Curriculum Vitae
Faculty Name:
Kelvin Kirby
Position Title:
Office Location:
Office Phone:
Email Address:
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Room 108, SR Collins Building
936-261-9781
kkkirby@pvamu.edu
Education:
Degree and Area of Study
Institution Name
Degree Date
Doctor of Engineering
Master of Engineering: Electrical
BS Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Prairie View A&M University
05/15/1998
08/15/1987
12/23/1978
Position Title
Institution Name
Position Dates
Associate Professor, ECE
Assistant Professor, EE
Instructor, EE
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View A&M University
2004 - Present
1998 - 2004
1992 - 1998
Teaching
Experience
Professional
Publications:
Work Address:
P.O. Box 519; MS 1060
Prairie View, TX 77446
“Improving First-Year Engineering Student Retention, Success, and Time to Graduation” a
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workshop presented at the 122 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Steffen Peuker,
Raymond Landis, Kelvin Kirby and Nova Schauss, Seattle, Washington, June 14, 2015.
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“Confessions of First Year Engineering Students: How I Need to Change,” 6 Annual First Year
Engineering Experience, Texas A&M University, August 2014.
“Improving the Transition for High School and Transfer Students to the First Semester
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Engineering Course Experience” 6 Annual First Year Engineering Experience, Texas A&M
University, August 2014.
“Keeping it Real: A Principal and Teacher’s Guide for Implementing School-Based STARR
Curriculum Standards” a Workbook on STAAR End of Course Assessment for Algebra I”, P.
Miller, F. Frazier, K. Kirby, and F. Frazier, Educational Press, 2014. ISBN:978-0-9834914-6-0
“Modeling of the Multiplication and Division of Rational Numbers,” Dr. Freddie L. Frazier and Dr.
Kelvin Kirby, Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching (CAMT 2014), July 2123, 2014.
“Common Mistakes Made by Students,” IEEE Potentials Magazine, Matthew N. O. Sadiku,
Sarhan M. Musa, and Kelvin Kirby, July/August 2012.
“Embedded Spiraling Bond Method of Teaching Mathematics,” Dr. Freddie L. Frazier and Dr.
Kelvin Kirby, Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching (CAMT 2012), July 1820, 2012.
“Environmental and Transport Modeling Compared to Experimental Microdosimetry Results,
Utilizing the BERT & ERNIE Planetary Surfaces Test beds Using Heavy Ions and High Energy
Protons,” R. Wilkins, B. B. Gersey, X. Hu, J. Zhou, P. Saganti, S. Aghara, A. Baburaj, M.
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Barnett, Q. Johnson, and K. K. Kirby, 23 Annual NASA Space Radiation Investigators’
Workshop, 2012.
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Professional
Publications
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“Enhancements to Radiation Detector Arrays in Lunar and Martian Habitat Simulation Test
Beds,” 2010 NSBE Aerospace Systems Conference, Alvin J. Boutte, Brad Gersey, Richard
Wilkins and Kelvin Kirby, February 2010.
“Enhanced Automation of Data Acquisition and Analysis for Space Radiation Detectors,” 2010
NSBE Aerospace Systems Conference, Karen Y. Garcia, Brad Gersey and Kelvin Kirby,
February 2010.
“An Investigation of JSC-1A/Polyethylene Composites as a Potential Material for Space
Applications,” 2010 NSBE Aerospace Systems Conference, Jullian L. Norman, Jianren Zhou,
Kelvin Kirby, Alice Pendleton and Richard Wilkins, February 2010.
“Effects of Varying Composition of Lunar Regolith/Polyethylene Composites for Radiation
Shielding,” Ijette Foley, Jianren Zhou, Kelvin Kirby, Richard Wilkins, and Alice Pendleton,
February 2010.
“Establishing and Managing Multi-disciplinary Research and Engineering at Small Universities,”
American Society for Engineering Education, Annual Conference and Exposition, Kelvin Kirby,
2003.
“Enhancing Teacher and Student Performance in Mathematics,” American Society for
Engineering Education, Annual Conference and Exposition, Kelvin Kirby, Freddie Frazier and
John Gardner, 2003.
“Enhancing Teacher and Student Performance in Mathematics,” American Society for
Engineering Education, Annual Conference and Exposition, Kelvin Kirby, Freddie Frazier and
John Gardner, 2003.
Additional
Trainings/Skills:
Combined Arms Services Staff School (9 weeks), U. S. Army Command and General Staff
College (1989).
Materiel Acquisition Management Course (20 weeks), U. S. Army Logistics Management
College (1988).
Teleprocessing Operations Officer Course (Two Quarters), U. S. Air Force Institute of
Technology (1985).
Communications Electronics Officer Advance Course (20 weeks), U. S. Army Communications
School (1985).
Communications Electronics Officer Basic Course (20 weeks), U. S. Army Communications
School (1979).
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