Dr. Denny Davis

Co-Director, Engineering Education Research Center
Professor in Bioengineering

Denny Davis School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-2710

Phone: 509-335-7993
Email: davis@wsu.edu

Engineering Education Research Interests

Engineering teaching, learning and assessment
Multidisciplinary engineering design education
Engineering student development
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Education

Ph.D. Agricultural Engineering, 1967, Cornell University
M.S. Agricultural Engineering, 1969, Cornell University
B.S. Agricultural Engineering, 1973, Washington State University

Professional Experience

2004 - present, Co-Director, Engineering Education Research Center, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
2001 - present, Interim Director, Bioengineering, WSU.
2000 - 2001, Chair, Department of Biological Systems Engineering.
1999 - 2000, Interim Director, Center for Precision Agricultural Systems, WSU.
1998 - present, Professor of Biological Systems Engineering, WSU.
1996 - 1997, Technical Education Consultant, Boeing Company, Seattle, WA.
1992 - 1998, Professor of Biological Systems Engineering, WSU.
1987 - 1992, Professor of Agricultural Engineering, WSU.
1986 - 1998, Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Architecture, WSU.
1982 - 1983, Visiting Associate Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
1980 - 1987, Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering, WSU.
1976 - 1980, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Engineering, WSU.
1973 - 1976, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Awards

WSU Teaching Academy, 2004.
Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education, 2002.
WSU Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching, 1999.
WSU Counsel of Minority Presidents Award for Commitment to Minority Students, 1991.
A.W. Farral Young Educator Award (American Society of Agricultural Engineers), 1982.
C.E.C.C. Outstanding Professor Award (WSU College of Engineering), 1981.

Teaching

Senior Project Design
Bioengineering Capstone Project II

Selected Publications

Davis, D. C., S. W. Beyerlein, and I. T. Davis. 2006. “Deriving Design Course Learning Outcomes from a Professional Profile,” International Journal of Engineering Education 22(1).
Trevisan, M., D. Davis, S. Beyerlein, P. Thompson, and O. Harrison. 2006. “A Review of Literature on Assessment Practices in Capstone Engineering Design Courses: Implications for Formative Assessment.” Proceedings of Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago, IL.
Beyerlein, S., D. Davis, M. Trevisan, K. Harrison, and P. Thompson. 2006. “Assessment Framework for Capstone Design Courses,” Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Davis, D., S. Beyerlein, K. Harrison, P. Thompson, M. Trevisan, and B. Mount. 2006. “Conceptual Model for Capstone Engineering Design Peformance and Assessment,” Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Light, J., D. Davis, G. Crouch, and J. Beller. 2006. "Using Reflective Essays as Part of a Mixed Method Approach for Evaluating a Freshman Living-Learning Community for Engineering and Science Students." Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago, IL.
Davis, D.C., S.W. Beyerlein, and I.T. Davis. (2005). “Development and Use of an Engineer Profile.” Proceedings of Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR.
Light, Jennifer and Denny Davis. (2005). “Impacts of a Combined Living-Learning Community on Attitudes and College Engagement of Engineering Freshmen.” Proceedings of Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR.
Gentili, Kenneth, Jim Lyons, Eric Davishahl, Denny Davis, Steven Beyerlein. (2005). “Measuring Added-Value Using a Team Design Skills Inventory.” Proceedings of Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR.
Davis, D.C., S.W. Beyerlein, and I.T. Davis. (in press). “Deriving Design Course Learning Outcomes from a Professional Profile.” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 21, Dublin, Ireland.
Gentili, K.L., D.C. Davis, S.W. Beyerlein. 2003. “Framework for Developing and Implementing Engineering Design Curricula.” Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Davis , D.C. , S.W. Beyerlein, P. Thompson, K.L. Gentili, and L.J. McKenzie. 2003. “How Universal are Capstone Design Course Learning Outcomes?” Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education.
McKenzie, L.J., S.W. Beyerlein, T. Walser, M.S. Trevisan, and D.C. Davis . 2002. Evaluation of Engineering Program Elements by Doctoral Candidates in Student Assessment and Program Evaluation. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference.
Davis, D., M. Trevisan, L. McKenzie, S. Beyerlein, P. Daniels, T. Rutar, P. Thompson, and K. Gentili. 2002. Practices for Quality Implementation of the TIDEE “Design Team Readiness Assessment.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Davis , D.C. , K.L. Gentili, M.S. Trevisan, and D.E. Calkins. 2002. Engineering Design Assessment Processes and Scoring Scales for Program Improvement and Accountability. Journal of Engineering Education (April):211-221.
Gentili, K. L., McCauley, J.F., Crain, R.W. Jr., Calkins, D., Davis , D. C., Trevisan, M.S., Parkay, F., and McKenzie, L.J. 2001. A curriculum model for developing teams, communication skills, and introducing the design process for engineering programs developed by the TIDEE project team. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Davis , D.C. , Trevisan, M.S., Beyerlein, S.W., and McKenzie, L.J. 2001. Enhancing scoring reliability in mid-program assessment of design. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Davis, D.C., K.L. Gentili, M.S. Trevisan, R.K. Christianson, J.F. McCauley. 2000. Measuring Learning Outcomes for Engineering Design Education. Proceedings of 2000 Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education.
Trevisan, M.S., D.C. Davis, D.E. Calkins, and K.L. Gentili. 1999. “Designing Sound Scoring Criteria for Assessing Student Performance,” Journal of Engineering Education (January):79-85.
Trevisan, M.S., D.C. Davis, R.W. Crain, D.E. Calkins, and K.L. Gentili. 1998. “Developing and Assessing Statewide Competencies for Engineering Design,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 185-193.

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