AC 2012-3832: THE PATHWAYS TAKEN BY EARLY CAREER PROFES-SIONALS AND THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO PATHWAY CHOICESMs. Cheryl A. Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech Cheryl Carrico is a Ph.D. student in engineering education at Virginia Tech and a graduate research as- sistant. Carrico is conducting research on early career professionals and their pathways as part of the engineering pathways study. Carrico has industry experience including as an engineering manager for General Dynamics.Ms. Katherine E. Winters, Virginia TechMs. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University Samantha Brunhaver is a fourth-year graduate student at Stanford University. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a focus in
AC 2011-2032: SERVICE-LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS: IMPROVING ED-UCATION AND ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDSWilliam C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue University, one of the founding faculty members of the School of Engineering Education and a courtesy faculty member in Mechanical Engi- neering and Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. He is active in ASEE and has served on the boards of ERM, FPD and CIP and is a fellow of the ASEE and NSPE. He was the first engineer to win the Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for
AC 2012-2956: INFUSING THE CURRICULUM WITH CUTTING-EDGETECHNOLOGIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRYDr. Steven H. Billis, New York Institute of Technology Steven Billis is professor of electrical and computer engineering at the New York Institute of Technology and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of Engineering and Computer Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in E.E. in 1972. His current field of interest is VLSI design.Dr. Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of TechnologyMr. Alan Jacobs, Education Market Business Development Consulting As a member of ASEE since 1994, Alan Jacobs has served the society in numerous leadership roles. He founded the ASEE Corporate
AC 2011-1822: INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE: A SUR-VEY OF ADVICE BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY CAPSTONE ALUMNISHARE WITH INCOMING STUDENTSTaylor Halverson, Brigham Young University Taylor Halverson earned a double major PhD at Indiana University in Instructional Technology and design and Judaism and Christianity in antiquity. He earned Master’s degrees from Indiana University and Yale University. His Bachelor’s degree was earned at BYU. Dr. Halverson spent several years working for Cisco in Silicon Valley where he designed creative learning experiences for thousands of customer service agents spread across the globe. Dr. Halverson currently works as a Teaching and Learning Consultant at BYU, assisting faculty
AC 2012-4583: FOSTERING INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT IN THE CO-CURRICULAR ASPECTS OF AN ENGINEERING LIVING-LEARNINGPROGRAMDr. Thomas F. Wolff P.E., Michigan State University Dr. Thomas F. Wolff is Associate Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Studies at Michigan State University. In this capacity, he is responsible for all activities related to student services (academic ad- ministration, advising, career planning, first-year programs, women and diversity programs, etc.) and curricular issues. He is principal investigator on several NSF grants related to retention of engineering students. As a faculty member in civil engineering, he co-teaches a large introductory course in civil engineering. His research and consulting
AC 2011-333: INDUSTRY FELLOWS: A MODEL FOR INDUSTRY-ACADEMICCOLLABORATION IN THE ENGINEERING CLASSROOMJosh Tenenberg, University of Washington, Tacoma Josh Tenenberg is a Professor in Computing and Software Systems at the University of Washington, Tacoma. He employs the behavioral and social sciences in analysing and designing the relationship between people and technologies. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the ACM Transactions on Computing Education. Page 22.866.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Industry Fellows: A model for industry-academic collaboration in the
AC 2011-134: TRANSFORMING CULTURES IN INDUSTRY: BUILDINGLEADERSHIP ATTITUDES AND SKILLS FOR WORKING ADULT GRAD-UATE STUDENTSRonald J. Bennett, Univeristy of Saint Thomas RONALD J. BENNETT PhD is Honeywell Fellow in Global Technology Management in the School of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas after having served as the Founding Dean. He holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering and an MBA. With a background of more than 20 years in industry, Bennett teaches and publishes on diverse topics including materials engineering, technical innovation, technology transfer, leadership and engineering education. He is an EAC of ABET commissioner for SME.Dr. Elaine R. Millam, University of St. Thomas Dr. Elaine
AC 2011-1050: COMPUTATIONAL EXPERTISE IN ENGINEERING: ALIGN-ING WORKFORCE COMPUTING NEEDS WITH COMPUTER SCIENCECONCEPTS.Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University Claudia Elena Vergara. PhD Purdue University. Fields of expertise: Plant Biology and STEM Education Research. Dr. Vergara is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER) at Michigan State University. Her research interest is in STEM education through research projects on instructional design, implementation and assessment of student learning, aimed to improve science, engi- neering and technology education.Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Director of Instructional Technology Research & Development