Dr. Mike Ekoniak

Assistant Professor
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Dr. Mike Roman Ekoniak III.

Assistant Professor

Rayen School of Engineering

Moser Hall 2435

phone: (330) 941-3754

mrekoniak@ysu.edu

  • Education

    • 2018

      Ph D, Engineering Education

      Virginia Tech

    • 2014

      Other, Computer Engineering

      Virginia Tech

    • 2014

      Other, Preparing the Future Professoriate

      Virginia Tech

    • 2014

      Other, Engineering Education

      Virginia Tech

    • 2003

      BS, Computer Engineering

      Kettering University

  • Awards and Honors

    • 2020

      Reseach Professorship

  • Past History

    • 2005

      John Deere

      Embedded Software Engineer

    • 2003

      Visteon Corporation

      Software Engineer

    • 1999

      Ford Motor Company

      Product Engineering Co-op

  • Administrative Assignments

    • 2020 - 2021

      Coordinator

    • 2019 - 2020

      Coordinator

  • Intellectual Contributions

    • 2022

      "Increasing Minority Student Applications to STEM Graduate Programs: Lessons Learned and Outlook for a New Program"

      2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity) Conference

    • 2019

      "Development and Student Perceptions of Think-Pair-Share Activities in a Senior-Level Linear Control Systems Course"

      2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

    • 2018

      "Instructor vs peer writing feedback in a large first-year engineering course"

      2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

    • 2018

      "Practice and Efficacy of Peer Writing Feedback in a Large First-Year Engineering Course"

    • 2015

      "Teaching Peer Review of Writing in a Large First-year Electrical and Computer Engineering Class: A Comparison of Two Methods"

      2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

    • 2015

      "Student Perspectives on Capstone Design Learning"

      2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

    • 2014

      "It's Not a Problem: An inquiry into Global Perspectives on Diversity and Higher Education"

      University of Basel & Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    • 2013

      "Improving student writing through multiple peer feedback"

      2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

    • 2013

      "Engineering culture and LGBTQ engineers' use of social change strategies"

      2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

    • 2013

      "Extended abstract – Exploration of cognitive apprenticeship practices in a first year engineering course"

      Fifth Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

  • Professional Service

    • Unknown

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Journal of Engineering Education

    • 2017 - present

      Reviewer, Conference Paper
      IEEE Frontiers in Education

    • 2017 - present

      Reviewer, Conference Paper
      American Society for Engineering Education

  • Public Service

    • 2023 - 2023

      Chair
      Simply Slavic Scholarship Committee 2023
      Youngstown, OH

    • 2023 - 2023

      Organizer
      Youngstown May Day Festival 2023
      Youngstown, OH

    • 2022 - present

      Board of Directors
      Simply Slavic
      Youngstown, OH

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Mike Ekoniak is an Assistant Professor of First-Year Engineering in Youngstown State University's Rayen School of Engineering, where he teaches in the First-Year Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering Programs. His scholarship interests include innovative pedagogies to prepare engineering graduates for critical practice in a diverse and constantly-evolving society, engineering culture and identity, and the relationship between engineering and capitalism. Mike holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Computer Engineering from Kettering University and Virginia Tech, where he also completed his PhD in Engineering Education.

  • List of courses

    • ENGR 1500 - Engineering Orientation

    • ENGR 1550 - Engineering Concepts

    • ENGR 1560 - Engineering Computing

    • ECEN 6900 - Electrical Engineering Graduate Seminar

  • Service to the Institution

    • YSU Representative to Ohio Faculty Council

    • Academic Senate Technology Committee (formerly chairperson)

    • Academic Senator, STEM College (former)