Biographical Profile
Interest Background
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
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Fulbright, Ron D.
Professor
Innovation is a skill that can be taught just like reading, writing, and arithmetic. Recently Dr. Fulbright has authored and is teaching several courses teaching Innovative Problem Solving (IPS), a discipline from I-TRIZ. These courses can teach anyone to innovate and synthesize non-obvious ideas in any domain of discourse. Dr. Fulbright also offers innovative problem solving as a consultative service.
Biographical Profile
- College
- University of SC Upstate
- Department
- UPS Informatics & Engineering Syst
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- Undergraduates and Graduates
- Interest Keywords
- Innovation, Computer-Aided innovation, emergent properties, multiagent systems, TRIZ, I-TRIZ
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Science and Engineering (Other)
- Personal Focus Areas
- Computer-Aided innovation, Teaching innovation, Self-Organizing Multiagent Energent Systems
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/2002 | University of South Carolina | Columbia, SC | Ph.D. | Computer Engineering |
| 05/1992 | University of South Carolina | Columbia, SC | M.E. | Computer Engineering |
| 08/1982 | Clemson University | Clemson, SC | B.S. | Computer Engineering |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 07/2003 - Present | Chair, Department of Informatics; Assoc. Professor | University of South Carolina Upstate |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Award | Grand Prize Winner, "Scentinel" | The New Ideas for a New Carolina |
| 2009 | Award | Second Place Winner, "EmA" | The New Ideas for a New Carolina |
| 2009 | Award | Second Place Winner, "Effie" | The New Ideas for a New Carolina |
| 2010 | Award | Second Place Winner, "FMod" | The New Ideas for a New Carolina |
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