Alison joined the Computer Science faculty in 2001, after two decades' experience as engineer, support specialist (network and desktop), technical educator, and teacher of mathematics, physics and computer science in the US, Taiwan, Pakistan and Sweden.  Her technical training began early, conducting circuit board test and assembly in her parents' industrial process controls firm.

Passionate about the outdoors, embedded systems, GIS, and the elegance of mathematics and statistics as applied to computational science and machine learning, Alison earned a second Master's degree in environmental engineering.  Her research involved using geospatial technologies and statistical learning to create a novel, multi-scale approach for analyzing the impact of roads upon streams in rural, forested watersheds.

Alison truly enjoys exploring technology alongside her students, in courses that range from MATLAB programming for engineers, applied scientists and mathematicians, to Visual Basic event-driven programming for students across campus, to Electrical Engineering Concepts (circuit analysis).  She was the inaugural faculty co-advisor to UVM's student chapter of Engineers Without Borders, and is a proud member of The Order of the Engineer.  To round out her portfolio, Alison leads our seniors in a seminar exploring ethical considerations of technology and advises UVM's Sailing Team.

For more information, visit Alison's website.