Faculty & Staff

Biography

Mr. Hite's interests are in engineering education and laboratory development. Specifically he is interested in how laboratory experiences influence learning and engineering education. Prior to his appointment to Lecturer he served six years as laboratory manager at UAHuntsville. A significant part of this position was in laboratory curriculum and exercise development. During this time he co-authored four in-house laboratory manuals and several standalone laboratory experiments. As Lecturer he has co-authored a textbook, Fundamental Concepts in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Practical Design Problems, which takes a hands-on approach to introductory engineering which includes modular laboratory exercises. In addition he has co-authored several refereed journal articles aimed toward education and laboratory apparatus.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• M.S.E.E., Electrical Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2005
• B.S., Physics, Purdue University, 1998

Honors & Awards

• Student Government Association Outstanding Faculty Award (UAH 2009-2010)
• Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (UAH 2005)
• Outstanding Staff Award Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (UAH 1999)

Recent Publications

• Dennis Hite, Colin Murphy, Nagendra Singh (2014). "A Relatively Inexpensive 5.8 Ghz Microwave System for Exploring Electromagnetic Phenomena in Laboratories," Universal Journal of Engineering Science, 2, 43 - 48. doi: 10.13189/ujes.2014.020202.

• Fundamental Concepts in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Practical Design Problems, Reza Adhami, Peter Meenen, III, and Dennis Hite, Book, Universal Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida, 2007.

• Dennis Hite, Timothy B. Boykin, Nagendra Singh, and Dashen Shen, "A Simple Fermi-Dirac Integration Circuit," American Journal of Physics, 73, p. 856, (2005).