Biography and education
25 years of private sector experience as engineer, researcher, support staffer and executive in large and start up companies.
Over 7 years as Data Architect with the City of Austin, Texas where he has helped launch or create inter-department collaborations as well as several university-industry-city
research collaborations, including a city wide master research agreement with the University of Texas - Austin.
8 years as a part time lecturer Computer Science at Texas State University where he has been recognized as an Outstanding Part-Time Faculty and twice designated a "Favorite Professor" by the honor students.
3 years as full time, Associate Professor of Practice in Computer Science
Ph.D., 1990, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Electrical and Computer Engineering, “Compensating for Perturbation of Asynchronous Computations by Software Performance Monitors.”
MS, 1985, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Electrical and Computer Engineering, “Implementation of a Production System Machine.”
BSBA, 1983, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, Electrical Engineering and Philosophy
Over 7 years as Data Architect with the City of Austin, Texas where he has helped launch or create inter-department collaborations as well as several university-industry-city
research collaborations, including a city wide master research agreement with the University of Texas - Austin.
8 years as a part time lecturer Computer Science at Texas State University where he has been recognized as an Outstanding Part-Time Faculty and twice designated a "Favorite Professor" by the honor students.
3 years as full time, Associate Professor of Practice in Computer Science
Ph.D., 1990, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Electrical and Computer Engineering, “Compensating for Perturbation of Asynchronous Computations by Software Performance Monitors.”
MS, 1985, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Electrical and Computer Engineering, “Implementation of a Production System Machine.”
BSBA, 1983, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, Electrical Engineering and Philosophy
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Banzatti, Andrea (Principal), Percent Contribution: %70, Lehr, Theodore Franklin (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Juarez, Benito (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %10, Jaramillo, Isaac (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %10. Building an online laboratory for planet formation, https://www.txst.edu/research/oera/rep.html, Institutional (Higher Ed), $16000. (Submitted: October 6, 2022, Funded: January 1, 2023 - December 30, 2023). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Lawrence, G., & Lehr, T. T. (2015). Hackathons for fun and learning: Creating interdisciplinary collaboration between communication design and computer science students. Designs on E-Learning 2015: Technology, Culture, Practice.
Featured service activities
- Other
Phi Beta Kappa, Nu Chapter
- Undergraduate Advisor
ACM - AI student chapter/club
- Chair
Scholarship Committee
- Member
Technology Advisory Committee
- Undergraduate Advisor
Girls Who Code
- Member
Non-Tenure Line Faculty Committee