His research has been supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Semiconductor Research Corporation, Philips, Motorola, Xilinx, Intel, TriMedia, NEC, and the U.S. Dept. of Education, among others, totaling over $5 million. His current research interests include teaching/learning methods to improve college student success especially for CS and STEM freshmen and sophomores, and also embedded systems software and hardware.