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Marilyn Dyrud is a full professor in the Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technology and regularly teaches classes in business and technical writing, public speaking, rhetoric, and ethics; she is part of the faculty team for the Civil Engineering Department’s integrated senior project.

She is active in ASEE as a regular presenter, moderator, and paper reviewer; she has also served as her campus’ representative for 17 years, as chair of the Pacific Northwest Section, and as section newsletter editor. She was named an ASEE Fellow in 2008. Currently, she is on two division boards, Engineering Technology and Engineering Ethics, and has served as Zone IV chair. In 2010, she received the McGraw Award, and in 2013, the Berger Award.

In addition to ASEE, Marilyn is active in the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics as proceedings editor and the Association for Business Communication, serving on the editorial boards of two journals and editing a teaching section for ABC’s pedagogical journal.

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Julie E. Sharp, Professor of the Practice of Technical Communications, has taught written and oral communication courses in the Vanderbilt University Engineering School for over 25 years. She designs and instructs the technical communication portion of combined engineering lab/technical communication courses, a technical communication course for engineering majors (serving as course coordinator) and most recently a course in engineering professional development, the first of its kind in the Vanderbilt School of Engineering. She has published numerous articles and presented successful workshops on communication in engineering courses, teaching, ethics, and learning styles. As a consultant, she has edited and written documents and conducted workshops for educators, industry, and professional organizations.

She was awarded both a 2013 and 2012 Apex Award of Excellence in Education and Training Writing, sponsored by Communication Concepts Inc., for her 2013 and 2012 ASEE papers. In 2004, she earned the ASEE Southeastern Section's Thomas C. Evans Award for "The Most Outstanding Paper Pertaining to Engineering Education.” Active as a presenter and moderator at ASEE and FIE and a reviewer for several journals, she is a member of the Society for Technical Communication, (past president of the Middle Tennessee Chapter), the Association of Professional Communication Consultants, and the National Council of Teachers of English. Dr. Sharp earned the Ph.D. in English Education, M.A. in English, and M.A.T. in English from Vanderbilt University; and the B.A. in English from Belhaven University.

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