Instructor Eric DeNooyer's education thus far includes a Bachelor of Science degree in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. For the future he is planning to attain the Master of Arts degree in MATHEMATICS (hopefully by 2010). His experience includes being a FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR for the State University of New York in Farmingdale, New York (Long Island); he's worked as a K-12 SUBSTITUTE TEACHER for Pinellas County Schools in Largo, Florida; and has been a QUALITY ASSURANCE EDITOR-SUPERVISOR for Geonex, a former computer-mapping firm, in St. Petersburg, Florida.