| Resume |
| year | description | |
| education | 1995 | Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington. |
| 1993 | M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington. | |
| 1991 | B.S., Engineering, California State University, Northridge. | |
| licensure | P.E.: Indiana | |
| workshops and short courses |
2007 | Workshop: Tools for Team Assignments and Peer Evaluations, with Matt Ohland and Hal Pomeranz, Frontiers in Education Conference, Milwaukee. | 2007 | Invited Workshop: Relieving the Pain of Assessing Lab Courses, with Patsy Brackin, Best Assessment Processes Symposium IX "BAP-9", Rose-Hulman Institute, Terre Haute. (This workshop originally given at the BAP-8 in Feb 2006.) | 2006 | Workshop: Mini-Labs: A Hands-On Substitute for Lectures, Frontiers in Education Conference, San Diego. | 2002 | Invited Workshop: Colloquium on Student Teams, Dept. of Chem. and Fuels Engng, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. |
| 2002 | ASEE/ERM Teaching Workshop: Building Student Teams, with Ron Miller, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. | |
| 1999 | Invited Lecturer: Modeling and Computer Simulation of Multidomain Physical Systems, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland. | |
| honors and awards |
2005 | Mechanical Engineering Division best paper award, ASEE Annual Conf., Portland. abstract |
| 2004 | Merl K. Miller Award, Computers in Education Journal, annual best paper award for teaching/instructional methods. abstract | |
| 1999 | NC A&T College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award. | |
| 1998 | Woody Everett Award, Computers in Education Division, ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle. | |
| 1990 | National Scholar of the Year, American Council of Engineering Companies. | |
| experience | 2005- | Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN. |
| 2000-05 | Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN. | |
| 1996-00 | Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. | |
| 1992-94 | Consultant, Solid Propellant Systems, Rocket Research Co., Redmond, WA (now Aerojet Redmond Rocket Center). | |
| 1985-88 | Project Manager, Gary Walker & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Simi Valley, CA. | |
| 1983-85 | Group Head, Gary Walker & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Simi Valley, CA. | |
| 1981-83 | Designer, Gary Walker & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Simi Valley, CA. | |
| 1979-81 | Drafter/Designer, Hargis Engineers, Anchorage, AK. | |
| temporary positions |
2007-08 | Visiting Associate Professor, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. |
| 1998 | Visiting Faculty, Bladed-Disk Design, Pratt & Whitney, West Palm Beach, FL (now in East Hartford, CT). |