People
George N. Rouskas (Principle Investigator)
Lisa G. Bullard
Jeffrey A. Joines
Carolyn S. Miller
C. Dianne Raubenheimer
Eric N. Wiebe
Chia-Lin Ho (Graduate Assistant)
George N. Rouskas is a Professor of Computer Science at NC State University. He received the Ph.D. and M. S. degrees in Computer Science from the College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, in 1994 and 1991, respectively, and his undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece, in 1989. He received the 2004 ALCOA Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award, and the 2003 NC State Alumni Outstanding Research Award. He is a recipient of a 1997 NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award and of the 1994 Graduate Research Assistant Award from the College of Computing, Georgia Tech. He was inducted in the NC State University Academy of Outstanding Teachers in 2004. He founded and serves as co-editor-in-chief of Optical Switching and Networking (OSN), an Elsevier journal, and he has organized several conferences and workshops. [more details]
Lisa G. Bullard is a Teaching Associate Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University. She received her B.S. in ChE from NC State and her Ph.D. in ChE from Carnegie Mellon, and she served in engineering and management positions within Eastman Chemical Co. from 1991-2000. [more details]
Jeffrey A. Joines is an Associate Professor in the Textile Engineering, Chemistry, and Science Department at NC State University and is currently the Director of the Textile Engineering Program. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and B.S. in Industrial Engineering in 1990, a M.S in Industrial Engineering in 1990, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering in 1996 all from NC State University. He received the 1997 Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers. He was awarded the 2006 NC State University Outstanding Teaching Award. He also serves as the faculty chair of the student-owned computing (SOC) initiative in the College of Engineering. His research interests include evolutionary optimization, object-oriented simulation, simulation-based scheduling and supply chain optimization. He was the Co-Proceedings Editor for the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference and the Program Chair for the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference and acts as the technical coordinator for the conferenceˇ¦s management system. His email and web addresses are <JeffJoines@ncsu.edu> and <http://www.te.ncsu.edu/joines>. [more details]
Carolyn S. Miller is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at NC State University. She received her M.S. in Computer Science and worked as a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories and a Senior Digital Systems Engineer at General Electric before joining NC State University. Ms. Miller teaches introductory computer science classes and focuses on researching and integrating new teaching techniques into the classroom. [more details]
C. Dianne Raubenheimer is the Director of Assessment in the College of Engineering at NC State University. She received BSc, MSc and MEd degrees from the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa and a PhD from the University of Louisville, Kentucky. Her background is in science teacher preparation, curriculum development and evaluation. She teaches as an adjunct in the department of Adult and Higher Education at NC State.
Dianne has worked with faculty and administrators in Engineering for over two years, and previously in the Science and Education disciplines, on developing and implementing various assessment and evaluation processes. A particular interest is in helping faculty to develop and implement classroom-based assessment and action research plans to establish the effectiveness of instruction and to use the data to improve teaching and student learning. She is currently working with several engineering faculty assessing the impact of in-class use of technology on teaching and student learning. She has also worked as an education consultant for a number of organizations conducting program evaluations. Her research interests focus on faculty development, action research, the role of technology in teaching and learning, and assessment in higher education. Dianne is serving as the formative and summative evaluator on the CPATH grant. [more details]
Eric N. Wiebe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at NC State University. He received his Doctorate in Psychology and has focused much of his research on issues related to the use of technology in the instructional environment. He has also worked on the integration of scientific visualization concepts and techniques into both secondary and post-secondary education. Dr. Wiebe has been a member of ASEE since 1989. [more details]
Chia-Lin Ho joins the CPATH Team in 2008 as a general research assistant. She is a graduate student in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology Doctoral Program. She received a B.S. in Psychology and a Bachelor of Business Administration at the National Cheng-Chi University in Taiwan in 2002 and her Masters in I/O Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2005. Her research interests include measurement and evaluation issues, individual differences and training. [more details]