Management
The Engineering Education Research Center (EERC) is directed by representatives from the College of Engineering and Architecture and the College of Education. The directorship includes Denny Davis and Gerald Maring.
Dr. Davis has a 15-year history of leading collaborative engineering education projects, involving multiple institutions and disciplines, receving funding from several programs in the National Science Foundation. Dr. Maring has served as the co-PI for the Department of Education CO-TEACH grant and has led the Bridges grant enhancing collaboration between the College of Education and the College of Engineering and Architecture.
Denny Davis, Professor in Bioengineering
Denny
Davis is a professor in the School of Chemical Engineering and
Bioengineering and interim director of the Bioengineering program.
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. He has received funding on several projects 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 awards for teaching locally (including the WSU Sahlin
Faculty Excellence Award for Instruction) and nationally (including
selection as a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education).
Profile: Professional
Bio for Dr. Denny Davis
Email: davis@wsu.edu
Gerald Maring, Professor in Education
Gerald
Maring is a professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning
within the College of Education. He joined the Washington State
University faculty in 1977 and has held various roles involving
the improvement of reading and study skills among undergraduate
and graduate students. His recent work includes the Cyber Mentoring
Project, which was created to link future teachers at WSU with
students in high-needs K-12 classrooms. His work with this project
led to his selection for the Outstanding Distance Education Innovation
Award 2003 by the National University Telecommunications Network.
He has also been a key figure in the CO-TEACH program, a federally-funded
project to create model teacher preparation programs in the Pacific
Northwest. Using video conferencing technology, Maring and other professors have enabled WSU students to become
cybermentors to various rural and urban schools. This has led to
improved student learning as well as better preparation
for aspiring teachers.
Profile: Professional
bio for Dr. Gerald Maring
Email: maring@wsu.edu
Vision
Our vision is to become the research engine that drives improvements in the engineering education pipeline
.