Dr. Herring has over 20 years of industry experience in computer architecture, data error correction, and system architecture. He holds 21 design patents and participated on a number of standardization committees. Dr. Herring completed his Ph.D. with an emphasis on Engineering Education and continues to explore this area as a research focus.  His dissertation focused on help-seeking behavior with particular interest in Steele and Aronson’s stereotype threat and Dweck’s theory of intelligence.