Lonnie D. Bentley (born 1957) is an American

computer scientist A computer scientist is a person who is trained in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus ( ...

, and Professor and former Department Head of Computer and Information Technology at

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and ...

, known with

Kevin C. Dittman Kevin C. Dittman (born ca. 1960) is an American computer scientist, IT consultant and Professor of Information Technology at the Purdue University, especially known for his textbook ''Systems analysis and design methods'' written with Lonnie D. Be ...

and

Jeffrey L. Whitten Jeffrey L. Whitten (born ) is an American computer scientist, and professor of information technology at Purdue University, known with Kevin C. Dittman and Lonnie D. Bentley as co-author of the textbook ''Systems Analysis and Design Methods'', wh ...

as co-author of the textbook ''Systems Analysis and Design Methods'', which is now in its 7th edition.

Life and work

Born in 1957, Bentley attended the Mountain Home High School in Arkansas. He studied at the

Arkansas State University Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

, where in 1979 he received his B.S. in Business Data Processing, and in 1981 his M.S. in Information Systems. Bentley has taught courses such as Systems Analysis and Design Methods; Systems Analysis (using structured analysis-based methods); Systems Analysis (using information engineering-based methods); Systems Design (using RAD design-based methods); Systems Design (using structured design-based methods); Enterprise Resource Planning and Integration; Business Process Redesign. Aside from systems analysis and design, Bentley also focuses on enterprise applications, business process redesign,

computer-aided software engineering Computer-aided software engineering (CASE) is the domain of software tools used to design and implement applications. CASE tools are similar to and were partly inspired by Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools used for designing hardware products. CA ...

(CASE),

rapid application development Rapid application development (RAD), also called rapid application building (RAB), is both a general term for adaptive software development approaches, and the name for James Martin's method of rapid development. In general, RAD approaches to ...

(RAD), and

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(GUI) design. Along with his contributions to higher education, Lonnie is also a founder of Broadband Antenna Tracking Systems (BATS).Broadband Antenna Tracking Systems (BATS)

Honors and awards

* 1985 - Best Teacher Award, Department of Computer Technology * 1995 - Outstanding Tenured Faculty Award, School of Technology * 1998 - $1,000 OOPSLA Educators Scholarship * 1998 - $500 Dow Corning Faculty Scholarship * 2006 - Arkansas State University Distinguished Alumnus

Selected publications

* Bentley, Lonnie D.,

, and

. ''Systems analysis and design methods.'' (1986, 1997, 2004). *

Whitten, Jeffrey L. Jeffrey L. Whitten (born ) is an American computer scientist, and professor of information technology at Purdue University, known with Kevin C. Dittman and Lonnie D. Bentley as co-author of the textbook ''Systems Analysis and Design Methods'', whic ...

, and Lonnie D. Bentley. ''Using Excelerator for systems analysis and design.'' (1987). * Bentley, Lonnie D., and

. ''Systems analysis and design for the global enterprise''. McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2007. *

, and Lonnie D. Bentley. ''Introduction to systems analysis and design''. McGraw Hill Irwin, 2008.

References

External links

Lonnie D. Bentley
at purdue.edu

October 10, 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bentley, Lonnie 1957 births Living people American computer scientists Information systems researchers Systems engineers Arkansas State University alumni Purdue University faculty