Undergraduate Student Supervision

Fourty-two undergraduate students completed their senior design project/senior thesis under the direct supervision of Professor Kapoor in his research laboratory.  In addition to the standard presentation in the department, most of the students presented their research results at national professional conferences.  Six of the students also published their work in refereed journals.  Nine students received awards on the basis of the best senior project in Engineering.  Eighteen students obtained responsible positions in industry, fourteen have gone to graduate school, and two have enlisted in the US Navy.

   

                         Undergraduate Students Working On Senior Design Project

 

 

1.

Darrell Jones

Senior Project, 1978

2.

Thomas Laskowski

Senior Project, 1978

3.

Ray Turi

Senior Project, 1978-79 awarded the “W. Bruce Johnson Award”

     for the best senior project in Electrical Engineering.

4.

George Valco

Senior Project, 1978-79

5.

George Skebe

Senior Project, 1978-79

6.

Dave Fotland

Senior Project, 1978-79

7.

Wayne Morris

Senior Project, 1979-80 awarded the “Dayton C. Miller Prize”

     to a Senior in Physics for the best thesis.

8.

George West

Senior Project, 1979-80

9.

Robert Bailey

Senior Project, 1979-80 awarded the “W. Bruce Johnson Award”

     for the best senior project in Electrical Sciences.

10.

Herert Ernhardt

Senior Project, 1980-81 awarded the “W. Bruce Johnson Award”

     for the best senior project in Electrical Sciences.

11.

James Delatore

Senior Project, 1980-81

12.

Brent Kesckemety

Senior Project, 1980-81

13.

Steve Belovik

Senior Project, 1980-81

14.

Ruth Holliday

Senior Project, 1980-81

15.

Cliff Kilb

Senior Project, 1980-81

16.

Robert Meara

Senior Project, 1981-82

17.

Joe Sigmund

Senior Project, 1982-82 awarded the “W. Bruce Johnson Award”

     for the best senior project in Electrical Engineering

18.

Jeff Remillard

Senior Project, 1982-83

19.

Tony Kaleta

Senior Project, 1982-83

20.

Daniel Sater

Senior Project, 1983-84

21.

Bruce A. Gieseke

Senior Project, 1983-84

22.

Geoffrey Dawson

Senior Design Project, 1990-91

23.

Thomas Dorsch

Senior Design Project, 1990-91

24.

Richard Dudek

Senior Design Project, 1991-92

25.

Thomas Pettinger

Senior Design Project, 1991-92, “The Best Senior Project Award”

26.

Michael Kohylak

Senior Design Project, 1992-93

27.

Scott Gaines

Senior Design Project, 1992-93, “The Best Senior Project Award”

28.

Lisa Matter

Senior Thesis, 1995-96, “Tau Beta Pi Award”

29.

Tim Miller

Senior Design Project, 1996-97

30.

Derek Bernardon

Senior Thesis, 1996-97

31.

Debra Cytrynowicz

Senior Design Project, 1997-98

32.

Margarete Komisarek

Senior Design Project, 2001-02

33.

Laura Smith

Senior Design Project, 2001-02

34.

Rebecca Oberst

Senior Design Project, 2001-02

35.

Sean Barry

Senior Design Project, 2007-08

36.

Michael Islas

Senior Design Project, 2007-08

37.

Matthew Montgomery

Senior Design Project, 2007-08

38.

Ankur Sharma

Senior Design Project, 2007-08

39.

Jomah Fangonilo

Senior Design Project, 2010-11

40.

Sean Hughes

Senior Design Project, 2010-11

41.

Shawn Sickel

Senior Design Project, 2010-11

42.

Antony Stabile

Senior Design Project, 2010-11

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

                         Undergraduate Students Working On Senior Design Project

 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

Professor Kapoor has been teaching engineering courses for the last 30 years including Electrical Engineering undergraduate courses, engineering core courses (Introduction to Electrical Engineering, Electrical Circuits, etc.), undergraduate electives and graduate courses including nanotechnology and biomedical nanotechnology courses.  His emphasis has been involving undergraduate students in research in the form of senior thesis or senior design projects.

 

 

COURSES TAUGHT:

Senior Design Project I & II                     

Senior Design Laboratory                        

Electronics                                                            

Electrical Circuits

Physical Electronics                                        

Electromagnetic Fields I                          

Electromagnetic Fields II

Electrical Project Laboratory                    

Solid State Devices                                 

Integrated Circuit Engineering                 

Introduction to Electrical Engineering       

Nanotechnology                  .

Biomedical Processes and Systems I

Biomedical Processes and Systems II

Solid State Electronics    

VLSI Electronics                                     

Compound Semiconductor Materials & Technology

Undergraduate Independent Study           

Graduate Independent Study & Special Topics

Biomedical Nanotechnology

 

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CWRU = Case Western Reserve Univ.

UC = University of Cincinnati

UT = University of Toledo

UCF = University of Central Florida

 

Teaching Load:

The average teaching load of Professor Kapoor was three courses (two undergraduate and one graduate), per academic year at CWRU.  The average teaching load was four courses (two undergraduate and two graduate), per academic year at UC.  During his administrative responsibilities his teaching load was two courses per year at UC.  On the average Professor Kapoor has been teaching four courses (two undergraduate and two graduate) per academic year at UT.  He teaches one course at UCF.

 

 

Teaching Evaluation:

At CWRU the overall student rating of Professor Kapoor as a teacher has been generally 4.2 out of a maximum of 5  (5 being the best), as determined by the Case Institute of Technology Course Evaluation Survey, and as is documented in the Case Library.

 

At UC the overall student rating of Professor Kapoor has generally been between 1.6 and 2.1 on a scale of 1 to 5, and 1 being excellent, 2 being very good, and 5 being very poor.  His teaching evaluations have been between 1 and 2 for the senior design courses.  The student evaluations are done by the student tribunal.

 

At UT the overall student course evaluation of Professor Kapoor as an instructor has been between 1 to 1.5 on a scale a scale of 1 to 4 with 1 being the highest score and 4 the lowest score.  The student evaluations are done by the College of Engineering.

 

At UCF student course evaluation ratings of Prof. Kapoor have been between 90-95% as excellent teacher and 5-10% as good teacher.  The student evaluations are done by the University.

 

 

RELATED TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

Professor Kapoor was asked by NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, to develop two courses in the area of solid state for its scientists, engineers and mangers. 

 

 

   

                                Students in NANO/MEMS Research Lab