M. DAVID BURGHARDT

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

Ph.D.  

University of Connecticut
Mechanical Engineering

1971

M.S.

University of Connecticut
Mechanical Engineering

1968

B.S.

U. S. Merchant Marine Academy

1965

CURRENT ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 Professor, Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, 1983-present.
Provide innovative ideas for curriculum development.   Revamped the freshman engineering program to stress ethics, creativity, design and critical thinking.   Wrote three freshman engineering texts in support of this.   Revised the thermodynamics sequence, again with a text in the area.   Created and taught a course in the Natural Science department in Science and Technology.   Designed and teach a graduate course in Technology and Public Policy regarding the impacts of technology on society. Collaborated with the University College for Continuing Education on course and program development.

Director, Center for Technological Literacy, Hofstra University, 1989-present.
Currently oversee a major National Science Foundation grant and have done so for the past four years on a previous NSF grant.   Hired staff and managed programs, meeting all objectives while operating within the budget.   Smaller grants were received and administered in this time period as well.  As the Center for Technology reports to the Dean, School of Education, I maintain close ties with faculty in the department of Curriculum and Teaching.  Instrumental in creating the MA/MST degree offered in the department; developed and teach courses for the degree.  

Principal Investigator National Science Foundation MSTP Project, 2003-2008.  MSTP is a $11.5 million project designed to improve middle school mathematics in 10 participating school districts.  The collaborative project works with SUNY Stony Brook and Brookhaven National Laboratory.   Two person faculty teams, each comprising one faculty member with mathematics expertise, and one faculty member with science or engineering expertise, is linked to a district.   These two team members, plus one middle school teacher in mathematics, one in science and one in technology education will form the Collaborative School Support Teams (CSST).   In addition, the middle school principal and guidance counselor/social worker will be CSST members as well.   The teams provide professional ongoing professional development for all middle school math, science and technology education teachers.

Principal Investigator National Science Foundation CCfT Project, 2006-2009.  Career Curriculum for Technology (CCfT) is a three-year project to develop contemporary, high-interest curriculum materials for high school technology students and teachers that address standards-driven technological concepts and skills and promote promising STEM career choices.   It is a consortium of two- and four-year institutions including Brookdale Community College, New Jersey; the South Central Region Bio-Link Center at Austin Community College, Texas; and Fulton-Montgomery Community College and Hofstra University in New York.

Co-Principal Investigator National Science Foundation ESTEEM Project, 2007-2010.  Project ESTEEM (Equitable Science, Technology, Engineering, Education, and Mathematics) is a three-year advanced technological education (ATE) project that would enhance women’s opportunities to succeed in studies leading to further education and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Member, National Academy of Engineering Committee on K-12 Engineering Education, 2007-present.

PRIOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mayor, Village of Kensington, 1990-2000.
Directly manage all aspects of Village government.   Upon assuming office in 1990, directed the completion of a major public works project that required terminating the contractor and engineer and hiring others to complete the project in a timely fashion; instituted and successfully directed litigation regarding the project.   Privatized the public   works department, resulting in significant cost savings and efficiency improvements. Developed an equitable assessment process for the Village, establish the annual budget and set tax rates (no tax increase for the past five years, even with modernization of  Village buildings, parks and pool areas.  Negotiated several multiyear contracts with the Kensington Police Benevolent Association.   Wrote grants resulting in approximately $150,000 of public works assistance to the Village. Developed bids and specifications for village contracts.   Serve as Police Commissioner, Chair of the Planning Board and Chair of the Board of Assessment .

Chair, Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, 2004-2006. 
Working with the University administration to redefine the mission of Engineering at Hofstra.  Working with LI FIRST to host the 2005 robotics contest at Hofstra.   Expanding role of Industrial Advisory Board.  

Chair, Department of Computer Science, Hofstra University, 2000-2004. 
Have expanded the faculty and seeking to reach out to local business and industry.  
Plans to enhance the master’s degrees in computer science.

Co-Principal Investigator National Science Foundation NYSPDC Project, 2003-2006.   Four New York State colleges (Dutchess Community College, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Mohawk Valley Community College, and Oswego State University), in partnership with Hofstra University, are establishing a statewide professional development collaborative. The project is initially providing workshops in the areas of materials/manufacturing and information technologies to secondary school technology teachers through a program that brings together community college technical experts, high school teacher/leaders, and university pedagogical experts. The overarching goals are to provide contemporary professional development to technology educators using standards-based exemplary materials, to forge sustainable alliances between community colleges and the technology education community, and to create a professional development model that the colleges will sustain.

Principal Investigator National Science Foundation NYSCATE Project, 2000-2004.
Co-creator of $2.3 million collaborative effort involving three community and technical colleges in rural, suburban, and urban New York State (Finger Lakes CC, Fulton Montgomery CC, and New York City TC); affiliated school districts and Tech Prep consortia; local and national industries; Hofstra University; the New York State Business Council; teacher professional associations;  four Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Centers of Excellence; and the New York State Department of Education (NYSED).   The project will develop, field test, validate, and institutionalize 14 articulated grade 9-14 ATE curriculum modules within three overarching areas of technology; Bio/Chemical Technology; Information Technology; and Physical Technology (materials and manufacturing).  Curriculum development will be guided by contemporary pedagogical practice and matched to industry skill and academic learning standards.

Co-Principal Investigator National Science Foundation MSTe Project, 1997-2002.  
Co-creator of the $1 million elementary school follow-on to the NYSTEN project with Hofstra, Brookhaven National Laboratory, SUNY Stony Brook and BOCES working collaboratively.    Participate in the training elementary school teachers from across Long Island in improved ways to teach mathematics, science and technology education for children. The teachers, with Co-PI’s as consultants,  will provide workshops to teachers in their districts.

Co-Principal Investigator National Science Foundation NYSTEN Project, 1993-1997. 
Created and coordinated a $4.3 million project to form a statewide network of  mathematics, science and technology education teachers that held workshops across New York.   Provided four weeks of summer training for three years, as well as semi-annual conferences for the 100 teachers involved in the project.   Project staff hired, objectives met and then exceeded on while operating on time and budget.

Chair, Manhasset Bay Protection Committee, 1997-2003.
Worked with Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli in creating the MBPC which includes all the municipalities fronting on Manhasset Bay.   Principal author of the $150,000 grant from the Department of State which will develop strategies for these municipalities to implement, reducing pollution to the Bay.   This is first cooperative intermunicipal group that has ever existed between these communities.

Consultant, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1993-2003.
Initiated a close working relationship with the Science Education Center, critiqued educational programs, collaborated on grant initiatives.

Consultant, Wiesen Engine Company, 1996-2003.
Developing a newly patented, lightweight, opposed piston engine in collaboration with colleagues at the US Merchant Marine Academy.

Member, Long Island Museum for Science and Technology, 1992-2000.  
Serve as Hofstra’s representative and act as a resource to the committee seeking to establish LIMSAT; provide educational perspective in math, science and technology.

Principal Investigator, Maglev Consortia, Brookhaven National Lab, 1994-1996.
Developed linkages between engineering colleges in New York and local technology education associations to run magnetic levitation contests for middle and high school students.  Collaborations were established with RPI, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY New Paltz, Monroe and Dutchess Community Colleges ($25,000).

Principal Investigator, MST Project, Energy and Technology, 1994-1996. 
Coordinated and participated in the instruction of elementary school teachers regarding MST.   Co-developed the instructional model that BNL implemented ($65,000).

Chair, Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, 1983-1992.
Oversaw engineering program expansion--hiring faculty, developing laboratories and  curriculum. Guided two programs through their initial ABET accreditation and one for reaccreditation. Created summer programs  in engineering for middle and high school students. Conceived and created Hofstra’s Center for Technological Literacy. Developed collaborative associations with Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Trustee and Commissioner of Public Works, Village of Kensington, 1989-90.
Responsible for the effective operation of the public works department, including budgetary oversight, hiring of temporary personnel and effective use of Village resources in street, park and pool maintenance.

Consultant/Evaluator, Long Island Lighting Company Research Initiative, 1991-996.
Reviewed proposals for funding for LILCO’s research initiative in the areas of energy generation and conservation.

Honorary Secretary, Institute of Marine Engineers, 1986-91.
Served as one of  the three officers who runs the organization, provided mailings, meeting locations, solicited technical presentations and organized conferences.

Lecturer, Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Art & Technology, 1986.
Presentation drawn from research on the effect of technology on the arts, its influence in music, in sculpture.   How advances in technology are incorporated by artists, furthering creative expression.

Professor of Engineering, U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, 1978-1983.
Continue development of engineering laboratories;  led changes in the thermal/fluids laboratories, recommended new equipment as part of the expansion plan.  

Assistant Head of Engineering, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 1978-1981.
Co-director/founder of the continuing education.  Designed, developed and installed multi-million dollar, industrial-funded lab, and created and oversaw instruction of accompanying course.  Interfaced with governmental agencies, companies and unions.

Visiting Professor,  American Bureau of Shipping, 1980-1981. 
Developed course and video material for American Bureau of Shipping marine engineers and naval architects who work throughout the world for ABS.  This work was supported by a National Science Foundation grant.

Associate Professor of Engineering, U. S. Merchant Marine  Academy, 1971-78.
Revamped the courses in the thermal fluids area, created new laboratory experiments, worked with National Maritime Research Center in the areas of condition monitoring of  ships’ equipment and power plant simulation.    Served on the international committee setting standards in these areas.   One of initial group of approximately five faculty that created the Faculty Forum, a faculty senate, for the Academy to provide faculty input in the academic decision-making process.

U.S. representative to Technical Committee, Mathematical Modelling and Simulation, 1975-78; Condition Monitoring, 1978-82, International Cooperation on Marine Engineering Systems (ICMES)
One fact-finding trip to Europe to report to the National Maritime Research Center of the Maritime Administration regarding international perspectives on condition monitoring and power plant simulation.

Reviewer of books and articles, 1975-82.
Journal of Heat Transfer,  Naval Institute Press, Oxford University Press, Naval Engineers Journal, Applied Mechanics Reviews.         

Assoc. Professor, Chair Marine Engineering, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 1970-71.   
Supervised the ten-person department and created new courses as the program expanded from three years to four, developed laboratory experiences and revised the sea-period educational program aboard the school’s training ship.

Third Assistant Marine Engineer for American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines, 1965-1966. 
Sailed around the world two times as well as intercoastal trips; in charge of the ship’s power plant for eight hours a day, responsible for unlicensed crew on the shift.   

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member, Order of the Engineer
  • Fellow, Institute of Marine Engineers
  • Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Member, American Society for Engineering Education; member of various divisions,executive committee Freshman Division
  • Member, International Technology Education Association

LICENSES

  • Professional Engineer, New York State
  • Chartered Engineer, United Kingdom
  • Second Assistant Marine Engineer, Steam
  • Third Assistant Marine Engineer, Diesel

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES AND ACTIVITIES

Hofstra University

  • Center for Technological Literacy--numerous workshops for students and teachers.
  • Long-Term Planning Committee--College of Liberal Arts and  Sciences
  • Faculty Advisor, National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Women Engineers
  • Chairperson, Tenure and Promotion Committees

US Merchant Marine Academy

  • Chairperson, Tenure and Curriculum Committees
  • President, Faculty Forum (Faculty Senate)
  • Numerous Ad Hoc Departmental Committees

PUBLICATIONS—BOOKS

Burghardt, David and Hacker, Michael, Technology Education—Learning by Design, Prentice-Hall,  2003.

Burghardt, M. David, Introduction to Engineering Design and Problem Solving,  McGraw-Hill, New York, 1998. 

Burghardt, M. David, Introduction to the Engineering Profession, 2nd edition, HarperCollins, 1995.

Burghardt, M. David and Harbach, James A., Engineering Thermodynamics, 4th edition, HarperCollins, 1993.

Burghardt,M. David, Introduction to Engineering, HarperCollins, 1992.

Burghardt, M. David, Introduction to the Engineering Profession, Harper and Row, 1991.

Burghardt, M. David, Engineering Thermodynamics with Applications, 3rd edition, Harper and Row, 1987.

Burghardt, M. David, Know Your Diesel, Prentice-Hall, 1984.

Burghardt, M. David, Engineering Thermodynamics with Applications, 2nd edition, Harper and Row, 1982.

Burghardt, M. David and Kingsley, George D., Marine Diesels, Prentice-Hall, 1980.

Burghardt, M. David, Engineering Thermodynamics with Applications, Harper and Row, 1978.

PUBLICATIONS--ARTICLES, PRESENTATIONS

Burghardt, David.  (2007). Effective Interventions in K-12 STEM Education.  Presentation at House of Representatives STEM Education Caucus.  May 2007, Washington, D.C.

Burghardt, David and Smith, Kenneth L. (2007).   Teaching Engineering at the K-12 Level: Two Perspectives.  The Technology Teacher.  66, 7.

Burghardt, David and Hacker, Michael.  (2007).   Engineering Professional Development.  National Symposium to Explore Effective Practices for Professional Development of K-12 Engineering and Technology Education Teachers.  Dallas, Texas.

Burghardt, David and Akins, Leah, Improving K-12 Mathematics Understanding with Engineering Design Projects, 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference, San Diego.

Burghardt, David and Llewellyn, Maryann, Engineering Effective Middle School Teacher Professional  Development, 2006 ASEE Annual Conference, Chicago.

Burghardt, David and Krowles, Christine,  Enhancing Mathematics Instruction with Engineering Design, 2006 ASEE Annual Conference, Chicago.

Burghardt, Dave and Krowles, Christine, Mathematics by Design, Networks On-line Journal for Teacher Research, June 2005 http://education.ucsc.edu/faculty/gwells/networks/journal/Vol.8(1).2005june/index.html.

Burghardt, M. David and Michael, Hacker, Informed Design: A Contemporary Approach to Design Pedagogy as the Core Process in Technology, The Technology Teacher, 64,1, September 2004.

Burghardt, M. David and Michael, Hacker, Informed Design, presentation at 2005 ITEA Annual Conference, Kansas City, Mo.

Burghardt, M. David, “Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Partnership”, 10th Annual CNSF Exhibition & Reception , Washington, D.C., 2004.

Burghardt, M. David, “An In-Service MA/MST Program in Elementary Education”, ASME Teem UP! For K-12 Conference, Clearwater, Florida, 2004.

Burghardt, M. David and Hacker, Michael, “Children’s Engineering”, ITEA 2003 Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.

Burghardt, M. David and Hacker, Michael, “The NYSCATE Project”, ITEA 2003 Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.

Burghardt, M. David, and Koch, Janice workshop, “Hofstra University’s MA/MST Program”, Fostering Campus Collaborations Conference 2003, IEEE, Miami, FL.

Burghardt, M. David, Hacker, Michael, and Flugman, Bert panelists, “Assessing the Effectiveness of Instructional Resources”, Ninth Annual ATE Principal Investigators Conference, October 2002, Washington, D.C.

Burghardt, M. David, and Hacker, Michael, “Large-Scale Enhancement Projects  Focusing on Technology Education”, Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 39, 3, Spring 2002.

Burghardt, M. David and Koch, Janice. (2002). Design Technology in the Elementary School-A Study of Teacher Action Research.  Journal of Technology Education, 13, 2.

Burghardt, M. David, "Developing the Field of Children’s Engineering", ERM Division, ASEE 2000 Annual Conference, St. Louis.        

Burghardt, M. David, "Hofstra's Center for Technology Education--A Model for Engineering Involvement in K-12 Education", Mechanical Engineering Division, ASEE 1996 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Burghardt, M. David, "Engineering and K-12 Education--A Two-Way Street", Freshman Engineering Division, ASEE 1996 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Burghardt, M. D., Hacker, M. and Schwartz, I., "NYSTEN--A MST Technology Education Network", 1996 Annual ITEA Conference, Phoenix.

Burghardt, M. David,"Hofstra's Center for Technology Education--Engineering  Involvement in K-12 Education", National Association for Science, Technology and Society 1996 Annual Conference,  Washington, D.C.

Workshop presenter,"Technology Education: Exploring the Human-made World", MST Conference, Constructing Our World: Math, Science and Technology for Elementary Schools, Hofstra University, January 1996.

Moderator and presenter at Brookhaven National Laboratory Conference on a New Vision for Mathematics, Science and Technology, October 1995.

Moderator and presenter at Brookhaven National Laboratory Conference on MST integration in precollege education, June 1995.

Presentation at ITEA 1995 Annual Conference on NYSTEN.

Presentation at ASEE 1994 Annual Conference, Edmunton, NYSTEN: A Middle/High School Engineering Initiative.

Moderator at ASEE 1992 Annual Conference, Toledo, for session on Successful K-12 programs.

Presentation before Subcommittee on Environment, Committee on Science, Space and Technology, U. S. House of Representatives, May 8, 1992.

Guest lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Colloquia, "Social Activism and Engineering",Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, April 1992.

Moderator and panelist at ASEE 1991 Conference, New Orleans, for session on Successful Programs with Middle and High Schools.

Moderator, Mini-Plenary--Women a Critical Component in the Student Pipeline, ASEE 1990 Annual Conference, Toronto.

Moderator, Improving the Student Pipeline, ASEE 1990 Annual Conference, Toronto.

Burghardt, M. David, "A Complementary View--Increasing the Technological Literacy of Non-Engineers", St. Lawrence Section ASEE Conference, Binghamton, NY, October  1989.

Burghardt, M.D., prepared NUREG/CR-5078, Vol.2, "A Reliability  Program for Emergency Diesel Generators at Nuclear Plants", as a consultant to Trident Engineering Associates, 1988.

Paolino, M.A. and Burghardt, M.D., "Energy Conservation and Second Law Efficiency", Journal of Power, January 1982.

Burghardt, M. David, "U. S. Flag Fleet Machinery Operations--Past, Present and  Future", presented at Symposium for Sustaining Design Thermal Performance of Ship Propulsion Machinery, Kings Point, February 1978.

Burghardt, M. David, "U.S. Flag Fleet Condition Monitoring Practices", ICMES Conference on Condition Monitoring, Paris, May 1977.

Burghardt, M. David, "Determining Grades:  New Look at an Old Tool", Engineering Education, May 1974.

Burghardt, M.D. and Bowley, W. W., "Sublimation in a Porous Continuum Developed from Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics", Journal of Heat Transfer, V 96, 1974.

Burghardt, M.D. and Bowley W.W., "A Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamic Development of Energy and Mass Transfer in a Porous Medium", Powder Technology, V 6, 1972.

Bowley, W.W. and Burghardt, M.D., "Thermodynamics and  Stones", Transactions, American Geophysical Union, January 1971.

Burghardt, M. David, "A Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamic Analysis of Sublimation in a Porous Medium", Ph.D. Thesis, University of Connecticut, 1971.