Organizing conferences, service on conference committees
ANSYS
Organized Annual Regional Student Presentations Meeting, Western PA ANSYS User’s Group, March 23, 2006.
Session chair, Consumer Products/Education Session, International ANSYS Conference and Exhibition, April 25, 2004.
Session Chair for three conference sessions, International ANSYS Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2002.
Session Chair, International ANSYS Conference, General Sessions 1 & 3, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2000.
Session Chair, Eighth International ANSYS Conference and Exhibition, Heat Transfer Session, Pittsburgh, PA, August 18, 1998.
Reviewed conference papers, coordinated author corrections, and served as session chair, International ANSYS Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996.
Session Chair and organizing speakers, reviewing papers, and guidance for speaker presentations, International ANSYS Conference and Exhibition, May 1-5, 1994.
Active participation in professional and learned societies
Western PA ANSYS User’s Group
Chairman and Web page maintenance, March 2000-present.
Organized one meeting in Canonsburg, PA, 2006.
Organizer, ANSYS Application Presentations at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, PA, October 2005.
Organizer, ANSYS Application Presentations and ANSYS 10.0 Simulcast, Canonsburg, PA, June 2005.
Organizer, Pro/ENGINEER-Wildfire and ANSYS, Canonsburg, PA, January 2005.
Secretary and Web page design and maintenance, October 1998-March 2000.
Organized Region V Student Presentation meetings, Canonsburg, PA, 1995-2005.
Western PA ANSYS User’s Group meetings:
Attended student presentations, 1997-present.
Attended, Effective CAD/CAE Data Exchange, 2004.
Tour facilities at University of Pittsburgh, John A. Swanson Center for Product Innovation.
Attend research presentations, July 26, 2002.
Attended, “Universities of Western PA Senior Projects” presentation, April 13, 1995.
Service to professional and industrial associations
Program Evaluator, TAC/ABET (Technology Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology program at a college in Texas, November 11-15, 2006.
Program Evaluator, TAC/ABET (Technology Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), Mechanical Engineering Technology program at a college in New Mexico, November 6-8, 2005.
Program Evaluator, TAC/ABET (Technology Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), Mechanical Engineering Technology program at a college in Ohio, November 7-9, 2004.
Program Evaluator Observer, TAC/ABET (Technology Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), Mechanical Engineering Technology program at a college in Vermont, November 16-19, 2002.
Service to educational institutions
Corry Area High School, Corry, PA. Assisted in ½ day presentation offering methods of introducing state-of-the-art technology in math and science courses, February 25, 2000.
Tech Prep Camp (service to NW PA school districts), prepared and conducted a ½ day lab session, June 12-16, 2000.
Tech Prep Camp (service to NW PA school districts), June 21-25, 1999.
Service to public and private organizations
Johnsonburg Area High School, Johnsonburg, PA. Gifted Student Design Project, served as a mentor/advisor to twelve students developing a competition machine for the Carnegie Science Center, Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, 2004.
Member, Citizen Action Team for Curriculum Planning in Grades K-12, Warren County School District, Warren, PA, Fall 1993-Spring 1994.
Contributions to the University's programs to enhance equal opportunity and cultural diversity
Center for Adult Students
School of Engineering representative, February and October 2006.
Attended Adult Learner Picnic, August 2006.
Math and science summer camp
Worked with a student presenting a two-hour lab demonstration, Melting Ice Cubes, May 8, 2001.
Worked with a student presenting a two-hour lab demonstration, May 9, 2000.
July 14, 1999.
Service to student organizations
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Faculty Advisor, Mechanical Engineering Technology Student Section, Fall 1993-present.
Organized and attended District B Spring Student Leadership Conference, East Lansing, MI, April 7-9, 2006.
Organized and attended Region V Student Conference, Morgantwon, WV, March 31-April 2, 2005.
Organized and attended Region V Student Conference, Columbus, OH, April 1-3, 2004.
Organized trip and attended Region V Student Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 20-22, 2003.
Organized trip and attended Region V Student Conference, University of Akron, Akron, OH, March 21-23, 2002.
Organized trip and attended Region V Student Conference, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, April 5-7, 2001.
Organized trip and attended Region V Student Conference, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, April 6-8, 2000.
Organized trip and attended Region V Student Conference, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, April 8-10, 1999.
Organized trip and attended Region V Student Conference, Oakland University, Troy, MI, April 2-4, 1998.
Organized trip and attended Region V Student Conference, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, April 3-5, 1997.
Organized trip and attended Region V Student Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1996.
Organized trip and attended Region V Student Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 1995.
Membership Upgrade Award presented to the ASME Student Section for high percentage of student members converting to American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) associate members after graduation, October 1994.
EIT Review Class Lecture
Two-hour review session in thermodynamics for students preparing to take the National Fundaments of Engineering exam, April 2003.
SAE Midwest MiniBaja
Attended competition with D. Roth to support and observe the MET student team representing Penn State Behrend in this international competition, Waukesha, WI, June 1-4, 2000.