George Sidebotham

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professional Development

NASA Faculty Fellow:  Summer 2010, at the John H. Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio.   NASA Colleague:  Dr. Sandra Olson.  Project Title:  “Developing the Narrow Channel Apparatus into a NASA Standard Test Method.” 

 

“ExcEEd Teaching Workshop”  an intensive 5-day workshop at the United States Military Academy sponsored by ASCE, IEEE, ASME, AIChE, West Point, New York.  Equivalent to a $2300 Teaching Fellowship from the United Engineering Foundation.  July 25-30, 2004.

 

NASA Faculty Fellow:  Summer 2003, at the John H. Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio.   NASA Colleague:  Dr. Sandra Olson.  Project Title:  “Unique Fire Hazards Associated with Surgery in Space.” 

 

“How to Engineer Engineering Education” an intensive 5-day workshop at Bucknell University, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.  July 7-12, 2002.

 

“A Faculty/Alumni/Student Workshop on Co-Curricular Experiential Learning”

3-day workshop with Cooper Union personnel.

Sponsored by the Center for Professional Development.

August 2001.

 

“Creativity in Problem Solving, Teaching and Life”

2 week intensive workshop with Rolf Faste, Bernie Roth and Doug Wilde (Design Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Stanford University).

Sponsored by the NCIIA (National Collegiate Invention and Innovation Alliance)

Stanford University, July 31-August 11, 2000.

 

“Moving Ideas to the Marketplace:  Technology Commercialization for Engineering, Design and Science Faculty”

3-day workshop led by Barbara M. Fossum (IC2 Institute, Univ. of Texas at Austin).

Sponsored by the NCIIA (National Collegiate Invention and Innovation Alliance).

Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass., July 2000.

 

“Creativity in Problem Solving, Teaching and Life”

3-day intensive workshop led by Rolf Faste and Bernie Roth (Design Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Stanford University).

Sponsored by the NCIIA (National Collegiate Invention and Innovation Alliance)

Boulder, Colorado.  June 1999.