• "(The Director of the Emergency Management Agency of Delaware County) needs to know what the impact is going to be if there is a disaster so he can go ahead and plan for it and build his infrastructure. "
  
  
• "I go through a long process of requesting resumes and interviewing the students."
  
  
• "There are projects out there at Ball State that everybody will find something they're interested in. "
  
  
• "If students want more information about Business Fellows specifically, they can go to the Career Center."
  

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Fred Kitchens is a good example of what it means to be both a teacher and a scholar.

As the founding director of the Ball State Cluster Computing Research Project, his interests are in business applications and developing new ways to teach students. He sees great potential for cluster computing in business, and believes a key component of that vision is to educate tomorrow's technology professionals today.

He has extensive experience working in the insurance industry, including brokering at England's famous specialty insurance firm Lloyd's of London. Much of his research has involved the application of artificial intelligence to underwriting and claims analysis.

Career highlights:

• Innovation in Leadership of Business Education Award 2003, first place, Mid-Continent East AACSB.
  
• Innovative Education Award from Decision Sciences Institute, Southwest, 2003.
  
• Faculty Mentor for two undergraduate students: Received first place award for Cooperative Projects in International Informatics Challenge 2006
  
• Faculty Advisor for Honors Thesis of undergraduate student Phill Miller: Received First Place in: IndianaStudent Software Awards Competition, 2002.
  
• Beta Gamma Sigma, Honor Society for Collegiate Schools of Business
  
• Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
  
• Mu Kappa Tau, National Honor Society
  
• Marquis Who's Who in America, 2004 - current
  
• Published over 50 research articles
  
• Four distinguished paper awards for research
  

Ask Him Questions: Go to his Virtual Roundtable entry.