Conference Session

What's New in Statics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Page 11.908.5environment, the topics and the related homework were geared to match problems seen in the“industry”. In order to fulfill this goal, load path problems were added into the curriculum.Students were taught how to draw and “read” a framing plan and then how to trace a load to theground. This gave the students something tangible – why are we doing this - and a directapplication to real world situations. Our “hands on approach” philosophy is epitomized by theStructures II capstone project; students build a simple two-story model, draw a floor framingplan, develop the beam and column loading diagrams, compute the shear and moment diagramsfor the beams and the axial load diagrams for the columns, calculate the internal stresses for

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalia Kapli, Pennsylvania State University; John Wise, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Wesley Donahue, Pennsylvania State University

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International

observation is notsurprising; most of these students have not been exposed to the senior capstone experience,which is where project management is usually presented in the Penn State curriculum. This lackof project management exposure is supported by data provided by alumni, and is the primaryimpetus for the creation of this course.The second reason why students enjoyed the course was because most of the activities wereoffered in a hands-on, interactive manner. Direct lecturing occupied very little time during classsessions, which is considerably different from most engineering courses that students take. At thesame time, the level of achievement by most students in the course was very high, as indicatedby the results of the post-course quizzes and

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deanna Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Robert Heard, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

, Selection and Design of Materials, and the senior Capstone Design course. Dr. Heard received his Ph.D. in Metallurgy and Materials Science from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1987, and returned to academia after 17 years in industry. Page 11.673.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Greening of Education: Ecological Education in EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University has embarked on a “Greening of Education” project, sponsored bythe Henry Luce Foundation. This project aims to instill an appreciation of the environment instudents at the beginning of their college careers in hopes of carrying

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Zhao, Mercer University; Laurie White, Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

various stages of an incrementaldevelopment process so as to teach them software engineering by really doing it.In this paper, the effectiveness of such an approach in a Software Engineering class will bediscussed in detail. A simple voice mail system with a sound OO design is adopted from apopular OOAD text 8 as the baseline design of the sample application used in the workshops.Throughout the semester, this system is expanded functionally to introduce advancedprogramming techniques. Basic OOAD activities and key software development best practiceswill also be demonstrated in the series of workshops.Background and RationalesTypically, Software Engineering is designed as a senior capstone course in a Computer Scienceprogram for students to

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Harrison, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Arthur Sacks, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Cutting Edge” series of faculty teaching enhancement programs.Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines RUTH A. STREVELER is the Director of the Center for Engineering Education at the Colorado School of Mines and Research Associate Professor in Academic Affairs. Dr. Streveler holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Master of Science in Zoology from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Indiana University at Bloomington. She is co-principle investigator of three NSF-sponsored projects: Developing an Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Identifying Engineering Student Misconceptions in Thermal and Transport Sciences (DUE

Conference Session

Curriculum for Green Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Blair London, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

, E.P. and S.J. Poulsen, Principles of Good Practice for Combining Service and Learning: A WingspreadSpecial Report, reprinted by the National Service-Learning Cooperative Clearinghouse with permission from theJohnson Foundation, Inc., www.servicelearning.org/article/archive/87/.22 Brackin, P. and J.D. Gibson, “Capstone Design Projects: Enabling the Disabled,” Proc. 2002 ASEE Conference.23 Slivovsky, L.A., F.R. DeRego Jr., L.H. Jamieson, and W.C. Oakes, “Developing the Reflection Component in theEPICS Model of Engineering Service Learning,” Proc. 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference,Boulder, CO, 2003.24 www.grantadesign.com/products/mi/ecoselector.htm25 www.earthshift.com/ecoit.htm26 www.pre.nl/simapro

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Lee, University of South Florida; Mernet Larson, University of South Florida; Jack Heller, University of South Florida; Douglas Lunsford, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

2006-2042: REPRESENTATION ISSUES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION:ENGINEERING ISSUES AND PARALLELS FROM THE VISUAL &PERFORMING ARTSWilliam Lee, University of South Florida Bill Lee is a Professor of Chemical Engineering with a significant interest in the practical and philosophical aspects of the educational process. He currently has several projects with faculty in the Visual and Performing Arts, exploring issues in the educational process, problem solving, and creativity.Mernet Larson, University of South Florida Mernet Larson is a Professor of Art History who has written and taught in the areas of art history, art theory, art criticism, and educational aspects of art. She is also a professional

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. This paper will discuss the author’s experience in the initialdevelopment and offering of this course.In its current form, much of the content is based on using math and computer software in theprocess of solving problems. Based on our current degree requirements, the course contentincludes topics on graphing and presenting data, data reduction, and basic topics from statistics.Our curriculum overhaul included removal of engineering-level calculus requirements. With thischange, some needed material was cut, and the new course covers this to some degree. Overall,the course serves in part as a capstone to our math requirements, with a focus on how to applythe math studied in applications.As envisioned, the course also includes a balance of

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy; Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

studentsprepare oral briefings for many of their classes. West Point has a long standing tradition ofrequiring students to present and defend their solutions in class (Figure 7). The Capstone course(CE492) and Independent Study projects (CE489) require major briefings to their clients.Outcome 11, the use of engineering tools was rated at level 4 (Analysis). In the civil engineeringprogram, the students receive multiple exposures to spreadsheets, mathematical software such asMathCAD and Mathematica, Microsoft Project, the Visual Analysis structural analysis program,AutoCAD, and HEC-RAS - the same watershed modeling system used by the Corps ofEngineers. For the capstone design course (CE492), students integrate these and other softwarepackages while

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

concentration,Vibrations, Kinematics and Dynamics, and Machine Design for the mechanical concentration,and Automated Productions Systems for the mechanical and industrial concentrations. TheENGR 317 Instrumentation and Experimental Methods course described in this paper is intendedto be taken in the junior year, is the highest level common course in the program with alaboratory component, and is intended to help prepare students to specify, design, instrument,take data, and otherwise conduct their own experiments in much of their upper divisioncoursework, labs, and required senior capstone design projects. The prerequisites for the ENGR317 course are: ENGR 311 Engineering Probability and Statistics, and ENGR 232 CircuitAnalysis I. ENGR 315 Engineering

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanne Homer, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

, while understanding correlating managementpractices. One project occupies the entire semester, which is divided into three phases: schematicdesign, design development, and design documentation. Although the AE students must continueto design the project’s architecture, the requirements for them begin to differ during designdevelopment, placing a focus on structural systems design and calculations. Formal juries ofprofessional architects and engineers mark the transitions from one phase to another, and thecalendar allows the rare opportunity for students to respond to jury comments through designrevisions. Handouts are distributed and seminars occur weekly to provide additional informationand requirements as the designs progress.Even after many

Conference Session

Digital Communications Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Silage, Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

is the trustee of the Temple University Amateur Radio Club (K3TU, www.temple.edu/k3tu), which he has integrated into the undergraduate communications curriculum and capstone senior design projects. Dr. Silage is a past chair of the Middle Atlantic Section of the ASEE and now the Secretary/Treasurer of the ECE Division of ASEE. Page 11.1206.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching Digital Communications in a Wireless World: Who Needs Equations?AbstractDigital communication is traditionally taught by examining the temporal and spectralresponse and the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Barnes, University of Colorado-Boulder

covering utility history,management, law and policy, and economics. These courses include topics on business,management, and legal issues as they relate to federal and state regulation, as well aspeople-related leadership issues. The electric utilities option of this program will becentered on three core courses that include conventional and renewable energy sources,transmission and distribution, security and availability, power quality and reliability.Elective courses will include courses on power electronics, data communication, andcontrol systems. A planned capstone course consists of either operations research or theinvestigation and resolution of a pending utility project such as the right-of-way oftransmission lines, specification of new

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Design and Fabrication of Spline(DFS module) using the rotary axis of a CNC machining center, and a laboratory experiment inrobotics along with results obtained from student team projects are presented, analyzed, anddiscussed.IntroductionThe advancement in technology, computers, and automation demands continuous improvementin the quality of education, both in theory in the classroom, as well as hands-on practice indesign, computer simulation, and manufacturing laboratories. There is a growing need forpreparing the students both in theory and practice so that they are well prepared to meet thechallenges in the job market, especially in the manufacturing industries of the 21st century. Astrong multi-disciplinary background is required from

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University; Karen Powell, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University

students, butfrom the beginning, the vision for the program was that it be university-wide. TheCommunication across the Curriculum (CxC) Program was established in 2004, and itsDirector and Assistant Director have successfully built faculty consensus around threeprojects: Communication-Intensive Courses, with criteria for them approved in 2005; High-Level Communicator Certification for Students, beginning in 2006, including digitalportfolios of communications projects for all students; and Communication Studios tosupport faculty members and students as they emphasize communication in four modes:written, spoken, visual, and technological. The CxC Program enjoys the direct support ofstudent government leaders, faculty members, deans, and provosts

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Lovitts, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

oftenspanned more than one of the above cited subcategories.The Teaching and Learning category captures any instructional intervention designed to improvestudent educational outcomes. More interventions were coded to this subcategory (57.3% of allinterventions) than any other subcategory (see Table 2.a). Aside from “Other,” which contains Page 11.496.5118 discrete interventions, the most common teaching- and learning-related interventions were:teams (17.3% of all articles), collaborative/cooperative learning (16.9% of all articles), lecture(traditional) (13.0% of all articles), projects (11.4% of all articles), active learning (10.4% of allarticles

Conference Session

Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Gulick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Debbie Pearson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati; Jennifer Oliver, IAESTE United States; Karl Zimmer, General Cable

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

cross-cultural issues and the benefits that international experiences hold for engineering students. Debbie completed a Master's Degree in English and counseling certification requirements from Troy University. Before joining Georgia Tech, she served various educational institutions through teaching, counseling, administration, and project coordination.Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati Gayle Elliott earned BS and MS degrees from University of Cincinnati and is currently assistant professor in UC's Division of Professional Practice. She is the faculty advisor for students in the International Co-op Program (ICP) and for mechanical engineering students in the class of 2008

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Meyer, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

2006-161: STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSING COURSE-SPECIFIC OUTCOMESDavid Meyer, Purdue University David G. Meyer has been very active in curriculum development, learning outcome assessment, design education, and use of instructional technology. He is currently responsible for creating, maintaining, and teaching the core ECE digital systems course sequence: ECE 270 (Introduction to Digital System Design), ECE 362 (Microprocessor System Design and Interfacing), and ECE 477 (Digital Systems Senior Design Project). He has written numerous papers on innovative uses of technology in education; more recent research contributions include papers on learning outcome assessment in both lower-division “content

Conference Session

International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

Tagged Divisions

International

) 4 CP (2 credits) Produktentwicklung I (product development) Tech elective 1 4 CP (2 credits) Turbomaschinen I (turbomachinery) Tech elective 2 8 CP (4 credits) Umformtechnik I (deformations) Tech elective 3 4 CP (2 credits) TOTAL 30 CP (15 credits) Summer Semester (April 4 – July 21) Praktikum Aktoren für mechatronische Systeme (laboratory on mechatronics) 6 CP (4 credits) Bachelor-Thesis (senior capstone design project) 12 CP (6 credits) Produktentwicklung II (product

Conference Session

Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Stwalley, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

definition. This offering will provide acertificate for the experience and provide central administrative office assistance in developingmore of the opportunities. Most of the students utilizing this form of practicum have gottenbehind or out of sequence from the standard plan of study and need specific senior coursesunavailable every term. This program will allow them to effectively utilize their remainingacademic time and complete some form of professional work experience. The IntensiveInternship work experience provides a significant benefit to the student and the potential for anindustrial based capstone senior project. A certified Internship program has been approved by the faculty that will providestudents with an internship certificate

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

2006-831: CONTENT ASSESSMENT AT THE COURSE LEVELRichard Bannerot, University of Houston Richard Bannerot is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston. His research interests are in the thermal sciences and in engineering design education. For the past fifteen years he has taught the required "Introduction to Design" course at the sophomore level and has been involved in the teaching of the department's capstone design course. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas. Page 11.356.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 20062006-831: CONTENT

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Barbara Eichler, DeVry University; John Morello, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, theirpower and impact will be ubiquitous and must be addressed for sustainability, economicand cultural equity, and green and ethical engineering. Applying the foundations ofethics to new technological challenges brings to engineering reality the importance andrelevance of the inclusion of such sustainability and ethical principles.The STS course at DeVry is a required capstone course to all of our students in all of ourcurricula with special emphasis in all fields on the appropriate design and implications oftechnologies so that responsible technological insight is achieved. Using nanotechnologyas an urgent example for responsible decision making, a number of teaching and learningtools are used including: cultural field studies, case studies

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert LeMaster, University of Tennessee-Martin; David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

modernize the laboratory was to havestudents redesign and upgrade existing equipment as part of their senior capstone projects. Thisapproach kept the cost low and provided enhanced learning opportunities for the studentsdeveloping the experiments. The students developing the projects gained valuable real worldexperience in the design and integration of automated equipment. Additionally, requiring thatthe students integrate the components and wiring into neat and professional looking enclosuresprovided the students insight into the skills and time required by industrial electricians whomaintain equipment in manufacturing plants. Funding for the modernization was provided by theuniversity and industrial supporters.ContentThe development of an

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Tarek Abdel-Salam, East Carolina University; Craig Sanders, East Caroilina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

4.12 0.75 3. Skills to evaluate the performance of other team members 4.30 1.03 4. Skills to provide constructive feedback to team members 3.17 0.75 5. Skills to receive feedback from team members 4.00 0.89 6. Coaching skills 4.17 0.71 7. Negotiating skills 3.83 0.98 8. Skills to communicate with other team members 4.00 0.89 9. Skills to manage a team project

Conference Session

Digital System Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University; Arlen Planting, Boise State University; Matt Murdock, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

FPGA.The greatest impact is on our senior capstone design sequences. The students are able to propose and startto work on the design project right away. Local high-tech companies and research faculties contribute tothese projects. This provides students with actual real-world problems instead of academic problems,which might not have real-world values! Page 11.832.5 5 Laboratory Setup & Management 4Our laboratory is set-up with sixteen stations and can hold at most thirty-two students. Each station has aPentium 4 2.8 GHz computer (with Windows XP) and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Sneck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Donald Bunk, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Douglas Baxter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

both solid modeling, technical reports and memorandums, problem solving, andpresentation.IntroductionIt is safe to say that few entering Engineering students have an idea of what practicing Engineersreally do. They arrive at college with a variety of expectations which are often not realized untilthey reach their Junior or Senior years. Their backgrounds in mathematics and science areprobably strong, and they may have participated in science fairs or class projects that are relatedto technology. However, they most likely have little or no sense of the complexity and attentionto detail that Engineering requires, or just how Engineers work and think as they solveengineering and design problems.Some engineering schools have required first

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Chen-Yuan Kuo, Arizona State University; Robert Hinks, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Thomas Sugar, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

: • EGR 101–Introduction to Engineering (offered as EGR 194) • EGR 103–Technology and Society (offered as EGR 194) • EGR 294–Applied Project (A one credit-hour class to support a renewable energy project conducted with the Hopi Nation) Page 11.270.9The outcomes were used most extensively in EGR 101; they structured much of the student work,and some data on their effectiveness was collected. tion Rubric Written Communication: Employs the writing process

Conference Session

Course-based Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Warren, Pennsylvania State University; Ralph Hanke, Bowling Green University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

to get out of thetraditional “teaching mode” as it was for the students to get out of the “passive learning” mode.Nevertheless, the students’ final projects and presentations suggest that the learning experiencesucceeded and students developed a realistic understanding of what it takes to be an entrepreneur.Further, the experience resulted in a plan of improvements to the method, three of them key. First,given the natural ambiguity of PBL to develop entrepreneurial skills, it is imperative that structuralaspects of the course are as unambiguous as possible. Second, the grading and support structure ofthe course need to reward student self-sufficiency. Third, in-class activities must be structured sothat teams are forced to be fully prepared

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Secor, Institute to Promote Learning; Douglas Arion, Carthage College

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

information7. A successful program, cognizant of thissituation, could implement interdisciplinary studies programs that combined, forexample, technology development and ecology, to help students make connections andsee relevancy and meaning in what they are studying, while fulfilling general educationor distribution requirements. Similarly, capstone experiences can be tailored to bothallow synthesis of learning across the four years as well as providing professional skills(i.e., resumes, interviewing, financial planning skills, etc.) that will help them succeedpost-graduation. Page 11.365.7 As discussed below, both the instructional format for each

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Smith, Pitt Community College; Bill Cooper, Pitt Community College; David Batts, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Department Chair of Technology Systems at East Carolina University and research interests include technology management and managerial decision methods. During his industrial career, he held positions as project engineer, plant manager, and engineering director.Greg Smith, Pitt Community College GREG SMITH received both his Ph.D. degree in Safety Engineering from Kennedy-Western University and his Master of Science in Safety Engineering from Kennedy-Western University. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from East Carolina University and another Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from West Virginia University. He has worked in the bio-industry as a manager and leader, he has served in project and