OBENG FRANCIS
PhD student: Computer Science and Application.
Graduate Teaching Assistant: CS5254, Mobile Application Development, Spring 2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant: CS5244, Web Application Development, Summer 2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant: CS3604, Professionalism in Computing, Fall (2023), and Spring (2024)
Graduate Teaching Assistant: CS5704, Software Engineering, Fall 2024
Graduate Teaching Assistant: CS1114, Introduction to Software Design, Spring 2025
Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech. University
Research Interest: Software engineering (architecture, fault tolerance, automation), edge computing, mobile computing, and Digital Education.
I am a PhD Student at Virginia Tech. University (spring, 2023), I'm currently taking Research Methods in Computer Science and Web Application Development.
Prior to my admittance to Virginia Tech. University, I was an Information Technology Instructor at Obuasi Senior High Technical School, Senior High School in Ghana.
where I instructed High School Students in HTML, CSS, Introduction to Java programming, Access database, and spreadsheet applications.
I was born and raised in Ghana; I had my primary, secondary, diploma, and undergraduate education in Ghana
EDUCATION
PhD., Computer Science and Application (Student)
Virginia Tech. University, 2023
Bsc. Information Technology Education
University of Education, Winneba-Ghana, 2019
3yrs Diploma in Basic Education
Enchi College of Education, 2012
ONLINE COURSES
Programming for Everybody (getting started with Python)
University of Michigan, USA, 2021 || View Certificate
Data Visualization
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2021 || View Certificate
AI for everyone
DeepLearning.AI, USA, 2023 || View Certificate
Web Application Technologies and Django
University of Michigan, USA, 2023 || View Certificate
Introduction to Python Programming
University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2023 || View Certificate
Introduction to Network Security
University of London, USA, 2023 || View Certificate
REGISTERED COURSES ON COURSERA
User Interface Design
University of Minnesota, USA, 2023 || Start @ 30th May 2023
LICENSES
Financial Conflict of Interest Training Requirement for Sponsored Research
Basic Responsible Conduct of Research
Information Privacy and Security (IPS)