1. Name and Academic Rank:

• John J. Helferty
• Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Full-time

2. Degrees with fields, institution and date:

• BSEE, Temple University, 1983.
• MSEE, Drexel, 1984.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Drexel University, 1988.

3. Number of years of service on this faculty:

• 1993 – Present: Associate Professor
• 1998 – 2004: Chairperson
• 1997 – 1998: Acting Chairperson
• 1987 – 1993: Assistant Professor

4. Other Related Experience:

• 01/1991 – 12/1991: ASEE Summer faculty fellow, California Institute of Technology, USA
• 01/1990 – 12/1990: ASEE Summer faculty fellow, California Institute of Technology, USA
• 01/1989 – 12/1989: Summer faculty fellow, Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA, USA
• 01/1988 – 12/1988: Summer faculty fellow, Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA, USA

5. Consulting, Patents, Copyrights:
None

6. States in which registered:
None

7. Principle publications in the last five years:
None

8. Scientific and Professional Societies of which a member:
None

9. Honors and awards:

• College of Engineering Alumni Association Teaching Award, 2007.
• Pennsylvania George Washington Carver Science Award, 2004
• Temple University Lindback Award, 1998.
• State of Pennsylvania Initiative Assistive Technology Award, 2001.

10. Institutional and professional service in last five years:

Institutional:

• College representative to the science technology, engineering and mathematics, University committee lecture series, 2009 – Present
• Number of review committees for the Temple University’s Great Teachers award, 2007 – 2010

Professional:

• Director of the student space exploration and environmental systems laboratory, 2010 – Present.

11. Professional development activities in the last five years: None

12. Percentage of time available for research or scholarly activities: 25%

Percentage of time committed to the program: 75%