Colin MacCreery

Colin MacCreery is a Faculty Specialist II (academic rank: Lecturer) in the Department of Computer Science at Western Michigan University. His office is located at Parkview Campus B-257, and his mailing address is Department of Computer Science, Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo MI 49008-5466 USA. He completed his Master of Science in Computer Science at Western Michigan University in 2017.

Research and Teaching Interests: Colin's expertise spans embedded systems, programming language theory, and web technologies. His primary interests include developing embedded programming solutions, designing new programming languages, exploring modern web frameworks, and building scalable server backend applications. He maintains active engagement with emerging programming paradigms and tools.

Awards and Honors:

• Outstanding Service Award from WMU's Computer Science Department (2017)
• Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Award (2016-2017 academic year)

Additional Contributions: As a lifetime member of WMU's Computer Club, he served two terms as Vice President. He significantly redesigned the CS2230 curriculum under Dr. Robert Trenary's guidance, adapting it for contemporary microcontroller architectures.