2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Gwen Elizabeth Ellis
2. Prof. Cecilia Dianne Richards Washington State University [biography]

   Dr. Cecilia Richards is a professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. Dr. Richards received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada. She earned her Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of California at Irvine. She has authored over 100 technical papers and proceedings and holds two patents. She has supervised the research of 26 graduate students.

3. Dr. Brad R. Thompson Washington State University [biography]

   Brad R. Thompson, Ph. D., Lt Col (USAF retired), is a Clinical Professor and the Program Coordinator and person responsible for the initial stand up of the Washington State University Mechanical Engineering program at Everett, Washington. He received an A.S. in Aircrew Operations from the Community College of the Air Force, a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University, a M.S. in Astronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Washington. He has worked in a variety of engineering positions including logistics engineering, developmental engineering, and space operations, and had assignments at the Air Force Research Lab and the Air Force Academy. As director of the U.S. Air Force Academy Aeronautics Laboratory he oversaw $1.5 million a year of undergraduate research. His current interests include connecting academic resources with industry needs to enable people and businesses with tools to promote economic growth.

4. Prof. Robert F. Richards Washington State University [biography]

   Dr. Robert Richards received the Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. He then worked in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at NIST as a Post-Doctoral Researcher before joining the faculty of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. His research is in thermodynamics and heat and mass transfer. Over the last five years he has become involved in developing and disseminating research based learning methods. He was a participant in the NSF Virtual Communities of Practice (VCP) program in Spring, 2013, learning research based methods to instruct thermodynamics. More recently he introduced the concept of fabricating very low cost thermal fluid experiments using 3-D printing and vacuum forming at the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering Education in October, 2013. He is presently a co PI on the NSF IUSE: Affordable Desktop Learning Modules to Facilitate Transformation in Undergrad¬uate Engineering Classes, High School Recruitment and Retention.

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