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Guity Ravai

Guity Ravai MS

Continuing Lecturer

Campus: West Lafayette
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Department: Computer and Information Technology
Office: Knoy 239
Phone: 765.496.6005
Fax:765-496-1212
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Biography:

Guity Ravai joins CIT as a part time instructor in 1996, and then as a full time  Continuing Lecturer in 1998. Guity has an MS degree in Computer Science from Purdue University, and a BS degree in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Software from the Sharif University at Tehran, Iran. Guity has more than five years of experience working in industry, and has taught as an instructor in the department of Computer Science at Purdue from 1985 to 1989. Currently she teaches all the programming service courses for the department. These courses are promarily Visual Basic, C, and C++, which are open  to students from all across the University.

Educational Background

  • MS (Computer Science), Purdue University West Lafayette, IN., 1980.
  • BS (Mathematics, minor in Computer Science), Sharif University Tehran, Iran, 1976.

Teaching

Spring 2012

  • CNIT10500 -- Introduction to C Programming
  • CNIT15500 -- Object Oriented Programming
  • CNIT17500 -- Visual Programming

Fall 2011

  • CNIT10500 -- Introduction to C Programming
  • CNIT17500 -- Visual Programming
  • CNIT25500 -- Programming for the Internet

Textbooks and Editorships of Journals/Proceedings

  1. Guity Ravai and Ibrahim Baggili, (2010) Step Into Programming with Visual Basic .NET, Third Edition Kendall Hunt. (An appendix on Integrating Excel into VB.NET was added plus more examples accorss the book. )
  2. Guity Ravai and Ibrahim Baggili, (2008) Step Into Programming with Visual Basic .NET, Second Edition Kendall Hunt.
  3. Guity Ravai & Ibrahim Baggili, (2007) Step into Programming with Visual Basic .NET Kendall / Hunt.

Workshops

  1. Purdue TLT (1999-2006). Teaching Workshops. I have attended many teaching workshops during the past few years at Purdue University., West Lafayette, IN..
  2. Craig A. Jensen (1999, 10). Appdev, Application Development Training Company. Worksop Training in Visual Basic 6.0, Chicago, IL.

Reviews

  1. Behrouz Forouzan & Richard Gilberg, Entire book. (2006) A Structured approach using C++ McGraw Hill. (The authors were writing the 2nd edition to the text book. I reviewed the entire book, and submitted comments on each chapter.)
  2. Kyle Lutes, Alka Harriger, and Jack Purdum, Chapters 1 to 12. (2005) Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with C#: An Information Systems Approach Boston, MA: Course Technology. (ISBN: 0-619-21735-9)

Industry/Engagement Experience

  • 1981 - Indiana 4-H Youth
    Software Developper
  • 1976 - 1977 - Atomic Energy of Iran
    Software Developer

Consulting Experience

  • Faculty Advisor for Iranian Cultural Club (ICC) , ICC, Since 2003

Professional Affiliations

  • ASEE, American Society of Engineering Education, Member, Since 2004
  • IRMA, member, 2003 - 2004

Research Interests

  • Women and Minority in Technology - Poster presented in the annual convocation of the College of Technology in spring of 2006 - In spring of 2003, I conducted a survey in local high schools to study how the students perceive themselves in mathematics and science based on gender. Although four local high schools were contacted, only two schools participated. The study conducted through a questionnaire which consisted of ten questions. The data was collected, tabulated and analyzed. The result of this study was made into a poster and was presented among the posters in the annual convocation of the College of Technology in spring of 2006.

Hobbies, Outside Interests, and Personal Links

  • I have numerous hobbies, among them are playing the piano, reading books, watching good movies, gardening, hiking, listening to music, pottery, and beading.

 

Publications

Textbooks

Step Into Programming with Visual Basic .NET
Kedall/Hunt Publishing Company

ISBN: 978-0-7575-4385-2 

Audiences