Al Rosa received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College (NY) in 1963, his MSEE from the University of Missouri (Columbia) in 1964, and his Ph.D. (EE) from the University of Illinois (Urbana) in 1975. He has been a member of IEEE since 1962 and is currently a Life Senior Member. He is also a member of ASME, APS, ASEE, and ABET. Dr. Rosa spent almost 24 years in the U.S. Air Force, serving in three distinct roles. As a young officer he worked on sensitive intelligence-gathering RF systems at three locations including a tour in Japan. In mid-career he taught at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, attaining the academic rank of full professor. During that time he served as deputy and then acting head of the Department of Electrical Engineering. He spent a sabbatical as the chief scientist for the Air Force in London, UK. After being promoted to colonel he was given a dual appointment as chief of the Systems Integration Staff in the Unified Space Command and the director of architecture for the System Integration Office. In these roles he was tasked to develop a long-range architecture for our national warning system. This effort resulted in a seven volume architecture that integrated global and space-based systems into a coherent, timely and ultra-reliable whole that is still in use. After retiring in 1986 he joined the University of Denver as chair of a new Department of Engineering, then offering only a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE). When he retired in 2005 the department offered ABET-accredited BSE, BSEE, BSME, BSCpE and Dual BSEE, ME, E, CpE and an MBA. In addition it offered MSEE, MSME, MSCpE, Joint MS in Engineering and Management, Joint MS in Computer Science and Engineering, a PhD in Engineering and an MS and PhD in Materials Science. The Department has been integrated with the Computer Science Department into a new School of Engineering and Computer Science. Rosa has co-authored two sophomore texts on electric circuits; one that stresses circuit design and evaluation is in its seventh edition. He also wrote several chapters in various handbooks. His research is in developing integrated engineering pedagogy. He retired from DU as a Professor Emeritus after serving for three years as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the USAF Academy. He was then hired by the USAF Academy as an Academy Fellow until 2008 when he was asked to be interim chair the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado – Denver for six months as a favor to their Dean. Rosa was awarded a Legion of Merit upon retirement from the Air Force. He also received an Air Force Commendation and five Meritorious Service medals during his military career. He received the IEEE Centennial Medal, the IEEE Millennium Medal, the IEEE Region 5 Professional Leadership Award, and the Denver Section IEEE John Peebles Award. In December 2001 he was awarded a Presidential Award for mentoring underrepresented youth by the White House. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society. During his long membership in the IEEE he has served on many committees including being the Region 5 Student Activity Chair twice. He also is serving as a Program Evaluator for IEEE/ABET and ASEE/ABET. He has been presenting at SPACs since 1982. * * * EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE (Life-long Learning)
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