Biography
Dr. Adam Harris is an <b>Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
at 甜瓜视频app</b>, a tenure-track position he began in <b>2025</b>
after three years as an <b>Assistant Professor of Practice</b> in the same department.
Before coming to WCU full-time in 2022, he spent over a decade at <b>Central Piedmont
Community College with the last six years as Chair of the </b><b>Computer, Electrical,
and Electronics Engineering Technology departments</b>.<br><br>His current research
applies <b>machine learning </b>to different systems including<b> power systems fault
detection, energy forecasting</b>, and hardware implementations of neural network
models on <b>FPGAs, </b>in collaboration with colleagues in the department. He is
also developing a novel approach to <b>robot locomotion</b>, supported by undergraduate
researchers working in ROS2/Gazebo simulation and reinforcement learning.<br><br>Before
entering academia full-time, Dr. Harris co-founded two education-technology companies,
<b>Creatrex Education</b> and <b>SheekGeek LLC</b>, designing and producing hands-on
robotics and fabrication kits used in museum exhibitions and STEM outreach programs
internationally.<br><br>He has been recognized for his teaching with the <b>Board
of Governors Distinguished Teaching Award</b>, the <b>Excellence in Mentoring and
Engagement Award</b>, and the <b>Brinson Honors College Faculty and Staff Excellence
Award</b>. He is a member of <b>IEEE</b>, <b>Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN)</b>, <b>ASEE</b>,
and <b>Tau Beta Pi</b>.
Teaching Interests
Circuit Analysis<br>Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems<br>Digital Logic Design<br>Instrumentation
and Sensors<br>Project-Based Learning Curriculum Design
Research Interests
Machine Learning applications<br>FPGA and Embedded Implementation of Neural Networks<br>Novel
Robot Locomotion Mechanisms (insectoid and others)<br>Digital Fabrication and Educational
Technology
