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Assistant Professor
Phone: 704-687-3484
Office: Smith 334
Email: dlsharer@uncc.edu
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Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
1999 |
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M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University
of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1993 |
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B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University
of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1990 |
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Engineer in Training Certificate, North
Carolina |
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UNC Charlotte, Electrical
and Computer Engineering Department, Graduate
Faculty, 2001 – Present |
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Johnson C. Smith University, Department
of Computer Science and Engineering. Assistant
Professor, 2000 –2001 |
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UNC Charlotte, Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department, Visiting Assistant
Professor, 1999-2000 |
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UNC Charlotte, Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department. Faculty Associate,
1994 –1999 |
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EPRI NDE Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Member, Technical Staff, Inspection Division,
1991 |
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UNC Charlotte, Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department. Graduate Teaching
Assistant, 1990 –1994 |
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P.A. Tolley, C.M. Blat, D.L.
Sharer and F. Tranjan, “Strategies
for Success: Enhancing Minority Student
Success in Science, Engineering, and Technology
(SET) Professions,” Proceedings of
the 2004 American Society for Engineering
Education Annual Conference & Exposition,
Salt Lake City, UT, June 2004 (nominated
for best conference paper) |
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Raed Abou-Fakher and Deborah L. Sharer,
“Comparison of Supplemental Instruction
Strategies and Results for On-Campus and
Distance Education Students,” Proceedings
of the 2004 American Society for Engineering
Education Annual Conference & Exposition,
Salt Lake City, UT, June 2004 |
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Catherine Blat, Jennifer
Carroll, Deborah Sharer, and Patty Tolley, “Enhancing Minority
Student Success in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET)
Professions,” one hour workshop for the 10th National Conference
on Students in Transition, Orlando, FL, November 2003 |
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Deborah L. Sharer and Marty D. Frisbee,
“Don’t Just Tell Me, Show Me!
Presenting a Microelectronics Course Completely
on the Internet,” Proceedings of the
2003 American Society for Engineering Education
Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville,
TN, June 2003 |
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Marty D. Frisbee and Deborah L. Sharer,
“Providing Additional Support to Internet
Based Distance Learning by Applying Supplemental
Instruction Techniques,” Proceedings
of the 2003 American Society for Engineering
Education Annual Conference & Exposition,
Nashville, TN, June 2003 |
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Stephen J. Kuyath, Tomas G. Owen, Deborah
L. Sharer, David L. Murphy, Jeffrey T. Kimble,
and Mary F. Englebert, “Development
of an Electrical Engineering Technology
Distance Education Curriculum,” Proceedings
of the 2003 American Society for Engineering
Education Annual Conference & Exposition,
Nashville, TN, June 2003 |
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Kyla Fields, Stephen Lopez, Deborah Sharer,
and Patty Tolley, “Enhancing Minority
Student Success in Engineering,” one
hour workshop for the Diversity in Mentoring
Conference (sponsored by the International
Mentoring Association), Philadelphia, PA,
April 2003 |
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D. Sharer and F. Tranjan, “Model
Generation of the Silicon Germanium (Si1-xGex)
Bipolar Inversion Channel Field Effect Transistor
(BICFET) Utilizing a Two-Dimensional Device
Simulator,” Microelectronics Journal
Vol. 33 No. 11, pp. 975-984, November 2002 |
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ABET Self-Study Writing Committee,
Member, ongoing |
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ET Department TAC/ABET Outcomes, Objectives
and Assessment Strategies Committee, Member,
ongoing |
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Freshman FAIT, Chair, ongoing |
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ELET FAIT, Member, ongoing |
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Communications FAIT, Member, ongoing |
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Faculty Grievance Committee, Member, 2005-2007 |
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Distance Education Senior Program Manager
Search Committee, Member, 2004 |
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Faculty Advisory Library Committee (FALC),
College of Engineering Representative, 2003-2005 |
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Faculty CID Grants Committee (FCGC), Member,
2003-2005 |
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Faculty Research Grants Committee (FRGC),
Alternate, 2003-2005 |
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ETEE Distance Education Program Assessment
and Reauthorization, draft author, 2003-2004
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Freshman Program Instructor/Advisor Search
Committee, Member, 2003 |
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Engineering Technology Department ABET
Committee, co-Chair, 2002-Present |
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Faculty Honorary Degree Advisory Committee,
2002-2004 |
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ET/ECE Laboratory Equipment Committee,
Member, 2002-2003 |
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Engineering Technology Department Promotion
and Tenure Committee, Member, 2002 |
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MET/CET Faculty Search Committee, Member,
2002 |
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Ad Hoc Committee for 5-Year Plan (developed
draft of Departmental Goals), Member, 2002 |
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Ad Hoc Committee for Lower Division Proposal
(developed admissions criteria matrix),
Member, 2002 |
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Celebration of Student Achievement Award
Committee, Member, 2002 |
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Undergraduate COE Excellence in Teaching
Award Committee, Member, 2002 |
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Graduate COE Excellence in Teaching Award
Committee, Member, 2002 |
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ELET SOAR Advisor, 2004-Present |
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ELET Freshman Mentor, 2004-Present |
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Volunteer, JETS Competitions, 2004-2005 |
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Volunteer, Diversity in Engineering Technology
Program summer camps, 2004 |
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Judge, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Regional
Science Fair, 2004 & 2005 |
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National College Fair, Charlotte, North
Carolina, ET Department Representative 2004
& 2005 |
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NC Community College Conference, Greensboro,
North Carolina, ET Department Representative,
2004 |
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Co-moderator: 2004 ASEE Conference, Course/Program
Assessment, Session 3650 |
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Microelectronics text focus group, Member,
Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004 |
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Tau Alpha Pi, Faculty Advisor, 2003-Present
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Participated in ET Department Articulation
Conference, 2003 and 2005 |
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Explore UNC Charlotte, ET Department representative,
2002-2005 |
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Facilitator and participant, “Strategies
for Success” summer programs, 2002-2004
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ETEE faculty representative/student advisor
for Solar Decathlon competition, 2002 |
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Faculty mentor/advisor for McNair scholar,
2002 |
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Advisory Committee member for “Strategies
for Success” program, 2001-2004 |
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Dissertation committee member, 1 Ph.D.
electrical engineering student, 2005 |
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Thesis committee member, 3 electrical
engineering master’s students, 2002-2004 |
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Senior Project Advisor for Electrical
and Computer Engineering team, 2003-2004 |
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Golden Key International Honor Society,
Faculty Advisor, 2002-2004 |
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Invited speaker to student chapter of
SWE, 2002 |
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Invited speaker for Charlotte chapter
of Women In Engineering (WIE), 2001 |
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Reviewer: ASEE SE Conference, 2004-2005 |
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Reviewer: ASEE Conference, 2002-2005 |
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Reviewer: FIE Conference, 2002-2003 |
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Book review: Basic Electronics, 9th Edition,
Grob & Schultz (approximately 1025 pages),
2003 |
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Book review: Electronic Design, 4th Edition,
Roden & Carpenter (approximately 950
pages), 2001 |
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PI, IEEE Donation to support
Diversity in Engineering Technology Project
($4,500), 2005 |
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COE Small Grant funded to support attendance
of one student at the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference
($635) |
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co-PI, “Strategies for Success,” direct congressional appropriation funded
through the Department of Education ($544,000),
2001-2004 |
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co-PI, “Test Solutions for Next-Generation
Embedded Memories,” NSF ($356,602),
2000- 2003 |
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Tau Alpha Pi: installed 2003 |
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Golden Key International Honor Society:
installed 2002 |
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Phi Kappa Phi: installed 1992 |
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Tau Beta Pi: installed 1988 |
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