Publications and Presentations
Gregory Neff - Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology

Authored "Using Outcomes Based Assessment and Continuous Quality Improvement Practices from ABET Program Accreditation in Institutional Accreditation," which was presented and published in the Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition in in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 24-27, 2007 (with Susan Scachitti*, Christine Corum, Jim Higley, Heather Cooper, and Mohammad Zahraee).

Authored "Lessons Learned: Reflections on a Department's First TC2K Evaluation," which was presented and published in the Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago, Illinois,, June 19-22, 2006 (with Susan Scachitti, Lash Mapa, Jim Higley, and Mohammad Zahraee).

Presented the poster display "Improving Certification Outcomes Using Six Sigma Methods," at Celebrating the Diversity of Scholarship, the Faculty Development Committee's 2006 Poster Session, April 17, 2006 (with Rick Rickerson*).

Made a presentation at the SME Summit session on the use of SME Certification in Colleges in Los Angeles, CA, March 28, 2006 in conjunction with Westec and the SME Annual Meeting.

Authored "ABET TC2K Preparation – A Web Based Approach," which was presented and published in the Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition in Portland, Oregon, June 12-15, 2005 (with Susan Scachitti* and Jim Higley).

Presented "Academic Integrity: Developing Professional and Ethical Responsibility in the Classroom," which was also published in the Conference Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Illinois Indiana Section Spring Conference at DeKalb, IL, April 1-2, 2005 (with Roy Evans*).

Authored "The Next Level in TC2K: Continuous Quality Improvement," which was presented and published in the Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 20-23, 2004 (with Susan Scachitti* and Jim Higley).

Authored "Using the SME Certification Exam in TC2K or EC2000 Outcomes Assessment," which was presented and published in the Proceedings of the ASEE 2004 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, February 3-6, 2004 at Biloxi, Mississippi (with Roger Roley).

Authored "SME as a Resource for Educators," which was presented at the National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers Fall Meeting, October 2-4, 2003 in Portland, Oregon (with Roger Roley).

Presented "Counting Down to 2004: Some Insights and Strategies for Satisfying TC2K While There is Still Time," also published in the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Nashville, Tennessee, June 22-25, 2003 (with Susan Scachitti and Jim Higley).

Presented "Using the Nationally Normed SME Fundamentals of Engineering Examination as a Program Outcomes Indicator," which was also published in the Conference Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Illinois Indiana Section Spring Conference at Valparaiso, IN, April 4-5, 2003.

Presented the poster display "Counting Down to 2004: Some Insights and Strategies for Satisfying TC2K While There is Still Time," at Posters 2003, the Faculty Development Committee's 2003 Poster Session, January 29-30, 2003 (with Susan Scachitti and Jim Higley).

Presented “Assessing the Affective Aspect of Languaging: The Development of Software for Public Relations,” at the 52 Annual Conference of the International Communication Association in Seoul, Korea, July 15-19, 2002 (with Bonnie Neff and Paul Crandon).

Presented “The Assessment Cookbook: Recipes for Successfully Meeting TC2K Criteria,” at the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition in Montreal, Quebec, June 16-19, 2002 (with Susan Scachitti).

Coauthored “Future Directions for Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Industrial Engineering Technology Programs,” published in the Journal of Engineering Technology, Vol. 19, No. 1, Spring, 2002, pp 8-15.

Editor of the 2001 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition Proceedings of the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Head Committee Technical Sessions, published by ASME on CD #3, November, 2001.  I also served as program chair for the METDHC at the conference.

"Closing the Loop: The Difference between Making Improvements and Continuous Improvement," presented and published in the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 24-27, 2001 (with Susan Scachitti and Mohammad Zahraee).

"Missions, Goals, and Objectives: The Yardstick for Assessment and Accreditation," published in the Conference Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Illinois Indiana Section Spring Conference at West Lafayette, IN, March 29-30, 2001  (with Susan Scachitti*, Lash Mapa, and Mohammad Zahraee).

Authored Instructors Guide for "Visual Basic,"  published on the Internet, 2001.

"Visual Basic," Chapter 34 in AutoCAD 2002: A Problem Solving Approach, published by AutoDesk Press of Thomson Learning, Albany, New York, 2001.  ISBN/ISSN 0-7668-3853-6.

"Visual Basic," Chapter 17 in Customizing AutoCAD 2002, published by AutoDesk Press of Thomson Learning, Albany, New York, 2001.  ISBN/ISSN 0-7668-3852-8.

Presented "Missions, Goals, and Objectives: The Yardstick for Assessment and Accreditation," at the poster session Celebrating the Diversity of Faculty Scholarship sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee, Purdue University Calumet, January 30, 2001 (with Susan Scachitti*, Lash Mapa, and Mohammad Zahraee).

"Continuous Improvement of Engineering Technology Programs -- Coming Soon to a University Near You,"  presented and published in the 2000  ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, St. Louis, Missouri, June 18-21,2000 (with Susan Scachitti and Mohammad Zahraee).

"Instituting Continuous Improvement within a Tenure/Promotion Culture (and taking advantage of it)," presented and published in the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, St. Louis, Missouri, June 18-21, 2000 (with Susan Scachitti*, Mohammad Zahraee, and Lash Mapa).

"The Role of Technology in Building Public Relations Organizations," presented at the 2000 ICA Annual Conference in Acapulco, Mexico, June 1-5, 2000 (with Bonnie Neff*).

Authored Instructors Guide for "Visual Basic," Chapter 17 of Customizing AutoCAD 2000 published on the Internet, 1999.

"Visual Basic," Chapter 17 in Customizing AutoCAD 2000 , ISBN 0766812405, for AutoDesk Press of Thomson Learning, Albany, New York, 1999.

Authored "Aircraft Landing Gear Simulation and Analysis," published on the Waterloo Maple Application Center  under mechanical engineering on http://www.maplesoft.com/applications/app_center_view.aspx?AID=378&CID=4&SCID=49 (with Derek Morrison* and Mohammad Zahraee), 1999.

"Continuous Improvement of ET Programs: An Unfamiliar Process, An Ever Increasing Expectation for Accreditation," published in the conference proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Illinois Indiana Section Spring Conference at Dekalb, Illinois, March 11-12, 1999 (with Susan Scachitti* and Mohammad Zahraee).

"Computer-Aided  Cam Mechanism Design Using PC:Solve and MathCAD," published in the Computers in Education Journal, Vol. VIII, No. 3,  July-September, 1998, pp. 1-5,  (with Michael Meyers).

"The Complexities of Using Technology in Teaching: Creating New Boundaries," in the session "(Mis)Communicating Across Boundaries: A Political, Cultural, and Technological Phenomenon," for the 1998 ICA Annual Conference in Jerusalem, Israel, July 20-24, 1998 (with Bonnie Neff*).

Presented "The Role of Technology in Publishing Scholarly Journals: Electronic Journals in Engineering and Technology," in a session sponsored by the publication committee of ICA at the 1998 ICA Annual Conference in Jerusalem, Israel, July 20-24, 1998.

"Creating a Homepage on the Internet: A Freshman Lab," presentation at the 1998 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Spring Conference at Carbondale, Illinois, March 27-28, 1998.

"Visual Basic," Chapter 16 in Instructors Guide Customizing AutoCAD R14, ISBN 0766805751, for Autodesk Press of Delmar Publishers, Albany, New York, 1998.

"Visual Basic," Chapter 16 in Customizing AutoCAD R14 , ISBN 0766803643, for AutoDesk Press of Delmar Publishers, Albany, New York, December, 1997.

"Finite Element Analysis of a Tube Clamp," published as ASME Technical Paper 97-WA/MET-7, November, 1997 (with Mohammad Zahraee* and Derek Morrison).

Presented "The Role of Technology in Diffusing Academic Knowledge" at the 1997 Biennial Convention of the World Communication Association, July 27-31, 1997 in San Juan, Costa Rica, Central America.

"Aircraft Landing Gear Simulation and Analysis," published in the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 15-18, 1997 (with Derek Morrison* and Mohammad Zahraee).

"Lofting and Conics in the Design of Aircraft," published in the 1997 ASEE Illinois/Indiana Section Spring Conference Proceedings, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 13-15, 1997 (with Derek Morrison*).

"Aircraft Landing Gear Simulation and Analysis," poster session in Celebrating the Diversity of Faculty Scholarship sponsored by Faculty Development Committee and FITS Lab Advisory Committee, Purdue University Calumet, February 6, 1997 (with Derek Morrison and Mohammad Zahraee).

"Computer-Aided Kinematic Analysis of Cam Mechanisms: A Reverse Engineering Approach, "published in the Conference Proceedings of the 1996 Iran Mechanical Engineering Assoc. meeting, May 14-17,1996 (with Mohammad Zahraee*).

"Kinematic Analysis in the Design of Aircraft Landing Gear," published by the American Society for Engineering Education in the Conference Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Illinois/Indiana Section Spring Conference, Peoria, Illinois, March 21-23, 1996 (with MET student Derek Morrison*).

"Computer-Aided Design of Cam Mechanisms Using Math Toolkit Software: Solve and MathCAD," published by the American Society for Engineering Education in the Conference Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Illinois/Indiana Section Spring Conference, Peoria, Illinois, March 21-23, 1996 (with Michael Meyers).

"Transforming Engineering Education from a Product to a Process," poster session in A Taste of Technology sponsored by Academic Affairs and Computer Users Support Services, Purdue University Calumet, February 21-22, 1996.

"Transforming Engineering Education from a Product to a Process," published in the Conference Proceedings of the Fourth World Conference on Engineering Education, Saint Paul, Minnesota, October 15-20, 1995 (with Steven Beyerlein, Daniel Apple, and Karl Krumsieg).

"Computer Simulation of Vinyl Polymerization: Exercises in Critical Thinking Using Solve," published in the Journal of Chemical Education, Vol.72, Page 808-812, September, 1995 (with Michael Pelter*).

"Cam Mechanisms: A Practical Topic to Integrate Several Computer/Lab Oriented MET Courses," presented at the 1995 ASME IMECE in San Francisco, California, November 12-17 and published as ASME Technical Paper 95-WA/MET-6   (with Mohammad Zahraee).

"Ellipses Using AutoCAD Release 13" published in AutoCAD World, Vol. 4 No. 6, June, 1995 (with Sham Tickoo*)

"Nurbs: Spline command options control fit and tangency" published in AutoCAD World, Vol. 4 No. 7, July, 1995, Page 15-18 (with Sham Tickoo*)

"Computer-Aided Kinematic Analysis of Flat Plate Cam Mechanisms: A Reverse Engineering Approach," published in the Conference Proceedings of the 1995 Illinois-Indiana Section Meeting, March 17-18, 1995 (with Mohammad Zahraee and Jim Higley).

Presented the poster display "Using a Multi-Course Project to Integrate the Teaching of Computer Aided Design, Drafting and Manufacturing," at Reconsidering Scholarship a PUC Faculty Poster Session February 20-22, 1995 (with Mohammad Zahraee, Jim Higley, and Sham Tickoo).

"Computer-Aided Analysis of Flat Plate Cam Mechanisms," published in the Conference Proceedings of the 1994 ASEE Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 26-29, 1994.

Presented "Using a Multi-Course Project to Integrate CAE, CADD and CAD/CAM," also published in the Conference Proceedings of the 1994 ASEE North Central Section Meeting, April 7-9, 1994 (with Sham Tickoo, Jim Higley, and Mohammad Zahraee).

"Incorporating CAD and Commercial Software Tools into an Introductory Mechanism Kinematics Course" published in the Computers in Education Journal, Vol. III, No. 2, April-June 1993 (with Mohammad Zahraee). Received the Computers in Education Journal's Meryl K. Miller Award for teaching/instruction methods June 27, 1994 for this article.

Presented Faculty Workshop, "Using PC:Solve for Instruction," a PUC Special Workshop Series Presentation, November 12, 1993.

Presented Faculty Workshop, "Overview and Introduction to PC:Solve," a PUC Special Workshop Series Presentation, November 5, 1993.

Presented "Using PC:Solve for Engineering Design" at the Pacific Crest Software 1993 Teaching Institute at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, June 13-18, 1993.

"Integrating CAE, CADD and CAD/CAM into a Multi-Course Project" published in the Conference Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 1993 Illinois/Indiana Section Conference, March 5-6 at Indiana State University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana (with Mohammad Zahraee and Sham Tickoo).

"Incorporating CAD and Commercial Software Tools into an Introductory Mechanism Kinematics Course" published in the Conference Proceedings of the 1992 ASEE Annual Conference, Toledo, Ohio, June 21-25 (with Mohammad Zahraee*)

"The Interaction of Manual Drafting and CAD at Purdue University Calumet," published as ASME Technical Paper 91-WA/MET-1, December, 1991 (with Sham Tickoo* and Mohammad Zahraee).

"Mechanical and Manufacturing Senior Projects and Outreach at Purdue University Calumet," published in the Conference Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 1991 Illinois/Indiana Section Conference, April 26-27 (with Lash Mapa*, Sham Tickoo and Mohammad Zahraee).

"Design of Economical Robots and PLC Trainers for Undergraduate Laboratory Use," published in the Conference Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 1991 Illinois/Indiana Section Conference, April 26-27 (with Sham Tickoo* and Mohammad Zahraee).

"Computer Software & Programming Utilization in Kinematics," published in the Conference Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 1991 Illinois/Indiana Section Conference, April 26-27 (with Mohammad Zahraee* and Sham Tickoo).

"MET Senior Projects at an Urban University," presented at the ASME WAM, Dallas, Texas, November 25-30, 1990 and published as ASME Technical Paper 90-WA/MET-2  (with Sham Tickoo and Mohammad Zahraee).  Also published by ERIC.

*First or major author

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