Laura Dinsmoor

Special Instructor Office: 518 EC (248) 370-4591 Fax: (248) 370-4625 dinsmoor@oakland.edu

Laura Dinsmoor received her B.S. degree in Engineering, and M.S. degree in Systems Engineering from Oakland University. After spending almost 20 years in the industrial controller and robotics industry, Professor Dinsmoor returned to Oakland University in 2000 to teach in the department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Professor Dinsmoor focuses on skills to teach programming to students with little or no programming or problem-solving skills. When possible, her classes involve hands on application of the material, including real-life examples from her industrial experience. In addition to teaching, Professor Dinsmoor does Outreach for the School of Engineering and Computer Science. As an Academic Alliance member of the National Center for Women in Information Technology, NCWIT, she is especially interested in increasing recruiting and retention of a women and minority students in computer science.  

Teaching

• Computer Programming
• Object Oriented Computing
• Human Computer Interaction
• Problem Solving with Excel
• Sophomore Design Project

Research

• Computer Science Pedagogy; Increasing recruitment of women into Computer Science
  degrees. “I’m working with multiple organizations and local school districts in order to
  encourage students, especially girls, to explore opportunities in the computer science
  field.” Laura Dinsmoor

Prior Experience

Organizations and Service