George Ford

Education

• Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Educational Leadership, Western Carolina University, 2008
• Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Educational Leadership, University of South Carolina, 1999
• Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, Clemson University, 1990
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Educational Leadership, Clemson University, 1984

Publications

Conference Proceeding

• Perceptions of construction students and professionals of a studio-based teaching model. 2019
• Air Entrapment Issues in Piping for a Small Hydroelectric Station in Western North Carolina. 2018
• The Evolution of College Credit Recommendations for the United States Army by the American Council on Education . 2018
• A review of the benefits of a residential solar power installation in western North Carolina. 2017
• An Experiment on the Effect of the Use of Augmented Reality on Students’ Quantity Take-off Performance. 2017
• Articulation of Military Earned College Credit into the University of North Carolina University System. 2017
• Students’ first employment expectations in technology programs. 2017
• Translating United States military occupational specialties training into college credit. 2016
• A Study on the Sustainable Building Technologies considering to Performance of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction. 2015
• Life Cycle Assessment Applied to Green Building Certification in South Korea. 2015
• Project based capstone course in an undergraduate construction management program. 2015
• An Integrative Literature Review of Sleep Disturbances on Construction Workers. 2014
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions during Operation and Maintenance of Residential Buildings. 2013
• Student retention in the University of North Carolina System. 2012
• University and community college collaboration in North Carolina. 2012
• A discussion of tort liability in engineering technology laboratories. 2011
• Analysis of the air conditioning systems in a blown films manufacturing plant in the southeastern United States. 2011
• Developing an on-line environmental issues course for an American Council for Construction Education accredited program. 2011
• Integrating project based learning through machine design, fabrication and testing. 2011
• The evolution of engineering and engineering technology educational programs in the United States. 2011
• The evolution of the Global Positioning System. 2011
• A case study: An energy audit for a small municipality in North Carolina. 2010
• A Holistic Approach to Hurricane Mitigation for Residential Structures. 2010
• Developing a modern engineering technology curriculum: A case study at Western Carolina University. 2010
• Engagement & project based learning. 2010
• Environmental scanning for industrial advisory committee planning in a construction management educational program. 2010
• Faculty student advising at Western Carolina University. 2010
• Improving Statics instruction in four-year technology programs. 2010
• Recruiting and retention strategies for construction employers in the United States. 2010
• An introduction to fuzzy logic applications for robot motion planning. 2009
• Basic aspects of hurricanes for technology faculty in the United States. 2009
• How to determine construction project rain delay times using local rainfall databases in Asheville, North Carolina. 2009
• The damaging impacts of hurricanes upon coastal structures. 2009
• A Brief Introduction to Environmental Scanning for Higher Educational Institutions in North Carolina. 2008
• A fuels cost comparison of gasoline and electric powered vehicles. 2008
• How to teach statics to four-year technology students. 2008
• Service learning in technology programs at Western Carolina University. 2008
• University Freshman Retention in North Carolina. 2008
• An Innovative Student Engagement Project: Lessons Learned from a Log Cabin. 2007
• Global Warming at Ashville, North Carolina. 2007

Journal Article

• Characterizing Electrical Output of Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules by Altering Reflective Materials . Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research. Volume 4, Issue 1. 2016
• Optimization System for Concrete Life Cycle Cost and Related CO2 Emissions . Sustainable Engineering and Science . 2016
• A study of carbon emissions during building construction. Proceedings at the International Conference on Engineering and Architecture . 2015
• A study on the sustainable building technologies to performance of greenhouse gas emission reduction. SCOPUS Journal . 2015
• Development of a Building Life Cycle Carbon Emissions Assessment Program (BEGAS 2.0) for Korea's Green Building Index Certification System. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2015
• Evaluating the embodied environmental impacts of major building tasks and materials of apartment buildings. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews . 2015
• Life Cycle Assessment Applied to Green Building Certification in South Korea. SCOPUS Journal. 2015
• Methods to improve BIM based estimations of major building material quantities in life cycle assessment. SCOPUS Journal . 2015
• Modular building for urban disaster housing: Case study of urban post-disaster housing prototype in New York. . Fire Science Engineering . Volume 28, Issue 6, Pages 82-89. 2014
• University Education Dilemma: Challenge of Incorporating Alternate Views of Scholarship and Teaching. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. 2014
• Modeling Energy Generation by Grid Connected Photovoltaic Systems in the United States. Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research. 2013
• Bound by Tradition? Peer review and new scholarship: An institutional case study. Research in Higher Ed Journal . 2012
• Measuring Educational Program Effectiveness Using the Associate Constructor's Exam. Journal of Industrial Technology. Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 1-6. 2012
• Recognition and Reward: SOTL and the Tenure Process at a Regional Comprehensive University . Mountain Rise Journal . Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 1-27. 2009

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