Matthew Rodriguez joined our faculty this past fall in the Mathematics, Computer Science and Digital forensics department as an assistant professor.
A native of
Pennsylvania, Assistant Prof. Rodriguez went to Wilson High School near Reading,
PA. He then attended Carnegie Mellon University, earning his Bachelor of
Science in Computer Science. After receiving his degree, he worked as a
Software Developer for Amazon, Barclaycard and Entech Consulting before
entering Lehigh University as a graduate
student. At Lehigh
University, he attained his master’s degree in computer science.
Before
joining the Commonwealth University team, he worked as a secondary instructor
and research assistant at Lehigh University. He is currently on the verge of
attaining his PhD in Computer Science.
His research
interests include concurrent and parallel computing, data structures,
algorithms, and programming languages. He has been a participant in multiple
Ludum Dare competitions. These are game jam competitions where participants are
given a theme and must create a video game within a specified time limit,
usually two or three days.
When asked
what he enjoys about teaching, he stated that “he enjoys having a positive
impact on students and teaching them skills that will help them become
successful in their chosen careers. He also likes giving students the freedom
to choose projects they are passionate about in the capstone software
engineering class.”
