Doug Jacobson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, was one of six ISU faculty members to receive the 2004 Regents Award for Faculty Excellence. He was the only engineering faculty member honored this year.Jacobson specializes in the area of computer security and serves as director of the ISU Information Assurance Center. He has received two R&D 100 Awards, both for development of security software packages sold by a company he co-founded in the ISU Research Park, Palisade Systems. Jacobson's current funded research is targeted at developing robust countermeasures for network-based security exploits and large-scale attack simulation environments.
“This is a well-deserved recognition of Doug’s important contributions to the field of information assurance,” said Interim Engineering Dean Charles E. Glatz. “Doug has an international reputation for exemplary and innovative work in this field; his work will make a real difference in protecting information networks. He is also a tremendous resource for our students.”
The Regents Award for Faculty Excellence is presented annually to outstanding faculty from the five Regents’ institutions. Recipients were honored September 14 at an event at the University of Iowa.
ABE learning community members Dave Fisher and Tom Bowers, both English doctoral candidates, and ABE faculty members Tom Brumm and Steve Mickelson developed an electronic case-study exercise that simulates real-world experience to encourage critical thinking about discipline-based problems.
EE learning community members including Academic Adviser Roger Bentley Jr., Program Coordinator Vicky Thorland-Oster, and Adjunct Assistant Professor Mani Mina, all with ECpE, helped develop a six-step program to help students deal with change.
