Polytechnic Institute Dr. Beth Wilson earned her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She is co-chair for the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Systems Security Working Group and is an INCOSE Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP). Dr. Wilson is retired from Raytheon where she worked for 33 years as a design engineer, program manager, research scientist, functional manager, and test director on sonar, satellite, and radar programs.Kate Beverage, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Kate’s primary responsibility is to lead the Academic Technology Center’s outreach efforts to the Worces- ter
Paper ID #11234The New Professional Working Adult Learner – The Next Generational Co-hortDr. Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Springer currently serves as the Executive Director for Purdue University’s College of Technology located in West Lafayette, Indiana. He possesses over 35 years of theoretical and industry-based practical experience from four disciplines: Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Program Management and Human Resources. Dr. Springer possesses a significant strength in pattern recognition, analyzing and improving organizational systems. He is internationally
Success for the Purdue Poly- technic Institute at Purdue University. She is a Professor of Supply Chain Management Technology in the School of Engineering Technology. Her teaching and scholarly interests are in the areas of supply chain management, quality control, and graduate education. She served as Department Head of Industrial Technology from 2007 to 2010. Prior to her appointment at Purdue University in 1993, she spent seven years teaching for Texas A&M University’s Department of Engineering Technology. Dr. Newton has a Ph.D. in Educational Human Resource Development, a Master’s degree in Business Administration, and a B.S. in Industrial Distribution, each from Texas A&M University
Paper ID #16915Building Community for Teaching FacultyDr. Laura D. Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Laura Hahn is Director of the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Her interests include communities of practice, classroom discourse, and intercultural communication for engineers.Dr. Cinda Heeren Dr. Cinda Heeren is an award-winning Senior Lecturer at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She teaches CS225, Data Structures and
AC 2010-2055: IN-PERSON VERSUS SYNCHRONOUS REMOTE DELIVERY OFMECHANICS LECTURESMichael Kozak, University of Dayton Page 15.707.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 In-Person versus Synchronous Remote Delivery of Mechanics LecturesAbstractThe author divided two classes of mechanics students into two approximately equal groups. Onegroup received lectures in-person while the other group received the lecture synchronously andremotely over the internet from an adjacent classroom. Students were randomly assigned to eachgroup. Two different lectures were performed in this manner with each of two classes withstudents randomly
Paper ID #21433Using a Collaborative Design Model for Developing Quality Online CoursesCaitlin A. Keller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Caitlin Keller is the Instructional Designer for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Her primary role involves partnering with teaching faculty to create and develop courses in the online, blended, and face-to-face environments. Caitlin serves as the designer, facilitator, and instructional design consultant for the Faculty Institute for Online Teaching program. Caitlin holds a Master of Science degree in Learning Technologies and Instructional Design from Drexel University and a
Paper ID #21776The Impact of Free Lunch on Attendance at Voluntary Teacher TrainingDr. Todd Easton, Kansas State University Todd Easton received a B.S. in Mathematics with a minor in Statistics from Brigham Young University (1993), an M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University (1994) and a Ph.D. in Industrial En- gineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (1999). He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology until 2001, when he joined the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineer- ing department at Kansas State University. He is a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar and an