Authors of SMET articles

 

Dr. Paul C. Lam		 Dr. Paul C. Lam is Professor and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Co-op and Diversity Programs in the College of Engineering at the University of Akron. Research interests include structural dynamics, fatigue and fracture evaluation of material behavior, pre-college math/science/technology programs, and pre-engineering minority and retention models of engineering education. He received his BS degree in 1969 at Purdue University, MS degree in 1970 at University of Illinois, and PhD in 1978 at the University of Akron. Dr. Lam is an ASME Fellow and the recipient of numerous outstanding teacher and outstanding alumni awards at the University of Akron.
 

Dr. Amy Michel Roskowski		 Dr. Amy Michel Roskowski completed her PhD. in Chemical Engineering in 2001 at North Carolina State University in the area of GaN semiconductor growth and characterization. She received her undergraduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry from Ohio Northern University. She is currently working for Intel Corporation in Portland, Oregon as a senior process engineer.
 

Dr. Richard M. Felder		 Dr. Richard M. Felder is Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. He is coauthor of Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes (3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2000) and over 200 papers on Engineering and science education and chemical process engineering. Since 1991 he has co-directed the National Effective Teaching Institute under the auspices of the American Society for Engineering Education.
 

Dr. Lisa Bullard		 Dr. Lisa Bullard is a Visiting Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising in the Department of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University. She is a graduate of North Carolina State (BS ChE ’86) and Carnegie Mellon University (PhD ChE ’91). She held various engineering and business positions at Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, TN before joining the faculty at N.C. State in 2000. Her interests include multidisciplinary process design, teaching effectiveness, undergraduate advising, and educational outreach to K-12.
 

Dr. James J. Powlik		 James J. Powlik, Ph.D. is an information dissemination specialist who has been a consultant to the National Science Foundation since 1995. He is currently an assistant program director in NSF’s Division of Human Resource Development. As director of Raggedtooth Productions, Inc., and as a consultant for numerous private-sector companies, Dr. Powlik has advised on technical content, education efficacy, program design and outreach strategies for clients including NASA, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Environmental Protection Agency, public attractions and non-profit organizations. As a biologist, oceanographer, and author he has also worked in the areas of science literacy, animal morphology, aquatic ecology, ecosystem management, and ocean science methodology.
 

Dr. Norman Fortenberry		 Norman L. Fortenberry, Sc.D. has been Division Director of NSF’s Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) since November 1996 and is NSF’s Official Liaison to Community Colleges. Since January 2000, Dr. Fortenberry has also served as Acting Division Director of the Division of Human Resource Development (HRD). Dr. Fortenberry’s previous position was as Executive Director of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (The GEM Consortium) after serving as Associate Program Director, Program Director, and Staff Associate in DUE from 1992 to 1995. Before joining the NSF staff in 1992, Dr. Fortenberry was Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Director of Minority Engineering Programs at Florida A&M University/ Florida State University College of Engineering in Tallahassee, Florida. Dr. Fortenberry was awarded the S.B., S.M., and Sc.D. degrees (all in mechanical engineering) by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 

Dr. Gangbing Song		 Dr. Gangbing Song is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Smart Materials and Structures Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Akron. Before joining The University of Akron in 1998, Dr. Song was an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AA) at US Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) for two years and a research associate in Mechanical Engineering Department at NPS for one year. Dr. Song received his Ph.D. and MS degrees from the department of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York in 1995 and 1991, respectively. Dr. Song received his B.S. degree in 1989 from Zhejing University, P.R.China. Dr. Song is a member of ASME and ASEE. His research interests include smart structures, robust control, adaptive control, neural network and their applications in robotics, vibration, and position control.
 

Dr. Karl-Heinz Rau		 Dr. Karl-Heinz Rau is a Professor at the Business School at the Pforzheim University, Germany, since 1992. He teaches MIS, Object oriented System-Analysis (OOA/OOD/Java), and Application Systems in Management Accounting. During 1988 to 1992 he was a professor of Business Information Systems at the University of Cooperative Education, Stuttgart. He was a consultant to IBM Germany during 1984 to 1988. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Tuebingen University during 1980 to 1984. He was a Member of Planning Staff at IBM Germany from 1976 to 1980. His University is one of the first ones to be associated with SAP University Alliance Program in Germany starting in 1992. Dr. Rau published a book in Business Planning and one in Office Automation, furthermore he wrote more than twenty research articles in journals and books in the area of information systems and management accounting. He is a coeditor of the ‘Gabler Wirtschaftsinformatik-Lexikon’ (‘Encyclopaedia of Business Information Systems’), and a coeditor of the book series ‘Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik’. Recently he worked on a research project ‘Effectivity and Efficiency of Interactive Learning Software’ in the context of R/3 education at universities funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg. Dr. Rau is a member of the ‘Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.’ (Association of Computer Science). He can be reached at rau@fh-pforzheim.de.
 

Dr. Chetan S. Sankar		 Dr. Chetan S. Sankar is the Thomas Walter Professor of Management at Auburn University. He is an expert in use of case study method to bring real-world issues into classrooms and training sessions and has published several articles that emphasize the importance of aligning information systems with organizational strategies. He has obtained four National Science Foundation grants worth $1.3 million with Dr. Raju, a Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Auburn University in order to develop innovative case studies that benefit business and engineering students. He has taught at numerous universities including Temple University and has worked at industries including AT&T Bell Laboratories. He has published more than 100 articles in journals and conferences. He has published more than twenty research articles based on case study method of instruction. He is also a co-author of nine textbooks that are being used in business and engineering classrooms. A paper he created with S. Kramer and K. Hingorani won the 1995 Decision Sciences Institute Instructional Innovation Award for its outstanding contribution to the Decision Sciences. A courseware he developed along with colleagues won the 2001 and 1998 Premier Award for Engineering Education Courseware for its ability to develop higher-level cognitive skills in the students. He was selected as the outstanding researcher in the College of Business during 1997. His current research efforts are focused on developing and assessing research-based instructional materials that improve education of engineering and business students. He can be reached at sankar@business.auburn.edu
 


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