SUMMARY VITA – Joseph O. Owino, Ph.D.,
P.E.
Years on
Faculty: 4 (original appointment
M.S. in Civil Engineering (Structures),
B.S.C.E (honors), The University of the
Other Related Experience:
Adjunct
Professor (1999 – 1999) Civil and Environmental Department, Georgia Institute
of Technology,
Lecturer
(1986 – 1992) Civil and Environmental Department,
Graduate TA
(1994 – 1998) Civil and Environmental Department, Georgia Institute of
Technology,
Project
Engineer (1983 – 1986) Shell Offshore Inc.,
Design Engineer
(1981-1983) Shell Oil Company,
Engineer (1980
–1981) Byrd, Tallamy, McDonalds and Lewis,
Engineer
(1980-1980) Electrack
Inc.,
Consulting and Patents:
None
Principal Publications of Last Five Years:
Jacobs, L.J.,
and Owino, J.O, “Effects of Aggregate Size on the Attenuation of Rayleigh Waves in Cement-Based Materials, ”Journal of the Acoustical Society of
Owino, J.O., and Jacobs, L.J., “Attenuation Measurements in
Cement-Based Materials Using Laser Ultrasonics, “Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 125,
No.6,pp 637-647, 1999.
Owino, J.O., and Jacobs, L.J.,
“Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the
Interfacial Loses in Concrete with Laser Ultrasonics,” presented at the 23rd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive
Evaluation,
Owino, J.O., and Jacobs, L.J., “Characterization of
Wave Propagation in Concrete using Laser Ultrasonics,”
presented at the 24th Annual Review of
Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation,
Owino,
J.O., and Jacobs, L.J., “Measurement of Rayleigh Wave
Attenuation in Granite Using Laser Ultrasonics,” presented
at the 25th Annual Review of Progress in
Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation,
J. Owino,
R. Goulet, Bringing Reality to the Mechanics of
Materials Lab – Experiential Problem Based Learning, to be presented at the ASEE 2001 Southeastern Section Meeting,
April 2003.
R. Goulet, J.
Owino, Experiential problem-based learning in the Mechanics of Materials
Laboratory, Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Montreal, Province of Quebec, June 2002,
manuscript accepted 1/15/02.
J. Owino, E. Foster, Revising a Civil
Engineering Curriculum at
R. Goulet, J.
Owino, The mini-lab round robin: the alternative to demonstration labs,
presented at the ASEE 2001 Southeastern Section Meeting, April 2001.
Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:
American Society of
Engineering Educators (ASEE)
American Society of
Civil Engineers (ASCE)
National Society of
Black Engineers (NSBE)
Awards and Honors:
Teacher
of the year in Engineering Award, April
2002 – awarded by students, UTC.
Teacher
of the year in Engineering Award, November,
2001- awarded by faculty, UTC.
Amoco/CETL
Teaching Excellence Award, May 1998,
Georgia Institute of Technology.
Institutional Service in the Last Five Years:
Faculty Senator, elected to Faculty Senate (2001 –
present)
Faculty Representative, elected member, Grades Appeal
Committee (2002 – present)
Faculty Representative, elected member, Admissions
Committee (2001 – present)
Member, NCAA Self-Study Committee (2001 – present)
Member, CECS Graduate Committee (2001 – present)
Member, CECS Assessment Committee (2001 – present)
Member, CECS Petitions Committee (2002 – present)
Member, Search Committee, Associate Provost for
Academic Affairs (2002 – present)
Member, Search Committee, Dean of the CECS (2002 –
present)
Professional
Service in Last Five Years:
Vice-Chair of Civil Engineering Division, ASEE SE
Section
Professional Development Activities in the Last
Five Years:
Research
Activities:
Development
of Finite Element Modeling
Experiential
Learning in the Mechanics of Materials Lab
Nondestructive
evaluation of structural materials
Health
Monitoring of Infrastructure
Conferences
and Meetings attended:
ASEE
NSBE
Other
Activities:
Attended a series of teaching workshops held by the University and at
Carnegie Mellon. Attended an ANSYS and a GTSTRUDL structural
engineering software training classes.