Conference Session

Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; George D Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #10494Analysis of Design Process Knowledge Task Responses: Statistical Approachesto Uncover Patterns (Research)Dr. Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica E. Cardella is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University and the Director of Informal Learning Environments Research for INSPIRE (the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning). She has a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Puget Sound and an MS and PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Washington. Her research focuses on: par- ents’ roles in engineering education; engineering learning

Conference Session

Computer-Based Learning Models

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

education. Instead, engineering education must empower students to use technology“responsibly, reflectively, and effectively” 1. More moderate solutions include the use ofdeliberate computing 70, which guides students’ use of technology by telling them when to uselaptops, when to shut them down, and provides specific directions for engaging with lecturematerial 71-73.The problem of distractions caused by multitasking, task-switching and interruptions has been animportant issue in human-computer interaction in the past decade 74. Several researchers, bothfrom academia and industry, have tried to create interface solutions for personal computers thatminimize the costs of interruptions and distractions e.g. 75,76-79. These interface innovations helpto

Conference Session

WIED: Medley

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon University; Beth A. Powell, Tennessee Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, 2006. 95(1): p. 25-37.13. Wolfe, J. and K. Alexander, The computer expert in a mixed-gendered collaborative writing group. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 2005. 19(2): p. 135-170.14. Litzer, E., et al., Gender and Race/Ethnicity in Engineering: Preliminary Findings from the Project to Assess Climate in Engineering, in ASEE2010.15. Hartman, H. and M. Hartman, Do Gender Differences in Undergraduate Engineering Orientations Persist when Major is Controlled? International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 2009. 1(1): p. 61-82.16. Commonwealth Club. Women In Business: Lessons Learned. 2003 [cited 2010 30 June]; Available from: http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/03/03-08women-speech.html.17

Conference Session

DEED Melange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #8847Introducing Sustainability into Engineering Design: a First Year CourseDr. Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University Dr. Courtney Pfluger received her Bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University in 2004. She then went to work in the Biotechnology Industry, where she worked on process development of recombinant proteins from mammalian cell cultures. In 2006, Dr. Pfluger enrolled into the Chemical Engineering PhD program at Northeastern University. In the spring of 2011, she successfully defended her PhD dissertation entitled ”Biomimetic Replication of Intestinal Basement Membrane Topography”. In the fall

Conference Session

The D/M/A of CE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Libby Osgood P.Eng., University of Prince Edward Island and Dalhousie University; Clifton R Johnston, Dalhousie University; Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

shifted to studying active learning techniques in engineering education, specifically service learning and social justice.Dr. Clifton R Johnston, Dalhousie University Dr. Johnston is the NSERC chair in Design Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dalhousie University. He has taught and practiced design engineering for the past 20 years. He has been awarded the STLHE Alan Blizzard Award for Collaborative Education, the ASME Curriculum Innovation Award and a PIC V Best Paper award at ASEE.Dr. Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island Page 23.26.1 c American

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

R. William Graff; Paul Leiffer

paradigm has been developed tocommunicate with, and to appeal to, today's students, including collaborative learning,web-based learning, and smorgasbord curricula. While modern technology may be usedto benefit the instructional process, there are some disadvantages to using itinappropriately or prematurely. In our enthusiasm to be on the cutting edge oftechnology, we must not overlook some basic, time-tested principles of instruction.Certain critical factors (maximum rate of information input, processing rate, decay rate,and compression ratio from textbook to lecture) will put an upper bound on learning rate.Consideration must also be given to the observation that some entering students are notwell-prepared for engineering study, and many have

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein

ProjectsThe capstone design experience at the University of Idaho is a two-semester sequence thatinvolves a variety of projects sponsored by regional industry. This culminates in the largestacademic design show in the Pacific Northwest where design teams from departments ofMechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering,Biological Systems Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, and Computer Science display theirwork to the public. Information about this annual event can be found at www.uidaho.edu/expo.During the current academic year, the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering have joined forcesin an interdisciplinary class that meets concurrently and has uniform project expectations. Morethan 80 seniors and a

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; P.K. Imbrie; Tamara Moore

century. Educating and training a newgeneration of skilled scientific workers with the multidisciplinary perspective necessary for rapidadvances in nanotechnology is one of the key transforming strategies of the U.S. NationalNanotechnology Initiative (NNI). To ensure that tomorrow’s workforce and leadership is in thepipeline to pursue further education in the area of nanotechnology, a focus on first-year studentsis critical2.The interdisciplinary nature of nanoscale science and engineering – its blending of chemistry,physics, biology, mathematics, computer science, materials science, geology, engineering, etc. –provides new opportunities for interdisciplinary course and curriculum development, as well asfaculty collaboration, both in teaching and

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

groups:participants in the student teams and non-participants. In this paper, the authors present asummary and discussion of the survey results, and discuss the workings of the steel bridge andconcrete canoe teams as well as recommendations for enhancing student participation in theproject teams.Steel bridge project teamThe steel bridge team is an avenue for students to apply the skills that they learn in the classroomto a real-life project. It is a collaboration of students that work together to fabricate a 1/64th scalesteel bridge to compete in the American Institute of Steel Construction Student Steel BridgeCompetition. Students must follow strict rules on bridge dimensions, maximum deflections,bridge loading, safety, and construction limitations. The

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdel Mazher

professionalengineers? Are there evaluation studies to show the success or failure of this philosophy toproduce professional engineers?Whether there are specific answers to the above questions or not, it looks like that the philosophyof education has changed from the past to the present and will change in the future. The future ofhigher education, for engineers in the 21st century, can be envisaged as different from its past andpresent. Whether this will be better or worse depends on what is perceived as the best way ofmanaging change in education. There is already a marked transition in the approach, objectivesand subject matter of engineering courses to cater for new technologies and industrial needs. Thefollowing points will help to pave the road to reform

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Reynolds; Macy Reynolds

allpositions in universities.4 Adjunct faculty are often important members of the engineeringfaculty because they are familiar with current trends and practices in industry and pass them onto their engineering students. Their role in the education of future engineers is especiallyimportant in computational class and labs.However, adjunct faculty members have some barriers to overcome as they enter the academiccommunity. First, they do not have office hours throughout the day so that it is easy for studentsto schedule appointments. Often they come from their own workplaces and have little time Page 8.1036.1between work and teaching to

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris R. Rehmann, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Mark Laingen, Iowa State University; Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University; Thomas J. Brumm, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. His research involves the study of outcomes assessment of student competencies in relation to continuous improvement in higher education.Mark’s undergraduate work concentrated on the study of integrated manufacturing systems and holds a B.S. in Industrial Technologies, and a M.S. in Technology with a focus in Training and Development, and in Project Management.Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University Associate Chair, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Director, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Co-Director, Iowa State University Learning CommunitiesThomas J Brumm, Iowa State University Dr. Tom Brumm is associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Q. Lewis, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

(3 female, 17 male) were enrolled in the fall. Almost all ofthe students were in their fourth semester in the spring and fifth semester in the fall. Theengineering students required to take this course include mechanical, civil, nuclear, industrial,aerospace, biological, bioengineering, and engineering science.The students were allowed to self-select teams with most having four team members and a fewhaving three. Four roles were given to be assigned within the group. A project leader was neededto call and run meetings, assign tasks, and deal with other management issues. A lead researcherwas assigned to collect and organize all the research from the team members. The over-allorganization and documentation role was assigned to a project

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor Mejia, California State University, Los Angeles; Jessica Alvarenga, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles; Israel Hernandez, California State University, Los Angeles; Eun-Young Kang; Phanit Pollavith; Adriana Trejo, Roosevelt High School; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, CivilEngineering, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Math. CSULA faculty train fellows through apreparation course and workshops in order to improve communication, collaboration, andteaching skills. Furthermore, a strong partnership between CSULA, LAUSD, local industry, andminority serving organizations such as Great Minds in STEM and MESA has been established inorder to achieve program goals. Broader impacts include increasing the number ofunderrepresented minority students who pursue college degrees and careers in STEM and tostrengthen the research and teaching skills of the graduate fellows. At the time these demonstrations and activities were performed, the program consisted ofeight fellows

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University; Donald P. Visco, University of Akron; Evangelynn Thurber, Cookeville High School; Ryan Thomas Pavlovsky

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

along with computational algorithms that are robust and efficient, the application ofcomputer aided model-based approaches to predict designs for structures, machines, electronicsand even molecules becomes possible and practical. The authors engage in research thatincorporates various computer aided model-based activities including developing models forphysical phenomena such as chemical reactions 2, the behavior of complex processes 3 anddesigning molecules for various applications 4. As part of their ongoing National ScienceFoundation (NSF) grant entitled, “Controlling the Properties and Performance of Concrete UsingComputer Aided Molecular Design 5,“ and in collaboration with a NSF Research Experience forTeachers (RET) site, they have

Conference Session

Engineering Education Ties and Engineering Programs in the Middle East and Latin America

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla

Tagged Divisions

International

Mapping and Indirect Assessment of Universidad de las Américas Puebla’s Engineering School OutcomesAbstractAs part of assessment efforts at Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) EngineeringSchool (ES), in 2009-2011 curricular mapping analyses were performed for ES outcomes in eachof the undergraduate engineering programs as well as a series of surveys were designed andimplemented to assess ES outcomes with various stakeholders (faculty, students throughout thecurricula, graduating seniors, alumni, and employers), regarding their perception about theimportance of the thirteen ES outcomes and the progress made by our students in achieving theseoutcomes. Engineering programs’ curricular mapping was carried out with collaboration

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

to otherdisciplines like law, arts, music, management, teacher education, or any other fields that havemade extensive use of cases for professional training.Teaching with cases often involves several challenges for the instructor. These includediagnosing technical problems and formulating solution strategies, making engineering andmanagement decisions taking into account technical, economic, and social and psychologicalconsiderations, and confronting ethical dilemmas [6]. The instructor needs to either have lots ofexperience or they can invite aerospace engineers from the industry to give seminars and presentcases. The instructor can then have students analyze the cases. The cases need to be authentic,and may also be drawn from stories in

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Allison Antink Meyer, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G. Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

setting and a single person took responsibility 11for their training and participation. “While I was doing my work I had a grad student that justworked directly with me. So if I had questions she could answer my questions. If not, we couldsit there and look it up and I think it was very collaborative.” In each case, the studentparticipant had a positive experience working relatively closely with them. The remaining threeparticipants described a more isolated experience in which they were trained and directed by anumber of alternating individuals. “There were three to four grad students in there filtering inand out. Some went on vacation for a couple

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, and CE professional practice. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and a Distinguished Member of ASCE. Page 25.1329.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Raise the Bar Initiative: Charting the Future by Understanding the Path to the Present – Accreditation CriteriaBackgroundAt the 1995 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Civil Engineering EducationConference (CEEC ’95), key leaders from industry and academia identified four primary issueareas requiring the focused attention of the U.S

Conference Session

Undergraduate Recruitment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. FultonSchools of Engineering is located on ASU’s Tempe Campus, the largest single US campus with59,794 students. There are over 4,400 undergraduates and 2,100 graduate students inengineering and computer science. In this paper, “engineering” includes computer science, butnot construction.In Fall 2010, ASU had three NSF grants which supported transfer upper division and graduatestudents. The primary scholarship funding for transfer students was an NSF S-STEM grant(#0728695) called CIRC/METS (Collaborative Interdisciplinary ResearchCommunity/Motivated Engineering Transfer Students) for 2008-2012. If transfer students in thisCIRC/METS Program graduated and continued on to graduate school full-time right aftergraduating, they could receive a scholarship

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Albert, University of Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #7812Measuring the effectiveness of pedagogical innovations using multiple base-line testingMr. Alex Albert, University of Colorado Alex Albert is a PhD Candidate in the Construction Engineering and Management Program at the Uni- versity of Colorado at Boulder. He has conducted research for the Construction Industry Institute and ELECTRI International, studying hazard recognition and response. Alex specializes in implementing experimental research methods in engineering education to perform hypothesis testing and draw causal inferences.Dr. Matthew R. Hallowell, University of Colorado Dr. Matthew Hallowell is

Conference Session

Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean St.Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Professor and Chair of the Civil Engineering Department at the Oregon Insti- tute of Technology, where he teaches structural engineering courses and conducts research in engineering education. He is also a registered Professional Engineer. Page 25.1125.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Responses to an Unfamiliar Thing: How Learning About a Structural Sculpture Can Make It More AppealingAbstractA collaboratively conceived and designed engineering teaching sculpture was recently installedat a small teaching-oriented engineering college. What began as an

Conference Session

Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel W. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

and student learning for about ten years.Dr. Daniel W. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning (ITLL) program and the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center in CU’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from the Louisiana State University and a M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of reten- tion, program evaluation, and teamwork practices in engineering education. His current duties include assessment

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

principles are introduced into lower level courses through demonstrations and how thebasic principles of process engineering can be taught to a multidisciplinary student group. Thesepresentations and experiments are drawn from past experience and those of this present year withour new multidisciplinary Freshman Engineering Clinic course at Rowan University.INTRODUCTIONThe Rowan engineering faculty are taking a leadership role by using innovative methods ofteaching and learning, as recommended by ASEE[1], to better prepare students for entry into arapidly changing and highly competitive marketplace. Key program features include: (i) inter-and multi-disciplinary education created through collaborative laboratory and coursework; (ii)stressing teamwork

Conference Session

Increasing Engagement in Engineering Ethics Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Udayan Das, Saint Mary's College of California

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

consider the issues involved and to answer the questions in a particular scenario.Ultimately ethical training that leads to ethical practice must depend upon values and how individualschoose to apply values towards actual action. One of the deepest challenges in the CS/tech industryis that seemingly ethical people contribute to unethical practices and results [14]. Trainingindividuals to carefully think through each situation is critical. While traditional ethics training is acritical element of developing this outlook and strengthening values, one of the biggest challenges inthe CS/tech industry (and perhaps the corporate world at large) is that one must go far and beyondsimply thinking carefully about ethical issues but also have tools and

Conference Session

Transfer issues between 2-year colleges and 4-year Engineering and Engineering Technology programs 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory L. Heileman, The University of Arizona; Chaouki T Abdallah, Georgia Institute of Technology; Andrew Karl Koch, John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

Paper ID #42611Eliminating Sources of Information Asymmetry in Transfer ArticulationProf. Gregory L. Heileman, The University of Arizona Gregory (Greg) L. Heileman currently serves as the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona, where he is responsible for facilitating collaboration across campus to strategically enhance quality and institutional capacity related to undergraduate programs and academic administration. He has served in various administrative capacities in higher education since 2004. Professor Heileman currently serves on the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chloe Grace Hincher, North Carolina State University; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

GCSP-REU in cultivating the development of‬ ‭key components of the EM throughout the 10-week experience through validated questions for‬ ‭research identity and engineering self-efficacy, as well as an evaluation of the development of an‬ ‭EM using concept mapping.‬‭Introduction:‬I‭ n the current technology-focused society prioritizing interdisciplinary collaboration, it is crucial‬ ‭to incorporate best practices in undergraduate education. Specifically, introducing engineering‬ ‭undergraduate students to research can elevate the development of future academic and industry‬ ‭leaders in engineering. Building off of previous work and keeping the EM at the forefront of this‬ ‭research, this paper is derivative of last year’s work of

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 1: Foundations of Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, American Institutes for Research; Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

ResearchIntroductionPracticing mechanical engineers interface with machinists to design and manufacturecomponents in metal and other engineered materials. Direct, hands-on exposure to precisionmachining operations, like mill and lathe work, helps engineering students designmanufacturable components and graduate as professionals who are better able to collaborate withmachinists, operators, and other members of a manufacturing team [1]. Although the benefit ofdirect experience with machining is indisputable, programs struggle to implement “shop”experiences with fidelity for a variety of reasons, including: (1) constraints on equipment,staffing, and material resources, particularly for large-enrollment classes; (2) long gaps in thecurriculum between machining experiences

Conference Session

Simulations and Virtual Learning

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David J Gagnon, Field Day Lab @ UW-Madison; John M. Pfotenhauer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Arganthael Berson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Luke Swanson, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

environment known asa virtual laboratory.Virtual Laboratories for Thermodynamics EducationVirtual laboratories play an increasingly important role in undergraduate engineering education,especially following the COVID-19 shutdowns of many in-person laboratory experiences.Virtual laboratories are digital learning environments that allow learners to conductinvestigations using simulated material and apparatus. They have been studied extensively inscience and engineering education [7]. They are increasingly utilized in educational settings,online learning, and training in industry as appropriate alternatives to physical laboratories [8].Virtual laboratories offer advantages to traditional laboratories in terms of logistics, includinglower costs and less

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ET Programs I

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Isaac L. Flory IV, Old Dominion University; John R. Hackworth, Old Dominion University; Murat Kuzlu, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

, and served for 7 years as the Program Director for the Electrical Engineering Technology Program. In the past she has worked for the University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at San Antonio, Rutgers University, and Politehnica University of Bucharest. She is a senior member of the IEEE.Dr. Isaac L. Flory IV, Old Dominion University Isaac L. Flory IV received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1984, 1993 and 2008 respectively. He has over 17 years of experience in the lighting industry, serving in several positions as an employee of HubProf. John R. Hackworth, Old Dominion University John Hackworth is an Associate Professor and Director of the electrical