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GLENN ELLIS, PH.D.

Associate Professor of Engineering

Area of Expertise

Civil engineering and engineering education
   

Education

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1987
   

Professional Experience

Visiting Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, United States Air Force Academy
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University
   

Selected Recent Publications

“Getting the ‘big picture’ in engineering: using narratives and conceptual maps,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, June 22–25, 2003 (with B. Mikic and A. Rudnitsky).
“Modeling the effectiveness of ozone as a water disinfectant using an artificial neural network,” Environmental Engineering Science, 18 (3), 2001 (with S. Heck and V. Hoermann).
“Improving the conceptual understanding of kinematics through graphical analysis,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada, June 15–19, 2002 (with Warren A. Turner).
“Helping students organize and retrieve their understanding of dynamics,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, June 22–25, 2003 (with Warren A. Turner).
   

Selected Honors and Awards

Professor of the Year Award, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Complete information...
Outstanding New Teacher Award, Clarkson University
Tau Beta Pi Faculty Award, Clarkson University

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