Using the Portfolio Approach to Assess Multi-year Engineering Projects: a Case Study

Abstract

Dr. Underwood received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at UIUC in 1989, and has been a faculty member of the Engineering Department at Messiah College since 1992. Besides teaching Circuit Analysis, Electromagnetics, and Communications Systems, he supervises students on projects in the Integrated Projects Curriculum (IPC) and within the Communications Technology Group of the Messiah College Collaboratory. His ongoing projects include Flight Tracking and Messaging for small planes in remote locations, and assistive communication technology involving Wireless Enabled Remote Co-presence for cognitively and behaviorally challenged individuals.