Publications

Publications

Online Publications :

• 2016-2021 FL ET and Related AS AAS Program Enrollment and Completion 5-Year Trend Report
• 2021-29 Data Assessment-FL MFG Workforce Needs
• 2020 FL MFG  Month Student Virtual Events Summary Report
• 2018 Post Visit MFG Day Survey Results Cumulative Report
• Working with Industry Partners
• Florida Pathways to Engineering Technology Careers
• White Paper – Manufacturing Day Tours: Student Feedback Shows Huge Impact
• “Made in FLORIDA 2015: What’s Made in Your Backyard?” (Teacher’s Guide & Student Handouts)
• Job Task Analysis (JTA) Booklet for Smart Grid Technician
• FLATE Best Practices
• Camp-in-a-Box (suggestions, activities, sample agendas and resources)
• Read the FLATE Blog

Journal Publications and Published Articles

• What’s Next? The Future of Work for Manufacturing Technicians, 2021 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, virtual meeting, July, 2021.
• Students Talk: The Experience of Advanced Technology Students at Two-Year Colleges during COVID-19, 2021  ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, virtual meeting, July, 2021.
• Community Colleges are the best kept secret for workforce development in America – Tampa offers families affordable options for upward mobility, STEM Learning Ecosystems; Post-secondary Stories from the Field & Practical Tips, December, 2019.
• Are We Meeting Industry Needs? Checking Florida’s 2-year Advanced Manufacturing Degree Program, 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida, June, 2019.
• PathTech LIFE: Overview of Findings from a National Survey of Technician Education Students, 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida, June, 2019.
• FLATE’s MSSC Workshop Highlights the New CPT+ Credentials, National Coalition of Advanced technology Centers (NCATC)-American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), Newsletter, Volume 19, no. 3, 3rd Quarter, August, 2018.
• New Mechatronics Education Initiatives, 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Conference Proceeding, Utah, June, 2018.
• 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Conference Proceeding, Utah, June, 2018.
• Growth of 2-Year programs for Mechatronics, 2018 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, Daytona, Florida, Conference Proceedings, March, 2018.
• PathTech LIFE (Learning, Interest, Family and Employment): Understanding Advanced Technology Students. 2018 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, Conference Proceedings, Daytona, Florida, March, 2018.
• Twelve Years of Growth and Success at Douglas L. Jamerson Elementary School Center for Mathematics and Engineering; American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Conference Proceedings, June 2016
• Robotics Camps: A STEM-ulating Experience; Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Techniques. October 2015, p. 42. www.acteonline.org
• Aligning “Making” with Manufacturing Technology Education; American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Conference Proceedings, June 2015,
• Using Robotics as a Tool to Engage Students in Technical Curriculum; American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Conference Proceedings, June 2015,
• Are You Certified? Industry Certifications and Credentialing; A 2014 NCPN Pre Conference Institute, p. 2-4.. National Career Pathways Network Connections, v. 25, No. 2, May (2015), Strong Programs Producing Highly Qualified Graduates.
• CIEC Integrated Elementary Eng Edu Exp (Feb 2015) An Integrated Elementary School Engineering Education Experience, Proceedings of the 2015 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC) 2015, American Society for Engineering Education.
• Focus on the Workforce: Florida Celebrates Manufacturing Day with a Purpose, Manufacturing Engineering, December 2014, p. 78-79.
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers: Strategies for Engaging and Recruiting Girls, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2014).
• A Statewide Initiative for Manufacturing Day in Florida, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2014).
• Florida’s Engineering Technology Associate of Science Degree Program: A Model for Technical Workforce STEM Based Education, Journal of Engineering Technology, Spring (2014).
• Integrating Environmental Sustainability Concepts and Practices into Florida’s Engineering Technology Education System, Conference for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), Educating for a Sustainable Future, Conference Proceedings, Feb. 2014, https://www.indiana.edu/~ciec/Proceedings_2014/Start.htm
• ET Degree Paves the Way for Florida’s Manufacturing Workforce, A Pipeline to Industry – Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Techniques. January 2014, p. 40, www.acteonline.org.
• The “Florida Plan” and Exemplary Career Pathways for Manufacturing, National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers (NCATC). V. 15, n.1, p. 3, Winter 2014, www.ncatc.org.
• Preparing a new Generation of Technicians, International Innovation, Disseminating science, research and technology, Issue 126 (2014), page numbers (17-19) , www.researchmedia.eu
• The Importance of Soft Skills in Technical Education, National Career Pathways Network Connections, v. 23-7, Oct., (2013)
• Made in Florida Industry Tours: A Best Practice for Seeding Industry Partnerships, Techniques, Connecting Education and Careers, p.26-29, Sept., (2013).
• Florida’s Model for Industry-Technical Education Partnerships, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2013).
• Impact of Student Tours of Manufacturing Facilities, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2013).
• Modularizing Emerging Technology Education: Two Case Studies, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2013).
• Manufacturing is the Ultimate Virtual Reality. Community College Week, Spring 2013 Technology Supplement.
• Industry Day Programs Connect Students with Florida Manufacturers,” National Career Pathways Network Connections, p.4-6, v. 23-1, (2013).
• Aligning Florida’s Manufacturing Programs with External Standards: Closing the Loops, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2012).
• Developing International Education Opportunities for U.S. Manufacturing Technician Students,” American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2012).
• “FLATE: Impacting Florida’s Technical Workforce,” National Career Pathways Network Connections, p.4-6, v. 21-7, (2011).
• “FLATE: Synergy in the Sunshine State,” National Career Pathways Network Connections, p. 5-8, v. 21-6, (2011).
• “Best Practices for Student Robotics Camps,” American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2011).
• “Impact of ATE Regional Centers for Next Generation Manufacturing,” American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2011).
• “Manufacturing Career Pathways,” Manufacturing Engineering, p. 101, vol. 144, No. 4 (2010).
• “Getting Started with a Successful NSF ATE Proposal, “National Career Pathways Network Connections, p. 2, vol. 20-6, (2010).
• “STEM Works because of Talent, Training, Time and Tools,” American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2010).
• “Implementing Engineering and Technical Education to Support Florida’s 21st Century Energy Sector,” American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2010).
• “Florida’s Unified Curriculum Model for Engineering Technologies“, Vicissitude-A Refereed Journal for College Leaders, p. 20, vol. 2, n. 2 (2010).
• “Using a Baldrige/Sterling Evaluation Plan for an NSF ATE Center,” American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2009).
• “What is the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Program?,”National Career Pathways Network Connections, p. 3, vol. 19, No. 6 (2009).
• “Florida Advanced Technological Center (FLATE),” National Career Pathways Network Connections, p. 4, vol. 19, No.6 (2009).
• “Florida Engineering Technology Forum: A Vehicle for Change,” American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2008).
• “The Toothpick Factory: A Simulation Game for Soft Skills,” American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2008). “A
• Process Map for State-wide Engineering Technology and Manufacturing Technology Curriculum Reform,” American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2008).
• ” A Community College-Industry Partnership to Develop an Automated Systems Training Platform,” American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2007).
• “Engineering Technology Curriculum Reform in Florida,” American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), June, (2007).
• “Made in Florida: a Dynamic STEM Career Outreach Campaign,” Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration , (CIEC), February (2006).

Co-Investigator Publications

• Bridging Technical Skills Gaps between High School Students and Local Employers. Journal of Research in Technical Careers. Vol. 1, No. 1, May 2017.
• A Longitudinal Analysis of Young Adult Pathways to STEMH Occupations. Career and Technical Education Research, 42(1), p. 3. DOI: 10.5328/cter42.1.35 ©2017

Curriculum Resources

• FLATE’s sTEm centered, industry-connected curriculum site was awarded a 2011 Best Practice Award for Excellence Integrating Needs of STEM-Enabled Programs into Engaging Curriculum and Educational Outreach Resources from stemFlorida.
  FLATE’s online resources for educators contain complete, ready-to-use lesson plans, presentations, and curriculum objects. Lesson plans include print-ready handouts for students as well as items which may be adapted or used individually. Middle and high school level classroom materials are designed to enrich science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classes, and provide fun and easy ways to integrate STEM focused activities into mainstream curriculum. These free instructional resources provide students with real world scenarios relevant to manufacturers throughout Florida, and focus on the “T & E” side of STEM. Each lesson plan gives teachers the materials needed to engage students with authentic and sometimes unresolved challenges faced by manufacturing companies today. Shared online through FLATE’s educators’ BLOG linked from FLATE’s Made in Florida home page at https://flate.pbworks.com/w/page/10889545/Teacher-Materials-Home
• Alternative Energy Curriculum
  This presentation contains 16 modules which are ready for teachers to use or adapt to middle school, high school, and college curriculum as well as providing professional development for STEM K-20 teachers. Developed in partnership with the Florida Energy Systems Consortium (FESC), these presentations are used in FLATE’s Summer Energy Camp for Middle School Students and FLATE’s Summer sTEm Energy Camp for Hillsborough County high School teachers. Shared online through FLATE’s educators’ BLOG linked from the Made in Florida home page at https://flate.pbworks.com/w/page/10889505/FrontPage
• sTEm-at-work Puzzles
  Award winning sTEm-at-work puzzles have been developed as alternative / supplementary materials that can be used in all high school science and first level college courses. The puzzles are short snapshots of real world sTEm scenarios, providing enough information for the reader to “puzzle” out the solution using inductive and deductive reasoning, critical reading and interpretation skills. The “yes-no” answers allow teachers to focus on either the sTEm concepts within the puzzle (that vary for every puzzle), the problem solving strategies that can be used to come up with the answer, or the theme that runs in a group of puzzles. The sTEm-at-work puzzles can be used in the classroom, tied to the specific content as an modern application, or be used as homework or extra curricula /extra credit opportunities. In addition to providing fun, applied contextual content, it is increasingly important that students gain an appreciation of the critical role that science and mathematics plays in engineering and technological advancement. Shared online on the FLATE homepage and archived here.