Conference Session

Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

assessment based on National and State Educational Standards.A) Educational Approaches. We believe that guiding students in active and extended science inquirymay be fruitfully achieved through a process of group investigation to solve real-world problems.To this end our approach was centered on the use of the group instructional model in conjunctionwith an inquiry-based learning technique to solve selected hands-on projects. Participants worked ingroups of three through the entire workshop period in learning and developing content materials foruse in their classroom teaching. In addition, they were also educated and coached by the educationfaculty and the master teacher to learn the use of the group instructional model that had been provedto be a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christian Kreiter MSc, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences; Danilo Garbi Zutin P.E., Carinthia University of Applied Sciences; Michael E. Auer, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Paper ID #15475WORK IN PROGRESS: A Study on Student Feedback Regarding the Us-ability of Online LaboratoriesMr. Christian Kreiter MSc, Carinthia University of Applied SciencesMr. Danilo Garbi Zutin P.E., Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Danilo G. Zutin is currently a Senior Researcher and team member of the Center of Competence in Online Laboratories and Open Learning (CCOL) at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS), Vil- lach, Austria, where he has been engaged in projects for the development of online laboratories, softtware architectures for online laboratories and online engineering in general. Danilo

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas

and technology goal. The first courseEM300, includes statics, fundamentals of stress and strain, shear moment diagrams, bending,torsion and an introduction to the engineering design process. ME350, the second course in theMechanical Engineering Sequence, includes concepts from classical thermodynamics, fluidmechanics and heat transfer. The final course, ME450, incorporates the previous material in anengineering design process. In this course cadets are required to design and build two devices, ina formal group, using the concepts mastered in EM300 and ME350.Thermal Science Course Development Developing a new course is an extremely complex task, one that lends itself to asystematic problem solving process. USMA’s thermal science course

Conference Session

Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathon E. Slightam, Marquette University; Mark L. Nagurka, Marquette University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

prototyping (3D printing),assembling the clock, and testing the timing accuracy.Introduction The typical undergraduate engineering student will encounter the topic of gears in severalcourses. Early exposure may be in a physics course or in a first dynamics course, where gearpairs are presented as a means to change speed ratios and torque ratios. They are used formechanical advantage, to achieve desired speed, or to change rotational direction. Although thefocus is usually on kinematics, since gears have inertia they store kinetic energy and are part ofthe dynamic equations of motion of mechanisms and machines. For mechanical engineeringstudents, gears are studied in courses such as 'kinematics and dynamics of mechanisms' and'machine design', where

Conference Session

Life Sciences and ChE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Carlson

Session # 3613 Making Memories The Penn State Bioprocessing Cluster Program 2000-2002 Alfred Carlson Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractAs part of a larger National Science Foundation grant to Penn State, I ran a special hands-on, “real life” educational program in bioprocessing for senior chemical engineers. Thestudents took all of their courses for the spring semester, senior year, from a singleinstructor and pooled them into a seamless laboratory project to produce a recombinantprotein at pilot plant scale. The students were able to learn how to design experiments,plan and execute runs, and operate a

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University; Gregory C. Bernard, Tuskegee University; Willard E. Collier, Tuskegee University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

concepts and techniques in students while captivating their long-term interest through real-world problem-solving. A return to hands-on activity in thefield/laboratory using MSPC as an interdisciplinary tool to bridge the gap betweenplant/agriculture sciences, chemical sciences and engineering is advocated. Students and facultywill be drawn from across disciplines, including plant/agriculture sciences, chemistry, biology,and engineering from the Colleges of Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, and Engineering. There willbe involvement of all the disciplines in each step of the program as the student teams research anddevelop their MSPC targets. The proposed program has an almost 100% problem-based focus, thedevelopment of new MSPC targets appropriate

Conference Session

Life Sciences and ChE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vyas Harinath; Pfumai Kuzviwanza; Jianzhong Lou; Leonard Uitenham; Keith Schimmel

Session #3613 Biodegradable Polymer Characterization Laboratory Unit Keith A. Schimmel, Jianzhong Lou, Pfumai Kuzviwanza, Arvind Vyas Harinath, Leonard Uitenham North Carolina A&T State UniversityAbstractA current research area of significant environmental, economic, and scientific importance isbiodegradable polymers.1-4 Biodegradable polymers is also an area that has great promise forbeing used to integrate life science into the chemical engineering curriculum. To this point,however, high quality laboratory manuals on biodegradable polymers have not been developed.Therefore

Conference Session

CoED: Computer Science Topics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud K Quweider, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Fitratullah Khan, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

we share our findings and as more professors get involved.Table 2 gives the description of the courses for which the modules have been designed. The coursesare selected to cover all four-years of the CS degree. Table 3 on the other hand shows the conceptsthat were targeted within each course. This is not an exhaustive list, and future modules can becreated to target other concepts that the student might have problems with understanding. Table 2. Targeted VRI-modules Prefix and Course Description NumberCSCI-1370 CS-I: An introduction to computer science and computer engineering. The fundamentals of a high-level programming

Conference Session

Life Sciences and ChE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Reilly; Surya Mallapragada; Mary Huba; Jacqueline Shanks; Kevin Saunders; Charles Glatz; Balaji Narasimhan

hisdoctorate in chemical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.SURYA K. MALLAPRAGADA is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science andEngineering at Iowa State University. In 2002, she was named by MIT’s Technology Review as one of “Top 100Young Innovators.” She earned her doctorate in chemical engineering at Purdue University. Page 9.1008.10 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sofia Ahmed, University of Florida; Matthew J. Traum

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

: the force it mustproduce. This study is implemented using waterjet-cut specimens of identical shape but increasingthickness tensile tested to failure on an Instron 5967 Universal Testing Machine.KeywordsRemote Lab, Online Student, Universal Mechanical Testing Kit, FreeLoader, Stress-StrainIntroductionStudy of material properties is important for engineering courses including Mechanics ofMaterials, Manufacturing, and Design. Hands-on learning is vital for engineering students tothoroughly understand material properties, their impact on physical behaviors, and practicalapplications leading to design principles. Mechanics of Materials is often taught as a laboratorycourse featuring research-scale tensile testers to extract empirical stress

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Risa Robinson

of Mechanical Engineering (ME) seniors at Rochester Institute of Technology(RIT). Students commented that more hands on data acquisition and open ended projectsthroughout the curriculum would be extremely valuable in preparation for their capstone seniordesign course.Laboratory courses, which are often used simply to demonstrate theoretical material, are anexcellent opportunity for students to learn and practice problem solving skills. However, we mustmove away from traditional canned experiments, with step by step instructions and knownoutcomes, to open ended experiments that challenge students intellectually and encouragecreativity. This experience is consistent with the Kolby Learning Cycle, 3 which is completed byasking the questions

Conference Session

Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William E. Howard, East Carolina University; Rick Williams, Auburn University; Sarah Christine Gurganus, NAVAIR Fleet Readiness Center East

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

engineering education and additive manufacturing.Ms. Sarah Christine Gurganus, NAVAIR Fleet Readiness Center East Ms. Christine Gurganus is a mechanical engineer at Fleet Readiness Center East in Cherry Point, North Carolina. She received her B.S. in engineering from East Carolina University. While studying at East Car- olina University, she interned as a teaching assistant for the Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics program and performed research to characterize the mechanical properties of 3-D printed materials. Page 26.1653.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Vincent C Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering; William C Farrow, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Hope Leigh Weiss, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

] [No]Control [Yes] [No]Mechanics of Materials [Yes] [No]Numerical Analysis [Yes] [No]Thermodynamics [Yes] [No]Materials Science [Yes] [No]Fluid Mechanics [Yes] [No]Machine Design [Yes] [No]Heat Transfer [Yes] [No]Manufacturing [Yes] [No]Engineering Economics [Yes] [No]11. Please describe your favorite aspect of the Rocket Design Project experience.[Open-ended Response]12. Please describe your least favorite aspect of the Rocket Design Project experience.[Open-ended Response]13. Please provide any general comments about the Rocket Design Project experience.[Open-ended Response]14. Please suggest ways the instructors can improve the Rocket Design Project experience.[Open-ended Response]15. What questions do you wish had appeared on this survey

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Kowalec, University of Michigan; Andrew Deorio, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division

and hardware courses, he teaches Creative Process and works with students on technology-driven creative projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Partnership Characteristics and Student Performance in an Introductory Computer Science Course Charles Kowalec and Andrew DeOrio crkowale@umich.edu, awdeorio@umich.edu Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of MichiganAbstractGroup work and programming in partnerships have been shown to have a positive effect onstudent learning in computer science education. As a result, students in

Conference Session

T1B: Developing foundations in Science

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Stephany Coffman-Wolph, University of Texas, Austin; Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

teachers and students, instructions to present material within the classroom or ateacher script for the activity, class time hands-on activities, student evaluation and assessmentmaterials (i.e., quizzes, tests, homework), frequently asked question (FAQ) sheets, and externalresources for additional information or related activities/materials. Kits may be virtual (e.g.,accessible via cloud drive) or a combination of virtual and physical, depending on the resourcesneeded for the activity.Kits will include all information teachers need to complete the activity. Teachers will receiveinstructions describing the set-up for the experiment and background information. List ofexternal resources will be provided to assist teachers in explaining tricky topics

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Schroeder; Figen Lacin; Craig Somerton

obtained from the lead author atsomerton@egr.msu.edu. Our experience has been that use of these props creates a muchstronger understanding about the physical nature of fins than the pictures in a typical heattransfer text book. One of the authors has used some junked heat sinks from a computer shopthat might be available from computer services on most campuses. Though not as simple anddirect as the models made to match the textbook formulas, they still provide a hands-onexperience for the students. Page 8.174.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

subjects anddeveloped pedagogical methods for integration. The second is implementation of the plan. A briefaccount of the work in these two stages is as follows.II. PlanningIn the planning stage, we encountered two main challenges. The first concerns with content material,i.e., what topics are suitable to be included in the course. The second concerns with pedagogy, i.e., howto integrate these topics to the already large amount of course material in fluid mechanics.a) The Content IssueJust like many colleagues in mechanical engineering, we do not have formal educational backgrounds inthe field of human physiology. To overcome this handicap, in the summer of 2001 we made an effort tofamiliarize ourselves with this new subject, especially on the

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Himani Sharma, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

academic path, providing a relatable perspective on career paths andprofessional journeys. The younger professionals, having recently transitioned from beingstudents in the same lab, became approachable mentors.Harnessing the presence of field experts on campus provided an excellent opportunity tocultivate more personalized interactions for the students. Once the groundwork was laid forinviting the engineers, a distinctive approach was adopted by allowing students to volunteer ashosts for our esteemed guests. This empowered students to take charge of planning logistics andestablishing email communications with the industry professionals. As hosts, students wentabove and beyond by organizing tours of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Mid-East / Asia

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Stanton, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

International

AC 2008-695: ADVANCING A COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM INAFGHANISTAN: A MENTOR'S PERSPECTIVEPaul Stanton, United States Military Academy Page 13.158.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 ADVANCING A COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM IN AFGHANISTAN: A MENTOR’S PERSPECTIVE The National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA) recently requested assistancefrom the United States Military Academy to build a computer science program capable ofproducing the technological leaders needed by its nation and its army. We spent several monthsin Kabul, Afghanistan working alongside the host nation faculty to structure an ABET-style, goaloriented curriculum that can evolve

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Kobus, Hillsborough Community College; Cesar Guerrero, University of South Florida; Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida; Rafael Perez, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

addition to the two-year course of study at HCC, two summer programs are incorporated intothe curriculum to help prepare students to transfer from HCC to USF. The summer programs aredesigned and implemented by USF and HCC faculty, creating a new learning community thatwill extend to HCC classrooms on a permanent basis. Upon the completion of the two summerprograms, HCC students enrolled in CSTEP are expected to graduate and transfer directly to theDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering at USF. During Summer Program I, studentsare enrolled in the Programming Concepts course at USF, are exposed to basic researchactivities, and participate in various educational and social activities. Summer Program II issimilar in structure but students take

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Ruşen Argun, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Andre Schleife; Cecilia Leal; Dallas R. Trinkle, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Nicola H. Perry, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jessica Krogstad, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Matthew D. Goodman, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Antonia Statt; Marie Agathe Charpagne

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio State University in 2003. Following his time as a National Research Council postdoctoral reseaProf. Nicola H. Perry, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Nicola Perry has been an assistant professor in Materials Science and Engineering at UIUC since 2018. She received her PhD degree in the same field from Northwestern University (NU) in 2009 and sub- sequently held postdoctoral positions at NU, Kyushu University (Japan), and MIT. Prior to joining the faculty at UIUC she was a World Premier Initiative assistant professor in the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research at Kyushu University and a research affiliate at MIT. Her research fo- cuses on

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chasz Griego, Carnegie Mellon University; Cheng Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University; Wenchao Hu, Carnegie Mellon University; Ziyong Ma, Carnegie Mellon University; Andy Ouyang, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

, transparency and openness.In this paper, we outline a course opportunity that gave undergraduate students an early exposureto Open Science with hands-on research experience. This course was offered in a set ofcohort-focused research and experiential learning courses organized by the Office of the ViceProvost for Education at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Titled Collaborative ResearchThrough Projects, this set of courses was held in the summer, offering undergraduate students atuition-free opportunity to undergo a learn-by-doing educational experience.This paper details a course titled Enhancing Reproducibility and Collaboration with OpenResearch Tools. For eight weeks, classes were held in-person two times a week, led by a STEMLibrarian at CMU

Conference Session

Star Tech: Bringing Data Science and Technologies into the Classroom

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jinwoo An, University of Mount Union; Alan M. Hunter, University of Central Florida; Xi Wang P.E., University of Mount Union; Boo Hyun Nam, University of Central Florida ; Yong Je Kim, University of Central Florida; Byoung Hooi Cho, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Byoung Hooi Cho, University of Central Florida c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engaging, Data-based, Visual Approach to Explaining ConcreteAbstractConcrete is the most widely used material in the world. The importance of understanding concrete as itpertains to Civil Engineering cannot be emphasized enough. Despite its overwhelming importance, studentscommonly go only skin-deep into comprehending concrete in the typical undergraduate constructionmaterials class. Traditional course materials tend to be mostly text-based, as opposed to being more image-based. The visual materials available to generation Z (Gen Z) students on the internet, social media, andother common technological

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty Development

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Mel Chua, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

...may have been the departure point.” Alexandra was reflecting on how the FIE participants focused on how other people could help with dissemination of their research, which was in part because of how we setup the session, but they did not seem to take ownership of the idea that the POD network could help with dissemination. This resulted in the participants not being able to develop any strategies for how the individual participants could help strengthen this connection.  On the other hand, the POD participants were able to see the advantage of connecting with Engineering Education Research, the purpose for the POD session, more directly. One participant commented something similar to “​ Well, I guess I could use this [Journal of Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering in K-12 Science and Mathematics Standards

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

was featured on the National Science Foundation Discoveries web site. She is a member of Sigma Xi, past chair of the K-12 and Precollege Division of the American Society of Engineering Educators and a Senior Member of the IEEE.Elizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University Page 23.367.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Defining Engineering in K-12 in North CarolinaA great deal of national attention has recently been focused on STEM (science, technology,engineering, and mathematics) education as an educational innovation. The truth is that scienceand

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gross; Keyoni McNair

Paper ID #37074Toward Diversifying Computer Science With Novel Interest-Based Models of StudentsJoshua Gross Joshua Gross is an assistant professor of computer science at CSUMB. He spent nearly a decade as a software engineer, earning an MS in software engineering from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He holds a PhD in information sciences and technology from Penn State, where his research focused on the intersection of artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction. His current research is focused on the psychology of programming, with the goal of better understanding factors that support

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Roberts, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

are being asked. This allowsstudents to challenge what they know because if something is not consistent with a previousunderstanding, changes in mental process can be made [15].3. MethodologyThe current study aimed to explore the impact of course modality on student performance andsatisfaction in the context of online learning. To provide a comprehensive understanding of thetopic, a literature review was conducted, delving into the learning theories, instructionalstrategies, and learning environments pertinent to the research. In an online setting, theeffectiveness of the traditional and flipped models in an introductory materials science andengineering course was assessed by analyzing student performance and satisfaction. Studentperformance

Conference Session

Track 3: Technical Session 3: Envisioning Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education: Creating a Coalition including University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Bowie State University, and University of Maryland College Park to Make It Happen

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Rosemary Parker, University of Maryland, College Park; JACQUELINE SMITH, Bowie State University; Isabel K Lloyd, Materials Science and Engineering Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Jennifer Johnson, Temple University ; Yuanwei Jin, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Research 1 Institution. A successful program will require that Championsbe fully engaged in this process for 2-3 years and that they engage with their facultycolleagues to help them appreciate the strengths diverse students bring to their researchprojects. In addition, Champions will work with faculty and staff to model and maintain apositive environment. A total of 32 Champions have already been identified across STEMDepartments in three partner institutions.Pilot ProgramsThree graduate departments, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science andEngineering were identified as demonstration departments based on: 1) Match between undergraduate programs at the HBCUs and graduate opportunities at the Research 1 Institution. 2

Conference Session

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehran Mozaffari Kermani, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Reza Azarderakhsh, Rochester Institute of technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics for the special issue of Emerging Security Trends for Biomedical Computations, Devices, and Infrastruc- tures (2015 and 2016). Moreover, he has served as the lead Guest Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing for the special issue of Emerging Security Trends for Deeply-Embedded Computing Systems (2014 and 2015). He is currently serving as the technical committee member for a number of related conferences including DFT, FDTC, RFIDsec, LightSEC, and WAIFI. He was a recipient of the prestigious Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Post- Doctoral Research Fellowship in 2011 and the Texas Instruments Faculty Award (Douglas Harvey) in 2014

Conference Session

Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mathew Schaefer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #15985The Cards Wager Assignment: Betting Homework Points on Statistical Pro-cess ControlDr. Mathew Schaefer, Milwaukee School of Engineering MATHEW SCHAEFER is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Milwaukee School of En- gineering. Prior to his academic work, Dr. Schaefer worked for G.E. Medical Systems and for Briggs & Stratton Corp. He earned his B.S. and M.S (Mechanical Engineering) and Ph.D (Materials Science) from Marquette University. His experiences in metallurgy, design, and failure analysis come from work in industry, projects and teaching at MSOE and projects completed as an independent