Julio R. Garcia

Dr. Julio R. Garcia received his B.S. degree from La Universidad Nacional de Educación "La Cantuta," Lima, Perú in Electronics. He received a scholarship from LASPAU (Latin American Scholarship Program for American Universities) to obtain a Master's Degree at the University of Northern Iowa in Industrial technology, Electronics in 1975. He also received his Doctorate in Industrial Technology, Electronics thanks to an assistantship from the same university in 1988. He has been teaching electronics and computers for more than 20 years at Peruvian and US universities. Dr. Garcia has been teaching Computer Science courses at the National Hispanic University since 1997.

Currently, Dr. Garcia is the Principal Investigator of two grants, one from the National Security Agency and one from the National Science Foundation. In addition, he has received ten professional development grants from San Jose State University. He remains professionally active by presenting papers at national and international conventions, attending professional seminars, evaluating programs at other universities, and evaluating proposals for the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation. In addition to teaching he enjoys doing research in Computer Simulation. His hobbies are traveling, going to the movies and walking.