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Jeffery Kesselman serves as an Assistant Professor at Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, leveraging 25 years of game industry experience ranging from tool development to CTO roles at three online startups. He is a named inventor on three Sun Microsystems patents and creator of the Project Darkstar game server research project.
His academic credentials include:
- BS in Image Generation from University of Wisconsin Madison
- MS in Emergent Media from Champlain College
- MFA in Digital Entertainment from Florida Atlantic University
Research centers on Game Development, Software Engineering for online systems, and Digital Entertainment, with practical contributions including two published tabletop RPGs (MUTT and Hero High). His expertise propelled Purdue's Game Development program to #17 in Princeton Review's 2025 rankings. Outside academia, he engages with single-board computers and new programming paradigms.
Contact: Office Knoy 337 (West Lafayette), phone 765-494-9614, office hours Tuesday/Wednesday 2:00-4:00 PM.