2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Prof. Kyle A. Watson University of the Pacific [biography]

   Kyle Watson earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Villanova University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University. He has been a faculty member at the University of the Pacific since 2003 and has taught undergraduate courses in thermodynamics, heat transfer, combustion, air-conditioning, dynamics, and senior capstone design.

2. Dr. Ashland O. Brown University of the Pacific [biography]

   Ashland O. Brown is professor of mechanical engineering, University of the Pacific, and Principal Investigator. He has served as Dean for two engineering schools and headed groups at Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp., which included a product design section composed of product analysis engineers (finite element analysis experts). He has taught engineering courses in thermodynamics, solar engineering, graphics, dynamics, machine design, and finite elements methods. He has more than 50 referred technical research publications, and conference papers with 10 in the areas of finite element learning modules, with two recently accepted as referred engineering journal papers covering the results of the NSF CCLI-Phase 1 work.

3. Dr. Rachelle Kisst Hackett University of the Pacific [biography]

   Rachelle Kisst Hackett, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Benerd School of Education within the Educational and School Psychology Department at the University of the Pacific, where she teaches graduate-level research methodology and applied statistics courses. In addition to serving as a consultant to faculty and students within her unit, Hackett serves as an independent evaluator on several state- and federally funded projects related to education.

4. Miss Alexis Pham University of the Pacific [biography]

   Alexis Pham is currently a Ph.D. student in educational psychology. She examines how students learn and develop in educational settings. She holds a M.A. in educational and counseling psychology from University of the Pacific.

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