Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal Corbett, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 2007.19. Crittenden, K. B.; Boudreaux, A. D.; Nelson, J. D.; Turner, G. E. 2008. TechSTEP: Connecting High School Teachers and Students to Integrated Engineering and Science, ASEE Proceedings. Page 15.959.12

Conference Session

Lessons Learned From Design Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile; Charles Goodman; Tracy Van Zandt

”, ASEE Session 22669) Onaral,B., “A Road Less Traveled”, ASEE Prism, September 199210) Avitabile, P., “Numerical Evaluation of Displacement and Acceleration for a Mass, Spring, Dashpot System”, ASEE 2004, Salt Lake City, June 2004Peter Avitabile is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of the ModalAnalysis and Controls Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He has 30 years experience indesign/analysis and modeling/testing dynamic/structural systems. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with aBS, MS and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering. He is also a member of ASEE, ASME, IES and SEM.Charles Goodman is a Graduate Student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendree Sampson; Darin Ridgway; Valerie Young

elaboration is present. The idea is stated two ways. B) An example is given. C) An analogy is given. D) The series of elements (clauses or sentences) is written in a parallel structure. E) Key terms or phrases are repeated. F) Conjunctions (therefore, however, on the other hand, etc.) are used to show logic. G) Short sentences are used. H) The specific item and general class it belongs to are clearly defined.Clarity detraction I) It is not clear what the pronoun refers too. J) It is not clear what the modifying clause modifies K) The meaning of this statement is not clear. L) The meaning of this statement is

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kristine Craven

Fall Spring Total 6 11 17 A 12 11 23 14 8 22 B 11 16 27 8 9 17 C 11 9 20 2 10 12 D 3 8 11 2 5 7 F 4 2 6 32 43 75 Total 41 46 87 Average GPA = 2.33 Average GPA = 2.52 The table above summarizes the grades received by students who were in the course forthe first time

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Rosa Gomez-Martinez; Joseph Ramos; Lourdes Sanchez-Contreras

15, Cancun, September 1998.[4] R. Gomez, D. Grajeda, J. Fierro, B. Flores, and S.W. Stafford, “The Academic Centers for Engineersand Scientists—A Team Model for Student Support at The University of Texas at El Paso,” ASEE AnnualConference 2002, Montreal, Canada, June 2002.[5] L. S.Contreras, M. Shadaram, “A Plan to Increase Graduate Enrollment at Science, Mathematics, andEngineering Disciplines”, ASEE Annual Conference 2001, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 2001.Lourdes Sánchez-Contreras is a coordinator for the Research Experience (REU) for Undergraduatesprogram under the Model Institutions for Excellence at the University of Texas at El Paso. She is activelyinvolved in working with undergraduate research students and in charge of securing

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecil Beeson; William Gay

courses are: 1. Aircraft Electrical Systems 2. Avionics Systems a. communication and navigation systems b. aircraft pulse and microwave systems 3. Avionics Troubleshooting“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Page 6.404.5Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”How these topics will be treated in each of the courses has not yet been determined. Since UCClermont’s academic year is on the quarter system, one possibility is to devote a course toaircraft electrical systems, one to communication and navigation systems

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjay P. Ahuja

", Proceedings of the ACM Computer Science Education Technical Symposium 1991, San Antonio, TX, SIGCSE Bulletin 23(1), pp. 25-34, March 1991.[3] Barnett, B. L. III, "A Visual Simulator for a Simple Machine and Assembly Language", SIGCSE Bulletin, 27(1), pp. 233-237.[4] "Major Applications of COMNET II.5, Network Analysis and Capacity Planning Through Simulation", CACI Products Company, pp. 22-23, August 1993.[5] Ahuja, S. P., "COMNET III: A Network Simulation Laboratory Environment For A Course In Communications Networks", Proceedings of the Frontiers In Education Conference (FIE 98), Tempe, AZ, November 1998.SANJAY P. AHUJASanjay P. Ahuja is an Associate Professor of Computer Science in the Department of

Conference Session

Impacts on Engineering Education Through Collaborative Learning, Project-based, and Service-learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu F. Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

Tagged Divisions

International

AC 2012-4073: BUILDING A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO OBTAINAND SUSTAIN STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR A COLLABO-RATED LABMr. Fanyu F. Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University Fanyu F. Zeng is an Assistant Professor in business information systems at Indiana Wesleyan Univer- sity. His research interests include software development, programming, database management, database performance, data mining, software project management, teaching methods, and international cultures in high education. Page 25.275.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Building a Comprehensive

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle M Fitch, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Dimitris C. Lagoudas P.E., Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

offered by the mentoring program; however, there were nostudents in either class that took advantage of these services. As for the office hours provided bythe mentoring program, only 29% and 21% of the honors and regular sections, respectively,visited the mentoring office. Office hours were more publicized, as approximately half of bothclasses said they knew about the availability of the mentoring program’s office hours.Figure 4 shows the comparisons between 2010’s survey responses3 and 2011’s responses fromthe student panel, (a), and other mentor activities, (b). In order to address these concerns in the Page 25.353.7future, the first mentoring

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jian Peng, Southeast Missouri State University; Santaneel Ghosh, Southeast Missouri State University; Ken Surendran, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

- vancement, Tucson, Ariz.; ”Faculty Research Award,” Southeast Missouri State University, COSM, 2010; ”Tony B. Award,” Association of laboratory Automation, 2010, 2011; Center of Nanoscale Science and Technology-University of Maryland, College Park (CNST-UMD) Scholarship, 2009-2011; and Marquis ”Who’s Who in America,” 2009. He has involved both undergraduates (22 to date) and graduates (five) in his research projects. He has established a laboratory for Nano-biotechnology and micro- and nanoflu- idics at Southeast and created and developed interest at the pre-college level by incorporation of science in K-12 classroom.Dr. Ken Surendran, Southeast Missouri State University Ken Surendran is a professor in the Department of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Susannah C. Davis, University of New Mexico; Kristen Ferris, University of New Mexico ; Madeleine Jennings, Arizona State University; Katharine Getz, Pennsylvania State University; Earl E. Lee, Arizona State University; Vanessa Svihla, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

intersectional, interdisciplinary, inclusive teams,” in NSF RED PI Meeting, 2019.[4] S. Davis, N. Kellam, V. Svihla, B. Sundaram, and J. Halkiyo, “Powerful Change Attends to Power Relations,” in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/37590[5] N. Kellam, S. Davis, V. Svihla, D. Riley, A. Pawley, and K. Cross, “Using Power, Privilege, and Intersectionality as Lenses to Understand our Experiences and Begin to Disrupt and Dismantle Oppressive Structures Within Academia,” in American Society for Engineering Education, 2020.[6] N. Kellam, V. Svihla, and S. Davis, “Power Dynamics and Roles on RED Teams: Promoting Cultures of Inclusivity,” presented at

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Tufenkjian

Citizen Permanent Resident Student VisaDo you have a current driver’s license and access to your own transportation?_________Will you have completed CE 366 and CE 368 by Spring Quarter, 1998 with a grade of “B” or better in each class?If not, explain.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________If you have completed equivalent coursework at other institutions (or additional geotechnical engineering courses),describe below the content of the course(s), where taken, and the letter grade obtained

Conference Session

Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

McRae Banks, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Light, and Jonathan Goldstein, “What High-Tech Managers Need to KnowAbout Brands.” (HBSP download)Case: Mountain Man Brewing Company: Bringing the Brand to Light (HBSP download)Globalization Page 15.253.8Isenberg, Daniel J. “The Global Entrepreneur.” (HBSP download)Case: Samsung Electronics Company: Global Marketing Operations (HBSP download)Article: McDougall, P., B. Oviatt, and R. Shrader, “A Comparison of International and DomesticNew Ventures.” Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 1, 59-82, 2003.http://wf2dnvr13.webfeat.org/APC3N174/url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/r71676m6250841u7/fulltext.pdfAccounting & FinanceGuest SpeakerTracy

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aparna Sukhavasi, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

://www.gisdevelopment.net/tutorials/tuman006pf.htm 2. ESRI. (2009). What is GIS. Environmental Systems Research Institute Website, Retrieved December 26, Page 15.847.13 2009 from http://www.gis.com/whatisgis/index.html3. ESRI. (2009). GIS for Civil Engineering. Environmental Systems Research Institute Website, Retrieved December 26, 2009 from http://www.esri.com/industries/civil_engineering/index.html4. Hall, R.H., Watkins, S.E., & Eller, V.E. (2003). A model of web based design for learning, in M. Moore and B. Anderson (Eds.) The Handbook of Distance Education. (pp. 367 – 376). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.5. Hall, R. H., Digennaro, A

Conference Session

IE Applications and Systems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Forgie, University of Southern Indiana; Marco Lara Gracia, University of Southern Indiana; MT Morris, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

AC 2010-2420: A SERVICE LEARNING CASE STUDY: AN EFFICIENCY STUDYOF A METROPOLITAN BUS TRANSIT SYSTEMCynthia Forgie, University of Southern Indiana Cynthia C. Forgie is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at the University of Southern Indiana, located in Evansville, Indiana, USA. She received a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Louisville. She also earned a M.S. in Software Engineering from Kansas State University. Dr. Forgie has served as a lecturer at the University of Louisville and Kansas State University. She also has over ten years experience as an Operations Research Specialist for the U.S. Army Operational Test Command and five years experience as

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Greco

VHDL and Programmable Logic."Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education27. Zemva, A. and Trost, A. and Zajc, B "A Rapid Prototyping Environment for Teaching Digital LogicDesign." IEEE Transactions on Education, Nov. 1998.28. "Nim." http://sjhs.freeshell.org/nim/29. Shor, M. "Online Nim Games." http://www.gametheory.net/html/games.html30. Xilinx Corporation. http://www.xilinx.com31. Xess Corporation. http://www.xess.comBiographical SketchJohn Greco is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lafayette Collegein Easton, PA

Conference Session

New ET Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman

Dominion University, of which he held the position of Chair of the Department of EngineeringTechnology for 27 years. He holds a B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina and M. S. and Ph.D.degrees from North Carolina State University, all in Electrical Engineering. He is also a registered ProfessionalEngineer in Virginia and author of more than a dozen textbooks. Since retiring, he has continued to work part -timewith the Navy College program and has developed two of the asynchronous courses for the program.DAVID L. CHASEDavid L. Chase is a career educator with extensive experience as a teacher and administrator. He taught secondaryschool social studies prior to entering military service. While on active duty, he held a variety of

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Gustavo Adolfo Sanchez, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Systems Approach,” Procedia Computer Science, vol. 44, pp. 669–678, n.d.2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2015.03.050[2] M. C. Jackson, “The origins and nature of critical systems thinking,” Systems Practice, vol. 4, ED. 2, pp. 131– 149, Apr. 1991. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01068246[3] M. C. Jackson, “Critical systems thinking and practice,” European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 128, ED. 2, pp. 233–244, Jan. 2001. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-2217(00)00067-9[4] Y. Bentley, G. Cao, and B. Lehaney, “The Application of Critical Systems Thinking to Enhance the Effectiveness of a University Information System,” Systemic Practice and Action Research, vol. 26, ED. 5, pp. 451–465, Oct. 2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-012

Conference Session

Curriculum & Student Enrollment II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. William White AIA, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Dan D. Koo, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

-campus. ForIUPUI, 6% of the student population resides on campus.2 For a traditional residential campuslocated within the same region, 38% of the students live on campus.1Nontraditional students: Students that possess one or more of following characteristics: a)entered / reentered education after a major break in their studies, b) are a minimum of 25 yearsold, c) possess “mature life experience” and/or d) possess an interest in expanding the foundationof their previous education or changing their area of expertise.3 Taking into account age alone,38.9% of this university’s (nontraditional campus) student population is 25 years of age or older.Used for comparison a nearby state institution (residential campus) enrolls a student body withonly 3.2

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo; Amit Bandyopadhyay

programs in site designand survey data management will be introduced. Drainage, soil stabilization and erosion controlparameters, and design techniques are applied to site designs. Safety and geometric standards forroadway design and construction are incorporated into the course.”B. Sustainable Development Design Guidelines within a Proposed Sustainable Site Planning & Design Course Outline:According the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) there are over 70 different green buildingrating systems in the country. Nationally the USGBC’s Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design (LEED) is the most recognized for new commercial construction (LEED-NC). The USGBC also currently has 8 other rating systems including LEED for; Homes

Collection

2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo; Amit Bandyopadhyay

programs in site designand survey data management will be introduced. Drainage, soil stabilization and erosion controlparameters, and design techniques are applied to site designs. Safety and geometric standards forroadway design and construction are incorporated into the course.”B. Sustainable Development Design Guidelines within a Proposed Sustainable Site Planning & Design Course Outline:According the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) there are over 70 different green buildingrating systems in the country. Nationally the USGBC’s Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design (LEED) is the most recognized for new commercial construction (LEED-NC). The USGBC also currently has 8 other rating systems including LEED for; Homes

Collection

2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

John E. Patterson

2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference A Quantitative Forensic Investigation of Causal Factors which Impact Residential Structures during a Major Hurricane John E. Patterson, PhD Norwich UniversityAbstractThe forensic investigation of damaged residential structures following a hurricane allowsstudents to examine the forces of a hurricane on a residential structure. This researchinvestigates the actual damage. This is not a predictive model, but a statistical model thatexamines the causal factors of the damage. This provides the students with numerouspossibilities for interdisciplinary research in design, construction

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University; Karan Watson P.E., Texas A&M University

chatgpt and its capability of completing undergraduate engineering coursework," arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.01538, 2024.[6] D. L. McCabe and L. K. Trevino, "Academic dishonesty: Honor codes and other contextual influences," The journal of higher education, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 522-538, 1993.[7] P. M. Newton and K. Essex, "How common is cheating in online exams and did it increase during the COVID-19 pandemic? A systematic review," Journal of Academic Ethics, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 323-343, 2024.[8] T. B. Gallant, "Academic Integrity in the Twenty-First Century: A Teaching and Learning Imperative. ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 33, Number 5," ASHE higher education report, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 1-143

Conference Session

NEE Technical Session - Assessment/Evaluation

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Dean; Gunnar Tamm, United States Military Academy; Jacob Reddington, United States Military Academy; Frederick Davidson, United States Military Academy; Michael Osmon

2.00 A- 3.67 C- 1.67 B+ 3.33 D 1.00 B 3.00 F 0.00 B- 2.67The US Military Academy uses a grade scale ranging from 0.00 to 4.33, as shown in Table 1.The institution allows students to retake a failed course and the subsequent grade replaces thefailed course in the calculation of a student’s GPA despite both grades remaining visible on thestudent’s transcript. The Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering does not incorporate aforced distribution to grades nor establish grades on a “curve.” To assess whether grade inflationhas played a role

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Kathleen Cook, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University; Teodora Shuman, Seattle University; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

-course integrated sequence ispresented in Ref. [33].b. Implemented the new ME curriculum. The academic year 2019-20 was the first year of thenew curriculum and the pandemic struck in the middle of implementing it. Many adjustmentswere necessary to carry out the new curriculum during the pandemic, and they are described indetail in Refs. [4], [32], [34] & [35]. Following is a summary of those changes:1. The first VIDP courses were offered in the spring of 2020 when courses were abruptly movedonline, and the second offering in Spring 2021 was delivered entirely online as campus wasclosed. Although the pandemic altered how the courses were delivered, we were able to keeptheir essence and adapt to the online format. More details of these

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Thompson, Kansas State University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

parameter extraction from photo-plethysmographic signals, light/tissue interactionmodeling, and the use of photo-plethysmograms in applications such as biometric authentication.These new devices have been employed in (a) a Fall 2006 lecture/laboratory pair within abiomedical instrumentation course sequence taken by undergraduate and graduate students, (b)undergraduate honors research experiences, and (c) graduate signal processing research.I. IntroductionBlood oxygen saturation, often referred to as the sixth vital sign, can be obtained via a wellknown, empirically discovered technique referred to as pulse oximetry.1, 2 In recent decades,pulse oximeters have become a staple in clinical environments and are therefore an expectedelement of any

Conference Session

Approaches to Active Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yim, University of Pennsylvania; Katherine Kuchenbecker, University of Pennsylvania; Paulo Arratia, University of Pennsylvania; Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania; John Bassani, University of Pennsylvania; Jonathan Fiene, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Lukes, University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

CU Spring 1 MEAM 105 Intro to Sci. Computing 1 MEAM 203 Thermodynamics I 1 MEAM 210 Statics & Strength of Matls. 1 MEAM 211 Eng Mechanics: Dynamics.5 MEAM 247a Mech Eng Laboratory I-A .5 MEAM 247b Mech Eng Laboratory I-B 1 MATH 240 Calculus III 1 MATH 241 Calculus IV 1 SSH elective 1 SSH elective 1 Professional elective (e.g., Circuits & Syst.) Junior YearCU Fall CU Spring 1 MEAM 302 Fluid Mechanics

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen McClain, University of Alabama-Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

eight independent reactions Page 11.65.3Water and R-134aA consistent naming scheme was chosen for the phase change fluids. The function calls forwater and R-134a begin with the variable to be determined, followed by an underscore, followedby the independent property(s), followed by a fluid identifier (H2O or R134a), followed finallyby the values of the independent property(s) in parenthesis. Figure 1 presents the format offunction calls for the phase change substances. The functions require that all independentproperties be entered with the appropriate absolute units. a_bc XX (b, c) Returned

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Anant Sahai, University of California, Berkeley; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

language (Newly revised and edited by Alex Kozulin). Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 4. Alexander, P. A. (1996). The past, present, and future of knowledge research: A reexamination of the role of knowledge in learning and instruction. Educational Psychologist, 31(2), 89-92. 5. Bransford, J., Vye, N., Stevens, R., Kuhl, P., Schwartz, D., Bell, P., ... & Roschelle, J. (2006). Learning theories and education: Toward a decade of synergy. Handbook of educational psychology, 2, 209-244. 6. Rogoff, B. (1998). Cognition as a collaborative process. Handbook of child psychology: Volume 2: Cognition, perception, and language. Damon, William (Ed)., (pp. 679-744). Hoboken, NJ, US: John Wiley & Sons

Conference Session

Automation, Instrumentation, and Computer Simulations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas E. McDermott, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #15181Improving a Flipped Electromechanical Energy Conversion CourseThomas E. McDermott, University of Pittsburgh Thomas E. McDermott is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, with over 30 years of industrial experience in consulting and software development. His research interests include electric power distribution systems, renewable energy, power electronics, electromagnetics, and circuit simulation. Tom is a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania and an IEEE Fellow. He has a B. S. and M. Eng. in Electric Power from Rensselaer, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia