Lonnie D. Bentley (born 1957) is an American

computer scientist A computer scientist is a scientist who specializes in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation. Although computer scientists can also focus their work and research on ...

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

Purdue University Purdue University is a Public university#United States, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded ...

, known with Kevin C. Dittman and Jeffrey L. Whitten 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 State University (A-State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States. It is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System and the second-largest university in the st ...

, 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 a domain of software tools used to design and implement applications. CASE tools are similar to and are partly inspired by computer-aided design (CAD) tools used for designing hardware products. CASE ...

(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

graphical user interface A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows user (computing), users to human–computer interaction, interact with electronic devices through Graphics, graphical icon (computing), icons and visual indicators such ...

(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., Kevin C. Dittman, and Jeffrey L. Whitten. ''Systems analysis and design methods.'' (1986, 1997, 2004). * Whitten, Jeffrey L., and Lonnie D. Bentley. ''Using Excelerator for systems analysis and design.'' (1987). * Bentley, Lonnie D., and Jeffrey L. Whitten. ''Systems analysis and design for the global enterprise''. McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2007. * Whitten, Jeffrey L., 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 American systems engineers Arkansas State University alumni Purdue University faculty