Founding Dean Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

T: 951.343.4972 E: adonaldson@calbaptist.edu

Dr. Anthony Donaldson received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University in 1979, 1982 and 1990, respectively. In 1994 he received an M.A. in Missions and Evangelism from the Asbury Theological Seminary.

In the summer of 2006, Dr. Donaldson was hired by California Baptist University (CBU) as the founding dean of a new school of engineering. The program has grown from 53 students and one faculty in the fall of 2007 to over 700 students and 43 full time faculty and staff in the spring of 2017. Degrees are offered in Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Construction Management, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering and Engineering (with concentrations in Pre-Law, Agricultural, Business, and Global Applications). Graduate programs are offered in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Data Science and Knowledge Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Software Engineering. In the fall of 2016 he was chosen as the Honorary Technical Director for the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Corona, and the Guidestone Faculty of the Year for CBU.

From 1998 to 2006, he served as professor of electrical engineering and the director of the engineering programs at Seattle Pacific University where he led a successful accreditation effort and was responsible for numerous innovations and improvements in curriculum and facilities.

From 1994 to 1996 Dr. Donaldson and his family were in Bangalore, India, the “Silicon Valley of Asia”, where he raised venture capital for a native Indian’s vision and started a consultancy business in the telecommunications area.

In graduate school at Texas Tech University Dr. Donaldson worked on the “Star Wars” pulsed power project sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. His research in modeling electrode erosion in High Energy pulsed switches won critical acclaim and resulted in over 40 peer reviewed articles and conference presentations as well as a patent for a new type of material. The Chief Scientist of the Air Force who served on his committee remarked that it was an outstanding achievement. He won the International Pulsed Power Student award given to the best pulsed power student worldwide, the National Plasma Science award, a NATO sponsorship, the TTU outstanding EE graduate student award and the graduate student teaching award twice.

Originally from Texas, Dr. Donaldson enjoys music, film, puzzles, archaeology, reading and cross cultural cuisine and experiences. He is married to CBU business professor Dr. Darla Donaldson. They have two adult children, Daniel and Deborah, both of which are CBU College of Engineering graduates.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 NASB