Research Interests

Awards & Honors

• Dean A.A. Potter Outstanding Teaching Award, 2013, 2006, 2001
• Brian Douglas Hiltunen Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Scholarship of Engagement, Indiana Campus Compact, 2012
• ASEE Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education, 2012
• Exemplary Program Award, (EPICS) Association for Public & Land Grant Universities, 2011
• Judge's Choice Award, Partnering for Excellence, Carnegie Corporation, Opportunity Equation, and Ashoka Changemakers (EPICS High Program), 2011
• Purdue Learning Community Advocate Award, 2011, 2004
• Fellow, National Society of Professional Engineers, 2010
• Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education, 2010
• Outstanding Service Award, Professional Engineers in Higher Education, National Society of Professional Engineers, 2009
• Book of Great Teachers, Purdue University, 2008
• Best Teacher Award in First-Year Engineering, 2006, 2001, 1999
• Engagement Award, Purdue University's College of Engineering, 2006
• Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning, Campus Compact, 2006
• Bernard M. Gordon Prize, National Academy of Engineering (co-recipient), 2005
• Purdue College of Engineering Team Excellence Award, 2005
• Best Paper Award, ASEE Annual Conference, Freshman Programs Division, 2004
• IEEE/ASEE Helen L. Plants Award for Outstanding Interactive Session, Frontiers in Education Conference, 2004
• Education Excellence Award, National Society of Professional Engineers, 2004
• Community of Service-Learning Faculty Fellow, Purdue University, 2004
• Purdue Schools of Engineering Team Excellence Award, 2003, 2001
• Fellow of the Purdue University Teaching Academy, 2003
• Indiana Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteerism (EPICS), 2003
• Eaton Award for Electrical and Computer Engineering Design Education, 2003
• Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2002
• Purdue University Focus Award, 2002
• Outstanding Service Award for the ASEE IL/IN Section, 2002
• National Science Foundation's Corporate and Foundation Alliance (EPICS as an Exemplary Program), 2002
• Best Counselor Award in Freshman Engineering, 2001
• Best Teacher Award in Freshman Engineering, 2001, 1999
• Best Paper Award, Illinois-Indiana Section Conference of the ASEE, 2001
• Indiana Campus Compact Faculty Fellow Award, 1999
• Teaching for Tomorrow Program, Purdue University, 1999
• ASME National Teaching Fellowship, 1993-1996
• GE Patent Award, 1991
• GE Aircraft Engines Achievement Awards (4) 1988-1991
• Michigan State University Dean's College of Engineering Service Award, 1985
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Tau Beta Pi Honor Society for Engineering
• Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society for Mechanical Engineering
• Pi Mu Epsilon Honor Society for Math Honorary