
Volume 3 No.3, Fall 1999	ISSN# 1523-9926

Author Biographies

Cole, William E.

William E. Cole, Ph.D, PE, is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology, College of Engineering, Northeastern University. His research interests are in, computer aided design, computer aided analysis, industrial process development, and curriculum development for engineering and engineering technology. He can be reached by e-mail: wcole@coe.neu.edu, by fax: (617) 373-2501, or through postal address: School of Engineering Technology, 120 Snell Engineering Center, Northeastern University, Boston, Ma. 02115.

Franz, Harry

Harry Franz is the Coordinator of the Control and Instrument Electronics Design Program at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) in Houston, Texas. He has a BSEE and MSEE and holds a current P.E. He has worked in industry for fifteen years. He is a member of the IEEE and advisor to the UHD IEEE Student Organization. He is also a member the ASEE and ISA. He has been very active in the Tau-Alpha-Pi national ET honor society.

Globig, James E.

James E. Globig is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Technology Department at the University of Dayton. He join the University in August 1998. He combines strong leadership and communication skills with 20 years of broad-based engineering expertise. Jim demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the development process through the utilization of high performance cross-functional teams to execute on schedule, on budget releases of high quality new products. He is experienced in both analog and digital electronics.

Henry Kraebber

Henry Kraebber is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He has 15 years of industrial experience in engineering, operations management, and quality. He primarily teaches courses for the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology program. He is active in professional societies, and is the President of the CIM in Higher Education Alliance.

Lunt, Barry

Barry M. Lunt is an Associate Professor in Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, where he has taught for 8 years. He holds a BS and an MS in EET from BYU, and a PhD in Occupational and Adult Education from Utah State University. He and his wife of 22 years (Catherine) are the parents of 4 children.

Tisdale, Eric

Eric Tisdale is an Assistant Professor at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana where he teaches electronics, systems control and drafting in the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program. Eric is interested in instrumentation, medical applications, computers, simulation software and data collection. Previously Eric worked in industry for 15 years in the field of instrumentation and control doing both medical and industrial applications.

Tomovic, Cynthia L.

Cynthia L.Tomovicis a faculty member in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Purdue University where she teaches courses in organizational behavior and leadership, international human resource management, and organizational communications. Bridging her her academic appointment in the teaching and applied-research focused School of Technology, she is particularly interested in topics that address quality improvement and assessment in higher education. University-industry relationships and their impact on organizational renewal is a special topic of interest.