Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Dr. Bill Clapp Professor, Department Chair, Program Advisor Email: wclapp@weber.edu Phone: (801) 626-7097 Office: Building 4 419	Dr. Bill Clapp is the chair of the CEET department. He is the department adviser so please go see him. Bill also serves as the chief engineer for Weber's KWCR radio station. He is a retired AF Reserves Colonel and served as a scientist for Air Force Research Laboratory. Bill earned his doctorate (EdD) in Educational Leadership from BYU. Bill's special interest is engineering ethics and has conducted personal research to better prepare our graduates. Go see him now.

Verne Hansen Associate Professor Email: vhansen@weber.edu Phone: (801) 626-7205 Office: Building 4 421D	Currently on sabbatical until Aug. 2010 Before coming to Weber State University, Verne completed both a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University. With 14 years of experience in private industry, he has a wealth of knowledge concerning instrumentation techniques. His current interests are in the areas of applied digital signal processing, embedded controllers and real-time operating systems, and pipe organs. He currently consults for Kimber Kable, a manufacturer of high-end cables for audio interconnect, loudspeakers, and power cords. (Yes! The cables really do make the sound better, even to the casual listener.) He sang in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for five years and is currently building a nine-rank pipe organ in his home. He also enjoys playing organ and piano music, and singing songs while he plays his banjo.

Dr. Justin Jackson Assistant Professor Email: justinjackson@weber.edu Phone: (801) 626-6078 Office: Building 4 421E View Personal Page	Justin B. Jackson is an Assistant Professor in the Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology department. Justin has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with a focus in electronic materials from the University of Utah. Justin also holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Weber State University and a Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah. Justin is also a proud graduate of the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Weber State University. Justin's teaching interests include: Digital, FPGA, ASIC, and VLSI design along with semiconductor physics and devices.

Julanne McCulley Assistant Professor Email: jmcculley@weber.edu Phone: (801) 626-7267 Office: Building 4 421G View Personal Page	In 1989, Julie received a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology from Weber State University. Over the past 20 years, she has worked out in industry as an automation engineer/project engineer for Unisys, Autoliv, and Bourns. In 2005, Julie completed a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Teaching from Weber State University and began teaching at Weber State University in the Computer and Electronics Engineering Department at Weber State University. Julie received her Masters of Engineering from Arizona State University in 2009. She still enjoys working with industry through the Utah Center for Aeronautical Innovation and Design (UCAID). Most recently, Julie completed an automated Composite Spring Torque Test station for ATK Composites Division. Julie is the faculty advisor for the Society of Women Engineers and the department representative for Concurrent Enrollment.

Dr. Jen Smith Professor Email: jlsmith@weber.edu Phone: (801) 626-7630 Office: Building 4 421H	Dr. Jen Smith, began her life-long pursuit of scientific understanding with her amateur radio license while in junior high school. Since then, she has designed and built animatronic robots for Disney, new technologies for biomedical instrumentation, satellites for NASA and the Department of Defense, and was the lead systems engineer for the first commercial space station. Dr. Jen’s love of science, engineering, and teaching has lead her to work with universities and industrial partners in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Israel, Germany, Brazil, England, Russia, and a dozen states in the U.S. Current interests include theatrical production, foreign languages, learning psychology, and advanced physics. She loves to tell stories and no one leaves her office without hearing at least one.

Dr. Jeffrey Ward Assistant Professor Email: jeffreyward@weber.edu Phone: (801) 626-7348 Office: Building 4 421F View Personal Page	Prior to joining Weber State University, Jeffrey worked as a research assistant for Utah State University while earning a doctorate in electrical engineering. He currently enjoys teaching courses in analog circuitry. When time allows he can still be found doing some numerical and physical experiments with antennas in the plasma environment.

Adjunct Faculty

Steve Green Email: sgreen@weber.edu Phone: (801) 626-7781 Office: Building 4 421 View Personal Page
Dale Lake

Staff

Linda Thornock
Secretary
Email: lthornock@weber.edu
Phone: (801) 626-6898
Office: Building 4 421

Linda has worked at WSU for nearly 11 years and in the CEET Dept. for 7 years.

She definitely bleeds purple. You can find Linda & her husband Roy at the basketball, football, volleyball, or soccer games.