David A. Border, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(419) 372-2461
dborder@bgsu.edu

Research Interests
Principle interest: electronic information systems.  This field includes digital communication and networking, and intelligent networked devices.  Current work includes wearable computing and wireless sensor networks.  Prior research included work on signal bandwidth compression and signal specific data encoding techniques.   Technology application interest includes networked systems.

Teaching Duties
Typical teaching duties include junior and senior level courses in the Electronics and Computer Technology (ECT) Program.  Within this course set are the curriculum’s networking and communication courses.   As is true with his ECT faculty colleagues, Dr. Border supports the program with teaching assignments, as needed, in freshman and sophomore level courses offerings.  Examples of these include the sophomore level Electric Circuits and Digital Electronics courses.  Dr. Border teaches a Digital Communication graduate course within the Ph.D. Consortium Technology Management Program as well as other graduate level courses at BGSU.

Research Interests
Principle interest: control systems, electric power and energy systems, and digital communication systems.  Current work includes application of networked control systems and artificial intelligence techniques.  Prior research included robust control systems and digital protection of power systems.

Teaching Duties
Typical teaching duties include junior and senior level courses in the Electronics and Computer Technology (ECT) Program, and graduate level courses in the College of Technology.  These courses include instrumentation and process control, electronic devices, and electric machinery.   Dr. Kolla also supports the ECT program with teaching assignments in freshman and sophomore level courses offerings.  Examples of these include the freshman level Electrical – Electronic Systems course.

Research Interests
Principle interest: Medical instrumentation. Prior research included work on MRI data analysis of pediatric congenital heart defects and experiments on cardiovascular fluid mechanics.

Teaching Duties
Typical teaching duties include freshman and sophomore level courses in the Electronics and Computer Technology (ECT) Program. These courses include electrical and electronic systems, electronic devices, and digital electronics. Mrs. Krishnankutty also supports the ECT program with teaching assignments in junior and senior level courses offerings. Examples of these include Programmable Logic Controllers and Digital Computer analysis.