Introduction

Benjamin Houdeshell


Department of Information Systems
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

I am a graduate student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) working on my PhD in Information Systems. I currently work as an ETL Engineer at Lockheed Martin. I received my BS in Accounting from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania in 2003. I am advised by Dr. Sreedevi Sampath.

Email: houdesh1 at umbc.edu

Research

My current research intrests are Web application testing, Static Analysis, and Formal Methods.

  • Research Group
  • Empirical and Applied Software Engineering Lab (EASEL)

    Teaching and Graduate Assistant

    • IS 147 Introduction to Computer Programming - Spring 2016 (Teaching)
    • IS 448 Markup and Scripting Languages - Fall 2015 (Teaching)
    • IS 448 Markup and Scripting Languages - Fall 2014 (2 Sections)(Graduate Assistant)
    • IS 600 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming - Fall 2014 (Graduate Assistant)
    • IS 413 GUI Systems Using Java - Fall 2014 (Teaching) (Cancelled)
    • IS 413 GUI Systems Using Java - Spring 2014 (Teaching)

    Honors and Awards

    • 2015 Annual IS Student Research Poster Contest - Third Place - Title: Scaling User-Sessions for Load Testing of Internet Applications
    • National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Grant Award 2013 - ESEM 2013