Rate My Professor Monica Brockmeyer

Monica Brockmeyer is an Associate Professor of Computer Science in the James and Patricia Anderson College of Engineering at Wayne State University. She earned her Ph.D. in 1999 from the University of Michigan. Her primary research interests encompass high assurance systems, distributed systems, real-time systems, safety-critical systems, formal methods and verification, and testing. Brockmeyer has taught courses including Human-Computer Interaction (CSC 3400) in recent academic terms. Her scholarly contributions include recognition as Best Paper Nominee at the ACM 2014 International Joint Conference on Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing (UbiComp'14) for the paper 'BatteryExtender: an adaptive user-guided tool for power management of mobile devices.' Other notable publications feature 'Mobile Agents and Eventually Perfect Predicate Detection: An Implementation of the Vector Clock Approach' (2010), 'Evaluation of QoS-compliant overlays under denial of service attacks' (2010), and works on server selection and efficient data aggregation middleware for wireless sensor networks.

In addition to her faculty role, Brockmeyer has made substantial impacts through administrative leadership at Wayne State University. As Senior Associate Provost for Student Success, she oversaw the implementation of retention initiatives that propelled significant graduation rate improvements, earning the university the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Project Degree Completion Award for the nation's best improvement. She co-chaired the General Education Reform Committee, facilitating Wayne State University's first curriculum overhaul in 30 years. Brockmeyer received the Michigan Independent Colleges and Universities Advising Excellence Award in 2019 for her dedication to advising and student success. She was honored as one of Crain's Detroit Business Notable Women in Education in 2019. Her efforts extended to fostering partnerships, such as between the Computer Science Department and Focus: HOPE, and leading programs like the Warrior Senior Sprint to support graduating students. Brockmeyer also presented on student success strategies and contributed to leadership development within the university.