, R.J., Mordkovich, D., Kellogg, L., Co, B. (2007). Gap Analysis Visualization Application for Geographic Representation of Statistical Data. Proceedings of the 37th annual ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2007).
Glotzbach*, R.J., Kellogg, L. (2007). Information Technology Project Management: An Industry Partnership. Proceedings of the 37th annual ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2007).
Glotzbach*, R.J., Mohler, J.L., Radwan, J.E. (2007). RSS as a course information delivery method. Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH 2007 Annual Conference and Exposition.
Kim*, H., Mohler, J.L., & Glotzbach, R.J. (2007). Accessibility and Learning: Using PDAs for Declarative Learning. Proceedings of the 2007 annual Teaching and Learning Technologies Conference.
Glotzbach*, R.J., Burton, T.L., Co, B., Middleton, R., Stremke, R. (2007). A Web-Based Application for Online Instructor Evaluations. Proceedings of the 18th international conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education.
Glotzbach*, R.J., Mohler, J.L., Radwan, J.E. (2007). The usefulness of RSS in higher education. Proceedings of the 18th international conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education.
Glotzbach*, R.J., & Maicher, K.R. (2007). Industry Partnerships in Education. Proceedings of the 5th annual Hawaii International Conference on Education.
Maicher*, K.R. & Glotzbach, R.J. (2007). Digital Master: A Supplementary Online Application for Teaching Applied Computer Graphics. Proceedings of the 5th annual Hawaii International Conference on Education.
Glotzbach*, R.J. (2006). Mobile Media for Large-Scale Sporting Events. Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Annual Conference and Exposition.
Glotzbach*, R.J., & Mohler, J.L. (2006). The utility of RSS for the classroom. Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2006 annual World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications.
Glotzbach*, R.J., & Maicher, K.R. (2006). Using Industry Partnerships in Academia as an Instructor-Learner Paradigm. Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2006 annual World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications.
Glotzbach*, R.J., Bingham, N.S., Ren, M., & Rogers, T.J. (2006). E-Stadium: Mobile infotainment applications. Proceedings of the 10th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics.
Glotzbach*, R.J., Bingham, N.S., Ren, M., & Mordkovich, D. (2006). E-Stadium: Real-time game statistics, highlights, and entertainment. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.
Glotzbach*, R.J., Coyle, E.J., Bingham, N.S. (2005). e-Stadium: wireless football infotainment applications. Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH 2005 Annual Conference and Exposition.
Xu*, H., Glotzbach, R.J., Hartman, N.W. (2005). A Complete Strategy for Web Application Security. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.
Mohler*, J.L., Glotzbach, R.J., & Kothary, N.B. (2003). A quantitative approach to web usability and interface design. Scientific Journal on Applied Information Technology, 3(3).
Mohler*, J.L., Kothary, N.B., & Glotzbach, R.J. (2003). An investigation of best practices for interactive content controls. Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH 2003 Annual Conference and Exposition.
Glotzbach*, R.J., & Kothary, N.B. (2003). Usability & human behavior analysis through real-time performance data. Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH 2003 Annual Conference and Exposition.
Mohler*, J.L., Glotzbach, R.J., & Kothary, N.B. (2003). A quantitative approach to web usability and interface design. Proceedings of the VIEWDET 2003 Vienna International Conference on eLearning, eMedicine, eSupport.
Glotzbach*, R.J. (2003). The Digital Enterprise. Symposium presented at the Purdue University / WSHiSM Summer Program 2003, West Lafayette, IN.
Glotzbach*, R.J., & Morales, C.R. (2003). Web-enabling software for real-time online automated services. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.
Glotzbach*, R.J. (2003). The database imperative in computer graphics projects. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.
Morales*, C.R., Glotzbach, R.J., & Gonzalez, D. (2003). Implementation of a multi-user on-line geometry collaboration tool. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.
Morales*, C.R., Miller, C.D., & Glotzbach, R.J. (2003). Measuring the effectiveness of a custom distance-learning system through biofeedback and learner-performance metrics. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.
Glotzbach*, R.J. (2003). Integrating Multimedia into a Web Site. Symposium presented at the ICE Conference 2003, Indianapolis, IN.
Glotzbach*, R.J. (2002). The Importance and Purpose of Programming in Computer Graphics Technology. Paper presented at the meeting of the Engineering Design Graphics Division, Indianapolis, IN.
Glotzbach*, R.J. (2002). General Motors and Supplier Collaborative Development Portal Using CAE and Java Technology. Symposium presented at the SNUG Conference 2002, Detroit, MI.

Consulting:

2006 - Wargo & French, LLP (Atlanta, GA)
Professor Glotzbach served as an expert witness for the defense, Restaurant Technologies, Inc. (RTI), in a $10 million copyright infringement lawsuit where McDonald's Corporation was the owner of the data in question. RTI was charged with copying code and charting techniques from another company’s web site, using the same McDonald's data. Professor Glotzbach’s role was to rebut this by definitively explaining how the code was dissimilar. The case was dismissed.

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