William K. Suchan

Colonel, U. S. Army

Military Assignments  Civilian Education  Professional Organizations  Research Interests  Publications  Academic Service  Military Education and Training  Honors and Awards

Contact Information

• Office: Thayer Hall, Room TH1110

• Phone:  (845) 938-2407

• Email: 

Military Assignments

United States Military Academy, West Point, NY (2003-Present)

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

• 1^st Signal Brigade, Republic of Korea (1998-2000)

  Logistics Officer, 1^st Signal Brigade

  Executive Officer, 41^st Signal Battalion

• United States Military Academy, West Point, NY (1995-1998)

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Instructor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

• 101^st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Ft. Campbell, KY (1990-1993)

Company Commander, Alpha Company, 501^st Signal Battalion

Brigade Signal Officer, 2nd Brigade, 101^st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

• 25^th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, HI (1985-1989)

Division Telecommunications Officer, 25^th Infantry Division (Light)

Battalion Adjutant, 125^th Signal Battalion

Battalion Signal Officer, 1/14^th Infantry Battalion

Platoon Leader, Bravo Company, 125^th Signal Battalion

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Civilian Education

• Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2003

• Master of Computer Science, Arizona State University, 1995

• Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Concentration, United States Military Academy, 1984

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Professional Organizations

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

• Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)

• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

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Research Interests

• Information Assurance

• Information Engineering

• Software Engineering

• Information Technology Education

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Publications

• Suchan, W. K. “The Organizational Information Infrastructure Maturity Model: Implications for IT Professionals.” Proceedings of the Eighth Americas Conference on Information Systems. pp. 2163-2168, 2002.

• Suchan, W.K. and Smith, T.L. “Using Ada 95 as a Tool to Teach Problem Solving to Non-CS Majors.” Proceedings of the Conference on TRI-Ada 1997. pp. 31-36, 1997.

• Brick, T., Pellissier, S. and Suchan, W. “Attracting Students to the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Majors.” Proceedings of the Zone 1 Conference of American Society For Engineering Education, 1997.

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Academic Service

• Member, Arizona State Information Assurance Center. (2003)

• Alpha Tester, Security Certified Network Professional “Hardening the Infrastructure” course book. (2003)

• Member, Mesa Community College Information Assurance Program Advisory Committee.  (2002)

• Reviewer, Eighth Americas Conference on Information Systems. (2002)

• Consultant, Classroom XXI Initiative, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. (1997-1998)

• Invited Panelist, Education Panel, Tri-Ada Conference. (1997)

• Member, Cadet Computer Source Selection Committee. (1997, 1998)

• Coordinator, USMA Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Development Workshop. (1996, 1997)

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Military Education and Training

• Command and General Staff Officers Course

• Combined Arms and Services Staff School (CAS3)

• Signal Officer Advanced Course (Distinguished Honor Graduate)

• Teleprocessing Operations Officer Course (Distinguished Honor Graduate)

• Communications-Electronics Staff Officer Course (Honor Graduate)

• Electronic Warfare Staff Officers Course

• Signal Officer Basic Course

• Communications Security Custodian Course

• Air Assault Course (Distinguished Honor Graduate)

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Honors and Awards

• Phi Kappa Phi

• Upsilon Pi Epsilon

• Kilbourne Leadership Award

• Meritorious Service Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

• Army Commendation Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

• Army Achievement Medal

• National Defense Service Medal

• Southwest Asia Service Medal

• Kuwaiti Liberation Medal