Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew J Bates, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

, and solve problems at the boundaries of traditional disciplines. As always within the civil engineering profession, change must be accomplished mindful of the profession’s primary concern for protecting public safety, health, and welfare.” iiIn general, risk is understood in a variety of ways. One may be interested in estimating fatalitieson a highway, or the precipitation quantity from a 100 year storm, or the magnitude andfrequency of earthquakes in a specific region. These are all good and useful exercises, however,the goal of this paper is to: 1. Define “risk engineering” as an integrating discipline that supports design development, project controls and project management. 2. Develop a theoretical

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahnaz J. Aly, Western Kentucky University; Laura Elizabeth Leach, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Contextual Learning Concepts Drive Architectural Education to Partner with IndustryIntroductionThe field of architecture is people oriented, which cannot be practiced in isolation. From conceptto completion the focus is always on the end user. According to Gutman, buildings are objects ofuse apart from being objects of pleasure [1]. Architecture is so essentially a social art that noarchitect can talk about his (or her) medium or about his (or her) schemes without reference tohow they will be used by people [1]. Once the idea for a facility has been conceptualized, thedesigner begins to conceptualize solutions for that particular structure, while taking

Conference Session

Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

encourage the engineering profession to see all “ways of knowing” (especially those that are community-based and/or non-technical) as valued and integral parts of the community-based design process?  What are best practices in terms of teaching our students and ourselves the critical importance of contextual listening?  How do we use our engineering skills to tackle complex societal problems?Conclusion: lessons learned as a community-engaged faculty memberWhen I first ventured into service-learning, I had outcomes for my students in mind. I waslooking at the research compiled by Eyler and Giles (1999) which showed that service-learningresulted in deeper understanding of course content and an increased ability to apply

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audrey Lynn LaVallie, Turtle Mountain Community College; Eric Asa, North Dakota State University; G. Padmanabhan P.E., North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #5733Community-Relevant Research for TCC STEM Student RetentionMs. Audrey Lynn LaVallie, Turtle Mountain Community College A. LaVallie, M.S., is a chemistry instructor at Turtle Mountain Community College in Belcourt, ND. She has directed various grant programs at TMCC, aimed at providing STEM research opportunities for Native American students, funded variously by the CDC, NSF, NASA, and EPSCoR.Dr. Eric Asa, North Dakota State University Dr. Eric Asa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Management and Engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota. He holds a doctoral

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isolde Adriana Parker, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah; Seetha Veeraghanta, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

them how toevaluate and synthesize sources of information. Their research is integrated into team presentationsand writing assignments for LEAP 1501 and LEAP 1500 courses.Collaborative modelThe majority of first-year students come into the E-LEAP program with rudimentary informationliteracy skills. Through student feedback, we know that the majority has experience usingcommercial search engines to search the Open Web. The majority has experience in a library setting,though usually not an academic library. The majority has produced research papers, pre-universityadmission.With that in mind, the librarian makes five visits to the E-LEAP classroom over an eight-week periodduring the semester. In the first librarian visit, we--the faculty member

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech; Wende Garrison, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #7218Raze the Silos: Using Digital Portfolios to Increase Integrative ThinkingDr. Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech Dr. Lisa DuPree McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant Department Head of Graduate Education and co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and an M.A. and B.A. in English from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include interdis- ciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University; Kacey Beddoes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

little conception of how science, technology, and engineering are related to one another, and they do not clearly understand what engineers do and how engineers and scientists work together to create technology. (p. 15 – 16)Third, it caused the public to define engineering incorrectly: In the ITEA survey, respondents were asked to name the first word that comes to mind when they hear the word "technology." Approximately two-thirds said "computers." Moreover, when given a choice of two definitions for "technology," 63 percent chose "computers and the Internet," whereas 36 percent chose "changing the natural world to satisfy our needs."… A majority of survey respondents (59 percent) associated the word

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #7574The Challenge of Change in Engineering Education: Is it the Diffusion of In-novations or Transformative Learning?Mr. Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette Junaid A. Siddiqui is a doctoral candidate at the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University. In his graduate work he is exploring the systems of conceptual and social challenges associated with educa- tional change for the development of undergraduate engineering education. Before joining the doctoral program he worked for nine years in a faculty development role at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi

Conference Session

Software Engineering Pedagogical Approaches

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Georgas, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Paper ID #6409Supporting Software Architectural Style Education Using Active Learningand Role-playingDr. John Georgas, Northern Arizona University John Georgas is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. He holds the Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the De- partment of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine and the B.S. degree in Computer Science from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. His research interests include self- adaptive soft- ware systems, software architecture, domain-specific

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Ellingson, U. of St. Thomas, School of Engineering; Kundan Nepal, University of Saint Thomas; Megan Rose McGill, University of St. Thomas; Mitchell J Hoffmann, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #6199Multi-floor Mapping and Navigation with UncertaintyDr. James Ellingson, U. of St. Thomas, School of Engineering James Ellingson earned his Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He joined the Faculty in at University of St. Thomas in 2009 after an extensive career in medical device manufacturing and industrial automation. Research interests include remote sensing, autonomous vehicles mechatronics, embedded systems, machine design and robotics.Kundan Nepal, University of Saint Thomas Kundan Nepal is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of St

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Ornelas Jr., Arizona State University; John Sadauskas, Arizona State University; Sandra Houston, Arizona State University; Wilhelmina C. Savenye Ph.D., Arizona State University; Eddy Ramirez; Claudia E. Zapata, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

% replied “Yes” when asked, “Would you be willing to test prepared lecture modules on Page 23.161.4unsaturated soils in your introductory geotechnical engineering course?” With that in mind, we 3 4are attempting, through this National Science Foundation funded project, to address the issue oflack of unsaturated soil material in undergraduate classes by developing learning modules on thestress state variables that govern unsaturated soils with an emphasis in concepts related to matricsuction; along

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session I - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Robyne Bowering, Monash University

Tagged Topics

Invited - Student Development

international language of business and the sciences.[6] They need to be purposeful when delivering information and instructions, and competent at interpreting information – verbal, non-verbal, written, visual and electronic;[7]  cogent interpersonal skills – enthusiastic, collaborative workers who are open-minded and aware of their own perspectives and assumptions, and those of others.[2] They need to have cultural awareness, not just in terms of different ethnicities, but also the culture of organisations.[8]Earl Dowell, Dean of Engineering at Duke University stated “…engineers who are adept atcommunications have a considerable advantage over those who are not...”[9] Effectivetechnical and non-technical

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa N Berg, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #6845What’s Trust Got to Do with It? Assessing a Research-Based Mentoring Pro-gram for Novice EngineersMs. Alyssa N Berg, University of Colorado Boulder Alyssa is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. Her focus is primarily on energy and the environment.Ms. Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder Janet Y. Tsai is a doctoral student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, whose work examines and develops initiatives to encourage more students, especially women, into the eld of engineering. Currently, Tsai’s research focuses on understanding

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiwen Mao, Auburn University; Yingsong Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University; Yihan Li, Auburn University; Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University; Jitendra K Tugnait, Auburn University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #7243Introducing Software Defined Radio into Undergraduate Wireless Engineer-ing Curriculum through a Hands-on ApproachProf. Shiwen Mao, Auburn University Dr. Shiwen Mao received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University in 2004. Currently, he is the McWane Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Auburn University in Auburn, AL. Dr. Mao’s research interests include performance analysis, optimization, and algorithms for wireless networks. He was awarded the McWane Endowed Professorship in the Samuel Ginn College of

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory L. Wiles P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Reid Ball, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Paper ID #5938The Converged ClassroomProf. Gregory L. Wiles P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University An assistant professor of industrial engineering technology at Southern Polytechnic State University, a four-year technical university in Georgia. He has a BS degree in Industrial Engineering at the University of Tennessee, an MS degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and currently working on his PhD. Prior to teaching, he worked for Lockheed Martin, Union Carbide, nVision Global, Oracle, and Georgia Tech in various engineering roles from research, to technical sales

Conference Session

FPD 4: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part I: Multimedia, Large Classes, and TAs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly C. Huett, University of West Georgia; Barbara B. Kawulich, University of West Georgia; P.K. Raju, Mechanical Engineering Dept, Auburn University,Al; Chetan S Sankar, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #7390Use of Multimedia Case Studies in an Introductory Engineering Course atTwo Southeastern Universities: A Qualitative Evaluation StudyMs. Kimberly C. Huett, University of West Georgia Kim C. Huett is an instructor of technology integration at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia. She holds an Ed.S. in Instructional Technology, an M.S. in Secondary Education, and B.A. degrees in English and Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently a doctoral student in School Improvement, Kim’s research interests include the design of distance learning environments, teacher education, and STEM

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Christina K. White; Richard H. Crawford

. Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013. Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering EducationGCSPs develop designers with an innovative skillset and mind set needed to address the mostpressing societal issues of the 21st century with engineering solutions. GC Scholars: a)contextualize engineering design and entrepreneurship within local, national, and globaleconomies, b) integrate engineering and technical innovation skills, and c) relate tohumanities and policies prompting individual and collective action. The 21st CenturyEngineering Grand Challenges are calls to action and serve as focal points for society’s

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Devlin Montfort, Washington State University; Nadia L. Frye, Washington State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #6522What is Engineering Knowledge: A Longitudinal Study of Conceptual Changeand Epistemology of Engineering Students and PractitionersDr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University Dr. Shane Brown conducts research on cognition and conceptual change in engineering. He received his bachelor’s and Ph.D. degrees from Oregon State University, both in Civil Engineering. His Ph.D. degree includes a minor in Science and Mathematics Education. His master’s degree is in Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis. Dr. Brown is a licensed professional civil engineer and has six years of

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tomas Enrique Estrada, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #6192Entering the Performance Zone: a Practical Pre-Lecture Guide for New Fac-ultyDr. Tomas Enrique Estrada, Elizabethtown College Page 23.542.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Entering the Performance Zone: a Practical Pre-Lecture Guide for New FacultyIntroductionWhile, in recent decades, undergraduate engineering curricula have been strengthened throughan increased emphasis on projects and hands-on learning, the need to provide students witheffective lectures remains a key

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

highlyappreciated. They have asked for smaller scale projects and for more class time to work on them.Most students were engineering and computer science students, and only few from othercolleges. This paper shares some of the specific comments (please see Appendix D). Special thanks to NCIIA for supporting activities and projects. Page 23.1302.3Details of activitiesThis section details activities that have been used to enhance the understanding of, andengagement with, user-based design. The underlying goal of the activities is to change thetraditional point of view of students when designing products or services, i.e., always keep theuser in mind

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen T Frezza, Gannon University; Richard W. Moodey, Gannon University; David Arthur Nordquest, Gannon University; Krishnakishore Pilla P.E., Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

’ science.Computing as... not scienceThe scientific nature of computer science was significantly criticized in the 1990s. McKeeargued that computer scientists are not honest about their work and they are “just acting likescientists and not actually doing science”. For instance, Brooks (1996) wrote that computerscience is a synthetic, engineering discipline. He also argued about the misnaming of computingas a science. Firstly, it leads computer scientists to accept a pecking order where theory isrespected to more than practice. Secondly, it leads them to regard the invention [INCOMPLETEthought]. Thirdly, it leads them to forget the users and their real problems. Fourthly, it directsyoung and brilliant minds towards theoretical subjects. Among the arguments

Conference Session

Computers in Education (CoED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johne' M Parker, University of Kentucky; Stephen L. Canfield, Tennessee Technological University; Sheikh Khaled Ghafoor, Tennesse Technological University; Kassy Moy Lum

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Page 23.1396.11year. Bibliography[1] Canfield, S. L, and Abdelrahman, M. A., 2009, “Enhancing the Programming Experience for Engineering Students through Hands-on Integrated Computer Experiences” Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, Marietta, GA, April.[2] National Academy of Sciences. 2012, "Undergraduate science and engineering teaching needs improvement." ScienceDaily (21 May 2012. Web. 29 May 2012).[3] Bransford, J. D., Brown, A., & Cocking, R., 2000, How People Learn: Mind, Brain, Experience and School, Expanded Edition, Washington, DC: National Academy Press.[4] Committee on How People Learn, A Targeted Report for Teachers, How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Padmanabhan P.E., North Dakota State University; D. Darshi De Saram, North Dakota State University; Thomas Charles Schanandore, North Dakota State University; James Schanandore, North Dakota State University; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

pursuing engineering programs at the university, who can shineas good role models to the tribal college students attending the PEEC summer camp.Education aspects of the camp were over seen by the faulty, and graduate students andundergraduates acted as student support staff. There were two roles that the graduate studentsfilled. The graduate students were essentially teaching assistants of the surveying course at thesummer camp. Along with that, they conducted various learning courses to keep the students inan academic mind set. Meaning, outside of the surveying course the graduate students wereteaching various session on pertinent math courses to help with the surveying course, statistics,MATLAB, and AutoCAD. Supplement education was just one

Conference Session

Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Mark Cuson; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

forces, moments, and normal bending stresseshelp resolve the business problem presented in the case study.2. Case Study Method InstructionEngineers working in business require the ability to solve relevant engineering problems “inuncertain and even currently unknowable environments.”5 The pedagogical goal of the casestudy method is to create this environment in the minds of students while they learn newconcepts and solve important problems. The case study method is widely used in businessschools to explore “the ‘wicked’ problems that potential managers will face in an uncertainworld”6 and encourage the “development of critical thinking and sense making abilities.”7 Overtime, the case study method has become a popular teaching tool because its

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia M Alhasani, The Petroelum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

rewarding. Women do not seemto mind the medical field’s long years of study, hard training and difficult working hours. Nor dothey ponder, at least in the case of the UAE, the nature of the work environment in which menand women are expected to work together for long hours and under a lot of pressure. Themedical field has idealized their profession by focusing on the noble goal of serving humanityand treating the sick. This very notion has been lost on engineering and the sciences. In a similar Page 23.1374.6manner, when recruiting students from high schools, the focus of the PI presentation is on thesofter aspects of engineering such as

Conference Session

Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University; Michael S Harris, Florida Atlantic University; Ravi S Behara, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

disciplines. They are encouraged to meet outside the class hours(during the lab hours) with their team members from the paired courses. The hope is to mixvisual artists, analytically minded engineers, and venture-oriented business students together insmall teams to catalyze innovation, with anthropology students as ethnographers and moderators.Since they have to form teams, we have a common assignment by the second week to post theirbios at a common Blackboard community site. They will have the next three weeks tocommunicate with each other and determine the team make-up. We get involved if they areunable to form teams on their own; we help them make up their minds. During the lab hours (seebelow) the engineering and arts professors teardown our

Conference Session

Research on Learning, Performance, and Impact

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Sylvester A. Kalevela, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Page 23.615.13 Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology: A Meta-Analysis," Review of Educational Research, vol. 69, pp. 21-51, 1999.[20] M. F. Belenky, B. M. Clinchy, N. R. Goldberger, and J. M. Tarule, Women’s Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind. New York, N.Y, 1986.[21] A. M. Paudel, "Fostering Diversity and Educational Learning among Engineering Students through Group- Study: A Case Study," presented at the ASEE-RMS, Ogden, UT, 2012. Page 23.615.14

Conference Session

Research on Learning, Performance, and Impact

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Chandra Y Austin Ph.D, Auburn University; Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #6156Evaluating the ”Impacts” Section of the Engineering Self-Efficacy, Interest,and Perception SurveyDr. Cameron Denson, North Carolina State UniversityChandra Y Austin Ph.D, Auburn UniversityDr. Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University Dr. Christine Hailey is a Senior Associate Dean in the College of Engineering and a Professor of Mechan- ical and Aerospace Engineering. Her teaching responsibilities include Thermodynamics I and the Women in Engineering Seminar. She is the Principal Investigator of an NSF-funded project entitled ”The Influ- ence of MESA Activities on Underrepresented Students.” The Math

Conference Session

Visualization tools and uses in graphics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Delahunty, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Raymond Lynch Dr., University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #8176An exploratory study of students’ approaches to generating, maintaining andcommunicating visual-mental imagesMr. Thomas Delahunty, University of LimerickDr. Niall Seery, University of LimerickMr. Raymond Lynch Dr., University of LimerickDr. Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick Dr. Diarmaid Lane received his B.Tech. in Education and Ph.D. in Technology Education from the University of Limerick in 2008 and 2011, respectively. He spent six years in the metal fabrication in- dustry developing engineering craft based skills prior to pursuing his studies in technology education. He currently holds a faculty position

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jan Cowan, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kirsten Hill, IUPUI Student; Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Paper ID #5931Adaptive Re-Use: The Architecture of Re-Purposing Existing ObjectsDr. David Jan Cowan, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Dr. Cowan is the director of the Architectural Technology and Visualization Program at Indiana Univer- sity Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He is also the associate chair of the Engineering Technology Department. He has degrees in Art Education, Visual Arts and Sustainable Architecture. He is a LEED AP. Research/teaching interests are in: post-disaster reconstruction, BIM (Building Information Model- ing), architectural visualization, sustainable community and