Beth Carle, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology/Packaging Science Department. She joined RIT in 1996. Carle's research interests include the development of educational strategies for creating nuclear-aware engineers and the inclusion of service learning in engineering technology curricula. She is an active member of NYSETA and ASEE.

Research Interests include: Development of educational strategies for creating nuclear-aware engineers; inclusion of service learning in engineering technology curricula.

Research interests include: Recruitment and retention of female students in Engineering Technology is a major area of interest. Scholarly work involves the design and implementation of embedded systems, specifically with applications in the fields of power and energy and entertainment.

Current Role/Title/Years at RIT: Assistant Professor - 1 year

Previous Role: Adjunct Professor - 6 years
Digital Design Engineer - Harris RF Communications - 5 years
Integrated Circuit Design Engineer - Texas Instruments - 5 years

Areas of Interest, Scholarly Work, Research

Recruitment and retention of female students in Engineering Technology has been a major area of interest for me. I am a founding member and have remained actively involved in Women In Technology (WIT) at RIT. WIT is a group that was formed in 2003 to provide both social and academic support to female students enrolled in engineering technology disciplines. The objective of WIT is to help retain female engineering technology students with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of female graduates in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Civil, Electrical, Computer, Telecommunications and Packaging Science. Within WIT, I am the coordinator of the Girl Scouts in Technology Days offered three times per year on campus. This highly successful outreach program, aimed at girls in grades 4-7 attempts to show girls in this age group that science can be both interesting in fun and, most importantly, that females can be scientists and engineers. The Girls Scouts in Technology Days are currently being funded by a grant from the Rochester Area Community Foundation.

My scholarly work involves the design and implementation of embedded systems, specifically with applications in the fields of power and energy and entertainment.

The project I am currently working on is the hardware implementation, in an FPGA, of a Fourier Series Waveform Classification algorithm for Digital Signals.

I am also developing a set of modules that can be used to teach and integrated hardware/software approach in embedded systems. Each module includes lecture material, questions and a hands-on demonstration. The ultimate goal for this set of modules is to be published as a textbook.

Boards and Professional Affiliations

ASEE - American Society of Engineering Educators
WEPAN - Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network
NYSETA - New York State Engineering Technology Association

Research interests include: Ultra-Narrow Band Radar and Tomographic Imaging which involves many of the same topics that are fundamental to the college's ECTET Department's areas of distinction.

Steve M. Ciccarelli is an associate professor for Electrical Engineering Technology. He has been at RIT for seven years and previous to his current position, was an instructor of Electrical Engineering at RIT. His research area focuses on Ultra-Narrow Band Radar and Tomographic Imaging which involves many of the same topics that are fundamental to the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department's areas of distinction. For example, RF/microwave component and subsystem level work, high-frequency circuit design and analysis as well as communication systems are all central to the concept of the "Smart Power Grid" being developed. In addition, Ciccarelli's research area offers additional challenges and opportunities in the areas of signal processing and system-level design, analysis and integration that are key to the technical side of entertainment engineering.

Some areas of real-life application for this technology are: RF sensors and networks for threat detection, ground penetrating radar for rescue and recovery, and high-resolution imaging systems for border security. This research requires a great deal of system-level design, analysis, and the integration of technologies including RF/MEMS and sensors. The spatial diversity requirement is likely to necessitate sensor networking and communications on a broad scale.

Additionally, Cicarelli is an active member in the following organizations:

• Electrical Interest Group Chair, The New York State Engineering Technology Association (NYSETA) (2007 - Present)
  
• The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), member (2003 - Present)
  
• Eta Kappa Nu, Life Member (inducted 1989)
  
• Tau Beta Pi, Life Member (inducted 1989)
  
• The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), member (1987 - Present)
  
• The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), member (2002 - Present)
  
• Co-Chair, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society of the Rochester Section of IEEE (IEEE MTTS) (01/2004 - 2008)
  
• Acting Secretary, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society of the Rochester Section of IEEE (IEEE MTTS) (01/2003 - 12/2003)
  
• Chairman, Rochester Section IEEE (01/2002 - 12/2003)
  
• Vice-Chairman, Rochester Section IEEE (01/2001 - 12/2001)
  
• Secretary, Rochester Section IEEE (09/1999 - 12/2000)
  
• Technical Committee Member and Exhibits Chair, IEEE ASIC '97
  
• Technical Committee and Organizing Committee Member, IEEE ASIC '96

Ciccarelli's honors and awards include:

• The RIT Disability Services Certificate of Recognition - For commitment to equal access, and for demonstrating awareness
  and sensitivity in the course of serving R.I.T. students with disabilities
  (11/2004 and 11/2005)
  
• The IEEE Third Millennium Medal - In recognition and appreciation of valued services and outstanding contributions (2000)
  
• Rochester City School District Certificate of Appreciation - For Outstanding Contribution to the Educational Program at Edison Technical and Occupational Education Center (1996)

Research interests include: analog and digital circuit design and circuit design that supports the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology (ECTET) department's area of interest in power and entertainment.

Richard Cliver is an associate professor in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department and has been at RIT for nine years. Previously, he was an assistant professor at RIT. Cliver's areas of interest include teaching, analog and digital circuit design and circuit design that supports the department's area of interest in power and entertainment. He has also completed the following scholarly work, most relating to pedagogy.

2009

• Making Circuit Theory Matter, ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference, Conference Proceedings.

2008

• Imagine RIT Innovation & Creativity Festival, presented Engaging Today's Freshman in Abstract Theory. Several students joined in the presentation, RIT, Rochester, NY.
• Digital Imaging Conference - Bringing the Pieces Together, poster session, Quick development of Functional Test Fixtures using Educational printed circuit boards, 2008 Kodak conference, Rochester, NY
• Tech Signs DVD series, presentation, Electronics and Circuit Analysis Overview, DVD disk #14, Deborah Makowski interpreter, funded by an NSF grant, NTID, Rochester, NY.
• MCC ELT Industrial Advisory Board (IAB), Electrical Engineering Technology Program Review Report, reviewed curriculum rigor in a special IAB sub-committee for MCC's Engineering and Technologies Dean.

2007

• Faculty Institute on Teaching and Learning (FITL), Presenter and Poster Session, Creating an Environment for Deeper Learning in Circuit Theory Laboratory, RIT, Rochester, NY.

2005

• NYSETA, Presentation, Getting to Know Your Students, RIT, Rochester, NY

2004

• Paper, ASEE, 2004-410, Freshman Orientation Activity, primary author Richard Cliver, presented at ASEE by Michael Eastman, contributors Jeffrey Lillie and Steven Ciccarelli, Rochester Institute of Technology

2003

• "Fiber Optics laboratory for EET Optoelectronic Minor" grant proposal to NSF and Agilent Technologies, not funded.
• Presenter, Kodak's Engineering Conference, Rochester, NY, Current Engineering: Finding the Root Cause to Manufacturing and Customer Problems.

2002

• "Opto-electronics Minor" grant proposal to NSF and Agilent Technologies, not funded.
• Speaker, American Society of Engineering Educators, Montreal Canada, National 2002 Conference, Using PowerPoint in Distance Learning Laboratories.

2001

• Speaker, New York State Engineering Technology Association, Buffalo State University Fall 2001 Conference, Comparative Analysis MicroSIM 2001 and Orcad (P-Spice).

Cliver is an active member of Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) Commissioner and ABET accreditation team chair, Monroe Community College Industrial Advisory Board Member, and serves as a consultant for The Eastman Kodak Company and a senior design engineer. He is also a member of IEEE and ASEE.

Cliver has also been awarded the following honors:

• 2003: Recognition of Exceptional Performance, Graphic Communications Division, Kodak, for solving A/D latching problem when machine door was opened.
• 2002: Recipient of the "2002 Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Campus Leadership".
• 2000: Recognition of Exceptional Performance, Output System Division - Professional Imaging (OSD-PI), for solving Electrical hardware problems without assembly interruption.
• 1998: First CAST professor to received "Excellence in Adjunct Teaching Award"

Research interests include: Development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative teaching methods and tools.

Harry G. Cooke, Ph.D., has been an associate professor in the Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety Department since 2005. His research interests include the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative teaching methods and tools; the use of numerical modeling methods for geotechnical design and construction and the investigation of innovative uses of ground improvement in geotechnical design and construction. Cooke is an active member of many professional organizations including the American Society of Civil Engineers - Associate Member; Geo-Institute, ASCE, the American Society of Engineering

Education: Professional Member—and the American Concrete Pavement Association.

David H. Crumb, Associate Professor

B.S., Florida State University, M.B.A., Michigan State

Campus Address: Eastman Building (#01) 4218
Campus Telphone: 585-475-2355
Email: dhcism@rit.edu
Research interests include:  Research and identify the competencies for successful global hospitality managers. 

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David Crumb is an associate professor in the Hospitality and Tourism Management  Department in the School of International Hospitality and Service Innovation.  He has been teaching at RIT since 1988.  Previously Crumb was the Vice President and General Manager of the Sheraton Needham and General Manager of the Rochester Airport Marriott.  His research focus is to identify the competencies for successful global hospitality managers.    He is a board member of the Rochester Hotel and Lodging Association and has been awarded the Norman Miles Outstanding Professor Award.