Glenda R. Scales

(540) 231-9754

Dr. Glenda R. Scales is a member of the Research Computing Advisory Committee and was a member of the core team responsible for launching System X, which was independently ranked as the fastest supercomputer at any academic institution and third fastest in the world on the 2003 Top 500 listing.

Dr. Scales serves as both Associate Dean for International Programs and Information Technology and Director of the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (CGEP) in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. As Director of CGEP, she provides leadership for a state-wide distance learning program that has a long history - over 25 years - providing working scientists and engineers with access to exceptional graduate degree programs. Dr. Scales also manages international programs, research computing and academic computing within the College of Engineering.

Prior to coming to the College of Engineering in 2000, Dr. Scales served as the Director of Instructional and Research Computing at North Carolina A&T where she led a university team that successfully launched their first virtual campus. She began her career working as a computer analyst for the Department of Defense.

Dr. Scales presents regularly to the American Society of Engineering Education and serves on Ph.D. graduate committees. She is an affiliate faculty member with the Department of Engineering Education and publishes in the area of instructional technology and distance learning.

She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Instructional Technology from Virginia Tech, a M.S. in Applied Behavioral Science from Johns Hopkins and a B.S. in Computer Science from Old Dominion University.