Rod Atkins
Advanced Technology - Westminster Campus
When Rod started teaching at FRCC 30 years ago, mechanical drawings were done by hand. Times have changed, and so has Rod. He is so up to date on CAD software and curriculum he serves on the statewide faculty curriculum committee. Rod’s real-world industrial experience includes working as a drafter/designer for companies in the mechanical/air conveyor business and companies that manufactured underground low-profile mining front loaders and dump trucks. All that modern experience, but there is one area where Rod is definitely 20th century: vintage car racing.
Teaching Philosophy
What I teach should reflect real-life applications. I try to make the program as real as I can. I show students manufacturing processes, taking a project from concept to prototype.
Courses Taught
Blueprint Reading for CAD
Computer Aided Drafting I
Computer Aided Drafting II
Mechanical Drawing I
Manufacturing Processes
Teaching Experience
1980- Present Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Faculty, Front Range Community College
Education
Colorado State University, Engineering Graphics Technology. B. Ed., 1985
Community College of Denver, North Campus, A.A.S., 1979 and 1980