Technical Publications

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Technical Reports/Brochures

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Excellence for a Technical Report: "Performance of a Hold-In Device for Relays, Contactors, and Motor Starters," EPRI PEAC Corporation

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Merit for a Technical Report: "Evaluation of Losses in ASD/Motor Systems," EPRI PEAC Corporation

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Merit for Informational Materials: "Printing Press Shutdowns Caused by Sensitivity of DC Drives to Voltage Sags," EPRI PEAC Corporation

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Merit for Informational Materials: "Residential Generators: Selection, Installation, and Use," EPRI PEAC Corporation

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Merit for Informational Materials: PQTN Application No. 11, "Using Buck-Boost Transformers to Match Equipment Voltage," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Excellence for Informational Materials: PQTN Case Study No. 2: "Wire-Extrusion Process Disrupted By Voltage Sags," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Excellence for Informational Materials: PQTN Case Study No. 4: "Dimming of Compact Fluorescent Lamps Caused By Cold-Air Drafts," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Excellence for a Technical Report: PQTN Brief No. 42: "Short-Circuit Current Characteristics of Single-Phase Constant-Voltage Transformers," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Excellence for a Technical Report: PQTN Brief No. 43: "Characterizing the Performance of Motor Voltage Controllers," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Excellence for a Technical Report: PQTN Brief No. 44: "The Effects of Point-on-Wave on Low-Voltage Tolerance of Industrial Process Devices," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Excellence for a Technical Report: PQTN Brief No. 45: "The Effects of Phase Shift on Low-Voltage Tolerance of Industrial Process Devices," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Public Relations Society of America, Volunteer Chapter, Award of Achievement for a Brochure: "Procedures for Managing Electromagnetic Compatibility in Healthcare Facilities," EPRI PEAC Corporation

Public Relations Society of America, Volunteer Chapter, Award of Quality for a Brochure: "Power Quality for Healthcare," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Merit for Informational Materials: "Power Quality Guidelines for Airports," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Achievement for a Technical Report: PQTN Brief No. 40, "Ride-Through Performance of a Web Process," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Public Relations Society of America, Volunteer Chapter, Award of Excellence for an Informational Brochure: PQTN Solution No. 5, "Solving Power Quality Problems in Medical Imaging Systems," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Excellence for a Report: PQTN Brief No. 32, "Harmonic Distortion and Immunity Performance of Compact Fluorescent Lamps," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Excellence for a Report: PQTN Brief No. 34, "Performance of an ASD Ride-Through Device During Voltage Sags," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Public Relations Society of America, Volunteer Chapter, Award of Merit for a Three-or-More Color Brochure: "Task 19," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Excellence for a Promotional Brochure: "Task 19," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Merit for an Informational Brochure: PQTN Application No. 4, "Eliminating the Jitters in Computer Monitors," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Merit for an Informational Brochure: PQTN Solution No. 4, "Solving the Clash of Electronics Technologies," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center
1995

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Achievement for an Informational Brochure: PQTN Solution No. 3, "Solving the Fast Clock Problem," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Newsletters

Office of the U.S. Federal Environment Executive, White House Closing the Circle Award for the newsletter Pollution Prevention Advisor, U.S Department of Energy, Office of Defense Programs

Public Relations Society of America, Volunteer Chapter, Award of Excellence for a Newsletter: Transcript, the newsletter of the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication

Public Relations Society of America, Volunteer Chapter, Award of Quality for a Newsletter: System Compatibility Research News, EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Public Relations Society of America, Volunteer Chapter, Award of Quality for a Newsletter: Pollution Prevention Advisor, U.S Department of Energy, Office of Defense Programs

Society for Technical Communication, International Chapter Newsletter Competition, Distinguished Technical Communication Award for Transcript, the newsletter of the East Tennessee Chapter

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Achievement for a Newsletter: Pollution Prevention Advisor, U.S Department of Energy, Office of Defense Programs

Public Relations Society of America, Volunteer Chapter, Award of Excellence for a One- or Two-Color Periodical: Pollution Prevention Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Defense Programs

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Distinction for a Newsletter: System Compatibility Research News, EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Achievement for a Newsletter: Pollution Prevention Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Defense Programs

Online Communication

Society for Technical Communication, Washington DC Chapter, Award of Excellence for Online Communication: Knoxville - Knox County Animal Shelter Web Site

Society for Technical Communication, Washington DC Chapter, Award of Excellence for Online Communication: PEAC Online Library, EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, Carolina Foothills and South Carolina Chapters, Award of Achievement for Online Communication: PEAC Online Library, EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Technical Art

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Cover Art

Society for Technical Communication, Willamette Valley Chapter, Award of Merit for Cover Art: "System Compatibility Research Project," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Brochure Design

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Merit for Design of Informational Materials: "Power Quality for Healthcare," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Merit for Informational Materials Design: "Power Quality in the Semiconductor Fabrication Industry," EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center

Photography

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Achievement for a Photograph: "Sunrise at Bull Run Steam Plant"

Writing

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Scholarly/Trade Articles

Society for Technical Communication, Washington DC Chapter, Award of Merit for a Scholarly/Professional Article: "Two Centuries of Progress in Technical Communication," Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 37(2), 2007. pp. 129–149.

Society for Technical Communication, Washington DC Chapter, Award of Distinguished Technical Communication for a Scholarly/Professional Article: "Reconsidering Some Prescriptive Rules of Grammar and Composition," Technical Communication, 2nd Quarter, 2004

Society for Technical Communication, Washington DC Chapter, Award of Merit for a Trade/News Article: "Coping with Wordslaughter and the 'Good Enough' Syndrome," Intercom, January 2004

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Distinguished Technical Communication for a Scholarly/Professional Article: "A Phonological Reading Model for Technical Communicators," Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Volume 27, Number 1, 1997

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Excellence for a Scholarly/Professional Article: "The Evolution of the Speech Instinct in Silent Reading: Implications for Technical Communication," Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Volume 27, Number 3, 1997

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Merit for a Trade/News Article: "Photography Basics for Technical Communicators," Intercom, April and May 1996 Issues

Society for Technical Communication, East Tennessee Chapter, Award of Merit for a Scholarly/Professional Article: "Setting the Context for Understanding," Technical Communication, 2nd Quarter, 1994

Short Fiction

Margaret Woodruff Award, University of Tennessee, First Place for "State of Being," a short story

Captain Robert A. Burke Award for Fiction, University of Tennessee, Second Place for "Heart of the Dragon," a short story

Scholarship

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Teaching

College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Assistant Distinguished Teaching Award, Temple University

Scholarship/Assistantships

Two Consecutive Teaching Assistantships, Temple University

Two Consecutive Roddy Upperclass Academic Scholarships, University of Tennessee

Competitions

Chancellor's Citation for Extraordinary Professional Promise, University of Tennessee

1st place in Senior Electrical Exhibit Competition, Pellissippi State Technical Community College