Education. Academic Experience. Honors and Recognition

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1 Michael Paul Alley Associate Professor, Engineering Communication Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA Phone: FAX: Web: Education B.S Engineering Physics (magna cum laude), Texas Tech University M.S Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University MFA 1987 Fiction Writing (terminal degree), University of Alabama Academic Experience 2006 present Associate Professor, Engineering Communication, Penn State Associate Professor, Engineering Education, Virginia Tech Instructor, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech Adjunct Assoc. Professor, Engr. Prof. Development, University of Wisconsin Instructor, University of Maryland (European Div.) Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas Lecturer, English Department, San Jose State University Honors and Recognition Ronald S. Blicq Award for Distinction in Technical Communication Education (2014), IEEE Professional Communication Society Lecturer in Distinguished Lecture Series of the National Science Foundation (2011), sponsored by Engineering Directorate, Washington, DC, 75 participants. Keynote Speaker, Confex Norge AS Conference on Science and Media (2011), Oslo, Norway, 100 participants. Nomination for Best Paper Award at National American Association for Engineering Educators Conference (2007), nominated by Division of Experimentation & Laboratory Oriented Studies. Nomination for Best Paper Award at National ASEE Conference (2005), nominated by Liberal Education Division. Dean s Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2005 Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin, 1996 Teaching Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Texas, 1990 Curriculum Innovation in Mechanical Engineering, First place, 1990, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Best Paper Award, American Society of Engineering Educators, Gulf-Southwest Conference,

2 Research Interests Assessing assertion-evidence approach to technical presentations Testing strategies for improving memory and delivery of presenters in technical presentations Increasing diversity in engineering through Engineering Ambassador Network Incorporating undergraduate teaching and research into science and engineering curricula Research and Scholarly Publications Books 1. Alley, M. (2013). The Craft of Scientific Presentations, 2 nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 241 pages (first edition also in Japanese). First edition reviewed in Physics Today, Technical Communication, Physics World, Photosynthetica, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie. 2. Alley, M. (2000). The Craft of Editing. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2nd printing, 159 pages. Reviewed in Technical Communication, International Microbiology, European Association of Science Editors. 3. Alley, M. (1996). The Craft of Scientific Writing, 3rd edition. New York: Springer-Verlag, 10th printing, 282 pages (also in Japanese and Arabic). Reviewed in New Scientist, Chemical Engineering Progress, Technical Communication, International Microbiology, Photosynthetica, Journal of the American Statistical Association, European Association of Science Editors. (4 th edition accepted for publication) Selected Recent Journal Papers (Peer Reviewed) 1. Garner, J. & M. Alley (2014). How the Design of Presentation Slides Affects the Presenter s Understanding of the Content: A Case for the Assertion Evidence Approach, to be submitted to International Journal of Engineering Education. 2. Garner, J. & M. Alley (2013). How the Design of Presentation Slides Affects Audience Comprehension: A Case for the Assertion Evidence Approach, International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 29, no. 6, pp Garner, J. & Alley, M. (2011). PowerPoint in the psychology classroom: lessons from multimedia research. Psychology Learning & Teaching, vol. 10 (2): Garner, J., Alley, M., Gaudelli, A. & Zappe, S. (2009). Common use of PowerPoint versus assertion evidence structure: A cognitive psychology perspective. Technical Communication, 56 (4), Neeley, K. A., Alley, M., Nicometo, C. & Srajek, L. (2009). Assertion Evidence structure of presentation slides: Acceptance and resistance. Technical Communication, vol. 56 (4), Alley, M., Schreiber, M., Diesel, E., Ramsdell, K. & Borrego, M. (2007). Increased student learning and attendance in resources geology through the combination of sentence-headline slides and active learning measures. Journal of Geoscience Education, 55 (1), Alley, M., Schreiber, M.M., Ramsdell, K., & Muffo, J. (2006). How the design of headlines in presentation slides affects audience retention. Technical Communication, 53 (2),

3 8. Alley, M. & Neeley, K. A. (2005). Rethinking the design of presentation slides: a case for sentence headlines and visual evidence. Technical Communication, 52 (4), Selected Recent Conference Papers (Peer Reviewed) 1. Michael Alley, Lori Miraldi, and Joanna Garner (2015). Memory maps: Helping engineering students fashion words on the spot in their technical presentations ASEE National Conference. Seattle, WA: American Society of Engineering Educators (abstract accepted). 2. Michael Alley, Christine Hass, Joanna Garner, and Karen Thole (2015). Engineering Ambassador Network: Progress in year 2 on creating a national network of engineering ambassadors ASEE National Conference. Seattle, WA: American Society of Engineering Educators (abstract accepted). 3. Mimi Overbaugh, Michael Alley, Tori Vadyak, and Joanna Garner (2014, June). Effect of student model presentations from a speaking contest on the development of engineering students as speakers. Proceedings of the 2014 ASEE National Conference. Indianapolis, IN: American Society of Engineering Educators. 4. Tori Vadyak, Michael Alley, and Joanna Garner (2014, June). Undergraduate teaching and research experiences in engineering (Utree): An engineering student organization with a communication focus. Proceedings of the 2014 ASEE National Conference. Indianapolis, IN: American Society of Engineering Educators. 5. Michael Alley, Christine Haas, Joanna Garner, and Karen Thole (2014, June). Engineering Ambassador Network: Progress on creating a national network of engineering ambassadors. Proceedings of the 2014 ASEE National Conference. Indianapolis, IN: American Society of Engineering Educators. 6. Shannon Aippersbach, Joanna Garner, and Michael Alley (2013, June). The way that a student presenter designs slides affects the student s understanding of the content. Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE National Conference. Atlanta, Georgia: American Society of Engineering Educators. 7. Ashlea Krupa, Melissa Marshall, Michael Alley, and Joanna Garner (2013, June). Engineering Ambassador Network: Outreach efforts to middle and high school students. Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE National Conference. Atlanta, Georgia: American Society of Engineering Educators. 8. Catherine Talbot, Melissa Marshall, Michael Alley, and Joanna Garner (2013, June). Engineering Ambassador Network: Professional development of the engineering ambassadors. Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia; American Society of Engineering Educators. 9. Sarah Zappe, Karen Thole, Melissa Marshall, and Michael Alley (2013, June). Engineering Ambassador Network: Dissemination through an inaugural national workshop. Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia; American Society of Engineering Educators. 10. Wolfe, K., Alley, M. & Garner, J. (2012, June). High quality visual evidence on presentation slides may offset the negative effects of redundant text and phrase headings. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. San Antonio: American Society of Engineering Educators. 3

4 11. Neeley, K. A. & Alley, M. (2011). The humble history of the bullet. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Vancouver: American Society of Engineering Educators. 12. Donnell, J., Aller, B. & Alley, M. (2011). Why industry says that engineering graduates cannot write: a literature review. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Vancouver: American Society of Engineering Educators. 13. Garner, J., Sawarynski, L., Alley, M., Wolfe, K. & Zappe, S. (2011). Assertion-Evidence slides appear to lead to better comprehension and retention of complex concepts. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Vancouver, Canada: American Society of Engineering Educators. 14. Marshall, M., Alley, M., Zappe, S., Thole, K., Frecker, M., & Engel, R. Ambassador program for recruiting girls into engineering appropriate messages, messengers, and modes of delivery Frontiers in Education Conference and Exposition. Washington, D.C.: FIE. 15. Alley, M., Zappe, S. & and Garner, J. (2010, June). Projected words per minute: A window into the potential effectiveness of presentation slides ASEE National Conference and Exposition. Louisville, KY: ASEE. 16. Garner, J., Alley, M., Gaudelli, A. & Zappe, S. (2009, June). Common use of PowerPoint versus assertion evidence structure: a cognitive psychology perspective ASEE National Conference and Exposition. Austin, TX: ASEE. 17. Alley, M., Bruaset, A. M., Marshall, M., Sundet, M. & Zappe, S. (2009, June). Development of a national workshop to teach Norwegian Ph.D. students in Engineering and Science How to Communicate Their Research, 2009 ASEE National Conference and Exposition. Austin, TX: ASEE. 18. Schuurman, M., Alley, M., Marshall, M. & Johnstone, C. (200, June). The effect of a targeted speech communication course on the public speaking self-efficacy of engineering undergraduates ASEE National Conference. Pittsburgh, PA: ASEE. 19. Alley, M., Srajek L., Stickler M., & Wagoner Johnson, A. (2007, October). Evaluation of two workshops for graduate students on communicating research in engineering and science. Proceedings of the 2007 Frontiers in Education Conference. Milwaukee, WI: IEEE. 20. Alley, M., Lo, J., McNair, L. & Edmister, W. (2007, June). Promoting undergraduate research by creating a research option in a technical communication course. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Honolulu: ASEE. 21. Alley, M. Schreiber, M., Ramsdell, K., Muffo, J. & Borrego, M. (2006, June). Testing the effects of sentence headlines in teaching slides for large classes. Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Chicago, IL: ASEE. 22. Ramsdell, K., Schreiber, M., Borrego, M., & Alley, M. (2006, June). Integrating a new design of teaching slides with active learning measures in a large class. Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Chicago, IL: ASEE. 23. Pierrakos, O., Vlachos, P. & Alley, M. (2006, June). Using research to educate freshman engineers and high school students about the multidisciplinary character of engineering. Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Chicago, IL: ASEE. 24. Alley, M., Schreiber, M. & Muffo, J. (2005, October). Testing of a Presentation Slide Design That Relies on a Succinct Sentence Headline and Visual Evidence, Frontiers in Education Conference (Indianapolis, IN: IEEE, 21 October 2005). 4

5 25. Alley, M. & Neeley, K. A. (2005, June). Discovering the power of PowerPoint: Rethinking the design of presentation slides from a skillful user's perspective. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE National Conference. Portland, OR: ASEE. 26. Williams, A. & Alley, M. (2005, April). Assessment and subsequent improvement of a national web site for teaching communication to engineering students. Proceedings of the 2005 Southeast Regional ASEE Conference. Chattanooga, TN: ASEE. 27. Alley, M. & Robertshaw, H. (2004, November). Rethinking the design of presentation slides: The importance of writing sentence headlines. Proceedings of the 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress. Anaheim, CA: ASME, paper Alley, M. & Robertshaw, H. (2004, November). Rethinking the design of presentation slides: Creating slides that are readable. Proceedings of the 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress. Anaheim, CA: ASME, paper Editorships 1. Founding Editor of Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students ( First Google listing for both the categories of engineering writing and scientific writing. In 2014, this web site had more than 900,000 users and received more than million page views. The average time spent on each page was 55 seconds. Invited Lectures, Webinars, and Workshops (Selected) 1. NASA Goddard (8 December 2014). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited talk. Goddard, MD: 100 attendees. 2. United Technologies Research Center (5 December 2014). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited talk. Hartford, CT: 60 attendees. 3. Texas Instruments (23-24 October 2014). Technical Presentations, 2-day workshop. Tucson, AZ: 15 participants. 4. Texas Instruments (20-21 October 2014). Technical Presentations, 2-day workshop. Santa Clara, CA: 13 participants. 5. IEEE Professional Communication Conference (13 October 2014). Speaker s Source of Words in Technical Presentations, keynote talk. Pittsburgh: 75 attendees. 6. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (17 July 2014). Technical Writing, 1-day workshop. Austin: 150 attendees. 7. International Gas Turbine Institute (16 June 2014). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited talk. Dusseldorf, Germany: 75 attendees. 8. Texas Instruments (12-13 June 2014). Technical Presentations, 2-day workshop. Freising, Germany: 11 participants. 9. JDS-Uniphase (14-15 May 2014). Technical Presentations, 2-day workshop. Santa Clara, CA: 35 participants. 5

6 10. Novartis (30-31 January 2014). Technical Presentations, 2-day workshop. San Francisco, CA: 60 participants. 11. Texas Instruments (16-17 December 2013). Technical Presentations, 2-day workshop. Dallas, TX: 14 participants. 12. Texas Instruments (2-3 December 2013). Technical Presentations, 2-day workshop with Katie Kirsch. Freising, Germany: 14 participants. 13. Simula Research Laboratory (25-29 November 2013). Research Writing and Presentations, Part 2, 1-week course with Christine Haas. Oslo: 30 participants. 14. Energy Research Laboratory (22 November 2013). Research Presentations, 8-hour workshop with Christine Haas. Oslo, Norway: 15 participants. 15. Energy Research Laboratory (21 November 2013). Research Proposals, 4-hour workshop. Oslo, Norway: 15 participants. 16. University of Texas at Austin (20 September 2013). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited talk. Austin, Texas: 75 attendees. 17. National Academy of Engineers (12-13 August 2013). Technical Presentations for Engineers and Scientists, 8-hour workshop with Melissa Marshall. Pittsburgh: 24 participants. 18. University of San Paulo (5-7 August 2013). Research Presentations and Writing, 2-day workshop. San Paulo, Brazil: 75 participants. 19. University of Osaka (24-25 July 2013). Research Presentations, invited presentation. Osaka, Japan: 75 participants. 20. Battelle Memorial Institute (11 July 2013). Research Writing for Engineers and Scientists, 8-hour workshop. Columbus, OH: 20 participants. 21. Seoul National University (27 March Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, webinar. 60 participants. 22. Bard s College (11 March 2013). Rethinking Presentation Slides, webinar. 23. Simula Research Laboratory (4-8 March 2013). Research Writing and Presentations, Part 1, course with Christine Haas. Oslo: 30 participants. 24. SPIE National Conference (5 February 2013). Research Presentations and Writing for Engineers and Scientists, 8-hour workshop. San Francisco: 45 participants. 25. AREVA Nuclear Power (17 January 2013). Technical Writing for Engineers, invited workshop. Charlotte, NC: 10 participants. 26. Simula Research Laboratory (29-30 May 2013). Research Writing for Scientists, 2-day workshop. Oslo: 20 participants. 27. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (7-10 May). Technical Presentations and Technical Writing, 3-day workshop. Shanghai, China: 100 participants. 28. American Association of Medical Colleges (9 March 2012). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture. Santa Fe, NM: 75 attendees. 29. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (27 January 2012). Research Presentations for Engineers and Scientists, invited workshop. Berkeley: 100 participants. 30. University of Massachusetts Medical School (17 November 2011). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture. Worcester, MA: 50 attendees. 6

7 31. National Science Foundation (16 November 2011). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture to Distinguished Lecture Series. Washington DC: 75 attendees. Film: Drexel University, College of Engineering (6 October 2011). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture. Philadelphia, PA: 75 attendees. 33. Clemson University, College of Engineering (1 September 2011). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture. Clemson, SC: 75 attendees. 34. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (20-21 June 2011). Communicating Research, 2-day invited workshop. Shanghai, China: 30 attendees. 35. Seoul National University (14 June 2011). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture. Seoul, Korea: 125 attendees. 36. University of Maryland, NSF Controls Conference (30 April 2011). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture. College Park, MD: 150 attendees. 37. Confex Norge AS (30 March 2011). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, keynote address to Science and Media Conference. Mountain View: 75 attendees. 38. Google (27 January 2011). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture. Oslo, Norway: 100 attendees. 39. European Space Observatory (23-24 November 2010). Research Communication for Engineers and Scientists, 2-day workshop in Santiago, Chile, 45 participants. 40. European Young Investigators (5 November 2010). Research Communication for Engineers, 3-hour workshop in Salerno, Italy, 75 participants. 41. University of Seville, Physics Department (28-29 May 2010). Communicating Scientific Research, 2-day workshop in Seville, Spain, 30 participants. 42. University of Bucharest (25-26 May 2010). Communicating Scientific Research, 2-day workshop in Bran, Romania, 45 participants. 43. Harvard Medical School (5 March 2010). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture. College Park, MD: 150 attendees. 44. King Abdullah s University of Science and Technology (30 July 2009). Communicating Engineering and Science, 1-day workshop. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: 25 participants. 45. NSF Workshop (6-7 July 2009). Survival Skills in Engineering and Science for High School Girls, 2-day workshop. Kingston, Jamaica: 30 participants. 46. MIT (30 January 2009). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited presentation. Cambridge, MA: 30 students and faculty. 47. Simula Research Laboratory (10 14 May 2008). Communicating Research in Engineering and Science, 5-day workshop. Oslo, Norway: 50 participants. 48. Sandia National Laboratories (7 February 2008). Communicating Research in Engineering and Science, 1-day workshop. Albuquerque, NM: 20 post-docs. 49. Sandia National Laboratories (21 22 January 2008). Communicating Research in Engineering and Science, 2-day workshop. Livermore, CA: 20 participants. 50. International Society of Exposure Analysis (16 October 2007). Communicating Science to Lay People, invited lecture. Durham, NC: 125 conference attendees. 7

8 51. Wharton School of Business (4 April 2007). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited presentation. Philadelphia, PA: 40 students and faculty. 52. Society of Toxicology (20 March 2007). Communicating Science to Lay People, invited. Charlotte, NC: 150 conference attendees. 53. Institute for Energy Technologies (22-25 September 2006). The Craft of Scientific Presentations, 3-day workshop. Oslo, Norway: 75 participants. 54. SPIE Security and Defense Conference (April 2006). The Craft of Scientific Communication, 1-dy workshop. Orlando, FL: 24 participants. 55. United States Geological Survey (11 July 2005). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited presentation. Menlo Park, CA: 80 researchers. Film: University of Illinois (15 April 2005). Incorporating a New Design of Presentation Slides into Large Engineering and Science Classes, invited presentation (Urbana-Champagne: University of Illinois, 15 April 2005), 30 faculty. 57. SPIE-Optics West Conference (24 January 2005). The Craft of Scientific Communication, 8-hour workshop. San Jose: SPIE, 25 participants. 58. Environmental Protection Agency (4 5 November 2004). The Craft of Scientific Presentations, 2-day workshop. Boston, MA: 16 participants. 59. MIT (3 November 2004). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture. Cambridge, MA: 40 faculty and graduate students. 60. University of Oslo (10 13 June 2004). The Craft of Scientific Presentations, 3-day workshop. Oslo, Norway: 75 participants. 61. United Technologies (5 December 2003). The Craft of Scientific Presentations, 8-hour workshop. Hartford, CT: 15 participants. 62. University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Anatomy (17 October 2003). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture (Galveston, TX: 125 faculty and graduate students. 63. University of Illinois, Academic Excellence in Engineering Education (1 March 2003). Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture. Champaign, IL: 100 students. 64. University of Texas, Mechanical Engineering Department (20 September 2002), Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides, invited lecture. Austin, TX: 60 faculty and students. 8