Professor Joseph Farren, Department Chairman and Professor. BS, BSEE, MS, MBA, PE. Prof. Farren joined the department in 1966 but has been at UD since 1961. Before becoming a member of the faculty Prof. Farren was an engineer for the UD Research Institute . Besides handling all the administrative work (and listening to all the student complaints) , he teaches courses in Electrical Circuits, Power and Instrumentation. Prof. Farren is an avid fan of UD sports and enjoys fishing, stamp collecting , mushroom hunting and watching cowboy and sci-fi movies .

Full-time experience

• 1961-1966 Research Engineer, University of Dayton Research Institute.
• 1966 -Present Faculty member at Electronic Engineering Technology department, University of Dayton.

Part-time experience

• 1967-1981, Project Manager for Electronic Engineering Technology outside work effort and research. (Primarily U.S. Air Force). Numerous consulting efforts dealing with product development and evaluation for various local firms. 1962-1966 (4 years), Electrical Engineering Department, University of Dayton.
• Visiting Lecturer in US-AID-NSF India Program in 1967 and 1969. Numerous consulting efforts dealing with product development and evaluation for various local firms.

Professional recognition

• Registered Professional Engineer, State of Ohio No. E-33097.

Principal publications of last five years

• Contributed 50 pages to 2nd edition of "Electronics, a Self' Teaching Guide" and supervised the re-writing of the second edition for John Wiley Publishers.

Scientific and professional societies of which a member

• American Society for Engineering Education, ASEE, member of North Central Board of Directors.
• Institute Of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IEEE.
• Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, AFCEA.

Honors and awards

• Honorary member of Engineering technology Honor Society (Tau Alpha Pi) Teacher of year award, 1976.