Brent received his Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Mathematics from Southern Nazarene University in 1995 and returned in 2004 as a faculty member. In 2009, he received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma with Dean F. Hougen of the Robotics, Evolution, Adaptation, and Learning Laboratory. Outside of academia, Brent has industry experience in the development of software in areas ranging from software-based device simulators to web applications.