Education:

• Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991
• M.S. Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987
• BSCSE Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Toledo, 1984

Areas of Teaching and Research:

• Software Engineering
• Circuits
• Engineering Education Pedagogy
• Streamlining Outcomes Assessment Processes

Honors and Distinctions:

• 2006 Best Paper Award, Design in Engineering Education Division, American Society for Engineering Education.
• 2005 Merl K. Miller Award, Computers in Education Division, American Society for Engineering Education. Award presented for the outstanding paper on teaching/instructional methods published in the Computers in Education Journal.
• Elected to grade of Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2004.
• John A. Curtis Best Paper Award, Computers in Education Division, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 1994
• Excellent Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1984-1987
• Tau Beta Pi Graduate Fellow, 1984-1985
• Outstanding Student Award, The University of Toledo College of Engineering, 1984
• Valedictorian, The University of Toledo College of Engineering, 1984
• Member, Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society)
• Member, Phi Kappa Phi (Honor Society)
• Member, Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)
• Member, Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Computer Science Honor Society)

Selected Publications:

• J. K. Estell and J. K. Hurtig, "Using Rubrics for the Assessment of Senior Design Projects," 2006 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Chicago, IL, June 2006.
• J. K. Hurtig and J. K. Estell, "Truly Interdisciplinary: The ONU ECCS Senior Design Experience," 2005 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Portland, OR, June 2005.
• J. K. Estell, "Writing Card Games: An Early Excursion into Software Engineering Principles," 2005 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Portland, OR, June 2005.
• J. K. Estell, "The Faculty Course Assessment Report," Proceedings of the Best Assessment Practices VII Symposium, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN, April 2005.
• J. K. Estell, "Teaching Graphical User Interfaces and Event Handling through Games," 2004 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2004.
• J. K. Estell, J. Harr, J. Lemke, J. Saunier, A. Smith, "GlucoMon: A Glucose Monitoring System for the Handspring Visor PDA", Computers in Education Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2, April 2004.
• J. Anderson, V. Chulskiy, M. Dittrich, J. Estell, A. Kowalski, B. Miller, "The Chem Buddy: Data Acquisition System for Palm OS Handheld Devices", 2003 ASEE North Central Section Annual Meeting Proceedings, Columbus, OH, April 2003.
• J. K. Estell, T. Baron, M. Batcha, A. Love, "Designing a Handheld-Friendly Web Site," 2002 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Montreal, QU, June 2002.
• J. K. Estell, "IPP: A Web-Based Interactive Programming Portfolio," ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 1, March 2001.
• J. K. Estell, "A Java-Based Computer Simulator and its Applications," 1998 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Seattle, WA, June 1998.
• J. K. Estell, "Introducing CPU Scheduling Algorithms: The Photocopier Scenario," 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997.
• J. K. Estell, T. A. Owen, and C. A. Szczublewski, "Increasing Stiquito's Loading Capacity," in Stiquito : Advanced Experiments with a Simple and Inexpensive Robot, J. M. Conrad and J. W. Mills, Eds., IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1997.
• J. K. Estell, T. A. Muszynski, T. A. Owen, S. R. Snodgrass, C. A. Szczublewski and J. A. Thomas, "SCORPIO: Hardware Design," in Stiquito : Advanced Experiments with a Simple and Inexpensive Robot, J. M. Conrad and J. W. Mills, Eds., IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1997.
• J. K. Estell, C. A. Baumgartner and Q. A. Luong, "SCORPIO: Software Design," in Stiquito : Advanced Experiments with a Simple and Inexpensive Robot, J. M. Conrad and J. W. Mills, Eds., IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1997.
• J. K. Estell and T. A. Owen, "Experiencing the Codesign Process: Microcomputer Systems II Laboratory," ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 27, No. 1, March 1995.
• J. K. Estell, "The SCORPIO Robotics Project: An Example of Hardware-Software Codesign," 1994 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Volume 1, Edmonton, AB, June 1994.
• J. K. Estell, "Measuring the Photodecay of Lightsticks Using the Blocktronic Interface", Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 68, No. 3, March 1991.
• D. F. Jackson, J. Henderson, C. Berger Jr., C. Berger, and J. K. Estell, "Hardware and Software for Interfacing Voltage Output Instruments with Apple II Series Microcomputers," Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 65, No. 6, June 1988.
• J. K. Estell, "Computerized Organic Nomenclature Drill," Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 58, No. 1, January 1981.