Michael Kart

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Michael Kart
School
School of Natural Sciences
Department
Computer Science
Office
South - John Brooks Williams 279, 25

Dr. Kart has taken a non-traditional path to academia, spending the better part of a decade in the software industry, including helping to start two companies. At St. Edward’s, he has been a co-PI on several interdisciplinary STEM grants, taught courses in three departments, been an active researcher, and managed over 80 undergraduate projects.

In industry, Dr. Kart led the software development efforts on a FDA 510(k)-approved medical device, built several large bioinformatics software platforms, and was a principal investigator on a multi-organization research effort for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. An interest in returning to academia and a university that understands the value of industry experience brought me to St. Edward’s.

At St. Edward’s, Dr. Kart leverages his professional experiences by teaching with industry-standard tools and software development methodologies. In 2009, he envisioned, created, and taught the course iPhone Apps: Imagine. Design. Build., making St. Edward’s one of the first schools in the country to have such an offering.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • M.S. in Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • B.A. in Mathematics, Boston College
  • B.A. in Computer Science, Boston College