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Sheryl
A. Sorby
Professor
Ph.D., Michigan Technological University, 1991
112 Dillman Hall
(906) 487-3393
email: sheryl@mtu.edu
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Dr.
Sorby's teaching interests include advanced structural
analysis, finite elements, and computer applications/mechanics.
Her research interests include advanced composite materials
for use in civil infrastructure, and 3-D computer graphics
for visualization of complex behaviors. Her current research
project is titled Visualization of Groundwater Pollutant
Fate and Transport. Sorby has published WordPerfect
for Engineers, and Introduction to 3-D Spatial
Visualization, (with B. Gimmestad).
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B.S. Civil Engineering 1982
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan 49931
Exchange
Student 1983-84
Federal Technical Institute
Zurich, Switzerland
M.S. Engineering Mechanics; 1985
Michigan Technological University
Ph.D Mechanical Engineering/Engineering Mechanics; 1991
Michigan Technological University
Honors
and Awards
Distinguished Teaching Award for the ASEE North Midwest Section,
Oct. 1998.
Michigan Tech’s Council of Alumnae, April 1997.
Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award for the ASEE North Midwest
Section, June 1996.
Finalist for the MTU Distinguished Teaching Award, 1993. |
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Administrative
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February
2003 to December 2006, Associate Dean of Academic Programs,
College of Engineering, Michigan Technological University.
Academic
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2000-2003
Chair of Engineering Fundamentals Michigan Technological
University
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1997-2000
Director of General Engineering Michigan Technological
University
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2002-present Professor, Civil and Env. Eng. Michigan Technological
University
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1996-2002 Associate Professor, Civil and Env. Eng. Michigan
Technological University
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1991-1996 Assistant Professor, Civil and Env. Eng. Michigan
Technological University
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1986-1991 Instructor, Mechanical Eng. Michigan Technological
University
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Publications
- The
Development of 3-D Spatial Visualization Ability by B. Gimmestad
Baartmans and S. A. Sorby, Prentice Hall, July 1995.
- 3-D
Visualization for Engineering Graphics, by S. A. Sorby,
K. J. Manner and B. Baartmans, Prentice-Hall, December 1997.
- Solid
Modeling with I-DEAS, by S. A. Sorby, Prentice-Hall, August
1999.
- “The
Implementation of a First-Year Engineering Program and its
Impact on Calculus Performance,” S. A. Sorby &
A. J. Hamlin, Engineering Education and Research-2001: A
Chronicle of Worldwide Innovations, Eds. W. Aung, P. Hicks,
L. Scavarda, V. Roubicek, & C. Wie, Begell House, 2002,
pp. 105-116.
- “Thawing
the Freezing Climate for Women in Engineering Education,”
V. Bergvall, S. A. Sorby and J. Worthen, Journal of Women
and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 4,
1994, pp.323-346.
- “A
Course in Spatial Visualization and its Impact on the Retention
of Women Engineering Students,” S. A. Sorby, Journal
of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Vol.
7, No. 2, 2001, pp. 153-172.
- “Cross-Cultural
Comparisons of Gender Differences in the Spatial Skills
of Engineering Students,” S. Sorby, C. Leopold, &
R. Gorska, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and
Engineering, Vol. 5, No.3, 1999, pp. 279- 291.
- “Developing
3-D Spatial Visualization Skills,” S. A. Sorby, Engineering
Design Graphics Journal, Vol. 63, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp.
21-32. (Received Editor’s Award for best paper of
Volume 63 of the Journal)
- “The
Development and Assessment of a Course for Enhancing the
3-D Spatial Visualization Skills of First Year Engineering
Students,” S. A. Sorby and B. J. Baartmans, Journal
of Engineering Education, 89(3), July 2000, 301-307.
- “Making
Connections: Spatial Skills and Engineering Drawings,”
B. J. Gimmestad and S. A. Sorby, The Mathematics Teacher,
Vol. 89, No. 4, April 1996, pp.348-357.
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