David Tucker, PhD

David Tucker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computing and Engineering Technology at Pennwest Edinboro where he is also the Assistant Chair.  He joined the department after 2 years at Virginia Tech and 9 years of industry work in the Washington D.C. area including subcontracting for the NAVY and NASA.  Since coming to Edinboro he has served on numerous department and university wide committees but is most active with computer science curriculum, the faculty union, and student fraternity advising.

His research focus in on computer science education having presented papers in that area at regional conferences.  Currently his curricular focus is on the further development in the area of Web and Mobile App development.

His community involvements revolve around volunteering this time to develop web sites for non-profits and playing drums in a local band.