GALEN
E. TURNER III
Maxfield
Professor of Mathematics & Statistics
College of Engineering & Science
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston,
LA 71272
Employment
(Administrative)
2015-present Academic Director, Computer Science, Cyber Engineering,
Electrical Engineering,
and Electrical
Engineering Technology, Louisiana Tech University
2014-present Associate Director, Integrated STEM
Education Research Center, Louisiana Tech
2012-2016 National Director, Cyber Discovery, Cyber Innovation Center
2012-2014 Chief Academic Officer, Cyber
Innovation Center, NICERC
2008-2012 Associate Dean, College of Engineering
& Science, Louisiana Tech University
2007-2012 Program Chair for Cyberspace Science
and Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
Employment (Professorial)
2012-present Professor, Mathematics and Statistics,
Louisiana Tech University
2007-present Maxfield
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Louisiana Tech University
2007-2012 Associate Professor, Mathematics &
Statistics, Louisiana Tech University
2001-2007 Assistant Professor, Mathematics &
Statistics, Louisiana Tech University
1999-2001 Assistant Professor, Mathematics and
Statistics,
1996-1999 Instructor, Department of Mathematics,
Louisiana State University
1992-1996 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department
of Mathematics, Louisiana State University
Summer 1993 Instructor, Delgado Community College,
Algiers, Louisiana
1990-1992 Substitute Teacher, Belle Chasse High
School, Louisiana
Education
1994-1999
Ph.D.
in Mathematics,
Dissertation: Structure
and Minors in Graphs and Matroids
1992-1994
M.S.
in Mathematics,
1988-1992
B.S.
in Mathematics and Religious Studies,
May 1992. Honors Thesis: Children
in the Biblical Tradition
Administrative/Leadership
Experience
I have held the Maxfield
Professorship in Mathematics & Statistics since 2007 and serve in a variety
of leadership roles in the academic enterprise of our university where I
currently advise two PhD students, teach undergraduate and graduate students,
and serve on numerous dissertation committees for research in such areas as
Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Cyber-security, Engineering
Education, Mathematics, and Higher Educational Leadership (College of Ed).
Since 2015, I have been serving four programs as Academic
Director – one in transition to a new degree entirely and three core programs
of critical importance to our university’s key strategic initiatives. The administrative structure of the College
of Engineering and Science is unusual among institutions in higher education. In 1997, the School of Sciences merged with
the College of Engineering, and all departments were dissolved. Since that time, the dean serves the college
through a Leadership Team made up of Academic Directors and Associate
Deans. As such, these various
representatives of the college leadership work directly with faculty and
students as well as upper-administration, freeing the dean to focus on overall
development initiatives for the college.
As such, it has been my pleasure to serve as both an associate dean and
an academic director as this has afforded me great opportunities to learn the
intricacies of higher education as I have worked closely with our Provost,
Executive Vice President, and Vice President for Research and Development since
2007. As Academic Director, I currently
serve 20 full-time faculty as their functional department head but work closely
with various external stakeholders on key initiatives for the university.
From 2012-2014, I served as the Chief Academic Officer for
the Cyber Innovation Center, serving the National Integrated Cyber Education
Research Center (NICERC) in which I continued to serve as National Director of Cyber Discovery through 2016 after
returning to active faculty status at Louisiana Tech. In this role, I led over sixty university
faculty in various stages of implementing Cyber
Discovery through five universities around the country engaging in the
overall professional and faculty development program which had its origin under
my leadership at Louisiana Tech University.
This program created a demand-signal for high school students who are
now matriculating to Louisiana Tech in engineering, science and the humanities
disciplines represented by our faculty team.
In particular, our Computer Science enrollment has almost tripled in five
years and our Cyber Engineering enrollment is approximately 150 students for a
program that is only in its sixth year.
Over the past eight years, I have served the state of
Louisiana through the Statewide
Articulation and Transfer Council, specifically dealing with academic
affairs issues related to transfer and the General Education Requirements in
undergraduate education across the state of Louisiana. I have served as the Associate Dean for
Graduate Studies for the College of Engineering and Science as well as an
active member of the college Leadership Team.
As
Associate Dean, I was responsible for all graduate programs in the College of
Engineering and Science. At that time, we had four PhD programs, all of which
are interdisciplinary in nature. As part of the Leadership Team for the college, I have also
served as chairman for the Ethics and Professionalism Team, and a member of the
Undergraduate Programs and Graduate Programs Teams, which represent all of
academic affairs. I have served as the
lead principal investigator for Cyber K-12 (FIE#U215K090140)
as well as the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program (NSF-0733825) in which we worked with
over 70 high school teachers (both in-service and pre-service) for the duration
of these projects. In addition, I was
the mathematics principal investigator for numerous interdisciplinary projects,
including LaTechSTEP (NSF-0622462), FrEP (NSF-0631083), and NASA-Threads (NASA-NNX09AH81A)
working with teachers from over 20 high schools in Louisiana, Arkansas, and
Texas, the result of which has been significant increases in Engineering and
Science majors at the university. In
addition to this, I have served as the Vice-chair of the MAA’s
Louisiana-Mississippi Section, and have served as co-host of the regional
meeting.
As noted earlier, the administrative structure of the
College of Engineering and Science is unusual in higher education. Having degree programs with no departments,
the administrative structure shifted to one that is more nimble and able to
adjust to new innovations in teaching and research. The college is highly interdisciplinary which
requires more attention to needs across the college, having the effect of
producing a college that is more ‘flat’ than is typical. This structure has allowed us to make
strategic hires at the interface of existing degree programs with the aim to
develop new degree programs to meet emerging needs. Our two most recent undergraduate degree
programs are the BS in Nanosystems Engineering and
the BS in Cyber Engineering. I served as
the founding Program Chair for Cyberspace Science & Engineering,
facilitating the creation of the first BS in Cyber Engineering in the U.S. as
well as our PhD in Cyber-security Engineering.
Upon returning from my service as Chief Academic Officer at the CIC, I
was asked to step into a newly created Associate Director position within the
Integrated STEM Education Research Center at Louisiana Tech, and then the role
of Academic Director for four programs in the college.
Louisiana
Tech University
Academic Director, Computer Science,
Cyber Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electrical
Engineering Technology, 2015-2017 (after returning from
2012-14 leave)
·
Responsible for all faculty
development in engineering and science disciplines.
·
Serve over 20 faculty, as well as
adjuncts and graduate Teacher Assistants.
·
Mentor to new faculty;
grant-writing, graduate advising, as well as teaching.
·
Lead annual evaluation process,
including tenure and promotion process for all faculty.
·
Recruit new faculty for programs
seeing significant growth [9 new full-time faculty over the past two years],
especially in Computer Science and Cyber Engineering.
·
Guide the development of the ABET
accreditation process for Cyber Engineering.
Associate Director, Integrated STEM Education Research
Center
·
Supporting over 15 faculty each year
on cross-cutting research initiatives (between the College of Engineering and
Science, the College of Education, and the College of Liberal Arts)
·
Facilitated the creation of a new
degree program in Control Systems Engineering – built off of our Electrical
Engineering and Technology programs.
·
Mentor to new faculty through our
Office for Women in Science & Engineering.
·
Serve as liaison to other
universities seeking to design a B.S. in Cyber Engineering.
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, 2008 – 2012 (on leave from
2012-14)
·
Responsible for all Academic Affairs
related to Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering & Science,
including 12 MS degree programs and 4 PhD programs, graduating between 150-200
students each year.
·
Oversight of dissertation review
process for all PhD programs.
·
Leadership/Mentor for faculty
advising as well as writing of theses and dissertations.
·
Managed entire graduate assistant
budget for the college; integrating grant-funding within the college,
university and research centers into the overall budget for all funding of
graduate students; working to ensure integration with overall strategic
initiatives in the context of the university mission.
·
Increased the number of students
completing the PhD to a nationally competitive average each year while increasing
quality of dissertation writing.
·
Created the PhD in Engineering
(Cyber-security) as well as a cyber-security concentration in the PhD in
Computational Analysis and Modeling (approved, 2008)
·
Founded the PhD in Engineering
Education (approved, 2011).
·
Helped lay the foundation for the
PhD in Molecular Sciences and Nanotechnology (approved, 2012).
·
Established the Graduate Research
Conference – a conference led by graduate students for graduate students to
showcase graduate student research in a full conference experience.
·
Developed a dissertation review
process that included rigorous review of content and emphasis on writing. Instituted procedures that foster
conversation rather than ‘bottlenecks’ about clarity and communication of sound
science and engineering research.
Achieved reform while also increasing the pipeline on the number of PhD
graduates each year (20% over the historical average).
·
Re-created the Graduate Student
Council as a primary method to engage students in the overall life of the academic
community and foster communication between students and administration (which
serves as part of a retention strategy).
Program Chair, Cyberspace Science
& Engineering, 2007-2012
·
Led the creation of an academic
outreach program that increased enrollment at Louisiana Tech and engaged the
community in conversation about issues in cyber.
·
Worked with outside stakeholders in
government, industry and national labs to foster innovation in curricular
programs in cyber-security and cyber-systems more generally.
·
Oversaw the development of new
degree programs in science and engineering related to cyberspace more broadly.
·
Established a foothold for robust
cyber-degree programs that showcase the national stature of efforts at
Louisiana Tech.
·
Created the first B.S. in Cyber Engineering in the
U.S. Worked with the Cyber Innovation
Center and Air Force Research Lab (Rome, NY) to develop a framework for the
program which integrates the best of computer science, electrical engineering
and mathematics as well as the liberal arts needed to be successful in an
increasingly cyber-insecure society.
·
Conducted research (published
results) of enrollment initiatives – developed a new index that helps
facilitate discussion around strategic recruitment and retention efforts
through academic programs on any university campus.
·
Chief architect of the Cyber Discovery professional development
program at Louisiana Tech which grew into the Cyber Discovery Model now replicated through national efforts and
fostered the creation of NICERC.
·
Developed the PhD Qualifying
Examination process for the PhD in Engineering (Cyber-security) that fosters a
research experience to showcase the readiness of our students for dissertation
research.
National
Integrated Cyber Education Research Center (NICERC)
Chief Academic Officer, March 2012 –
August 2014
·
Served as academic lead for all
initiatives within the Cyber Innovation Center (CIC)
·
Founded the National Integrated
Cyber Education Research Center (NICERC), overseeing the integration of the
academic enterprise into a complex R&D organization whose primary mission
is workforce development and community engagement in meeting the national needs
in cyber-security.
·
Led, implemented, and
institutionalized academic innovation and transformation within the CIC,
NICERC, and their partners, including coordinating with national experts (in
both STEM and Liberal Arts) from university partners around the U.S.
·
Created a framework for research
initiatives in the context of innovation across mathematics, engineering, science
and humanities (MESH) disciplines.
·
Created an environment where
innovative curricula – integrating multiple disciplines across all of higher
education – are produced, piloted and disseminated nationally.
·
Worked with business, industry,
government, and academic stakeholders on initiatives vital to the
sustainability of regional and national initiatives in education, workforce
development, and R&D ventures.
·
Managed budgets of NICERC,
considering key strategic initiatives within the CIC.
·
Provided vision in strategic
planning, establishing consistent communication among all partners engaged in
the academic efforts of the CIC.
·
Coordinated the organization of the
national roll-out of Cyber Discovery and the development of the overall Cyber
Discovery Model.
·
Served as academic liaison on
various efforts to diversify revenue streams for the CIC and higher education
in our region.
·
Hired new PhD-level personnel for
the Curriculum Design arm of NICERC.
·
Implemented new program management
for competitive review processes.
National Director, Cyber Discovery, March
2012 – August 2016
·
Served as academic liaison for all
initiatives related to the national replication of Cyber Discovery.
·
Led, implemented, and
institutionalized academic innovation and transformation, via the Cyber
Discovery Model, through university faculty development (including faculty from
both STEM and the Humanities), at partner universities across the U.S.
·
Implemented research initiatives in
the context of educational innovation in STEM and the humanities across the
national Cyber Discovery Footprint.
·
Created an environment where the
generation and implementation of academic innovations can occur in the context
of the interdisciplinary nature of the Cyber Discovery program.
·
Facilitated the lead principal
subject matter experts in the Cyber Discovery Model to foster faculty and
university development as we expanded the program with each university partner
– overseeing the complex organization of faculty from multiple universities
(and multiple disciplinary backgrounds) with responsibility to build a
framework of sustainability within the rapid expansion of the model.
·
Coordinated the university faculty
teams from across all universities for the national roll-out of Cyber Discovery
and the associated curricula.
·
Identified and hired new university
faculty as subject matter experts to lead in the national roll-out of Cyber
Discovery with attention to increased diversity of faculty teams.
·
Implemented new program management
for a competitive proposal process to identify new university partners.
Federally-funded Grants spanning the last six years
Cyber
Discovery: Integrating Cyber Education
Communities through Collaboration & Innovation – U.S. Dept. of
Homeland Security – CETAP Program – an expansion of a key program of Cyber
K-12 (see below) through the Cyber Innovation Center. Cyber Discovery provides a vehicle for the
development of meaningful professional development for high school teachers through
engaging university faculty around the country. The underlying focus of Cyber
Discovery is university faculty development with an interdisciplinary
focus. If fully realized, the model has
the potential to reach over 400 university faculty, over 10,000 high school
teachers, and over 2 million high school students over the next decade.
(National Director; co-PI (2012-13), PI (2013-14))
Cyber
K-12: Building a foundation for cyber
education in North Louisiana – U.S. Dept. of Education - FIE # U215K090140 – an expansion of LaTechSTEP (see
below) in collaboration with the
(PI and Project Director; disciplinary PI’s Heath Tims, Brian Etheridge)
NASA-Threads – NASA- NNX09AH81A –
weaves together physics fundamentals, hands-on activities, technology, NASA applications,
and communication in an active delivery format that is both engaging and
challenging for students.
(co-PI with Heath Tims and Danny Bell, superintendent of Lincoln Parish
Schools)
STEM-Plus:
(PI and Project Director; co-PI’s Jim Nelson and Connie LaBorde)
*Results
of this project demonstrated a 39% increase in undergraduate STEM majors at
Louisiana from high schools participating in the project. Numerous papers have
been published on this efforts, including our work on both recruitment and
retention.
Graduate Students
Joshua Hughes, Ph.D., Obstruction Sets for Classes of Cubic Graphs,
2005
Nicholas Richardson,
Ph.D., A Characterization of Ramsey
Graphs for R(3,4), 2011.
James Elliott, Ph.D.,
Improving the Accuracy of the Generalized
FDTD-G Scheme for Solving the
Linear Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation, (co-advisor: W.Dai), 2011.
Erik Oslund, M.S., Graphs
and Directed Graphs, 2001
David Vanheeswijk, Ph.D. in progress
Joshua Coriell, Ph.D. in progress
Research Interests
Graph Theory, Matroid
Theory, Educational Mathematics, Engineering Education,
Cyber Engineering,
Cyber-security, Social Network Analysis.
Distinctions and
Awards
Engineering and Science 2012
National Recognition Award
Engineering and
Science Foundation Award for Research, 2008
LA/MS Nominee for the
Mathematical Association of America’s Haimo Award,
2008
University Senate
Chair Award,
Recipient of the
LA/MS MAA Distinguished Teaching Award, March 2007
Director, Elected by
the College of Engineering and Science Faculty to serve
on the Board
of Directors for the Engineering and Science Foundation, 2006-2008
Nominee for the LA/MS
MAA Distinguished Teacher Award, January 2006
College Nominee for
the Virgil Orr Junior Faculty Award,
Nominee for the MAA’s Henry L. Alder
Award, 2003
Baptist Collegiate Ministry’s
Favorite Professor nominee (Louisiana Tech), May 2003
L.S.U. Alumni
Association Teaching Assistant Award, May 1998
David Oxley Memorial Graduate
Student Teaching Award, December 1998
L.S.U. Department of Mathematics
Certificate of Teaching Excellence (4 years)
Graduated with Honors, Cum Laude,
Undergraduate Thesis published by Theta-Alpha-Kappa Honors Society in
Religious Studies
Pi-Mu-Epsilon Senior Award in
Mathematics,
Who’s Who among
Presidential Scholarship,
American Legion Citizenship Award,
Belle Chasse,
Salutatorian,
Research Publications
Mathematics
Structure and Minors in Graphs and Matroids,
Ph.D.
Dissertation, Louisiana State University, 1999.
“An
included-minor result for 3-connected graphs with contractible edges,”
Discrete Mathematics 214
(2000), 291-297.
“Planar Groups,” (with C. Starr) Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics 19
(2004), 283-295.
“A generalization of Dirac’s
theorem: Subdivisions of wheels,”
Discrete Mathematics
297 (2005), 202-205.
“Orientable
one-circuit double covers,” (with C. Seaquist)
Topology Proceedings
29 (2005), 333-341.
“Complementary Graphs and the
Chromatic Number,” (with C. Starr)
“Cycle minors and
subdivisions of wheels,”
Journal of Graph Theory
62 (2009), 100-108.
“Quasi-surfaces: Generalizing the Euler Characteristic,” in
process
Interdisciplinary (Biomedical Engineering, Education,
Psychology)
“A
novel method for characterization of peripheral nerve fiber size distributions
by group delay
measurements and simulated
annealing,” (with R. Szlavik) IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Conference, Vancouver
(2008)
“Studies in Cyberspace: Honors,
Professional Teacher Development, Curricular Development, and Systemic Change
in Louisiana” (with B. Etheridge, H. Tims, C. Duncan)
Honors in Practice 6
(2010), 189-201.
“Cyber
Value and Interest Development: Assessment of a STEM Career Intervention for
High School Students” (with E. Deemer, H. Tims, K. Corbett, J. Mhire) Electronic Journal of Science Education, 18 (2014)
“A perturbative-based generalized series expansion in terms of
non-orthogonal component functions,”
(with R. Szlavik,
D. Paquin) Applied
Mathematics 8 (2017), 106-116.
Engineering Education (integrating Engineering, Mathematics,
Cyber, Psychology, Interdisciplinary)
“LaTechSTEP:
“Increasing Student Success in Engineering and Science Through
a Freshman Enrichment Program” (with K. Crittenden, A. Boudreaux, J.D. Nelson) Proceedings of the
American Society for Engineering Education, 2008
“TechSTEP: Connecting High School
Teachers and Students to Integrated Engineering and Science” (with K.
Crittenden, A. Boudreaux, J.D. Nelson) Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering
Education, 2008
“A model for high-school teacher professional development
and student learning” (with J. Nelson, K. Crittenden, and A. Boudreaux) Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education,
2009
“Cyber Discovery - Integrated
Approach to Cyber Studies” (with H. Tims, C. Duncan,
B. Etheridge) Proceedings of the
Frontiers in Education, 2009
“Building
a collaborative K-12 partnership” (with H. Tims, J.
Nelson, M. Wooley, M. Nelson) Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2010
“NASA-Threads: a hands-on context based approach
to a high school STEM course” (with H. Tims, K.
Corbett, D. Hall) Proceedings of the American
Society for Engineering Education, 2010
“Engineering a Context-Based College Algebra
Course” (with K. Corbett, J. Nelson, H. Tims) Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education,
2010
“Technology Enabled Projects for High School
Physics” (with H. Tims, K. Corbett, D. Hall) Proceedings of the American Society for
Engineering Education, 2011
“Application of the Boe-Bot in Teaching K-12 Electricity Fundamentals” (with H.
Tims, K. Corbett, D. Hall, D. Harbour)
Proceedings of the Frontiers in
Education, 2011
“High School Teacher Development
Workshops that Create Long-Term Student Impact” (with J. Petrus, J. Nelson, K.
Crittenden) Proceedings of the Frontiers
in Education, 2011
“Effects of a STEM intervention on
career-related outcomes” (with E. Deemer, H. Tims,) Biennial
Conference of the Society for Vocational Psychology, 2011
“An Index to Aid in the Development of High
School Recruitment of Future Engineering and Science Majors” (with K.
Crittenden, J. Nelson, H. Tims) Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
“Summary Results from Seven Years of LaTechSTEP: A High
School Teacher Development and Student Recruiting Program” (with K. Crittenden,
J. Nelson, J. Petrus) Proceedings of the
American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
“Enhancing the Graduate Experience: A Conference for Graduate Students Put on by
Graduate Students” (with K. Corbett, O. Cummings, N. Taerat,
N. Naksinehaboon) Proceedings
of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
“Utilizing the Engineering Design Process to
Create a Framework for Curricula Design” (with K. Corbett, H. Tims, J. Nelson) Proceedings
of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
“Junior Cyber Discovery: Creating a Vertically Integrated Middle
School Cyber Camp” (with H. Tims, G.B. Cazes, J. Marshall) Proceedings
of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
“Using Cyber Discovery to Assess Change in
Student STEM-related Attitudes” (with H. Tims, E. Deemer, K. Corbett) Proceedings
of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
“High School Teacher Development Workshops that
Create Long-term Student Impact” (with K. Crittenden, J. Nelson, H. Tims) Proceedings of
the American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
“Cyber Science – Interdisciplinary Approach to
Cyber Studies” (with K. Corbett, H. Tims) Proceedings of the American Society for
Engineering Education, 2013
Scholarly Works in Religious Studies
“Children in the Hebrew Bible” Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa 18,2 (1994), 2-14.
In
the Beginning (special edition
publication) (2004, 2006, 2012).
The Psalms
of the Ascents (1st edition)
(2016), Translations Workbook for
Psalm 120-134. (printable version)
Ruth: Friend from our Father – a short story (local publication, 2017) a Work-in-Progress.
Grants
One
Day Build: Demystifying the computer
through a one day build experience for middle school
teachers
and students (Pilot/Private funding), 2016 and 2017. (PI for Louisiana Tech)
U.S.
Air Force, STTR Phase I
TENSILITY: Training Environment for
Design of Resilient Systems, 2017.
(PI for Louisiana Tech)
Department
of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity Education & Training Assistance
Program
Cyber Discovery: Integrating
Cyber Education Communities
through Collaboration & Innovation,
2013-14.
(PI
with co-PI G.B. Cazes (Cyber Innovation Center))
Department
of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity Education & Training Assistance
Program
Cyber Discovery: Integrating
Cyber Education Communities
through Collaboration & Innovation,
2012-2013.
(co-PI
with G.B. Cazes (Cyber Innovation Center))
U.S.
Department of Education (DoEd);
Cyber K-12: Building a foundation for cyber education in
North Louisiana, 2009-2011.
(PI with Engineering-PI Heath Tims
and Humanities-PI Brian Etheridge)
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA);
NASA-Threads, 2009-2012.
(co-PI with Heath Tims (Engineering) and Danny Bell (Superintendent of Lincoln Parish Schools))
Cyber
Innovation Center (CIC) Academic Outreach Program;
Cyber
Discovery: A Professional Development
Program for HS Teachers in Cyber, 2008 (PI)
National
Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education;
STEM-Plus:
Louisiana Tech University’s Robert Noyce Scholarship
Program, 2008-2012.
(PI with co-PIs Jim Nelson (Engineering) and Connie LaBorde (Education))
National
Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education;
LaTechSTEP: Louisiana Tech
University’s STEM Talent Expansion Program,
2007-2013.
(Mathematics-PI with co-PIs Jim Nelson (Engineering) and Kelly
Crittenden (Engineering))
National
Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education;
S-STEM:
Louisiana Tech University’s STEM Scholarship Program, 2007-2012.
(Mathematics-PI with co-PIs Jim Nelson (Engineering) and Kelly Crittenden (Engineering))
Minors and Roundedness in Graphs and Matroids, 2003-2007. (PI)
Grant through the Travel Grant for Emerging Faculty (TGEF)
program through the
Louisiana Board of
Regents. Funded travel to the Cumberland Conference, 2004. (PI)
Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program;
DEEP Understanding in Mathematics,
2002. (PI)
Selected
Presentations
“Quasi-surfaces: chromatic numbers and Euler’s formula,” 29th
Cumberland Conference
on Combinatorics,
Graph Theory, and Computing, 2017
“Higher
Education at the Crossroads: creating
environments where students can be successful,”
a conversation with
Tim Elmore for Marching Off the Map –
segments included in the book
trailer.
“Developing an NSF
Graduate Research Fellowship Proposal,” LaTech’s
Graduate Conference, 2016
“Cyber
Discovery: University Faculty
Development Through Immersion, Innovation and Team Design,”
Eastern Michigan University, 2016
“Faculty
Development: Guiding Professional
Development Using Student Catalyst Teams,” Portland, 2015
“Faculty Development:
High School Teacher Professional Development across MESH,” Ann Arbor, 2015
“Cyber
Discovery: University Faculty
Development Through Immersion, Innovation and Team Design,”
University of Central Arkansas, 2015
“Cyber Discovery:
Faculty Development Forum,” Portland, Oregon, 2014
“Cyber Discovery:
Institutional Forum,” Conway, Arkansas, 2014
Contributed paper,
AMS-MAA Joint meeting, January 2014
Key-note speaker, Education Discovery Forum, 2013
“Higher Education”
Panel at the National Leadership Forum,
2013
“Cyber Discovery:
Institutional Forum,” Baltimore, Maryland, 2012
“Integrating
Curriculum: Key to Student Engagement,”
LSTA/LATM Joint Conference, 2012
“Providing context
for content – liberal arts and STEM,”
LSTA/LATM Joint Conference, 2012
“Vertical
Integration in Cyber Education: from
Cyber Discovery to Cyber-security Researcher,”
NIST headquarters,
Gaithersburg, Maryland, 2012
“An Innovative Approach to
Cybersecurity Education: Integrative Methods to Achieve ‘Cyber-
Citizenship’,” NICE
workshop/conference, Maryland, 2012
“Integrated
Curricula in Mathematics, Engineering, Science and the Humanities (MESH),”
National Leadership Forum, Atlanta, 2011
“Cyber
Discovery: Moving Towards a National
Roll-out,” Louisiana, 2011
“Digital Natives or
Naively Digital?” Panel at the USAF
Global Strike Symposium, 2010
“Career Pathways”
Panel for the Coalition for Advancing Cyber-security
Education (CACE), 2010
Contributed paper,
AMS-MAA Joint meeting, January 2010
ASEE contributed
papers (see Engineering Education publications), 2007 – present
“Integrating Math and
Secondary Math Education Majors in a Freshman and Sophomore Level
Curriculum,” MAA Mathfest, 2007
FIE contributed
papers (see Engineering Education publications), 2008 – 2012
Spring Engineering
& Science Convocation speaker at Louisiana Tech, 2008
~ Presentation on ‘The Engineer of
2020’ report, published
by the National
Distinguished
Teaching Lecture, Louisiana-Mississippi Section meeting of the MAA, 2008
Engineering and
Science Foundation Board Meeting, Fall 2006
~ Presented a summary of ‘The
Engineer of 2020’ report, published
by
the National
Contributed paper,
Louisiana-Mississippi Section meeting of the MAA, 2006
Facilitator for the
Panel Discussion, "Integrating mathematics with other disciplines,"
AMS-MAA Joint
Meeting, 2006
Contributed paper
(presented by J. Hughes, Louisiana Tech), AMS-MAA Joint Meeting, 2005
Invited talk, 17th
Cumberland Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory,
and Computing, 2004
Contributed paper
(presented by C. Seaquist, Texas Tech),
Spring Topology and Dynamics
Conference, March 2004
Contributed paper
(with B. Schroeder), AMS-MAA Joint Meeting, January 2004
Contributed paper,
AMS-MAA Joint Meeting, January 2002
Contributed paper, 32nd
Southeastern Conference on Combinatorics,
Graph Theory and
Computing, March 2001
Colloquium Lecture,
Baylor University Department of Mathematics, October 2000
Contributed paper, MAA Texas
Sectional Meeting, April 2000
Contributed paper, AMS-MAA Joint
Meeting, January 1999
Professional
Activities
National/International
Leadership
Member of Engineering
Advisory Board for Houston Baptist University (current)
Reviewer for Federal
Funding Agencies such as that National Science Foundation (current)
Summer Missions Mentor for various
organizations (current)
Chair/Host for Louisiana
Tech’s Graduate Conference, (focus on proposal writing), 2016
Focus-group for
online tools related to Leadership Development, Growing Leaders, 2013
Consultant on
academic outreach for workforce development, 2012-2014
The Cohort: a
mentoring community of leaders, facilitated by Tim Elmore, 2011-12
National Leadership
Forum, Growing Leaders, 2011
Engineering Research
Council Annual Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, 2009
University Forum,
Present at the
signing and first public announcement of the
“Stockholm Accords on
Ethnic Cleansing” in Skopje and Gostivar, Macedonia.
Cyber-security
National Director,
Cyber Discovery: Integrating Cyber Education
Communities (ICEC) . . . 2012-16
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)
Higher Education working group, 2012
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), 2011
Consultant for the
U.S. Cyber Challenge, DHS, 2010-2011
Coalition for Advancing Cyber-security
Education
(CACE) organizational meeting, November 2010
Workshop on Grid
Computing, hosted by UT-Austin, December 2005
Mathematics
The
Ensuring College Readiness in Mathematics and Science, October 2006
Facilitator for Panel
Discussion on Integrating Mathematics
with Other Disciplines, January 2006
NSF Workshop on Improving the Mathematics Major,
Workshop on Knots in the Biological Sciences, hosted
by UT-Dallas, April 2005
Member of the
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Member of the Mathematical
Association of
International
Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, November 1998
Research projects in
Algebra and Graph Theory
Referee for a number of professional
journals and several textbooks.
Integrated Learning
NASA-Threads, developing a
physics/pre-engineering curriculum, mathematics-PI, 2009-2015
TechSTEP (pilot) 2005-2007 and NSF Funded project, 2007-2013.
Cyber Discovery – teacher
professional development in cyber, 2007-2018
Member of the
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
State
Leadership
Statewide
Articulation and Transfer Council / General Education Committee, 2010-present
Chair
of the General Education Committee – 2014-present
Chair
of the A.S. in Engineering committee – 2011-2012
SACS assessment support, regional universities,
2009-2010
Cyber K-12:
Building a foundation for cyber education in North Louisiana, PI,
2009-2011
Member of the
Education Advisory Council (CIC), 2009-2012
Mathematics
Louisiana Vice-Chair for the
Louisiana-Mississippi Section of the MAA, 2005-2006
DEEP Understanding in
Mathematics, teacher workshop series, LaSIP, 2002
Cumberland
Conference, Middle Tennessee State University, 2004.
CombinaTexas Conference,
CombinaTexas
Conference,
Louisiana State Literary Rally
Integrated Learning
One-Day Build:
Demystifying the computer through a one-day build, PI, 2016, 2017
Louisiana Tech’s Robert Noyce
Scholarship Program, PI, 2008-2013
Louisiana Tech’s STEM Talent Expansion Program,
mathematics-PI, 2005-2013
TEXTeams Institute committee,
for UT Dana Center’s “In-Depth Secondary Mathematics,” 2000-2004
Referee for the
Texas Statewide Systemic Initiative
workshop,
Participated in the
University
Leadership
Academic Director,
College of Engineering & Science, 2015-present
Dissertation
committees for Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership,
2014-present
Associate Director, Integrated STEM Education
Research Center, 2014-present
Associate Dean,
College of Engineering & Science, 2008-12 (on leave from 2012-14)
Program Chair Cyberspace Science
& Engineering, 2007-2012
Graduate Advisor, NSF
Graduate Research Fellows, 2011-2013
University Recruitment
& Retention Council, 2011, 2012
Facilitator for NSF
grant-writing workshops, 2010, 2011, 2012
University Behavioral
Standards Committee, 2007-2012 (member since 2007, chair since 2009)
Engineering and
Science Foundation Board member, 2006-2008
University Senate,
Louisiana Tech University, 2005-2008
Graduate Programs
Leadership Team, College of Engineering and Science, 2008-2012
Undergraduate
Programs Leadership Team,
~ 2004-2008 (Chair of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee).
Associate Member of
the Leadership Team for the College of Engineering and Science
~ September 2002 to
January 2003
Participated in Fall Fest, the
L.S.U. student social event of the Fall semester, 1998
Key-note speaker for the
L.S.U. Baptist Student Union “Survival Weekend”
Hosted by
Faculty Senate
(student representative), Loyola University, 1990-1992.
Integrated/Interdisciplinary
Curricula
Current advisor for
two Ph.D. students in the Computational Analysis and Modeling program.
Mentor for the
creation of new B.S. in Engineering Technology, 2016-2017
Facilitator for the
creation of the B.S. in Cyber Engineering, 2009-2011
Graduate Teaching
Assistant Professional Development, Engineering, 2009-2011
Louisiana Tech’s S-STEM Scholarship Program,
mathematics-PI, 2007-2012
Advisor for the GK-12
Teaching Fellows program, 2003-2010.
AMS-MAA Math Clubs
(SFA), 1999-2001
Participant in the Supplemental
Instruction program and Stephen F. Austin
Conducted campus-wide
review sessions for Calculus at L.S.U., 1997-1998
Integrated/Interdisciplinary
Research
Facilitator for NSF
GRFP grant-writing workshop, 2009, 2010, 2012
Sensor and Sensor
Networks Research Leadership Team, 2003 to 2005.
Facilitator for a panel review at
the “Take a Walk on the Reviewer’s Side” workshop, August 2004
Graduate Committee
Member for numerous students in Ph.D. CAM and Ph.D. Engineering programs.
Graduate Committee
Member for M.S. students in mathematics, Computer Science, and EE.
Graduate Recruitment
Committee, Louisiana Tech University, 2001-2004
Colloquium Lecture at Baylor
University, October 2000
Departmental
Dissertation Advisor
for Ph.D. in Computational Analysis and Modeling, 2002-present
Member or chair of
various faculty search committees, including Mathematics, Computer Science,
Cyber Engineering,
Education, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, 2002-present
Developed
senior/graduate course in Cryptography, 2016-17
Undergraduate
Research Seminar, Spring 2004-2007
Graduate Teaching
Assistant Seminar, development and implementation, 2003-2008
Developed
senior/graduate course in Number Theory, 2004-05
Developed
senior/graduate course in graph theory, Fall/Winter 2003
Discrete Mathematics
Research Seminar, Louisiana Tech University, 2001-2002
Member of the Graduate Teaching
Assistant recruitment steering committee, 2001-2006
~
~ Active recruiter for
the Graduate Program
Developed freshman, senior, and
graduate courses in graph theory
Chair of the course and curriculum
committees
Undergraduate and Graduate Student
advising
Developed “Open Problem Friday” for
freshman students at SFA in graph theory, Spring 2000
Community
I have been a member
of three churches in my adult life – First
Baptist Church, Belle Chasse, Louisiana; University Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Temple Baptist Church, Ruston, Louisiana
– where I have served in the following capacities:
~ Deacon (ordained in
February 1992 at FBC Belle Chasse,
~ Chairman of Deacons
(FBC Belle Chasse,
~ Committees such as
Personnel, Nominating, Constitution and By-laws, and
Committee on Committees, as well as
Church-wide Councils
~ Sunday School
teacher (singles, international, and college departments)
~ Chancel Choir and
various vocal Ensembles
~ Children’s Choir
leader
~ regular
speaker in the International Worship Service (Temple Baptist Church),
Temple-Tech’s midweek service, and College
Beach Retreat.
~ co-director of uChurch: Preparing Students for Church-Planting
across North America
~
mentor to students preparing for mission internships (Temple Baptist Church) to
South Asia, Southeast Asia, Honduras, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Calgary,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, West Palm Beach, as well as Work-as-Worship Interns.
~ Short-term
Missionary, Skopje, Macedonian, July – August 2000
~ Short-term Missions
(Family Mission Team), Montreal,
Canada, July – August 2013
~ Short-term Missions
(Family Mission Team), Chicago, June
– July 2016