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Council. J.C. has been the coauthor and principal investigator on two National Science
Foundation grants. He has won numerous awards, including: Drafting Educator of the
Year by the Illinois Drafting Educators Association; the Instructor Quality Award by
Autodesk; Autodesk University Instructor Award; Professor of the Year, Co-Innovator
of the Year, and Co-Master Teacher awards at Moraine Valley Community College;
and the Illinois Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year awarded by the Illinois
Community College Trustees Association. J.C. was also one of the recipients of the Top
10 Most Popular Autodesk University Classes Ever for his class Compelling 3D Features
in AutoCAD. J.C. is an Autodesk Certifi Instructor (ACI), an Autodesk Certificationfi fied
Evaluator (ACE), and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education and a Master’s degree in
Industrial Technology from Illinois State University.
Craig P. Black is an instructor in the Mechanical Design Technology depart-
ment and the former manager of the Autodesk Premier Training Center at Fox Valley
Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin. He has been teaching at FVTC since 1990.
In 2009, Craig created the CAD Management certificate program at FVTC. Craig has fi
served two terms on the Autodesk Training Center Executive Committee (now known
as the Autodesk Leadership Council) and chaired the committee in 2001. He has been
working with Autodesk software products for more than 25 years. He has presented
on various topics at a number of Autodesk University annual training sessions and
has been contracted to teach training sessions on Autodesk products across the United
States. In addition to teaching, Craig also does AutoCAD customization and AutoLISP
and DCL programming for area businesses and industries. Prior to his current posi-
tion, Craig worked in the civil, architectural, electrical, and mechanical drafting and
design disciplines.
Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
companies for their assistance and contributions.
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