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Faculty Profile
Rebecca Clark
Position/Role: Prof. Clark is a visiting instructor for the MET department. She is helping to fill in for Prof. Troy Kostek, who is on sabbatical and visiting Rockwell Automation in Minnesota, and Prof. Hank Kraebber, who is serving as interim department head for mechanical engineering technology this year.
Time at Purdue: Began this semester. Earned a bachelor's degree from the department in 1990.
What I'm working on: Teaching three courses: Manufacturing Engineering Technology 243 (automatic manufacturing), which Kostek taught, along with MFET 246 (high-performance manufacturing) and MET 451 (quality control).
How I landed the teaching job: Prof. Kraebber sent out e-mails to a lot of alumni and others last summer looking for people interested in teaching courses for the fall. I received one of these messages, and I didn't know what it was at first. I looked it over, thought it sounded interesting, and responded, saying that I'd be interested. I thought I responded too late, but the Monday before classes started, I was informed that I would be teaching three classes. (Along with Clark, those helping to teach this semester are Jeff Holewinski, Bryan Evans, Erik Garay and Jennifer Singh.)
What I like about teaching: I've taught some at Ivy Tech, but mostly I've spent the last decade or so in a variety of engineering jobs. What I like about teaching is that it gives me a chance to do some relearning and give something back to the younger people. I enjoy it very much. Interacting with the students keeps me on my toes.
When I'm not teaching: You can find me riding my motorcycle. This summer, I rode all the way to Pennsylvania and back alone. I also work as a real estate agent in Lafayette, dealing mainly in foreclosures.
Faculty workshops scheduled for December
The college will provide workshops in December focused on how to develop an effective research program and how to mentor graduate students. Both workshops are open to all West Lafayette and statewide faculty in the college.
Building Your Research Enterprise will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in Stewart Center, Room 318. Lunch will be provided, and space is limited to about 40.
On Dec. 18, the college will hold a workshop for faculty to provide a detailed overview of graduate studies, roles and responsibilities as a member of the graduate faculty, mentoring graduate students, theses and directed projects, course development, and other related topics. It will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Stewart Center, Room 313. Lunch and takeaway materials will be provided. The workshop is limited to approximately 40 participants.
If you are interested in either workshop, RSVP to Janet Ebershoff More information will be provided when registering for the workshops. Questions about either workshop can be directed to Gary Bertoline
Research space open house planned for November 14
The College of Technology will showcase its recently acquired research space in the Engineering Administration Building (ENAD) and Michael Golden Laboratories (MGL) during an open house on November 14 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Refreshments will be available in each area, and a map and description of the research space will be distributed to guide those who are interested in touring the space. All faculty and students are encouraged to attend the event.
Questions about the open house can be directed to Gary Bertoline
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Fellowship available for prospective STEM teachers
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation is accepting applications from aspiring math, science and technology teachers for the Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship.
Purdue University has joined Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Ball State University and the University of Indianapolis in offering admission to an enriched master's degree program, clinical experience, ongoing mentoring, and a $30,000 stipend for each of the 80 candidates selected.
The 20 fellows selected for Purdue must commit to teach for three years in a rural school.
Applications, which are due Dec. 15, can be completed online. Purdue's fellows will begin their studies in the summer of 2009.
Connie Bond, Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowships program officer, says the fellowship is one way to address the shortage of highly trained teachers in these fields.
"This fellowship is crucial not only for the nation and Indiana as they cultivate tomorrow’s workforce, but also for young people who deserve excellent teachers in these fields," Bond says. "We also want to elevate the status of teaching, because it's the teachers who are on the front lines of shaping our future."
Arthur Levine, foundation president, is confident the fellowships will attract top-notch candidates who get excited at the prospect of reaching out to students in high-need classrooms.
"There might be a math major who's still in school but is beginning to think that the lab, lecture hall or corporate cubicle isn't where he or she wants to be," Levine says. "It might fit an engineer who's retiring early and still wants to have an impact. It might fit a research chemist who's a few years into the profession but wants a change. It might fit any number of really bright people. If they bring the passion and intellectual foundation, we'll show them how to transform it into great teaching."
Sidney Moon, associate dean of education at Purdue, says more than 40 rural schools, including New Tech High School in Rochester, Ind., will serve as program partners with Purdue. Candidates who do not meet the criteria for a fellowship will have the opportunity to enroll in Purdue's STEM Goes Rural master's program and participate in all of the activities that will be provided to fellows. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math.
The Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship is funded by a $10 million grant from Lilly Endowment.
Sponsored Research Update
Share your green research with Purdue
The Purdue Sustainability Council Web site is seeking ideas for feature stories about sustainability-related projects being done in the classroom and/or labs. If your Purdue group is working on an issue, event or project, you are encouraged to share your news using the form on the Purdue sustainability Web site.
Sponsored Research Update
For an updated look at sponsored research activities within the College of Technology, visit the applied research section of the CoT Web site.
CoT News Submissions
Report your CoT news through the online reporting form. Feel free to use this form to notify the communications team of your college-related news, events, and achievements. This information will be distributed to the team for potential use in news releases, the dean's e-newsletter, Innovation magazine and updating information on the college's Web site. The next e-newsletter is scheduled for distribution on Monday, November 3.
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In the News
Effort will help Henry County 4-H participants with Internet Projects Purdue
An associate professor at the College of Technology at Anderson/Muncie is making it easier for students in at least one Indiana county to create Internet-based projects in 4-H.
Gary Randolph in the Department of Computer and Information Technology has for the last year been rewriting decade-old manuals about the Internet for Purdue Extension of Henry County. The goal is to update these guides for 4-H'ers to make them useful and relevant for today's tech-savvy students to help them in their 4-H projects.
Randolph rewrote and updated four manuals, each written for different age levels:
- Understanding the Internet, geared toward grades 3-4, covers topics such as getting on the Internet, e-mail, Web browsers, blogs and social networking.
- How the Internet Works, geared toward grades 5-6, covers topics such as IP addresses, Wi-Fi and search engines.
- Creating Web Pages, geared toward grades 7, 8 and 9, covers topics such as how to view and create HTML codes and tags, images and tables.
- Web Design with Style, geared toward grades 10-12, covers designing and styling Web sites with cascading style sheets.
The first two manuals were distributed to students last year, and the second two will be distributed to 4-H'ers as they begin their projects in February.
Bethany Ratts, Henry County 4-H youth development county Extension director, said Delaware County also used the updated manuals last year and other counties have inquired about using all four in the series.
Barbara J. Alder, director of the College of Technology at Anderson/Muncie, said this is the latest example of how the college is partnering with Purdue Extension to make an impact around the state.
Kokomo's Day in College set for Nov. 3
The College of Technology at Kokomo is holding a Day in College event Nov. 3 that will give students a sneak peek at what college has to offer.
The event is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Purdue College of Technology at Kokomo campus at Indiana University–Kokomo's Kelley Student Center, Room 130.
During the event, each participant will experience a typical day in college by attending short college classes, and they and their parents will have an opportunity to meet with professors and members of student services staff who can provide information about admissions and financial aid.
Day in College set for Nov. 14 at Columbus
Purdue's College of Technology at Columbus will give high school seniors a chance to experience college life during its third annual Day in College event Nov. 14.
The event will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Columbus Learning Center.
University News Service
OLS expert gives do's and don'ts of visual presentations
Visuals are almost a necessity in today's meetings, but a Purdue expert says that a poorly designed presentation can significantly detract from the impact of your message.
Taggart Smith, a professor of organizational leadership and supervision in the College of Technology, says that while computer technology makes it easy to create interesting visual elements for a talk, it's also easy to create a presentation that fails to engage viewers and instead bores and confuses them.
University News Service
New specialization in construction management at Purdue first of its kind
Dr. Randy R. Rapp, associate professor of building construction management at Purdue University’s College of Technology, is used to thinking on his feet. In his line of work there’s no other option.
An expert in the esoteric field of building restoration and construction, he’s one of the handful of people in the world with the training and experience to tackle the rehabilitation of everything from individual buildings to military complexes to sprawling industrial infrastructures after they’re blind sided by earthquakes, floods, storms or war.
See Indianapolis Business Journal feature:
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/Clips/2008/oct/081006RappDisaster.html
Fare finds becoming fewer and far between
Travelers who haven't booked a holiday season flight in a year or more are in for "sticker shock," warns a Purdue University professor whose specialty is air travel.
Indianapolis Star
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