DAVID P. BEACH PROFESSOR Email: dbeach@isugw.indstate.edu Office: TC-301K Phone: 812/237-3400

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

• University of Missouri-Columbia, Ph.D. in Industrial-Technical Education, 1978.

• Iowa State University, M.S. Degree in Industrial Education, 1972.

• Iowa State University, B.S. in Industrial Education, 1971.

• Iowa State University, A.A.S. in Electronics Engineering Technology, 1968.

EXPERIENCE:

• Dr. Beach has worked several years in an Engineering Research Institute, and has taught high school, vocational-technical school, or university classes for more than twenty-three years.

• His more recent teaching experiences have been in the areas of: electricity-electronics; educational evaluation and measurement; research; and instructional methodology. As a Professor and Director of Research for Development of Electronics and Computer Technology, he has provided administrative supervision or assistance for nearly $4,000,000.00 worth of funded projects and investigations during the past decade. Since 1975, he has served as an author, or senior co-author for 27 textbooks, articles or research reports. Some examples of recently co-authored textbooks that have been published by Delmar, Prentice-Hall, Merrill, Reston, or Simon & Schuster include:

  • Applications of Lasers and Laser Systems (with Allen Shotwell and Paul Essue)

  • Handbook for Scientific and Technical Research (with Torsten Alvager)

  • Electronics, Fundamentals & Everyday Applications (with William Foraker)

  • Industrial Control Electronics (with Roy Bridges)

  • DC/AC Circuit Essentials (with Charles Justice)

  • Solid-State Electronic Amplifiers (with Richard Lyons)

ECT DEPARTMENT CURRICULA EXPERIENCE

• ECT 130 Introduction to Electronics and Computer Technology

• ECT 430 Senior Seminar in Electronics and Computer Technology

• ECT 603 Topics in Electronics and Computer Technology

• ECT 679 Problems in Electronics and Computer Technology

• ECT 680 Seminar, Analysis of Technical Systems

• ECT 697 Major Project

• ECT 698 Research in Electronics and Computer Technology

• ECT 699 Master's Thesis

• SOT 702 Advanced Technological Research Methods

• SOT 703 Advanced Statistical Analysis in Technology

• SOT 799 Internship

• SOT 899 Doctoral Dissertation

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Email: dbeach@isugw.indstate.edu

• Office: Myers Technology Building TC-301K

• Phone: 812/237-3400