Anjan Bose

Dr. Anjan Bose has over thirty-five years of experience in industry and academia, as an engineer, educator and administrator. He is well known as a technical leader in the power grid control industry, a researcher in electric power engineering, an educator in engineering, and an administrator in higher education.

Anjan Bose was named to the National Academy of Engineering for his development of training simulators and computational tools for reliable power-system operation, and for contributions to education and research on power systems.

He is a Fellow of the IEEE and is active in several international professional societies. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award (1994), the Third Millenium Medal (2000) and the Herman Halperin Electric Transmission & Distribution Award (2006), from the IEEE. He has been recognized as a distinguished alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2005) and the College of Engineering at Iowa State University (1993).

Connie Broughton

Connie Broughton is the managing director of WashingtonOnline, a consortium of the 34 community and technical colleges in Washington.  Before working in distance learning, Connie taught composition and literature at colleges in eastern Washington (including teaching Technical and Professional Writing to engineering students at WSU).  She also worked for many years as an audio-visual writer and producer.

She has a BA in English from Fort Wright College, an MFA in Creative Writing from EWU, and am ABD in American Studies from WSU

Shane Brown

Dr. Brown is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Brown’s research is in engineering education and his research areas include social capital and engineering education; the value of social networks and pro-social norms in retention and academic success of students; recruitment and retention of underrepresented students; and identifying, addressing, and assessing student misconceptions in engineering.

He received his master’s degree from the University of California at Davis in 1998.  He then worked in the Sacramento Valley on wastewater treatment plant planning, design, and compliance.  Brown received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Oregon State University in 2005.

Dr. Brown is the recipient of the 2007 Apprentice Faculty Grant award from the American Society for Engineering Education (Educational Research and Methods Division). He was named as Oregon State University’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant in 2005, and the Outstanding Teaching Faculty for the WSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2006.

Candis Claiborn

Candis Claiborn is dean of the Washington State University College of Engineering and Architecture.  She joined the WSU faculty in 1991 and is a well-known researcher in the area of air quality. At WSU, she has collaborated with other researchers in the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research to study atmospheric-biospheric interactions of trace gases, and recently developed a research program in atmospheric aerosols in collaboration with her colleagues in the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, as well as others from the School of Public Health at the University of Washington, the Chemistry Department at Eastern Washington University, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.  

She received her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Idaho in 1980. After graduation, she worked in the petroleum industry for Chevron and then for Atlantic Richfield Corporation. Claiborn later received her doctorate in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University.

She has received several teaching awards in her department, including Outstanding Teaching Faculty in Civil Engineering in 1994, the Leon Luck Faculty Award for the Most Effective Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1998, the Outstanding Teaching Faculty in Civil Engineering in 1999 and the Richard Crain Faculty Award for Distinction in Ethics Teaching in 2003.

Clint Cole

Clint Cole is currently the president and co-founder of Digilent, Inc. Clint received an MSEE from Washington State University in 1999, and a BS Computer Science from WSU in 1987. At Digilent, Clint oversees daily operations, strategic development, marketing, external communications, and product design.

For the past 10 years, Clint has also worked as an instructor in Computer Engineering at Washington State University, teaching various computer engineering design classes and managing student design teams. In 1991, Clint was co-founder and lead engineer for Heartstream, Inc, a medical device company that was purchased by Hewlett Packed in 1997. Clint began his career at Hewlett-Packard and Physio-Control designing digital systems and researching new applications for medical devices.

Denny Davis

Dr. Denny Davis is a professor in the School of Chemical Engineering and co-director of the Engineering Education Research Center.

He joined the Washington State University faculty in 1976, three years after receiving his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University. His present work focuses on engineering education teaching and assessment. For over 15 years, he has led multidisciplinary and multi-institution engineering education projects with funding from the NSF Engineering Directorate in addition to programs sponsored by the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education.

His work has been published in over 80 articles covering engineering education, especially with regard to engineering design education and assessment. He has received numerous awards for teaching locally (including the Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching at Washington State University) and nationally (including selection as a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education).

Jane M. Fraser

Dr. Jane Fraser currently serves as the ASEE Zone IV Chair. She is also the department chair for engineering at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Dr. Fraser received her M.S. and Ph.D degrees from the University of California, Berkley specializing in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research. She is an active advocate for advancing engineering education.

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Izad Khormaee

Izad Khormaee is an Engineering Instructor at Clark College. He has taught courses in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Clark College, Washington State University Institute and Iowa State University. He serves on the Clark College Foundation Funding Committee and Information Technology Committee. He is a member of the Washington Council for Engineering and Related Technical Education.

Mr. Khormaee holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering from Iowa State University, and a Master’s of Business Administration Degree from the University of Oregon. He holds multiple patents in computer programming, imaging and printing.

Prior to joining Clark College, Izad has held a number of engineering and management positions in his 21 years working in the industry. While at Hewlett-Packard, he led the acquisition of European software company, Prolin, and led the creation of two new businesses among other responsibilities. He also founded e1 Solutions, a Vancouver-based online business software solution development company.

Robert G. Olsen

Dr. Olsen is the Boeing Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.  He received the BS degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers University in 1968 and the MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1970 and 1974 respectively. 

Dr. Olsen has been a member of the electrical engineering faculty at Washington State University since 1973.  During that time he has been a visiting scientist at GTE Laboratories in Waltham, MA, at ABB Corporate Research in Västerås, Sweden and at EPRI in Palo Alto, CA and a Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Denmark.

His research interests include electromagnetic interference from power lines, the electromagnetic environment of power lines, electromagnetic wave propagation, electromagnetic compatibility and electromagnetic scattering.  His work in these areas has resulted in approximately 75 publications in refereed journals. His most recent work has been supported by the Bonneville Power Administration, the Boeing Defense and Space Group, the Electric Power Research Institute, the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Navy. 

He is a Fellow of the IEEE and an Honorary Life Member of the IEEE EMC society.  Presently, he serves as Technical Editor of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Newsletter, as Technical Paper Committee Chair for the 2006 Portland EMC Symposium and Co - Technical Program Chair of the 2007 EMC Zurich in Munich, Germany Symposium. He is the past United States National Committee representative to CIGRE Study Committee 36 (Electromagnetic Compatibility) and past chair of the IEEE Power Engineering Society AC Fields and Corona Effects Working Groups.  He is also past Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Radio Science. 

Teri Reed-Rhoads

Dr. Teri Reed-Rhoads is associate professor in the department of engineering education at Purdue University and executive director of the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE). 

She received her bachelors degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1985 and spent 7 years in the petroleum industry during which time she earned her M.B.A. She subsequently received her Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Arizona State University.  Dr. Reed-Rhoads’ teaching interests include engineering statistics, quality engineering and introductory freshman engineering courses.  Her research interests include statistics education, concept inventory development, assessment and evaluation of learning and programs, recruitment and retention topics, diversity, equity, and P-12 engineering education outreach. She has received funding from a number of National Science Foundation programs, the Department of Education, various foundations, and industry. 

Professor Reed-Rhoads has won several local and national teaching and education awards, including the Brandon H. Griffith Teaching Award; Frontiers in Education New Faculty Fellow;  and the Educators' Leadership Academy Outstanding Professors Participant. She is an active participant in the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Educational Research Association, and the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers as well as being a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the American Statistical Association. 

Jane Sherman

Jane Sherman has held the position of Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at WSU since 1997.  She is currently based in Olympia, where she spends a significant amount of time interacting with the other public baccalaureate institutions, the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, the Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Legislature.  Among her responsibilities internally are academic policy issues, new program development and approval, institutional accreditation and accountability, and academic program review.  She currently serves as the baccalaureate co-chair for the Joint Access Oversight Group, a partnership among the public and private universities and colleges and the community colleges formed to address perceived barriers and complexities at the transfer interface.

Prior to joining WSU in 1997, Jane Sherman served as the HECB’s Deputy Director for Academic Affairs.  Before moving to Washington in 1989, she taught Counseling and Counselor Education in Idaho State University’s College of Education; she had previously served as the Director of Graduate Studies in Education at the Albertson College of Idaho.

Ken Yasuhara

Ken Yasuhara is a doctoral candidate in the department of Computer Science and Engineering. Ken has interests in teaching and learning in computer science and mixed-methods research in education. His disseration work is on the gender gap in undergraduate Computer Science, particularly at the introductory level.

David Woodall

Dr. David M. Woodall is the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Oregon Institute of Technology. Dr. Woodall previously served as Dean of the College of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks where he was also founding Director of the UAF Center for Nanosensor Technology. Dr. Woodall earlier served as Associate Dean and Director of Research for the College of Engineering at the University of Idaho where he was the founding Director of the National Center for Advanced Transportation Technology. He earlier served as Chair of the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering at the University of New Mexico.

Dr. Woodall has physics and engineering degrees from Hendrix College, Columbia University and Cornell University. Dr. Woodall is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Idaho. He has been a member of the American Society for Engineering Education since 1990. He has served as an ASEE campus representative and has served twice as a division chair. He has served the Engineering Research Council as a board member for six years, as Secretary/Treasurer for four years, as Vice Chair, Chair-Elect for two years and is currently the Chair. He is also serving as the ASEE Vice President for Councils during the 2006-07 year.