LUCY C. MORSE
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 32816
(407) 823-4742
(407) 823-4746 FAX

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, 1987
     University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
M.S. Industrial Engineering, 1982
     University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
A.B. Mathematics
     Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA
EXPERIENCE:

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA (UCF), Orlando, FL 1994-

  • Associate Professor, Engineering Technology
  • Director Engineering Technology at a Distance
  • Faculty Senate 1999 - 2001
  • Principal Investigator and Project Manager, Distance Learning Demonstration Project
  • Program Chair, CIEC 2000
  • As a part of International Executive Service Corps assisted with with Industrial Management and TQM curriculum development, Mariupol, Ukraine, 1995
  • Council, State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities
  • Editorial Board Member - International Journal of Industrial Engineering
  • Editorial Board Member - Quality Management Journal
  • Sterling Award Board of Examiners - 1995
  • National Science Foundation, Evaluation Team - Gateway Engineering Coalition, 1994-1996

CONSULTING

  • TeKONTROL, Winter Park, FL 1994
    • Performed Training Situational Analysis and Cost Analysis for FAA Distance Learning
  • Farragut Management Institute, Washington, DC 1993-1994
    • Consulting in quality, education, skill building, management, human resources, proposal writing.
    • Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners, 1993
  • McDonnell Douglas Missile Systems, Titusville, FL 1989-1990
    • Developed white collar productivity plan in manufacturing and human resources

ADJUNCT PROGRAM MANAGER, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education

  • Department of Education, Washington, DC 1994

    Adjunct Staff for the 1994 Comprehensive Program Grant Competition

PROGRAM MANAGER, HUMAN RESOURCES, Engineering Directorate

  • National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington, D.C. 1990-1993(On leave from UCF)

    As Visiting Engineer responsibilities included managing programs for support of women and minorities in engineering. Visited Antarctic as a member of NSF Evaluation Committee and performed systems analysis of United States Antarctic Program. Also served on these Engineering Task Forces: engineering education, cultural diversity, quality in engineering education, employee development/training. Assisted in developing solicitations for leading edge technology. Advisor for Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers. Active instructor/facilitator in Total Quality Management activities within NSF. Proposal writing workshops at colleges and universities throughout the country.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/INSTRUCTOR, Industrial Engineering

  • University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, FL 1983-1993
    • Courses Taught:
      • Engineering Economics-Graduate (Television Course) and Undergraduate
      • Productivity Engineering - Graduate (Television Course)
      • Operations Research - Graduate and Undergraduate

COORDINATOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS

  • College of Engineering
    University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 1983 to 1990
    • Chairman, College Minority Committee 1988-1990
    • University Appeals Committee, 1987-1990
    • University Admissions and Standards Committee, 1988-1990
    • Initiated and administered Minority Engineering Program, 1983 - 1986
    • Initiated and administered Operation CARE, a Summer Program for Minority Students, 1983 - 1987
    • Initiated and administered Women's Reentry Program, 1982-89
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
  • Institute of Industrial Engineers
  • American Society for Engineering Education
    • Board of Directors, 1995-1997
    • Engineering Economy Division - Chair, 1993-1994
    • Women in Engineering Division - Director, 1990-1994
  • National Association of Minority Engineering Program Administrators (NAMEPA)
    • National Conference - Planning 1987, 1988, 1991
HONORS AND AWARDS:
  • Innovation in Teaching Through the Use of Technology, College of Engineering Award, UCF, 1990
  • Central Florida Woman of the Year, Association for Women in Computing, 1989
  • McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship, 1986-1987
  • Tau Beta Pi
  • Phi Beta Kappa
RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Morse, Lucy C. Using Management Concepts in Planning for Distance Education. Conference Proceedings for Frontiers in Education, Puerto Rico, 1999.

Morse, Lucy C. Using the Internet for an Engineering Management Course. 1999 ASEE Conference Proceedings, Charlotte, 1999.

Morse, Lucy C. Using Interactive Strategies in Distance Learning. 1998 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Seattle, 1998. Best Paper Award.

Morse, Lucy C. et al. Reach Out and Teach: Designing Distance Education, An Introductory Manual, 1998.

Morse, Lucy C. and Layne, Rosemary. "Beyond Chalk: Teaching with Technology." Selected Papers from the Eighth National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jack Chambers, Editor. Florida Community College at Jacksonville, 1997.

Morse, Lucy C., Editor. Beyond Chalk: Teaching with Technology - A Resource Manual. University of Central Florida, 1997.

Morse et al. "So You Want to Design a Distance Education Course?" ASEE Prism, February, 1997, pp. 18-22.

Morse and Truman. "A Distance Education Infrastructure." MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, v4#1, Summer, 1996:10-24.

Morse, Lucy et al. "Using Combinations of Heuristics to Schedule Activities of Constrained Multiple Resource Projects." Project Management Journal, March 1996, pp. 44-50.

Morse, Lucy C. "Training and Cost Effectiveness in the Development of Training Devices." Economic Aspects of Advanced Production and Manufacturing Systems, ed. by Parsaei, H. and Mital, A. London: Chapman and Hall, 1992.

Morse, L.C. "An Approach to a Total Quality Primer for Engineering Education", Second International Symposium on Productivity and Quality Improvement with a Focus on Government Proceedings, Washington, DC, September 1993.

Morse, L.C. "Quality in Engineering Education," Engineering Education: Curriculum and Integration Proceedings, Engineering Foundation Conferences, Santa Barbara, CA, January 1992.

Morse, L.C. and Fletcher, L.S., "An Assessment of Undergraduate Research Experiences in Engineering," Engineering Education: Curriculum Innovation and Integration Proceedings, Engineering Foundation Conferences, Santa Barbara, January 1992.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS "Beyond Chalk: Teaching with Technology/each Out and Teach: Designing Distance Education". 1998International Council for Educational Media, Helsinki, October, 1998

"Collaboration in Delivering Engineering Technology at a Distance". 1998 ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle, June 1998.

"Learner Support Systems: A Consortium Approach". The 18th International Council for Distance Education World Conference, Pennsylvania State University, accepted for June, 1997.

"Quality, Problem Solving Tools, and A Special Kind of Problem". Series of seminars and workshops to be presented throughout Romania. Sponsored by Romanian Association for Quality, April-May, 1997.

"Beyond Chalk: Teaching with Technology". The Eighth National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida, April, 1997.

"Distance Learning Resources". Keynote speaker. 1996 Engineering Technology Leadership Institute, Orlando, Florida, October 1996.

"An Approach to Conducting Training at a Distance". Invited speaker. 1996 Human Resource Development/Personnel Management Conference, Tampa, Florida, August, 1996.

"Resources for Distance Learning in Higher Education". Invited speaker. 1996 Engineering Deans Institute, Palm Beach, Florida, April, 1996.

"A Distance Education Infrastructure for Teaching and Learning". The Seventh National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida, March, 1996.

"Problem Solving and the Quality Process". Workshop presentation in Bucharest, Romania. October, 1995.

"Distance Learning Demonstration Project". Council of State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, July 13, 1995.

"Continual Quality Improvement and the Learning Process". Higher Education Consortium, Tampa, November 1994.

"The Status of Total Quality in Engineering Education". Quality in Engineering ‘94. International Conference, Budapest, Hungary, September 1994.

"The Cost of Quality." National Quality and Education Conference, Denver, CO. November 9, 1993.

"Status of Total Quality in Engineering Education". 1993 Annual Conference, ASEE,Illinois.

"The 'Q-Word' in Education." Frontiers in Education 1992. Nashville, November 14, 1992.

"The Customer in Academia." 1992 Annual Conference, ASEE. Toledo, OH, June 1992.

"Awareness Seminars on Quality Improvement." First International Symposium on Productivity and Quality Improvement with a Focus on Government. Washington, DC, February 10-12, 1992.

"The Q-Word." Engineering Foundation Conference. Santa Barbara, January 5-10, 1992.

"A TQM Primer." 1991 ABET Annual Meeting. Chicago, October 24, 1991.

"Quality Improvement Awareness Training." UPADI '91, XXI Convention in Espana. Spain, October 1991.

"Undergraduate Engineering Education Quality Award." UPADI '91, XXI Convention in Espana. Spain, October 1991.

"Recruiting and Supporting Women and Minority Doctoral Students." 1991 Annual Conference, ASEE. New Orleans, LA, June 1991.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
  • Member, Board of Directors, Winter Park Historical Association, Inc., 1996-1998
  • Member, Board of Directors, ADDitions of Orange County, FL, 1980-1986.
  • Chairman, Board of Deacons, Congregational Church, Cohasset, MA, 1976-1978.
  • President/Secretary, Social Service League, Cohasset, MA, 1970-1978.
  • Chairman, South Shore Area, Junior League of Boston, 1973.