Dr. Shane Brown
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Assistant Professor Phone: (509) 335-7847 |
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2005, Oregon State University
- M.S., Environmental Engineering, 1998, University of California , Davis
- B.S., Civil Engineering, 1995, Oregon State University
REGISTRATION
- Professional Civil Engineer, State of California, License #60356
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, WSU, 2008 - Present
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, WSU, 2005 – 2008
- Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, 2002 - June 2005
- Instructor, Central Oregon Community College , 2001 - 2002, 2004 - 2005
- Project Manager, Eco:Logic Engineering, Rocklin , California , 1998 - 2001
- Staff Engineer, Dames & Moore, Sacramento , California , 1997 - 1998
AWARDS
- ASCE ExCEEd National New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008
- National Academy of Engineering Center for Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education Apprentice Faculty Award, 2007
- American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Northwest Section Outstanding Teaching Award, 2007
- WSU, Civil & Environmental Engineering Outstanding Advisor, 2006-2007
- Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, WSU, 2006
- Herbert F. Frolander Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Oregon State University, 2004
- Best Paper Award, American Society for Engineering Education, Pacific Northwest Section Conference, April 2004 and April 2008
- Outstanding Service Award, California Water Environment Association, Sacramento Area Section, 2001
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Social capital and engineering education. The value of social networks and pro-social norms in retention and academic success of students
- Conceptual understanding of engineering fundamentals, conceptual change, and misconceptions.
TEACHING
- Engineering teaching and learning
- Water resources engineering
- Water quality
- Surveying
- Statics
- Strength of materials
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Brown, S.; L. Flick; and T. Fiez. (2008). "The Role and Development of Social Capital in an Electrical Engineering Lab", Journal of Engineering Education. October 2008.
- Brown, S.; D. Montfort; and Hildreth, K. (2008). "Student Understanding of Shear and Moment Diagrams", International Network for Engineering Education Special Publication. 2008.
- Brown, S.; *D. Montfort; and K. Findley. (2007)."Student Understanding of States of Stress in Mechanics of Materials", Proceedings of 2007 Annual Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education. Honolulu, HI.
- Brown, S.; L. Flick; and K. Williamson. (2005). "Social Capital in Engineering Education", Proceedings of 2005 Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana .
- Brown, S.; and K. Williamson. (2005). "Student Social Capital and Retention in the College of Engineering", Proceedings of 2005 Annual Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education. Portland, Oregon .
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