Business Information Systems

Employment:

2012 - present: Professor of Business Information Systems, College of Business, Oregon State University.

2002: 2012: Associate Professor, Dept. of Accounting, Finance and Information Management, College of Business, Oregon State University.

1999 - 2002: Associate Professor, Dept. of Information Systems, St. Francis Xavier University.

1990 - 1999: Research Associate, Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES), University of Colorado, Boulder.

1987 - 1988: Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.

1985 - 1989: Lecturer, Dept. of Policy Sciences, Radboud University, The Netherlands.

Sponsored Research:

• TeachEngineering NSDL STEM Exchange.
  Topic/objective: Extension of NSDL collections with Learning Application Ready (LAR) data and para data.
  Sponsor: US National Science Foundation.
  Organization: Oregon State University.
  Duration: 2010-2011.
  Funding: US$ $20,890.
  Role: Co-Principal investigator
• TeachEngineering Collection Extension.
  Topic/objective: Cost aspects of using OSS.
  Sponsor: US National Science Foundation.
  Organization: Oregon State University.
  Duration: 2010-2011.
  Funding: US$ $34,515.
  Role: Co-Principal investigator
• TeachEngineering Web Metrics Analysis.
  Topic/objective: Web Metric Analysis.
  Sponsor: Agilent Corp. (Subcontract with Univ. of Colorado at Boulder).
  Organization: Oregon State University.
  Duration: 2008-2009
  Funding: US$ $14,982
  Role: Co-Principal investigator
• Open Source Software (OSS) Cost Accounting.
  Topic/objective: Cost aspects of using OSS.
  Sponsor: Oregon State University - College of Business.
  Organization: Oregon State University.
  Duration: 2007.
  Funding: US$ 5,000.
  Role: Co-Principal investigator

• National Science Digital Library (NSDL) - Engineering Pathway.
  Topic/objective: National Science Digital Library Collection of Science and Mathematics Curricula for K-12.
  Sponsor: National Science Foundation.
  Organization: Oregon State University.
  Duration: 2005-2009.
  Funding: US$ 268,767.
  Role: Co-Principal investigator

• Building as a Learning Tool III.
  Topic/objective: Research and Design of Web-site Spatialization Methods.
  Sponsor: Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory, University of Colorado, Boulder (USDE - FIPSE subcontract).
  Organization: Oregon State University.
  Duration: 2003-2004.
  Funding: US$ 26,991.
  Role: Co-Principal investigator

• National Science Digital Library (NSDL) - TeachEngineering.
  Topic/objective: National Science Digital Library Collection of Science and Mathematics Curricula for K-12.
  Sponsor: National Science Foundation.
  Organization: Oregon State University.
  Duration: 2003-2004.
  Funding: US$ 162,310.
  Role: Co-Principal investigator

• Building as a Learning Tool II.
  Topic/objective: Design and Development of an Information System for Management of Building Control Data.
  Sponsor: Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory, University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Organization: St. Francis Xavier University.
  Duration: 2000-2002.
  Funding: US$ 87,960.
  Role: Principal investigator.

• ITLLModules Database and Web-based System.
  Topic/objective: Design and Development of an Information System for Management of Engineering Teaching Modules.
  Sponsor: Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory, University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Organization: St. Francis Xavier University.
  Duration: 2001-2002.
  Funding: US$ 24,970.
  Role: Principal investigator.

• K12 Outreach.
  Topic/objective: Design and Development of a Web-based Information System for Engineering as a Vehicle to Integrate K-12 Math and Science.
  Sponsor: Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory, University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Organization: St. Francis Xavier University.
  Duration: 2002.
  Funding: US$ 47,554.
  Role: Principal investigator.

• Building as a Learning Tool I.
  Topic/objective: Information system for management of building control data.
  Sponsor: Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL), University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Duration:1997-1999.
  Funding: US$ 104,400.
  Role: Principal investigator.

• Hydrologic Database (HDB).
  Topic/objective: Design and Development of an Information System for Colorado River Operations, Scheduling and Planning.
  Sponsor: United States Bureau of Reclamation.
  Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Duration: 1997-1999.
  Funding: US$ 1,000,000.
  Role: Principal Investigator.

• Alexandria Digital Library.
  Topic/objective: Development of Mathematical and Statistical Models of Digital Library Search Behavior.
  Sponsor: United States National Science Foundation.
  Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Duration: 1996-1997.
  Funding: US$ 9,750.
  Role: Team member.

• Impact of Simulation Models on Group Decision Support Systems Outcomes.
  Topic/objective: Studies of the Effectiveness of Model-based Environmental Negotiations and Policy Making.
  Sponsor: United States National Science Foundation.
  Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Duration: 1993-1996.
  Funding: US$ 286,610.
  Role: Co-principal investigator.

• Transition Monitoring Decision Support System (TM-DSS).
  Topic/objective: Design and Development of an Information System for Monitoring Hazardous Materials and Operations During Decommissioning of a Nuclear Facility.
  Sponsor: EG&G Engineering, Inc. and the Environmental Institute at Rocky Flats, Golden, CO.
  Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Duration: 1995-1996.
  Funding: US$ 155,003.
  Role: Principal investigator.

• Object-oriented Models of River Systems.
  Topic/objective: Object-oriented Modeling of River and Reservoir Systems.
  Sponsor: IBM (Boulder Federal Sector) and the Colorado Advanced Software Institute.
  Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Duration: 1993-1994.
  Funding: US$ 50,000.
  Role: Principal investigator.

• TVA-EPRI River Resource Aid (TERRA).
  Topic/objective: Design and Development of an Information system for Operation, Scheduling and Planning of the Tennessee Valley Authority Rivers, Reservoirs and Power Plants.
  Sponsor: United States Tennessee Valley Authority and the Electric Power Research Institute.
  Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Duration: 1992-1994.
  Funding: US$ 630,000.
  Role: Principal investigator.

• River Simulation System (RSS).
  Topic/objective: Computer-based Simulation of River and Reservoir Operations, Scheduling and Planning.
  Sponsor: United States Bureau of Reclamation.
  Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Duration: 1991-1993.
  Funding: US$ 1,080,000.
  Role: Principal investigator.

• Woning Distributie ANalyse (WODAN - Home Distribution Analysis).
  Topic/objective: Design and Development of Computer-based, Interactive Search and Spatial Analysis of Housing Patterns.
  Sponsor: Netherlands Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning.
  Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  Duration: 1988-1990.
  Funding: US$ 18,000.
  Role: Principal investigator.