Conference Session

Bridging the Gap and Freshman Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Morley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rick Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

AC 2009-1225: CALCULUS AT A DISTANCE: BRINGING ADVANCEDMATHEMATICS TO HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH DISTANCELEARNINGNelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Nelson C. Baker is the Vice Provost for Distance Learning and Professional Education (DLPE) and a faculty member in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Nelson received his B.S. in civil engineering from Georgia Tech, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in civil engineering from Carnegie Mellon. His work focuses on educational learning tools and student learning, faculty usage, and assessment of these techniques for instruction and

Conference Session

Mathematics: Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida; Cherie Geiger, University of Central Florida; Scott Hagen, University of Central Florida; Chris Parkinson, University of Central Florida; Alison Morrison-Shetlar, University of Central Florida; Tace Crouse, University of Central Florida; Paula Krist, University of Central Florida; Pat Lancey, University of Central Florida; Melissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida; Pat Ramsey, University of Central Florida; Dahlia Forde, University of Central Florida; Anna Koufakou, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

AC 2009-760: PROGRESS OF THE EXCEL PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OFCENTRAL FLORIDA: AN NSF STEP FUNDED PROJECTMichael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida Michael Georgiopoulos has received a Diploma in EE from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 1981,and an MS in EE and a Ph.D.in EE from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, in 1983 and 1986, respectively. He joined the University of Central Florida in1986,where he is currently a Professor in the School of EECS. His research interests lie in the areas of Machine Learning and applications with special em-phasis on ART neural networks. He has published his work in over 250 journal and conference venues. He has been