Inducted
April 2, 2003
Degrees
- BS, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1966
- MS, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1967
- Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1970
George Trapp grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Carnegie-Mellon University and received his Ph.D in Applied Mathematics. He came to WVU in 1970 as the first Computer Science faculty member in the newly formed Department of Statistics and Computer Science.
He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1974, and to Full Professor in 1978. He has written over 60 professional publications; his primary research area has been the mathematical modeling of electrical networks. At WVU he has held several administrative positions, most recently as Chair of the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. He is a senior member of the IEEE, and a member of the honor societies: Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Pi Mu Epsilon, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, and Phi Kappa Phi.
He and his wife Viera have two daughters, Gretchen and Kathryn, and two granddaughters.
George Trapp received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University. He was a Full Professor at WVU and the Chairman of the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.
He has written over 60 research papers primarily dealing with mathematical modeling, and has worked on developing national and international specifications such as IGES, STEP and the DoD CALS standard. He has been a consultant to Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the National Energy Technology Laboratory. He currently is involved with the Biometrics Track of the WVU Forensic Identification Degree program, the NASA IV&V research program, WVU's Virtual Medical Campus.
He retired from WVU in the summer of 2009.