Bruce Maylath, professor of English, had an article published this summer in Technical Communication Quarterly with co-authors Jeff Grabill of Michigan State University and Laura Gurak of the University of Minnesota. The article, titled “Intellectual Fit and Programmatic Power: Organizational Profiles of Four Professional/Technical/Scientific Communication Programs,” examines the placement and structure of professional/technical/scientific communication programs in an array of departmental and college structures across four U.S. universities, including NDSU.
Three faculty members from the NDSU School of Education were invited to take part in the Association for Teacher Educators in Europe (ATEE) 35th annual conference in Budapest, Hungary in August. Myron Eighmy, professor, and Thomas Hall, assistant professor, presented their research findings in a session titled, “Doctoral student self-efficacy and the formation of scholars.” Justin Wageman, associate professor, spoke along with several international colleagues on their year long cooperative effort titled, “Observations: are they the link between university-based learning and informed practice for pre-service teachers?”
Three NDSU students and faculty attended the International Society of Logistics (SOLE) conference in Dallas in August. The conference theme “Global Logistics Sustainability” focused on the significance of sustainability in logistics. Sustainability-focused sessions taught attendees about new processes and methods that will reduce the consumption of limited global assets and minimize the environmental risk and impact of logistics activities. In sessions focused on logistics, presenters discussed economic responsibility and innovative techniques for moving products. Attendees included Yolanda Carson, transportation and logistics doctoral student; Joe Szmerekovsky, assistant professor of management; and Jody Bohn, assistant to the director of transportation and logistics educational programs.
Subhro Mitra, Denver Tolliver and Joseph Szmerekovsky recently published “Security of Container Movements in Multimodal Freight Networks,” an article in the Logistics Spectrum, a publication of SOLE. The article, discusses technology used to improve container security and costs associated with implementing new security measures.