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Jerry Samples, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, received the National Outstanding Teaching Award for 2008. Samples is recognized for his significant contributions to engineering and engineering technology education and his leadership in engineering education as an active educator of undergraduate students and faculty for over twenty years.
Samples served at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ) as Vice President of Academic Affairs (2007 – present) and before that as Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs; and Professor and Director of Engineering Technology (1996-2005). Prior to joining the UPJ faculty, Samples served at the U. S. Military Academy as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Mechanical Engineering Division and Mechanical Engineering Research Center, in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (1994-96); acting head, Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering (1993-94); associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, director of the Mechanical Engineering division, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (1989-93); associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, director of the Thermodynamics Group in the Department of Mechanics (1985-87); assistant professor in the Department of Mechanics (1981-82); and instructor in the Department of Mechanics (1979-81). He served for twenty six years in the U. S. Army Corp of Engineers.
As demonstrated by the various courses that he taught both at the UPJ and the U. S. Military Academy, Samples’ knowledge area is broad. He is the lead instructor at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Essential Teaching Seminars. He has also been invited to share his knowledge and expertise in teaching and learning techniques at twenty-six educational institutions both in the United States and abroad.
A member of ASEE since 1992, Samples served as chair, secretary/treasurer, and program chair of the Energy Conversion and Conservation Division. While serving as Director of Engineering Technology at UPJ, he was instrumental in getting faculty actively involved with ASEE, and successfully encouraged their participation in ASEE annual conferences over the past three years.
He was named Distinguished Fellow of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning and is a recipient of ASME’s Life Quality Award (1992) and Dedicated Service Award (2003). He is also a recipient of the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Ralph R. Teetor Award (1993). He is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; a member of the board of directors for the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning; Society of Automotive Engineers; ABET Technology Accreditation Commission; Association of the United States Army; and ASME, where he serves as a member of the ASME Foundation Board and chairs the Board’s Nominating Committee.
He received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering at Clarkson College of Technology (1969), and M.S. (1979) and Ph.D. (1983) degrees in mechanical engineering at Oklahoma State University.
The National Outstanding Teaching Award recognizes an engineering or engineering technology educator for excellence in outstanding classroom performance, contributions to the scholarship of teaching, and participation in ASEE Section meetings and local activities.
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