Biographical Sketch

James C. Helm received the Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Physics from Missouri Valley College, the Master of Science in Mathematics from the University of Missouri at Rolla, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research from Texas A&M University. He is presently the Chair of the Engineering Program and Associate Professor in the School of Science and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston Clear Lake. He was the Chair of Systems Engineering and Assistant Professor of Software Engineering. He was a fulltime Instructor in Mathematics at the University of Missouri Rolla, taught Industrial Engineering and Computer Science courses at Texas A&M, was a part-time instructor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and was an Adjunct faculty member at the University of Houston Clear Lake for twenty-three years. His areas of interest are Systems and Software Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Simulation, and Modeling. He has had thirty years of industrial experience as: Senior Principal Engineer with the Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas at NASA/JSC’s Sunny Carter Test Facility supporting the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station; a Senior Computer Scientist with SAIC; Principal investigator of Ada Research and Development with Ford Aerospace and Communications; Project and Contract Manager for the Space Shuttle onboard computers HAL/S compiler at Intermetrics; supported NASA on GEMINI and APOLLO missions while employed with IBM Federal Systems Division.