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Gary A. Stewardson


Academic Rank:

Associate Professor

Education:

PhD, University of Maryland, May 1987
MS, Eastern Illinois University, August 1980
BS, Illinois State University, May 1976

Service at Utah State University:

1989 – Present Associate Professor

Other Related Experience:

1987 -1989 Laboratory Director/Teacher—Industrial Automation and Robotics Lab, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
1976-1979 Teacher, Lincoln-Way High School, New Lenox, IL

Consulting:

  • Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, Magna, UT. Worked with training personnel to develop a training program based on an occupational and task analysis for skilled workers at the Kennecott Power Plant. November 8 – December 4, 2002.
  • Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, Magna, UT. Developed field demonstration assessment instruments based on an occupational and task analysis process to evaluate the skill level of hot metal operators in the area of tapping at the Kennecott Smelter. October 22 – December 19, 2001.
  • Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, Magna, UT. Worked on the development of a plan to assess and train skilled maintenance workers based on an occupational and task analysis process for the Smelter at the Kennecott Copper Mine. September 25 – 29, 2001.
  • Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, Magna, UT. Developed performance assessment instruments through an occupational and task analysis process for various trades at the Concentrator Facility at the Kennecott Copper Mine. Work closely with trade foremen on the selection and clarification of various tasks for the assessment system. In addition, I met with union representatives to clarify the evaluation process. May 24 – June 26, 2001.
  • Worldwide Strategies, Boise, ID. Senior Project Analyst: Traveled to Macedonia on an investigative fact-finding mission to plan and establish a Quick Start training component in a larger workforce development project. Meetings were held with project staff, supportive agencies, potential government partners, several companies, and trade union representatives, Skopje, Macedonia, May 20-27, 2000.
  • Western States, Boise, ID. Senior Project Analyst: Development of a Quick Start Training Program for a Processing Plant Equipment Operator at the Piast Mine in Bierun, Poland, November 1-20, 1999.
  • Western States, Boise, ID. Senior Project Analyst: Traveled to Poland on an investigative fact-finding mission to plan and establish a Quick Start training component in a larger workforce development project. Meetings were held to establish relationships with individuals from the Ministry of Labor & Social Policy, Solidarity Trade Union, various vocational and technical training institutions, and numerous companies as possible Quick Start Training pilot sites. Strategies for sustainability were an underlying focus throughout the initial visit, Katowice, Poland, September 17-25, 1999.
  • Western States, Boise, ID. Senior Project Analyst/Trainer: “Quick Start Training: Training of Trainers.” Workshop sponsored by the International Office of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington D.C.; and held in Somolian, Bulgaria, June 28- July 9, 1999.
  • Western States, Boise, ID. Contractor: Meeting with the National Employment Service to strategize and implement a transition to a new Quick Start Train-the-Trainers Program to establish program sustainability, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 20-24, 1999.
  • Western States, Boise, ID. Contractor: Responsible for developing a Quick Start training program based on job and task analysis for the training of four color offset press operators at Seagull, Ltd., in Vana, Bulgaria, September 5-19, 1997.
  • U.S. Department of Labor, Washington D.C. Contractor: Responsible for developing a Quick Start training program based on job and task analysis for computer numerical control (CNC) machinists at the Gtb training center in Hungary, January 20- February 3, 1996.

Technical Expertise:

Curriculum Development, Manufacturing, Automation and Controls, Energy, Power, and Transportation

Courses Taught (last 2 years):

  • ENGR 1000, Introduction to Engineering Design (2 credits)
  • ETE 3030, Computer-Integrated Systems (3 credits)
  • ETE 5220, Program and course Development (3 credits)
  • ETE 6100, Contemporary Issues (3 credits)
  • ETE 6150, Evaluation and assessment (3 credits)

Principal Publications (last five years):

  • Schreuders, P. D., Salmon, S. D. & Stewardson, G. A. Temporary housing for the homeless: A pre-engineering design project. The Technology Teacher. (accepted—pending revision)
  • Grady, C., Stewardson, G. & Hall, J. Faculty notions regarding caring in male nursing students. Journal of Nursing Education. (accepted)
  • Stewardson, G., Hailey, C., Wheeler, P., & Walker, W. (2004). Work in progress—Improving the freshman engineering experience. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, October 20-23, 2004, Savannah, Georgia.
  • Becker, K. H., & Stewardson, G. (2003). Improving international project success. The Journal of Technology Studies, 29(1), 51-59.
  • Shumway, S., Saunders, W., Stewardson, G., & Reeve, E. (2001). A comparison of classroom interpersonal goal structures and their effect on group problem-solving performance and student attitudes toward their learning environment. Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 38(3) 6-24.

Scientific and Professional Societies:

  • Member, International Technology Education Association
  • Member, Council on Technology Teacher Education
  • Member, American Society for Engineering Education