Richard Helps

Contact Information:

Office: 265 CTB
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
Phone: (801) 422-6305
Email: richard_helps@byu.edu

Areas of Interest:

Real time computing
Pervasive computing
Embedded Computer Systems
Teaching methods

Background:

Richard Helps has been a faculty member in the School of Technology since 1986. Member of IEEE, ACM, ASEE, SIGITE. He is also a CAC-ABET and a TAC-ABET program evaluator. He spent ten years in industry as a control systems design engineer. His primary scholarly interests are include: embedded and real-time computing with its instrumentation and control aspects and also in technology education.
He was born and raised in South Africa and is the father of 5 children.

Education:

• Degree of Electrical Engineer. Univ. of Utah 1993. (Professional graduate degree).
• MSc (Eng) Master's degree in Electrical Engineering. University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. 1986.
• BSc (Eng). Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. 1978.
• Technician's diploma in telecommunications. (3 year Associate degree). Olifantsfontein Technical College, South Africa. 1974

Publications and Patents

Selected peer reviewed publications:

• Lunt, Barry M., Wilder, Paul J., Helps, C. Richard G, "Attracting and Retaining Faculty in Engineering Technology Programs: A Study of Motivating Factors Among Faculty" Journal of Engineering Technology 21, No. 1, pp30-35, January 2004
• Waks, S. and Helps, C.R.G. " Dimensions in Electronics Education Change", International Journal for Engineering Education, v20n1, pp83-90 January 2004.
• Helps, C. Richard G., Michael G. Bailey, "Assessing Information Validity in an Internet Age", Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 2249.
• Helps, C. Richard G, "Free and Open Source Computer Software in Manufacturing", Proceedings EMCW 2004 Technical Conference
• Helps, C. Richard G, "The Unified Modeling Language Provides Insights into Notation Systems for Instructional Design", Proceedings of the Institute Of Professional Engineering Technologists (IPET) Research Conference, 2004, Pretoria, South Africa.
• Helps, C. Richard G, Mark Patterson, "Evaluation of Cooperative Competition as an Educational Strategy in Project-Oriented Technology Education", Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Session 2249.
• Helps, C. Richard G and Renshaw S.tephen R., "Design of a Flexible Case-Study Instructional Module for Operating Systems for Information Technology", Proceedings, ACM-SIGITE 2004
• Helps, C. Richard G. "Teaching Embedded Systems: From Eight Bits to Operating Systems and Networks" Session3647, Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Montreal 2002.
• Helps, C. Richard G, J. J. Ekstrom, "Developing flexible, Low-cost Networking Clusters for IT Lab Instruction" Session 261, Conference For Information Technology Curriculum III (CITC III), Rochester, New York, September 2002. Paper,
• Helps, C. Richard G., "Paradigms and Scope of Engineering Technology Education", ASEE Annual Conference, June 2001, Session 3149.