Dale A. Harris is Professor of Engineering Education and Executive Director of Continuing Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests involve the use of high-speed networks and the internet in teaching and learning, with particular emphasis on distance education. The Department of Continuing Education offers degree credit and professional development courses, master's degree programs, and other educational opportunities to engineers studying both on campus and at a distance.

Previously at Stanford University, Dr. Harris served as Director of Experimental E-Learning, Consulting Professor of Electrical Engineering, Chief Technologist for the Stanford Learning Lab, and as the founding Executive Director of the Center for Telecommunications Research.

Before joining Stanford, Dr. Harris held executive and management positions with Pacific Bell, Bank of America, and the Department of the Army. In addition to Purdue and Stanford, he has served on the faculties of the Harvard Medical School and the University of Phoenix, and on the visiting faculties of the California Institute of Technology and of Hokkaido University.

Dr. Harris received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and his graduate degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. He is active within several professional organizations including the New York Academy of Sciences, the IEEE, and the Alfred P. Sloan Consortium on Asynchronous Learning. Dr. Harris has served on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Communications Society and as the society's Education Director. He currently advises and consults for several startup companies and previously was Chairman of the Board of LabMentors, a company providing e-learning services supporting hands-on laboratory training over the internet. His research interests involve the use of high-speed networks and the internet in teaching and learning, with particular emphasis on distance education. The Department of Continuing Education offers degree credit and professional development courses, master's degree programs, and other educational opportunities to engineers studying both on campus and at a distance.