Larry Chew, Ph.D University of Central Florida

Mechanical, Aerospace and Materials Engineering Orlando, Florida 32816-3285

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando. 8/95-Present. Assistant Professor (8-90 - 8/95)

Graduate Research Professor, College of Education. Joint Faculty. Committee member on several Ph.D Candidates for Education.

• Research area in improving mixing in supersonic combustion chambers using pulsed and swirling flows.
• Research interest also includes Global Positioning System (GPS) guided payload recovery systems for small rocket launches.
• Research in characterizing flow in micro channels
• Developed tools, curriculum, and workshops for K-12 teachers

Teaching: Taught 11 different undergraduate courses and 4 different graduate courses; Developed 6 new courses; Developed major laboratory experience; Very favorable student evaluations; 10 independent study projects; 7 Masters and 2 Ph.D students graduated.

Research: 17 Refereed articles; 60 funded grants totaling 5.3 million; sponsored by NASA Langley, Florida Space Grant Consortium, Technology Research and Development Authority and Westinghouse Corporation, NASA STTR.

Service: Faculty Advisor for the student section of AIAA; Served on college and department committees; Programming Chairman of the Central Florida AIAA Section; Administrative Chair of National AIAA Conference; Presentations to minority K-12 students; SEDS Faculty Advisor

Academic and Research Positions:

May 1994-present Director of Sub-orbital Rocket Research Program, Florida Space Institute, FL.

Jan 1996-present Director of Technology Education Program, University of Central Florida (UCF)

Aug 1995-present Associate professor of Aerospace and Materials Engineering, (UCF)

Aug 1990-1995 Assistant Professor, of Aerospace and Materials Engineering, (UCF)

Synergistic Teaching Activities:

1. Managed a State of Florida Department of Education project to educate K-12 teachers in new technologies workshops. Responsible for program direction, goals, vision and direction. Developed strategies for growth, marketing, promotions, operations and delivery. Developed partnerships with 8 Central Florida school districts; worked with state agency to meet standards and certification criteria.
2. Managed all departments such as promotion, curriculum development, registration, finance and accounting, technology support, teacher relationship. Responsibilities included Overall fiscal responsibility and teaching many of the workshops.
3. Managed the Orlando Smart grant, ran a weeklong workshop for local teachers on how to better integrate technology into their curriculum.
4. A CO-PI on the GK-12 grant and helped to instruct teachers on new methods of teaching math and science.
5. Developed tools, curriculum, and workshops for K-12 teachers as part of the project described above. This includes developing curriculum activities for teacher workshops and K-12 science classes consistent with the Sunshine State Standards and science learning benchmarks.
6. Have also taught 1 day science & engineering programs for K-12 classes on site.