Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
President SoftCraft, Inc.
Computer Sciences Department
University of Wisconsin
1210 W. Dayton St.
Madison, WI 53706-1685
office: 3361
telephone: (608) 262-5945
fax: (608) 262-9777
email: fenchel@cs.wisc.edu
PhD Computer Science UCLA 1981
Development of high-quality, usable computer software to enhance individual productivity. Research in the area of software engineering with emphasis on techniques for developing self-describing systems. Research and development leading to usable multimedia authoring and communication systems and in development of tools and applications of computers to K-12 education.
Co-founder of personal computer software development and publishing company. Developed and released SoftCraft Presenter, a multimedia presentation graphics product in January 1992 and Bravo!, a low-cost, full-featured presentation graphics product in June 1993. Third version of both products released in 1995. Developed and released TimeSketch, a graphical time scheduling program in January 1996. Have developed and successfully marketed over 1 dozen font, graphics and desktop publishing related products including Fancy Font and the SoftCraft Font Solution Pack (PC Magazine Editor's Choice June 13, 1989).
Overman, W. and R. Fenchel Bravo User’s Manual Version 3, SoftCraft, Inc. Madison, WI, May 1995
Overman, W. and R. Fenchel SoftCraft Presenter User’s Manual Version 3, SoftCraft, Inc. Madison, WI, Sept. 1995
Overman, W. and R. Fenchel Bravo User’s Manual, SoftCraft, Inc. Madison, WI, May 1993
Overman, W. and R. Fenchel SoftCraft Presenter User’s Manual, SoftCraft, Inc. Madison, WI, January 1992
Fenchel, R. Laser Fonts User’s Manual for WordPerfect, SoftCraft, Inc. Madison, WI, September 1988
Fenchel, R. WYSIfonts! User’s Manual, SoftCraft, Inc. Madison, WI, October 1987
Fenchel, R. Display Font Pack User’s Guide, SoftCraft, Inc. Madison, WI, August 1987
Estrin, G., R. Fenchel, R. Razouk and M. K. Vernon "SARA: Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Support for Design of Concurrent Systems", IEEE Trans. on Software Engineering, Special Issue on Software Design Methods, Vol. SE-12, No. 2, February 1986, pp. 293-311.
Fenchel, R. and W. Overman Fancy Font User’s Manual, SoftCraft, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, September 1982.
Fenchel, R. and G. Estrin "Self-Describing Systems Using Integral Help", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, March 1982.
Fenchel, R. "An Integral Approach to User Assistance", Proceedings of Joint Conference on Easier and More Productive Use of Computing Systems, Ann Arbor, MI 1981, SIGSOC, v. 13, January 1982.
Fenchel, R. "A Demonstration of the Development of Interactive Software with Integral Help", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Software Engineering Tool Faire, March 1981.
Fenchel, R. "Requirements for and Experience with Design of a Designer Interface", DOE Workshop on Design Automation and Computer Aided Design, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, p. 17, June 1980.
Fenchel. R. "An Integral Help System and User Interface Demonstration on UCLA’s SARA (System Architect’s Apprentice) System", The UCLA Computer Science Department Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 105-124, July 1979.
Ruggiero, W. G. Estrin, R. Fenchel, R. Razouk, D. Schwabe and M. Vernon "Analysis of Data Flow Models Using the SARA Graph Model of Behavior", AFIPS Conference Proceedings, National Computer Conference, pp. 975-988, June 1979.
Fenchel, R. A System Control Processor for a Microcomputer Network, Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA-ENG-7646, June 1976.
Uzgalis, R., K. Page, G. Nunes, R. Fenchel and H. Burgess "The Lessons of MICHELLE", Proceedings of the 1975 International Conference on ALGOL68, Edited by G. E. Hedrick, pp. 220-232, Stillwater, Oklahoma, June 1975.
Burgess, H., R. Fenchel, G. Nunes, K. Page "MICHELLE, Microcomputer Higher Level Language", in Four Languages: Experiments in Computer Language Design, R. Uzgalis, Editor, Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA-ENG-7544, July 1975.