Professional activities

Memberships

• Member of the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE)
• Member of the Graphics Division of ATMAE
• Member of the CATIA Operators Exchange (COE)

Professional Activities

• Computer-Integrated Design Concentration: Implementing a Product Design and Development
  Course in the Industrial Technology Curriculum. Conference paper and presentation accepted for the 2010 The Association of Management, Technology, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) Conference, Panama City, Florida. October 27-30, 2010.
• Member of Advising in the Major Subcommittee. CSULA, summer 2010.
• CSULA EER Noteworthy Program Retreat for preparation for WASC. June 28, 2010. Attended with Dr. Benjamin Lee.
• Sabbatical Leave awarded for spring quarter 2010 - Research of current and future trends in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Product Data Management (PDM).
• COE 2010 Annual PLM Conference & TechniFair, The Rio All-Suite Hotel - Las Vegas, Nevada. April 19-21, 2010.
• Attended WESTEC/SME Manufacturing Challenge Contest 2010. Los Angeles Convention Center. April 23, 2010.
• Power, Energy, and Transportation Concentration: The Impact of Designing and Construction of a Hydrogen Refueling Station and a DOE Grant on the Industrial Technology Curriculum at California State University, Los Angeles. Presentation at the 2010 The Association of Management, Technology, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) Conference, Louisville, Kentucky. November 13, 2009.
• Deploying Product Data Management into the Curriculum. 2008 National Association of Industrial Technology Conference, Nashville, TN.  November 20, 2008.
• PI – CSULA Hydrogen Refueling Station, Air Resources Board - RFP 609. Awarded $2.7 million, summer 2008.
• PI – CSULA Hydrogen Refueling Station, Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Education Development Funding Opportunity RFP – Topic 3: “University Programs Cal State L.A.’s Hydrogen Education Campaign and Sustainable Fueling Station” – not awarded, fall 2007.
• PI - CSULA Hydrogen Refueling Station, MSRC (Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee) Clean Transportation Funding. Awarded $250,000 September, 2007.
• Invited speaker. Engineering Technology/Industrial Technology Education Conference. Kaohsiung, Taiwan. December 4, 2005. Sponsored by National Science Council of Taiwan.
• CATIA V5 Workbook, Releases 12/13, 14/15, 16, 17. Author: Richard Cozzens. I wrote Lesson 9 – “Introduction to the DMU Navigator Workbench Using the Fly Mode” and Lesson 10 “Introduction to the Real Time Rendering Work Bench,” SDC Publications.  This is one of the most widely used CATIA V5 CAD workbooks in the country for both education and industry.
• Enhancing Team Collaboration in a Solid Modeling Course Using Microsoft Netmeeting – A Case Study. 2004 National Association of Industrial Technology Conference, Louisville, KY.  October 22, 2004.
• Service and Experiential Learning as a Means of Linking Industry to Industrial Technology Programs. 2004 National Association of Industrial Technology Conference, Louisville, KY.  October 22, 2004. Co-presented with James Smallwood, Indiana State University.
• Case Studies of Recruitment/Outreach Conducted at Indiana State University and California State University, Los Angeles. 2003 National Association of Industrial Technology Conference, Nashville, TN.  November 19-22, 2003. Co-presented with James Smallwood, Indiana State University.

Contributions to the University

• Faculty tester for interactive Degree Progress Report for PeopleSoft 8.9 (GET SA). Summer 2010.
• Faculty representative along with Dr. David Blekhman on the Facilities Planning, and Construction committee for the Hydrogen Fueling Station Design/Build. Fall 2009 to present.
• PeopleSoft 8.9 (GET SA) I am the sole trainer university-wide for faculty, chairs, deans and staff on the Basics and Advanced use of GET/SA – fall 2008 to Winter 2010 (Office of Undergraduate Studies and University Academic Advisement Center).
• PeopleSoft 8.9 (GET SA) I served as one of two trainers university-wide for faculty, chairs, deans and staff on the Basics and Advanced use of GET – winter and spring 2008 (Office of Undergraduate Studies and University Academic Advisement Center).
• Participated in a two-day DOE Hydrogen Permitting Workshop, August 25-26, 2008. Golden Eagle Ballroom, California State University Los Angeles.
• Hydrogen Road Tour, California Science Center, August 23, 2008. Represented CSULA along with Dr. David Blekhman to promote the new CSULA Hydrogen Station and fuel cell display.
• Senate Representative to the Dean Search Committee for the College of Business and Economics (2007-2008)
• Member of WASC Team Theme #1 Supporting Students to Reach Their Academic Goals, Essay #1 Facilitating Graduation and Student Success. I wrote part of the essay on Support for Student Learning – Criteria 2.1.3 about Quality Improvement Program and pbviews, process improvement and advisement working with team lead Steve Jones (fall 2007 to spring 2008).
• CSULA VIP Day – emailed invitations and organized activities and presentations for the Department of Technology, April 5, 2008.
• College Representative to University Strategic Planning Coordinating Committee (2006 to present).
• Faculty Advisor to the CSULA Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Super Mileage team (2006 to 2009).
• Member of Ad Hoc Committee on Process Mapping for Advisement under Dean Alfredo G. Gonzalez. 2007.
• Member of Ad Hoc Committee on Using GET for Advisement under Dean Alfredo G. Gonzalez. 2007.
• Member of General Education Program Review Ad Hoc Committee, (Winter/Spring 2006).
• College Representative to General Scholarship Committee (Spring 2006).
• Chair, Technology Mediated Instruction (TMI) Ad Hoc Committee, (Winter-Spring 2004).
• External Review Team Member/Program Review of the Design and Industry (DAI) Department, San Francisco State University, December 4-5, 2003.
• Director, Region 6, National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT) (2004-06)
• Chair for annual WESTEC Manufacturing Challenge Contest Planning Committee - 2003 to 2006.
• Executive Secretary, ECST Student Affairs Committee (2001 to 2007)
• CSULA Host for Skills USA Region III Competition – 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002.
• Attended Training sponsored by Chuck Mancillas on Golden Eagle Territory Student Administration (GET SA) – Advisement and Graduation Checks – fall 2005.
• Host for Solidworks 2004 Training, Cal State L.A., June 2004.

Educational Peformance - Related Activities

• B.S. Industrial Technology program modification – effective fall 2008.
• Responsible for providing leadership, direction and major editing and assembly of the final curriculum package (Program Mod., new course, course modification and course deletion documents) over a period of several years related to a major program modification to the Industrial Technology/Production Option resulting in a new degree framework that meets the CSU goal of 180 units (120 semester units).
• Primary person responsible for guiding the modification package through the College IAC committee, and the University curriculum sub-committee and EPC during fall 2007 and winter 2008.
• Worked with Undergraduate Studies (University Catalog Editor) in getting the online catalog copy updated for Industrial Technology program. Worked with the head of Graduation with the new program build in terms of testing and troubleshooting the degree audit in PeopleSoft 8.9.
• Wrote new courses proposals for the Required Core (TECH 310) and for the concentration in Computer Integrated Design (TECH 313, and 315).
• Super User of GET SA (PeopleSoft 8.9)
• I use GET/SA for General Education advisement and major advisement (Aviation Administration, Fire Protection Administration, Graphic Communications, and Industrial Technology) and for filing Graduation Checks. Able to run Advisement Transcripts and troubleshoot a wide range of problems in GET/SA.
• I was one of only two GET SA users on campus approved in fall 2009 (Departments of Technology and Computer Science) to process graduate degree audits (called GDRIPs) in GET while filing winter 2009 graduation checks for the Master of Arts in Industrial and Technical Studies program (MA INTS).
• Department of Technology 2006 Program Review
• As Chair of the Department of Technology I was responsible for the development and production of the Program Review document, working with Institutional Research and Susan Cash’s office to collect, review and assemble assessment information on programs in: Aviation Administration, Fire Protection Administration, Industrial Technology and the Master of Arts in Industrial and Technical Studies. Coordinated the visits of the external reviewers and their final program review document. Attended all required Program Review Committee meetings.