Bev Watford
Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Director, Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED)
212 Hancock Hall
(540)-231-7404
Education Research Experience
Education
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Virginia Tech 1985 M.S. Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Virginia Tech 1983 Mining Engineering Virginia Tech 1981
Research
| Title | Program | Start Date | End Date | Awarded Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDEAS - A STEM Scholarship Program | NSF S-STEM: SCHLR SCI TECH ENG&MATH | July 15, 2008 | June 30, 2013 (Estimated) | $600,000.00 |
| Increasing the Engineering and Computer Science Graduates | NSF STEM TALENT EXPANSN PGM (STEP) | 12/1/2004 | $1,999,999.00 | |
| Proof of a Concept: Enriching and Promoting Undergraduate Research by Creating a Research Option in a Technical Communication Course (Co-PI) | NSF CCLI-EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS DEV | 7/1/2004 | $54,000.00 | |
| Manufacturing Engineering Program for Young Scholars | NSF YOUNG SCHOLARS PROGRAM | 2/1/1995 | $151,780.00 | |
| Manufacturing Engineering Program for Young Scholars | NSF YOUNG SCHOLARS PROGRAM | 4/15/1993 | $145,504.00 | |
| A Proposal to Establish the Charles Minor Engineering Fellowship Program | NSF GRADUATE TRAINEESHIPS PROGRAM, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT | 9/1/1990 | $1,379,000.00 |
Teaching
No current teaching activities.
Experience
Program Manager Division of Undergraduate Education, the National Science Foundation 2005 - 2007 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs College of Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1997 - present Founding Director Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1992 - present Professor Engineering Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2004 - present Associate Professor Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1992 - 2004 Associate Professor Industrial Engineering, Clemson University 1990 - 1992 Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, Clemson University 1985 - 1990 Instructor Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1985 - 1985 Manufacturing Engineer IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, New York 1984 - 1984 Graduate Teaching Assistant Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1983 - 1984
Recognitions
- Virginia Tech Department of Industrial Science Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award (2009)
- Women in Engineering Proactive Network (WEPAN) - Founders Award (2008)
- National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates' Motorola Legacy Builders Award (2006)
- Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award (2006)
- Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Region III - Outstanding Commitment to Professional Development Award (2004)
- ASEE Minorities in Engineering Award (2003)
- Council of Engineering National Black Engineer of the Year Award/College Level Educator (2002)
- VT Women's Center's Advancing Women Award (2002)
- Featured as one of 10 women in Top Minority Women in Science and Engineering issue of the NTA Journal (1997)
- Charles A. Tunstall Outstanding MEP Award from the National Society for Black Engineers (1997)
- VT Affirmative Action Award (1996)
Publications
Back to TopKimbler, D.L., B.A. Watford, and R.P. Davis (1988) “Symbolic Modeling and Design Methodology,” Design Studies 9, 4, 208-213.
Kimbler, D.L., R.P. Davis, J.S. Greenstein, and B.A. Watford (1989) “A Markovian Model of Machine Control with Quality Considerations,” Applied Mathematical Modeling 13, 402-407.
Levy, J.L., B.A. Watford, and V. Owen (1989) “Simulation Analysis of an Outpatient Services Facility,” Journal of Health Systems 1, 2, 35-49.
Kimbler, D.L., R.P. Davis, B.A. Watford, and J.S. Greenstein (1993) “State Measurement and Control Action Errors Related to Product Quality,” Manufacturing Review.
Van Aken, E.M., Watford, B.A. and Medina-Borja (1999), “The Use of Focus Groups for Minority Engineering Program Assessment,” The Journal of Engineering Education 88, 3, 333-343.
Watford, B.A. and T.J. Greene (1986) “A Software Package for Bulk Material Transportation System’s Simulation: A Case Study,” Proceedings of the 1986 Annual Simulation Symposium, March.
Kimbler, D.L. and B.A. Watford (1988) “Simulation Program Generators: A Functional Perspective,” Proceedings of the SCS Artificial Intelligence Conference, San Diego, January.
Watford, B.A. and D.L. Kimbler (1988) “A Proposed College Curriculum in Simulation,” Proceedings of the 21st Annual Simulation Symposium, Tampa, March.
Watford, B.A. and R.P. Davis (1988) “Application of Artificial Intelligence Concepts to Automated Manufacturing System Control,” Proceedings of the 1988 International Industrial Engineering Conference, Orlando, May.
Govil, V. and B.A. Watford (1989) “Software for Simulation Model Validation,” Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and Simulation, March.
Moheb, M. and B.A. Watford (1991) “Development of an Expert System for Performance Evaluation of Manufacturing Cells,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, October.
Watford, B.A. and R.P. Davis (1991) “A Prototype for an Artificial Intelligence Based System for Automated Manufacturing Control,” Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Factory Automation and Information Management, Limerick, Ireland, March.
Smith, P.E. and B.A. Watford (1999) "Comparing and Contrasting Two Successful Summer Bridge Programs," Proceedings of the National Conference of the National Association of Minority Engineering Program Administrators, January.
Watford, B.A. and Hirschfield, D.A. (1996) “Clustering to Improve Retention of Women in Engineering,” National Women in Engineering Program Advocates National Conference, Denver, June.
Watford, B.A., Van Aken, E. and Smith, P. (1996) “Conducting Qualitative Research Using Focus Groups for Engineering Students” National Association of Minority Engineering Program Administrators Conference, San Francisco, January.
Watford, B.A., Gregg, M.H., and Hirschfield, D.A. (1996) “Student Retention Strategies: Gender Clustering," ASEE Southeastern Conference, Gatlinburg, May.
Van Aken, E.M., Watford, B.A. and Medina-Borja (2000), “The Use of Focus Groups for Minority Engineering Program Assessment,” National Conference of the National Association of Minority Engineering Program Administrators, Albuquerque, NM, March.
Thomas, S., Lohani, V., and Watford, B.A. (2002) “Object Oriented Analysis of Weather Data in Virginia,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Montreal, Canada, June 16-19.
Lazar, M., LaBoone, K. and Watford, B.A. (2002), “Women in Engineering Learning Community: What We Learned the First Year”, WEPAN National Conference, Puerto Rico, June.
Sexton, P., Watford, B.A., Wade, M. (2003), “Engineering Summer Camps: Do They Increase Enrollments?” ASEE National Conference, Nashville, TN, June.
Waller, T.O., Watford, B.A. (2004) “ASPIRE - Academic Summer Program Introducing Resources for Engineers,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Salt Lake City UT, June.
Watford, B.A., Artis, S. (2004) “Hypatia - A Residential Community for Freshman Women in Engineering,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Salt Lake City UT, June.
Alley, M., Lo, J. and B.A. Watford (2005) “Promoting Undergraduate Research by Creating a Research Option in a Technical Communication Course: Initial Project Phase,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Portland, OR June12-15
Watford, B.A. and Scherr, L. (2005) “WEPAN: The Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Portland, OR June12-15
Watford, B.A., Slater, C., Kampe, J.M., and Edmister, W. (2006) “Lessons Learned: Implementing a Large Scale Peer Mentoring Program,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Chicago, IL June18-21.
Martin, A., Watford, B.A., and Edmister, W., (2006) “Hypatia: A Living Learning Community for Freshmen and Sophomore Women in Engineering,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Chicago, IL June18-21.
Waller, T.O., Artis, S., and Watford, B.A. (2006) “A Pathway to Success: Increasing Minorities in Engineering Through the Pre-College Pipeline,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Chicago, IL June18-21.
Kampe, J., Edmister, W. and Watford, B.A. (2007) "Freshman Engineering Living-Learning Communities at Virginia Tech”, 2007 ASEE National Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 23-26
Waller, T.O., Artis, S.,and B.A. Watford, “The PACT: A Framework for retaining 1st Year African American Engineering Men”, 2007 ASEE National Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 23-26
Matanin, B., Waller, T. and B.A. Watford, “A STEP in the Right Direction: Student Transition to Engineering Program”, 2007 ASEE National Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 23-26
Watford, B.A. and T.J. Greene (1982) “Development of a Model for Planning and Control of Norfolk Southern’s Lambert’s Point Rotary Coal Dumping System,” Proceedings of the 1982 Fall AIIE Conference, November.
Watford, B.A. and T.J. Greene (1986) “Simulation Software for Bulk Material Transportation Systems,” Proceedings of the 1986 SCS Multiconference, January.
Watford, B.A., J. Haddock, and W.E. Kennedy, Jr. (1986) “Computer Integration Within the Industrial Engineering Curriculum at Clemson University,” Proceedings of UPCAEDM ‘86, Virginia Tech, August.
Blessing, Jay A. and B.A. Watford (1987) “INFMSS: An Intelligent FMS Scheduling System,” Proceedings of the IIE Spring Conference, May (Reprinted in Expert Systems, IIE Technical Publications, 1988).
Kimbler, D.L. and B.A. Watford (1988) “Simulation Program Generators: A Functional Perspective,” Proceedings of the SCS Multiconference, January.
Watford, B.A. (1988) “The Potential for Artificial Intelligence in the Manufacturing Environment,” Proceedings: Warp Knitting, Clemson, South Carolina, August 16-17.
Revised: 5/13/2008 5Levy, J.L. and B.A. Watford (1991) “Health Care Quality: The Patient’s Perspective,” Proceedings of the 8th National Technical Association Minority Student Symposium and Career Awareness Program, Hampton VA, April.
Van Aken, E., Watford, B.A., and Smith, P.E., “Conducting Qualitative Research Using Focus Groups for Engineering Students”, Proceedings of the 1996 NAMEPA National Conference, San Francisco, January 1996.
Watford, B.A. and A.E. Harvey (1986) “Operations Research Applications Within Transportation Industries,” Operations Research Division Newsletter, IIE, Volume XXI, No. 2, Fall.
Invited Author, Graduating Engineer and Computer Careers, “Graduate School: Turning the Tide,” April 1999. Student Support Programs, book chapter.