Prof. Richard R. Starkweather, Sr. PhD. h.c.

Update:  

In 2006, Dr. Starkweather received an honorary "Doctor of Philosophy in Theological Studies".  His strong witness for Jesus has deepened his love and convictions, guiding his life in service of the Lord for over 35 years.

Professional History:

Mr. Starkweather started his career in Commercial HVAC service industry. As a young man he shadowed his father, where for 12 years he learned the skills needed for troubleshooting and maintaining complex HVAC electrical and computerized control circuitry. During this time he attended ITT Technical Institute and later Illinois Central College majoring in Electronics Engineering. It was here at ICC, as an Interim Instructor, his teaching career began.  His first classes were Basic Electricity for the High School Joint Agreement Program, then Heat Load Calculations, HVAC Equipment Design, and Photography. 

While teaching full time at Richland Community College in Decatur Illinois , he served as the HVAC curriculum designer and Full Time faculty member, for 5 years.  He developed the State of Illinois approved 50 Credit hour HVAC course including Pneumatics, and taught other courses, as needed, in HORT, CIS and MECH. During his off time, he ran a small office computer networking company for five years. His customer’s needs led him to learn Web Site Development.

Lennox Industries (in Richardson , Texas ) offered Mr. Starkweather a position as Training Consultant.  The main project was the redesigned of their curriculum for training Lennox ’s service technicians.  The material was sadly outdated and need to be rewritten and graphics completely redone.

He continued developing his skills in the new areas of Internet based learning, distance learning, CBTs (computer based training), Internet and Intranet web site design and development. Later as Supervisor of Education at Lincoln Technical Institute.

Dr. Starkweather  continues to provide professional services as a contract writer and mentor back in his home town of Peoria, Illinois. 

Professional and Technical Writing Skills:

Small Business Management, Ethics, Team Building, Project Leadership, Management, and Needs Analysis, Technical Writing, Adult Education, Learning Environments, and Training Styles, Advanced Testing Methods For The Adult Learner, Cbts, Distance Learning, Courseware Development and Implementation, and Electronics Engineering In Research, Design, and Development of Analog, Digital, RF and Microprocessors.

Hardware and Software Skills:

·     Web Development -- Front Page 98-2000, Cold Fusion, Coffee Cup, Real Player Dev., HTML1-4, DHTML, JAVA1-2, XML, ASP, BASIC, VB, AL, ML

·     Drawing and Paint programs -- Corel Draw, MS Paint, MS Draw, Claris Works, Gif animation and drawing pkgs., etc.

·     AV production -- Audio and video editing equipment, conversions and editing, Avid Video

·     PC hardware -- Construction, configuration, diagnostics, service

·     Networking -- Service and installation, Novell 3 & 4, NT, Unix, TCP IP, NetBEUI, Hubs, Routers, Modems

·     OS -- DOS, Windows 2-3.11, 95, 98, 2000, NT, Linux

·     Office 95 – 2003, XP -- Power Point, Word, Excel, Works, Publisher, Adobe Acrobat, Frame Maker,