Community Leaders
Edward Berger
Associate Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia
E-mail: berger@virginia.edu
Dr. Berger currently serves as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. He is the PI on the NSF-funded HigherEd 2.0 project, which explores the use of web 2.0 and social media technologies for engineering education, as well the Engineering Genome Project also funded by NSF. His research interests include technology-mediated engineering education as well as the nonlinear mechanics of jointed structures. He graduated with the PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1996, and with the MS and BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University in 1992 and 1991, respectively. From 1996-2004, he served on the faculty at the University of Cincinnati.
Brian Self
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
California Polytechnic State University (OSU)
E-mail: bself@calpoly.edu
Dr. Self has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. Prior to that, he worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education activities include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics. Dr Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah.