Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 11/6/54
Charles T. Wright (1941-2000)
Papers, 1982-2000


Descriptive summary

creator:

Wright, Charles T. (1941-2000)

title:

Papers

dates:

1982 - 2000

extent:

1.72 linear feet (1 records center carton and 1 document box)

collection number:

RS 11/6/54

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Charles T. Wright Papers, RS 11/6/54, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note

Charles T. Wright was born on November 9,1941 in Carbondale, Illinois. He earned his B.A (1963) in mathematics and his M.S. (1964) in physics from Southern Illinois University. He received his PhD (1970) in Computer Science from Iowa State University, one of the first PhD degrees awarded at Iowa State in Computer Science.

Wright was appointed to the position of Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Senior Systems Analyst (1970-1979) in the Ames Laboratory. He was promoted to Associate Professor (1979-1984) of Computer Science; Associate Professor (1984-1992) in Iowa State's newly created Computer Engineering Department; Professor (1992-2000) of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and University Professor (1999-2000).

Wright's research emphasis was computer architecture and design. During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked on the Symbol Computer project, which was a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The project made a significant contribution to modem computer architecture and design methodology. In addition to his research, Wright also focused on undergraduate education. He was named 'Outstanding Computer Engineering Professor' three times, and received numerous other awards for his efforts. In addition, Wright designed a program, "Toying with Technology", that introduces high school and middle school students to computer engineering.

Charles T. Wright died in a car accident near Eldora, Iowa in 2000.

 

Collection description

The collection contains class materials Charles Wright used in teaching computer engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science courses. The papers also include research files and notes relating to Wright's work in computer architecture. In addition, the documents contain biographical information.

 

Organization

The collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Academic careers for experimental computer scientists and engineers

1994

1

2

Biographical file

1997-2000, n.d.

1

5

Compiling Pascal programs into Silicon

1985

2

3

Computer Architecture Materials

1993

1

16

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 588 course notes #1 Embedded Computer Systems

1994

1

6

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 210

1997

1

7

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 210

n.d.

1

8

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 301

n.d.

1

9

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 301

1998

1

10

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 305

n.d.

1

4

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 384

1990

1

11

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 389 (1 of 2)

n.d.

1

12

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 389 (two of two)

n.d.

1

13

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 568X (1 of 2)

n.d.

1

14

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 568X (2 of 2)

n.d.

1

15

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 582

n.d.

1

17

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 588 course notes #2 Embedded Computer Systems

1994

1

18

Course Materials – Computer Engineering 588 course notes #3 Embedded Computer Systems

1994

2

1

Course Materials – Computer Science 541

n.d.

1

3

Course Materials – Electrical Engineering

n.d.

1

19

Course Materials – Electrical Engineering 441

n.d.

2

2

Course Materials – Engineering Mechanics 425 finite element methods

1993

2

4

Course materials and notes

1995

2

5

Report for Computer Engineering 599. acm transactions on programming languages and systems

1994-1998

2

6

Resources

1982-1992

2

7

US Aces slam devices

n.d.

2

8

Xilinx – the university course descriptions manual

n.d.