Tentative Schedule
Thursday, July 16 |
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6:15 pm |
Reception (cash bar) Memorial Student Center Great Hall |
7:00 pm
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Dinner Memorial Student Center Great Hall Benchmarking Opportunities Using a New Data Sharing Consortium: www.PolyDASHER.org Proceedings (pdf) PowerPoint Slides |
Friday, July 17 |
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7:45 - |
Breakfast Memorial Student Center Great Hall |
| 8:30 - 9:15 am |
Opening Session Memorial Student Center Great Hall |
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Dr. Charles Sorensen, Chancellor A New View of a Polytechnic University Dr. Gerald Jakubowski, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, California Maritime Academy |
| 9:30 - 10:15 am | Break-out Session 1 |
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A1 Developing and Sustaining a Collaborative Distance Learning Master of Science Degree among Peer Polytechnic Institutions Arizona State University A2 A3 The Net-Generation Student: Assessing Engagement and Learning Within a Computer Simulation Environment University of Wisconsin-Stout |
| 10:25 - 11:10 am | Break-out Session 2 |
B1 Online Pedagogy: B2 B3 |
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| 11:20 - 12:05 am | Break-out Session 3 |
C1 Creating and Assessing Teaching and Learning Outcomes C2 The Capstone Experience for UW-Stout Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Technology Mechanical Design Students Engineering and Technology Department C3 Leveraging Fab Labs in the Polytechnic World Dr. Jerry Johnson, Professor & Director of Center for Innovation and Development, University of Wisconsin-Stout Mr. Randy Hulke, Director, Stout Technology Transfer Institute, University of Wisconsin-Stout Mr. Jim Janisse, Development Manager, Manufacturing Technology, Fox Valley Technical College Representatives from MIT and the Midwest Digital Fab Lab Partnership |
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| 12:15 - 1:30 pm | Lunch/Dialogue on Collaboration/Partnerships |
| 1:30 - 2:15 pm | Break-out Sessions 4 |
D1 Innovative Faculty Teaching and Student Learning at a Polytechnic University VirginiaTech Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo University of Wisconsin-Stout D2 Bridging the Institute: D3 Serving the Business Community: Determining Training and Education Needs to Benefit Local Manufacturing and Distribution Companies |
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| 2:25 - 3:10 pm | Break-out Session 5 |
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E1 Virtual Team Simulation Department of Business and Economics University of Wisconsin-Superior E2 Interdisciplinarity and Applied Research Begin Department of Information Technology Ms Sarah Langevin Dr. JoAnne Larsen, Instructor, Engineering Division Proceedings (pdf) E3 |
| 3:15 - 3:45 pm |
Summit Closing Memorial Student Center Great Hall Dr. Julie Furst-Bowe, Provost University of Wisconsin-Stout |
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Dr. Charles W. Sorensen is Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stout. He has served as a teacher, historian, academic dean and academic vice president prior to joining the University of Wisconsin-Stout staff in 1988 as the sixth person to head this century-old institution. He holds a Ph.D. in History from Michigan State University and has over 25 years of experience as an administrator.
Dr. Sorensen promotes program development, distance education efforts, the use of technology in the classroom, private fundraising, and a strong quality program at UW-Stout. Beginning in the fall of 2002, UW-Stout became the first public university in the state of Wisconsin to initiate a digital learning environment, requiring all new freshmen to lease a laptop. Since coming to Wisconsin in 1988, Dr. Sorensen has been actively promoting economic development, developing partnerships with companies and corporations, and supporting a strong technology transfer program on the UW-Stout campus. He has served on several statewide commissions studying the role of the University of Wisconsin System in identifying and solving workforce issues, technology initiatives and developing a climate to attract high technology businesses.UW-Stout was selected by the U.S. Department of Commerce for the prestigious 2001 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the education category. In October 2002, Dr. Sorensen received the Michigan State Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and also received the Eagle Management Leadership Award from the Wisconsin Technical College System in recognition of his leadership that has produced significant results for the WTCS.
In February 2006, Dr. Sorensen also received the “2005 Citizen of the Year Award” from the Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Gerald S. Jakubowski just started on July 1, 2009, in his current position as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs for the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo, California. Cal Maritime, a member of the California State University System, prepares students for careers in international business, logistics, marine engineering, maritime affairs, global studies and transportation through a hands-on applied approach to learning similar to other polytechnic universities.
Previously, he served for three years as President of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, which has been ranked the best undergraduate engineering program in the country for ten consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report among institutions that give the baccalaureate and master’s degrees, but do not give a Ph.D. degree.
Dr. Jakubowski also served as Vice President and Provost of Arizona State University (ASU) where he was instrumental in leading the development of ASU’s newly formed Polytechnic Campus. Prior to his move to Arizona, he served for fourteen years as the Dean of the College of Science and Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In addition, Dr. Jakubowski held the positions of Interim Dean of Engineering and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the Herff College of Engineering at Memphis State University (now University of Memphis) and was Assistant Dean of Engineering at the University of Toledo where he was responsible for the overall administration of the undergraduate engineering program. He also served as a faculty member at the University of South Alabama.
Dr. Jakubowski is Past National President of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and Past Chair of the Engineering Accreditation Commission for ABET, the organization that accredits engineering programs in the United States. He is also active in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He served on the SAE Board of Directors, the SAE Foundation Board of Trustees, the ASME Council on Education, the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET and the Executive Committee of the EAC. In 1984, he received the Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award and, in 1987, the Outstanding Zone Campus Representative Award, both from ASEE. Dr. Jakubowski received the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in 1985 and the Excellence in Engineering Education Award in 1998, both from SAE. In 2007, Dr. Jakubowski received the University of Toledo Gold “T” Alumnus Award – the university’s highest honor. In 2002, Dr. Jakubowski received the University of Toledo College of Engineering’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. He is a Fellow Member of ASEE and ASME. In addition, Dr. Jakubowski served as a NASA Faculty Fellow in 1983 and 1984. He has served Triangle Fraternity, a social fraternity of engineers, architects and scientists, as National Councilman and twice National President, as well as a long time member of the Triangle Education Foundation Board.
A native of Toledo, Ohio, he received his bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering all from the University of Toledo. He also completed Carnegie-Mellon University's College Management Program offered through the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management.
Jerry and his wife, Lynn, currently reside in Vallejo, California.
Benchmarking opportunities using a new data sharing consortium: www.PolyDASHER.org
Dr. Meridith Wentz, Director of Budget, Planning & Analysis
Ms. Wendy Marson, Institutional Planner
Mr. Dan Krueger, Software Engineer
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Do you need a better opportunity to benchmark data with your peer institutions? In this session, we will introduce PolyDASHER (Polytechnic Data Sharing for Higher Educational Research), a free, new data sharing consortium for polytechnic institutions. PolyDASHER can be accessed at www.PolyDASHER.org This session will include: 1) a demonstration of PolyDASHER, 2) features of PolyDASHER, 3) how the data can be used for decision-making at your campus, 4) the time commitment involved and 5) how you can join.
Meridith Wentz is the Director of Budget, Planning and Analysis at University of Wisconsin-Stout. She has a doctorate in Educational Policy and Administration (Evaluation Studies) from the University of Minnesota, and has been in the Budget, Planning and Analysis office for seven years. In 2007, the Budget, Planning and Analysis office launched the UW-Stout Applied Research Center, www.uwstout.edu/bpa/arc, which provides benchmarking surveys, custom services, and data sharing—including PolyDASHER. Together, Meridith, Wendy and Dan developed and implemented PolyDASHER, using examples from other data sharing consortiums, national databases, national surveys, and other experience gleaned from more than 10 years of combined experience in Institutional Research and 22 years of experience in software development.
At UW–Stout since 2005, Wendy Marson, currently an Institutional Planner in the Office of Budget, Planning and Analysis, has worked in-depth on multiple studies of student engagement and learning in a ubiquitous computing environment. Her studies include: a multi-semester project comparing online vs. face-to-face learning in an introductory chemistry class, a phenomenological study of student engagement, a study of how learning is impacted by technology in Speech classes, and twice-yearly student surveys of how the Digital Learning Environment (DLE) enhances learning at UW-Stout.
Ms. Marson received her Master’s Degree from UW-Stout in Applied Psychology in 2005. Her thesis, “Focus Groups for a Needs Assessment of Student Health Services at the University of Wisconsin-Stout” was nominated by UW-Stout for the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Distinguished Thesis Award.
Dan Krueger is an on staff Web Application Developer working in the Enterprise Information Systems department at UW-Stout. He has been developing computer software for over 22 years and brings a wealth of knowledge from many industries. Dan helped form the Chippewa Valley .NET User Group in November of 2004 for the purpose of creating a local forum where developers, architects and managers can learn more about and share their experiences with Microsoft .NET technologies and capabilities. Dan even helped organize this year’s first ever Chippewa Valley Code Camp, bringing together nearly 100 developers (professional, student or hobbyist) from around the region. Dan has been employed at UW-Stout for nearly 3 years.
A1 Developing and Sustaining a Collaborative Distance Learning Master of Science Degree Among Peer Polytechnic Institutions
Dr. Thomas Schildgen, Chair for the Department of Technology Management
Arizona State University
Working professionals interested in advancing their career profiles often seek graduate degrees while fulfilling current employment and personal obligations. Distance learning affords the flexibility of asynchronous course delivery while maintaining quality and assessment characteristics that educational institutions and employers require. The future of higher education includes the use of technology to allow students and employers to select expert faculty from different institutions to customize a graduate degree program. Consortium efforts to offer degrees among institutions currently exist in selected disciplines. Industry, as well as students, would be willing to adequately fund a Master of Science in Technology degree. Polytechnic institutions represent the professional disciplines and have the faculty with the technical expertise to develop and deliver the necessary courses to complete a distance learning Master of Science in Technology degree.
Thomas Schildgen is the Chair for the Department of Technology Management at Arizona State University. He has been a professor of Technology for the last twenty-seven years at ASU. Prior to joining ASU, Dr. Schildgen served four years on the faculty of Illinois State University. Dr. Schildgen has worked in the printing industry. He is active in many professional organizations, a variety of advisory boards, and serves on the Boards of the Accrediting Council for Collegiate Graphic Communications and Accreditation Board for the NAIT. Dr. Schildgen was named the 2005 Distinguished Alumni for the Department of Technology at Illinois State University and received the Electronic Document Systems Foundation 2005 Educator of the Year award. He serves as Chair of the Mesa United Way Board of Directors. In October of 2006, Dr. Schildgen was inducted into the Soderstrom Society. Dr. Schildgen has done consulting work for companies such as Quad Graphics, Hughes Missile Group, TC Advertising, and Mannington Resilient Floors. He has authored a book and coordinated several World Bank funded projects with the Republic of Turkey.
A2 Defining the Polytechnic within the Context of a Comprehensive Education
Dr. Thomas J. Mackin, Bently Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo
Though polytechnic institutions focus their mission on a targeted set of disciplines, education of competitive students requires a comprehensive faculty. Focusing primarily on the polytechnic too often relegates other disciplines to service roles, creating a ‘caste’ system among the faculty. This approach transmits a sense of ‘fulfilling requirements’ to the students rather than comprehensive engagement through an integrated learning environment. Perhaps more importantly, professors in ‘service’ courses may suffer from insufficient opportunity to engage in scholarship while students learn that topics outside of the technical are not important. The polytechnic of the 21st century must create an academic environment that embraces excellence in all disciplines and finds ways to engage the scholarship of all faculty, regardless of discipline. To do so, institutions must integrate fields and provide substantial multi-disciplinary activities that break the traditions of stove-piped education.
This session aims to define the polytechnic while embracing liberal education. We seek models of curriculum that integrate successfully the technical with the liberal and institutional incentives that encourage and nurture scholarship among all faculty.
Tom Mackin is Bently Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo California, Adjunct Professor in the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Post Graduate School, and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering Sciences at the University of Illinois. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Penn State in 1991. From 1991 to 1993 he worked as a research engineer in the Materials Department at UC Santa Barbara, from 1993-2005 he was on the faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois. From 2002-2003 he served as a policy analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He joined Cal Poly in August of 2005 as Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department.
A3 The Net-Generation Student: Assessing Engagement and Learning Within a Computer Simulation Environment
Dr. Julie Peterson, Assistant Professor, Department of Art & Design
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Are you struggling to effectively teach today’s net-generation students? How are you delivering topical information so these students stay engaged? This presentation will review a recently completed research study that incorporated computer simulated case studies within ethics-based course content for undergraduate design students.
Participants will also be able to work through the basic steps of developing a computer simulated scenario to fit the content of a course they teach. If you see yourself as an instructor who wants to move beyond typical instructional strategies and into a more applied approach to teaching and learning, this presentation will benefit you.
Julie Peterson is a full-time faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Stout within the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Her area of emphasis, within the Department of Art and Design, is interior design. She is also completing her PhD in Spring 2009 at the University of Minnesota’s College of Design. As a registered professional interior designer in the State of Wisconsin, she draws a lot of her hands-on approaches to teaching and learning directly from industry.
B1 Online Pedagogy: Yes, You Can Have Applied Learning Online!
Dr. JoAnne Larsen, Instructor, Engineering Division
Dr. William D. Armitage, Interim Chair, Information Technology
Dr. Naomi Boyer, Assistant Vice President
Extended University & International Affairs
University of South Florida Polytechnic
As a new polytechnic university builds online programs, the team approach better ensures success for both programs and students. The University of South Florida Polytechnic offers a unique set of Bachelor of Science in Applied Science (BSAS) programs that are moving online to accommodate the geographically widespread student population. The program team consists of content experts and an instructional technology/pedagogy expert that created standards for instructionally sound online class delivery. The peer reviewed courses range from information technology to accounting to manufacturing management. The team has examined overarching programmatic functions such as assessing the learning patterns of incoming students.
JoAnne Larsen, Ph.D., PE has worked in industry as an Industrial Engineer and a Manufacturing Engineer for 10 years, applying engineering principles to the production of computers in the defense industry. She is currently an instructor in Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic Campus of the University of South Florida where she is responsible for advising students as well as, teaching engineering classes, and applied science classes both face-to-face and online. Dr. Larsen’s research interests include distance education, self-directed learning, learning styles of engineering students, engineering education, manufacturing, and management training. She is currently involved in interdisciplinary research in IT, engineering training and potential higher education curricula.
William D. Armitage, Assistant Professor of Information Technology at the University of South Florida's Polytechnic campus, received his B.A. from Rhode Island College (1966) and his M.S. in Computer Science (1978) and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (1999) from the University of Rhode Island. He has previously held several information technology staff positions in higher education, and has served as a consultant in systems analysis and network design and implementation for many agencies and commercial enterprises. He also founded and managed one of the earliest computer retailing firms (in 1976). Dr. Armitage's research interests include communications for robotics, computational intelligence, and the use of technology infrastructure and new pedagogical approaches in maximizing learning, especially in an online environment. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the IEEE's Computer, Computational Intelligence and Communications Societies. He has participated as Co-PI on National Science Foundation (NSF) and Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded projects.
Naomi R. Boyer holds a PhD in interdisciplinary education. As the Executive Director of the Office of Extended University at the University of South Florida Polytechnic, she is responsible for teaching a learning technology programs, extended university/continuing education opportunities on the campus, and international partnerships and global engagement projects. Dr. Boyer teaches in the Adult Education program and maintains research interests in self-directed frameworks in online settings, the impact of technology on educational settings, and the faculty development programs. Dr. Boyer is listed on a number of NSF grants with an emphasis on innovative pedagogy, technology integration, and online material development.
Jennifer Cainas is an instructor of accounting at the University of South Florida Polytechnic. She currently teaches Intermediate Accounting, Cost Accounting, and Accounting Information Systems at the undergraduate level. Her primary areas of interest are financial accounting and fraud prevention.
Professor Cainas has over 12 years of professional experience, primarily focused on financial reporting. She has held several positions over her career, and most recently was a controller for a international title insurance company prior to joining USF in 2005.
Professor Cainas has given several CPE presentations to various chapters of the FICPA, as well as other local organizations. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Accountancy degrees from the University of South Florida. She is a Certified Public Accountant, Licensed in the State of Florida, and is currently serving as a Board Member for the West Coast Chapter of the FICPA.
B2 Expanding the Polytechnic –
Infusing Technology into Other Disciplines
Dr. Zvi Szafran, Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dr. Jeff Ray, Dean, School of Engineering Technology and Management
Southern Polytechnic State University
Polytechnic institutions have traditionally focused on educating professionals for careers in technology-related areas. The root of this education has been teaching the practical applied skills (techne) needed to solve today’s real-world problems and the theoretical knowledge (logos) necessary to meet tomorrow’s challenges. Institutions like Southern Polytechnic State University traditionally offer a narrow range of degree programs, nearly all of which are in the sciences and engineering. Since (on average) one third of new students eventually change their major, the downside of this narrow approach leads to very capable students either searching in vain for alternative majors or leaving the university altogether. In the past three years, we have added several new majors outside of engineering technology and engineering to retain students on campus. Each of these new majors has a strong technology focus integrated throughout its curriculum.
This session will introduce participants to a set of examples and principles on how to expand the curriculum offerings in the liberal arts and professional disciplines, while maintaining the technological focus of the institution.
Zvi Szafran is Vice President of Academic Affairs at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia and Professor of Chemistry. He received his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. His main research focus is on microscale chemistry.
Jeff Ray is Dean of Engineering Technology and Management at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia and Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. Prior to joining Southern Polytechnic, Dr. Ray was Director of the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University. He is currently involved in research related to assessment of student learning and product design methodologies.
B3 Extend Your Reach: Tools and Technology for Administration and Pedagogy in the Introductory Lab
Mr. Michael R. Meyer, Laboratory/Demonstration Coordinator & Lecturer
Michigan Technological University
This session will share how various technological tools and administrativetechniques at Michigan Tech have been used to maximize students’ learning in a large scale physics lab course where primary instruction is provided by teaching assistants. The introductory physics labs serve approximately 1000 students each semester and are taught by 40+different graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants. Over the past four years, systems have been developed that automatically randomize seating, check student learning, identify students with attendance or grade trouble and allow students to evaluate the introductory physics labs to drive continuous improvement. Michigan Tech has successfully integrated pre-lab videos, self-guided PowerPoint presentations, online pre-lab quizzes, and other online resources (including simulations) to provide a rich pre-lab experience. These systems,along with a change in the way we select and orient our teaching assistants, has led to aremarkably consistent, positive lab experience for this large body of students. Participants will see a survey of these technologies demonstrated and its context described; promoting discussion of how these tools and techniques might be applied in a variety of contexts at many institutions. Personal response devices (one of the technologies used in labs) will be used to initiate discussion and direct a more in-depth look at specific technologies and techniques of particular interest.
Mike Meyer has taught introductory physics and coordinated introductory physics labs for over 1000 students each semester at Michigan Technological University since 2003. Prior to that time, he worked in information technology for Marshfield Clinic, training medical staff on patient care and business systems both online and in person. His main area of work is implementing educational technologies to improve pedagogy, student engagement, and administration of large university courses both in the classroom and online.
C1 Creating and Assessing Teaching and Learning Outcomes
Dr. Chell A. Roberts, Chair of Engineering
Arizona State University Polytechnic
What is known about the cognitive development of students through their college years suggests that student learning outcomes should be developmental in nature and span the curriculum. Curriculum that is thoughtful in scaffolding developmental outcomes might best be created and owned by a community of teachers and learners along with the effective assessment instruments and techniques.
This session presents a collaborative developmental outcomes and assessment model and approaches to team-based curricular development. The proposed model includes mechanisms for peer review of curriculum and assessment that could be a foundation for professional academic advancement.
Chell Roberts is the Chair of a new engineering program at Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus. Over the past five years Dr. Roberts has developed a new engineering program from a clean slate. During the developmental period, Dr. Robert’s benchmarked leading engineering programs and studied developmental outcomes and assessment models. The first graduates will complete the new engineering program in May 2009, providing measurement from a set of multi-level developmental outcomes over four years.
C2 The Capstone Experience for UW-Stout Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Technology Mechanical Design Students
Dr. Scott Springer, Associate Professor
Mr. Linards Stradins, Program Director
Mr. Mike Lorenzen , Lecturer
Engineering and Technology Department
College of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
University of Wisconsin-Stout
A fundamental goal of our engineering-design related programs is to prepare students to enter the workforce ready to produce results with minimal on-the- job-training. This ability to perform requires developing a skill set that integrates much of the knowledge base that has been formed throughout prior years of course study. At UW-Stout the Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Technology Mechanical Design programs utilize a capstone course sequence to develop this knowledge integration skill set. Employers desire engineers that can independently define a design problem, generate solutions, evaluate the pool of solutions from both a structural and financial perspective, communicate effectively, positively contribute in a team environment and deliver complete and detailed design documentation packages that are cost effective to manufacture. While the individual components of knowledge are delivered in various courses throughout the curriculum, often students have difficulty in combining all of these skills into a single project. In this presentation, the instructors will present methods used to develop integration of these desirable engineering design skills through project-based learning. A special emphasis is placed on the techniques used for effective partnership building, with engineering staff holding industry positions utilized to enhance the realism and raise the performance of students towards practicing at a professional level.
Scott Springer is currently an Associate Professor in the Engineering and Technology Department at UW-Stout. He has been an instructor for the Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Technology Mechanical Design capstone courses at the UW-Stout since joining the faculty in 1999. During his time with UW-Stout he has served as program director for Engineering Technology and has supervised Cooperative Education students. Springer has conducted and supervised students on numerous industry-sponsored projects that help define a Polytechnic University. Prior to joining the faculty at UW-Stout, Dr. Springer spent 12 years in industry with positions of Mechanical Engineer, Research and Development and Project Manager. Dr. Springer is a national expert in the loading dock area of the material handling industry and holds 19 US patents.
Linards Stradins is currently the Manufacturing Engineering Program Director and an Associate Professor in the Engineering and Technology Department at UW-Stout. He has been an instructor for the Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Technology Mechanical Design capstone courses at UW-Stout since joining the faculty in 1996. Stradins has conducted and supervised students on numerous industry-sponsored projects that help define a Polytechnic University. Prior to joining the faculty at UW-Stout Mr. Stradins spent over three years in the automotive industry with positions of Mechanical Engineer, Project Engineer and Supervising Design Engineer. He also has more than eight years of experience in the fluid power industry.
Mike Lorenzen is currently a Lecturer in the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at UW-Stout. Lorenzen has a Bachelors degree in Vocational Technical and Adult Education and is presently completing a Masters degree in Training and Development. Lorenzen was the Program Instructor for the Automated Packaging Machinery Technician Program at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College for seven years prior to coming to Stout. Mr. Lorenzen worked fifteen years in the automated packaging machinery industry as a Field Engineer, Engineering Services Supervisor, Project Manager and Master Coordinator. Lorenzen was responsible for the sale, design, manufacture, testing and debugging, installation, start up and commissioning of high speed automated systems all over the world.
Mr. Lorenzen teaches Packaging Machinery as well as other packaging courses. He also teaches Power and Manufacturing Technology courses. He is a member of the American Welding Society and the Institute of Packaging Professionals. He is listed in Who’s Who in Packaging. Mr. Lorenzen is the Faculty advisor to the Stout Student Chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers and is a 2005 recipient of the UW Stout Outstanding Teacher Award.
C3 Leveraging Fab Labs in the Polytechnic World (formerly ATE World)
Dr. Jerry Johnson, Director, Center for Innovation and Development
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Mr. Randy Hulke, Director, Stout Technology Transfer Institute
University of Wisconsion- Stout
Mr. Jim Janisse, Development Manager, Manufacturing Technology, Fox Valley Technical College
Representatives from MIT and the Midwest Digital Fab Lab Partnership
A Fabrication Laboratory is comprised of off-the-shelf, industrial-grade fabrication and electronics tools, integrated in open source software and programs developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Bits and Atoms. Users at Fabrication Labs around the world share a common set of platforms and tools to permit easy and rapid translation of ideas into reality. Fabrication Labs create a highly engaged learning environment that also significantly stimulates creativity and innovation. Underway at each of the institutions that comprise the Midwest Digital Fabrication Network is a National Science Foundation-supported project to integrate digital fabrication experiences into product-realization curriculum while assessing impacts on competencies and attitudes relative to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The team members will demonstrate selected Fab Lab capabilities and review the experiences, applicability and considerations of Fab Labs in education. This session will also provide an exchange forum to understand interests and requirements for future development in the Polytechnic community.
Jerry Johnson received his Bachelor of Science (1981) and Master of Science (1984) from the University of Wisconsin-Stout and Doctor of Education (1991) from the University of Minnesota. He is a Professor in the Engineering and Technology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and Director of the Center for Innovation and Development, a member of the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center Network, which specializes in prototype development. Recent development projects include apparatus for concentrated solar thermal energy, universally-designed home furnishings, and hydrokinetic equipment. He has been an instructor for a senior-level research and development course, a sophomore design and creative-problem solving course, and several computer-assisted design and drafting courses since joining the faculty in 1985.
D1 Innovative Faculty Teaching and Student Learning
at a Polytechnic University
Directors of Summit Teaching and Learning Centers:
Dr. Peter Doolittle, Director, School of Education, VirginiaTech
Dr. Joe Grimes, Director of Faculty Professional Development Center
for Teaching & Learning, Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo
Dr. Dan Riordan, Professor, English & Philosophy
University of Wisconsin-Stout
What types of innovations allow teachers and students to develop the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for a well-rounded polytechnic graduate? This session will highlight individuals and programs at each institution that make a difference in the way students and teachers experience learning in a polytechnic environment.
Peter E. Doolittle is Director of the Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology in the Department of Learning Sciences and Technology, and the Director of the Educational Psychology Research Program at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. He is also the Executive Editor of the International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE) and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Research on Cyber Behavior. His academic background includes 20 years teaching K-12, undergraduate, and graduate students, in public and private schools, using traditional and online formats, across several subject areas including mathematics, computer science, statistics, and educational psychology. His current research focus includes the investigation of learner characteristics and learning in multimedia environments.
Joe Grimes is Director of Faculty Professional Development, founder of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and a Professor of Computer Science at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California. He received his doctorate at Iowa State University. He has been a faculty member at Iowa State and at Cal Poly. He worked with government agencies and industry as a consultant to NASA and Bell Helicopter, as a computer science consultant to the U.S. Navy, as a consultant to Xerox, and as an expert witness on legal cases involving computers. Past Cal Poly responsibilities include Director of Campus Computing Services and Director of Computer Engineering. He is an active member of Professional and Organizational Development Network, CSU Faculty Development Council, has hosted three CSU faculty conferences, and has numerous refereed publications and presentations in the areas of computer science and scholarship of teaching.
Dan Riordan has directed the Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center since 2001. The Center fields programs in all areas of faculty development, including Sharing Communities, Communities of Practice, 1-hour sessions on current issues, and research into learning. Riordan has been a frequent presenter at International Society for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. He is the UW-Stout faculty representative to the UW System Office of Professional and Instructional Development. Riordan has a PhD from the University of North Carolina. He has taught Technical Communication, Literature and Composition since beginning at UW-Stout in 1970.
D2 Bridging the Institute:
The Value of a Multidisciplinary Degree Program
Dr. Samuel McQuade III, Associate Professor
Center for Multidisciplinary Studies
Abby Cantwell, Center for Multidisciplinary Studies
Dr. Carol Romanowski, Assistant Professor, Center for Multidisciplinary Studies
Rochester Institute of Technology
A multidisciplinary degree program draws on course offerings from across the technological institute, providing students with areas of concentration in lieu of a traditional major. This session presents an overview of such a program within the College of Applied Science and Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and discusses the value that a degree program of this type can offer within a polytechnic university. Problems that may confront students, faculty and administrators within a multidisciplinary program are also presented and discussed.
Dr. Romanowski earned BS, MS, and Ph.D degrees from the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University at Buffalo. Her research interests are in the areas of data mining, agile manufacturing and variant design, production systems, preventive and condition-based maintenance, robust design and applied operations research. She currently supervises several computer science MS projects in areas such as the study of clustering quality, schema matching, automated classification of computer-simulated movies, ontology-based merging of databases and web mining.
Currently, Dr. Romanowski is an assistant professor in the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology. She is a member of the data management group in the Computer Science Department in RIT’s Golisano College of Computing and Information Science, has been instrumental in the effort to develop certificate programs in data mining and in enterprise database management, and teaches graduate classes in data mining and data preparation/cleaning. She also teaches graduate courses in new product design and robust design for the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and Packaging Science Department in the RIT’s College of Applied Science at Technology and undergraduate courses in quality management and data analysis in the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies.
D3 Serving the Business Community: Determining Training and Education Needs to Benefit Local Manufacturing and Distribution Companies
Dr. JoAnne Larsen, Instructor, Engineering Division
Dr. Richard E. Plank, Director, Business Division
Ms. Rebekah Pratt, Technical/Paraprofessional, Engineering Division
Dr. Abdel Ejnioui, Assistant Professor, Information Technology
Dr. Alfredo Weitzenfeld, Professor, Information Technology & Engineering
Dr. Andrew Artis, Assistant Professor, Business Division
Dr. William D. Armitage, Interim Chair, Information Technology
University of South Florida Polytechnic
The Center for the Development of Information Technology Applications for Manufacturing and Distribution at the University of South Florida Polytechnic (USFP), supported by a US Small Business Administration grant is conducting a survey to determine the current use of computer technologies in local companies and the availability of training and education to support the technologies. Based on the results, the center will make recommendations for the future. The research team includes academic representatives from academic programs in Information Technology, Engineering, and Business.
JoAnne Larsen, Ph.D., PE has worked in industry as an Industrial Engineer and a Manufacturing Engineer for 10 years, applying engineering principles to the production of computers in the defense industry. She is currently an instructor in Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic Campus of the University of South Florida where she is responsible for advising students as well as, teaching engineering classes, and applied science classes both face-to-face and online. Dr. Larsen’s research interests include distance education, self-directed learning, learning styles of engineering students, engineering education, manufacturing, and management training. She is currently involved in interdisciplinary research in IT, engineering training and potential higher education curricula.
Richard E. Plank, PhD City University of New York (1988) is currently Associate Professor of Marketing and Director of the Division of Business at USF Polytechnic. Prior to joining academia he spent 10 years in technology businesses including pumps and seals, metal working, and electronic connectors in various marketing and integrated supply positions. During his academic career he has published over 150 articles/books of various types, his work mainly involved with business-to-business buying and selling and the diffusion of new technology.
Abdel Ejnioui received the Bachelor of Engineering Technology, the Master of Science in Computer Sciences, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of South Florida in 1992, 1995, and 1999 respectively. From 2001 to 2005, he was an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. of the University of Central Florida. Since summer 2005, he has been serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Technology at the University of South Florida. Upon completion of his Ph.D. degree, he worked as a Principal Software Engineer at Avanti! Corporation before its acquisition by Synopsys Corporation. Previously, he held several positions in the information technology industry between Central and West Florida.
Alfredo Weitzenfeld obtained his BS in Electrical Engineering from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology; MS in Computer Engineering and PhD in Computer Science both from the University of Southern California (USC). He is a Visiting Professor at the University of South Florida Polytechnic where he is currently on leave from Mexico’s Autonomous Institute of Technology (ITAM). Dr. Weitzenfeld is the director of the Biorobotics laboratory (CANNES) and Robotics laboratories at ITAM and USF Polytechnic. He directs the ITAM EagleKnights and USF RoboBulls RoboCup soccer teams in the small-size and standard-platform leagues. He has directed numerous research projects funded by NSF, CONACYT, UCMEXUS, and LAFMI. Dr. Weitzenfeld is an IEEE Senior Member and an organizing member of the Latin American Robotics Council. He is president and founder of the IEEE-RAS Mexico Robotics Chapter and an IEEE-RAS Distinguished Lecturer. He has written 2 books and published over 100 refereed research papers.
William D. Armitage, Assistant Professor of Information Technology at the University of South Florida's Polytechnic campus, received his B.A. from Rhode Island College (1966) and his M.S. in Computer Science (1978) and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (1999) from the University of Rhode Island. He has previously held several information technology staff positions in higher education, and has served as a consultant in systems analysis and network design and implementation for many agencies and commercial enterprises. He also founded and managed one of the earliest computer retailing firms (in 1976). Dr. Armitage's research interests include communications for robotics, computational intelligence, and the use of technology infrastructure and new pedagogical approaches in maximizing learning, especially in an online environment. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the IEEE's Computer, Computational Intelligence and Communications Societies. He has participated as Co-PI on National Science Foundation (NSF) and Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded projects.
E1 Virtual Team Simulation
Dr. Terry Schumacher, Associate Professor of Engineering Management
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Dr. Bruce A. Kibler,
Associate Professor
Department of Business and Economics
University of Wisconsin-Superior
The Virtual Team Simulation was developed to prepare students for the challenges of working on virtual teams. Participants are placed in the role of leader who must coordinate his/her team during a project that lasts 10 simulated weeks (playing time 1 to 2 hours). The team members behavior is driven by the software and addresses the issues discussed in the Virtual Teams literature, e.g., establishing trust, communication across time zones, building shared vision, information sharing and differences in ethnic cultures. The simulation is highly interactive. Initial tests demonstrate pedagogical effectiveness. It is currently used in the Project Management course.
Terry Schumacher is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He has been teaching Project Management, Technology Management, Marketing and Strategy at RHIT for 10 years. He explored the effectiveness of simulations for learning in his doctoral dissertation at Portland State University in 1992. The Virtual Team simulation is the most recent of several simulations he has designed and built.
Bruce Kibler has been teaching at UWS since August 2008. Before this he taught for two years at Cologne Business School in Cologne, Germany, while finishing his PhD. Prior to his university experience Dr. Kibler spent approximately 20 years in international business, 15 of which were in Europe in the telecommunications and IT industries. He was primarily engaged in the development and closure of major international projects (M&A, Alliances etc.) and corporate strategic planning. Dr. Kibler has extensive experience in privatizing markets and the transformation of former monopolies into competitively viable entities. His main areas of research are corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (e.g. Green Supply Chain Management) in an overall business and global context.
E2 Interdisciplinarity and Applied Research Begin at Home: Apply it to Your Own Teaching!
Dr. Naomi Boyer, Assistant Vice President
Extended University & International Affairs
Dr. William Armitage, Interim Chair, Department of Information Technology
Dr. Alessio Gaspar, Associate Professor
Department of Information Technology
Ms Sarah Langevin
Dr. JoAnne Larsen, Instructor, Engineering Division
University of South Florida Polytechnic
The University of South Florida Polytechnic’s Computing Education Research at Lakeland (CEReAL) group illustrates the teaching/research synergy fostered by polytechnic concepts (e.g. applied teaching, learning and research). The CEReAL group brings together faculty from various disciplines (IT, education,) who are interested in developing innovative strategies to overcome learning barriers encountered by undergraduate Information Technology students. This session presents a case study of such a group from its inception to its ongoing projects, research findings and institutional impact.
Naomi R. Boyer holds a PhD in interdisciplinary education. As the Executive Director of the Office of Extended University at the University of South Florida Polytechnic, she is responsible for teaching a learning technology programs, extended university/continuing education opportunities on the campus, and international partnerships and global engagement projects. Dr. Boyer teaches in the Adult Education program and maintains research interests in self-directed frameworks in online settings, the impact of technology on educational settings, and the faculty development programs. Dr. Boyer is listed on a number of NSF grants with an emphasis on innovative pedagogy, technology integration, and online material development.
William D. Armitage, Assistant Professor of Information Technology at the University of South Florida's Polytechnic campus, received his B.A. from Rhode Island College (1966) and his M.S. in Computer Science (1978) and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (1999) from the University of Rhode Island. He has previously held several information technology staff positions in higher education, and has served as a consultant in systems analysis and network design and implementation for many agencies and commercial enterprises. He also founded and managed one of the earliest computer retailing firms (in 1976). Dr. Armitage's research interests include communications for robotics, computational intelligence, and the use of technology infrastructure and new pedagogical approaches in maximizing learning, especially in an online environment. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the IEEE's Computer, Computational Intelligence and Communications Societies. He has participated as Co-PI on National Science Foundation (NSF) and Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded projects.
Alessio Gaspar is Associate Professor in the Information Technology Department at USF Polytechnic. He recieved his Ph.D. in computer sicience in 2000 from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis (France). His reserach is focused on Information Technology Education; the application of constructivist pedagogies to programming courses, the devleopment of peer learning acitivites, the support of hands-on learning in technical courses through open source virtualization and clustering technologies. Dr. Gaspar is particularly interested in differences in applications to both face-to-face and online courses.
JoAnne Larsen, Ph.D., PE has worked in industry as an Industrial Engineer and a Manufacturing Engineer for 10 years, applying engineering principles to the production of computers in the defense industry. She is currently an instructor in Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic Campus of the University of South Florida where she is responsible for advising students as well as, teaching engineering classes, and applied science classes both face-to-face and online. Dr. Larsen’s research interests include distance education, self-directed learning, learning styles of engineering students, engineering education, manufacturing, and management training. She is currently involved in interdisciplinary research in IT, engineering training and potential higher education curricula.
E3 Integrating Research into the Classroom: What Works?
Dr. Stephen Nold, Associate Professor, Biology Department
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Including classroom students in your research efforts provides outstanding training opportunities while furthering your research agendum. Students acquire relevant, hands-on skills training, and faculty can acquire large volumes of quality data for publication. Participants in this session will learn about how to integrate research efforts into their classroom environment and share discipline-specific approaches. Although faculty and administrators alike will appreciate this session, students are the ultimate beneficiaries, as integrating research and education is a “best practice” that results in truly engaged students – the cardinal element of a polytechnic education.
Stephen C. Nold, Ph.D. is a professor in the Biology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. An accomplished science educator, he uses small-group, active learning techniques in the college classroom. His adoption of research-based pedagogy transformed his classroom approach, and he has been enjoying his time with students more than ever. He recently published the work of classroom students, and looks forward to generating more student data while solving water quality issues in the Red Cedar River basin.
Julie A. Furst-Bowe, Provost and Vice Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Julie Furst-Bowe has been in the field of higher education for 20 years. She has been at the University of Wisconsin-Stout since 1990, and served as a faculty member, graduate program director, department chair, assessment coordinator and associate vice chancellor prior to assuming her position. She has been extensively involved with quality improvement efforts at UW-Stout and serves as a senior examiner for the Baldrige Awards Program and for the Academic Quality Improvement Project.
She was instrumental in UW-Stout becoming the first institution to receive the Malcolm National Quality Award and serves as a judge for the state quality award programs in Wisconsin and Minnesota. She has presented nationally and internationally on the topic of quality in higher education and recently edited a book on this topic. Julie holds a doctorate in education from the University of Minnesota.