Presentations:

Teaching and Leadership:

“Rubrics: Helping You and Students Perform Better,” Assessment and Learning Forum, Rose-Hulman, January 25, 2006.

“Determining the Ethical Use of Engineering Software Programs,” Student Chapter meeting, American Society of Civil Engineers, Rose-Hulman, March 30, 2005.

“Providing Structure to Client-Based Projects in Freshman and Senior Design Courses,” co-authored with K. G. Sutterer and R. J. Houghtalen, Pre-Symposium Showcase, Best Assessment Processes VI Symposium, Rose-Hulman, February 29, 2004.

 

Structural Engineering:

“Teaching Students How to Evaluate Calculation Results,” American Society for Engineering Education Illinois/Indiana Section Conference, Valparaiso, Indiana, March 28, 2009. 

“Finding Errors in Structural Designs,” Illinois Section-Structural Group, American Society of Civil Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 15, 2006. 

 

Fracture Mechanics:

“Can Information from Multiple Unload Cycles Lead to a Size Independent Fracture Toughness,” co-authored with R. J. Morton, Fracture Mechanics: Testing and Applications Session, American Concrete Institute Fall Convention, Boston, MA, September 30, 2003.

“Three-Dimensional Cohesive Crack Simulations of Concrete Round Double Beam Test Specimens,” co-authored with and presented by A. R. Ingraffea, Computational Concrete Mechanics Session, 5th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Boulder, CO, August 6, 1999.

“Round Double Beam Fracture Toughness Testing of Concrete: Specimen Behavior Issues,” co-authored with A. R. Ingraffea, Research in Progress Session, American Concrete Institute Convention, Atlanta, GA, November 9, 1997.

“Fracture Toughness Testing of Concrete:  Is the Short Rod Valid?,” co-authored with A. R. Ingraffea, Research in Progress Session, American Concrete Institute Convention, Seattle, WA, April 7, 1997.

 

Other Topics:

“Teaching Focused Faculty Positions,” Graduate Careers Workshop, Civil Engineering Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, October 2, 2006.