MSOE students are bright, creative, hard-working and fun to be around. Ours is a close-knit community of about 3,000 students, faculty and staff—large enough for big opportunities and small enough for personal attention. Located in a vibrant downtown neighborhood in Milwaukee, MSOE offers students an engaging learning and living environment. The university is fully committed to every student who is willing to be challenged and work hard to become a better person as a successful MSOE graduate

Since 1903, MSOE has been offering an applications-based education, partnering with leaders of business and industry to shape the institution’s development. Early supporters realized that their future depended upon educational institutions that could prepare men and women to fill newly created engineering and management positions.

Today, MSOE offers 17 bachelor’s degrees and 11 master’s degrees. The students who attend MSOE come from all parts of the United States and dozens of other countries. More than 20,000 alumni live and work throughout the United States and abroad, and nearly 2,000 of them own their own businesses or are officers of companies. 

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American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Electrical and Computer Engineering Division, 2022

Meritorious Service Award

Learning with MOOCs Conference (LWMOOCs), 2022

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), For contributions to global on-line engineering education, 2018

Fellow

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015

USA Regional Professional Leadership Award

Oscar Werwath Distinguished Teacher Award, MSOE

International Engineering Education Society (IGIP),  For outstanding contributions in the field of engineering education and for dedicated work as an engineering educator, 2012

International Engineering Educator Honoris Causa

Edwin C. Jones Jr. Meritorious Service Award

Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award

Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2010

Engineers and Scientists of Milwaukee, 2009

Young Engineer of the Year Award

Ronald J. Schmitz Meritorious Service Award

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) : Member

IEEE: Fellow

IEEE Computer Society: Member

IEEE Education Society: Member

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) : Member

ASEE Electrical and Computer Engineering Division: Member

ASEE Educational Research and Methods Division: Member

IEEE Professional Communications Society: Member

ASEE First-Year Programs Division: Member

A Comparative Analysis of Worldwide Trends in the Use of Information and Communications Technology in Engineering Education

Do MOOCs Sustain the UNESCO’s Quality Education Goal?

The Impact of Prior Programming Experience on Computational Thinking in First-Year Engineering Experience

An Engineering Computational Thinking Diagnostic: A Psychometric Analysis

Computational Thinking Growth During a First-Year Engineering Course

Dr. Meier is the undergraduate Computer Engineering Program Director and a professor in the ECBE Department. His computer engineering specialty is Computer Architecture. He is a member of IEEE, IEEE-HKN, and the IEEE Computer, Education, and Professional Communications societies. He joined IEEE as a student and has an extensive history of membership and service. He also has a professional service record as a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and its Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM), Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE), and First-Year Engineering Education Division (FYE).

Dr. Meier grew up on a farm on a Sioux Indian reservation in Nebraska. Agricultural machines fascinated him. He loved examining and fixing tractor engines, augers, combines, automatic livestock feeders, and other equipment. He liked solving problems using tools and determination. While in high school, the personal computer era dawned and fantastic new machines running software changed the world. These machines used ceramic chips and electricity to do cool things! The Apple II and TI-99/4a were simple compared to modern computers, but they became his platforms to explore automation and control using the BASIC and Pascal programming languages. He quickly discovered his passion for computing and enjoyed helping his classmates learn about how computer hardware and software work. By the end of high school, it was clear that a professional career in engineering and engineering education was his future. He enrolled as a first-generation college student and had an amazing freshman year because he got to learn Fortran, a language he stills writes programs in today.

At MSOE, he mentors future engineers in digital logic, computer architecture, digital electronics, and computer networking. His 30-year history of teaching excellence has been recognized with multiple teaching excellence awards. The IEEE elevated him to Fellow for contributions to global online engineering education. The International Society for Engineering Education awarded him the title International Engineering Educator Honoris Causa for outstanding contributions in the field of engineering education.

His engineering education research focuses on computational thinking, first-year experience, and enculturation to the engineering profession. His technical research interests focus on computer architecture, embedded systems, and evolvable hardware.

Engineering Enculturation

First-Year Experience

Evolvable Hardware

Higher Education

Electrical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Embedded Systems

Computer Architecture

Engineering Education

Computational Thinking

Applying for a First Time Tenure Track Position – Making your Case as a Candidate

Making Labs Effective with Remote Learning

Using eLearning to Support Distance Learning

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IEEE Division VI Impact

Professional Societies as a Vehicle for Continuing Education for Teachers of Engineering

Computational Thinking in the Formation of Engineers, a Multi-institution Initiative

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