Greg Kremer's page on Education

v   I believe that the best educational experiences are relational, experiential, integral and reflective.

v   I believe that a University education should follow the ideal stated in the inscription on Ohio University's Alumni Gate:
"So enter that daily thou mayest grow in knowledge, wisdom and love. 
So depart that daily thou mayest better serve thy fellowmen, thy country and thy God."


My Teaching Philosophy [pdf file]
I believe that “teaching” encompasses not only what goes on inside the classroom but all things that add to the students’ learning experience, so I spend more time developing meaningful learning activities and providing formative feedback than on traditional teacher-centered activities like lectures and discussions. 
I also believe that the following quote from Albert Einstein applies to education: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”.

Engineering Education Research

I am interested in integrative education, educational outcomes and assessment, and the development and assessment of professional skills in undergraduate engineering programs.

Carnegie Scholar Project [Carnegie website, scroll down to see my project]
In 2005-2006 I was given the opportunity to work with a great group of scholars on integrative learning.  My individual project (which is ongoing) was to integrate aspects of "How-to-Be" an engineer with the traditional focus on "How-to-do" engineering.  The project title was "Integrating Professional Skills with Engineering Identity: Using Performance Reviews in Capstone Design Courses to Help Students Value, Understand and Develop Professional Skills". 

List of Recent Engineering Education Publications

·        Kremer, G.G., Lessons Learned from Ohio University's Fall 2004 ABET Review, ABET Best Assessment Processes VII Symposium, April 2005.

·        Kremer, G. "Standardizing Outcomes Assessment Allows Faculty to Focus on Student Learning", Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Educational Research and Methods Session 3230, June 2003. 

·        Kremer, G., "The Review Cycle: A Procedure for Efficiently Reviewing Your Overall Assessment and Continuous Improvement Process", Best Assessment Processes V Symposium Session 54, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, April 2003.

·        Kremer, G., "Using Course Design and Assessment Forms to Drive the Outcomes Assessment and Continuous Improvement Process", Best Assessment Processes V Symposium Session 7, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, April 2003.

·        Kremer, G., “The Engineering Students’ Curriculum: Stressing Professionalism & Professional Registration”, Presentation and panel discussion at the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers 124th Annual Meeting, 5/17/02.

·        Kremer, G., “Teaching a Rigorous Problem-Solving Framework in Entry-Level Mechanical Engineering Courses - Theory and Practice,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 1566, Paper 1503, 2001.

·        Kremer, G., “Interactive Problem Solving for Mechanical Engineering on the World-Wide-Web,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 1520, Paper 1508, 2001.

·        Halliday, K., Kremer, G., and Urieli, I., “Putting the Engine back into Engineering Education – A Capstone Design Project,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 2525, 2001.

·        Murray, A., Kremer G. et al, “Early Lessons in Executing Distributed Collaborative Student Design Projects,” Proceedings of the Design Engineering Technical Conference, September 2001.

·        Kremer, G., Pasic, H., and Mehta, B., “A Web-based Interactive Problem Solver for Enhancing Learning in Engineering Mechanics,” Proceedings of the 2000 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 1368, 2000.

·        Mehta, B.M., Kremer, G.G., Wang, M. and Zhang, L., “Web-based Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics,” EDA 2000 Conference, Orlando FL.

·        Mehta, B. and Kremer, G., “Dynamics of Design and Development of Web-based Entry Level Engineering Courses: Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics), WebNet 2000, 10/30/2000-11/4/2000, San Antonio, Texas.

·        Murray, A., Smari, W.W., and Kremer, G.G., “Using Experiential Learning to Prepare Students for Geographically Disperse Collaborative Engineering Environments”, Workshop on Collaborative Technologies for Creative Integrated Systems, November 10-11, 1999, Rochester MI. 

    Courses I have taught at Ohio University

Undergraduate Courses:

Graduate Courses:

ME 224      Dynamics

ME 576      Automotive Engineering

ME 350      Intro to CAD

ME 577     Vehicle Systems Design (planned)

ME 398      Junior Lab

 

ME 403      Machine Design I

 

ME 450      Finite Elements

 

ME 470/471/472 ME Design I/II/III

 

 

Russ College of Engineering Faculty Workshops

 

Other Information Related To Teaching

·        Richard Felder Resources in Science and Engineering Education

 

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