Phone: 828-227-2181
Email: kburbank@wcu.edu
Office Address: Belk 220
Website: http://paws.wcu.edu/kburbank/

Education:

• Ph.D., Brown University
• Sc.M., Brown University
• Sc.B., Brown University

Areas of Interest

Professional interests include thin film sensors and the integration of technology with classroom learning.

Selected Publications & Presentations:

• Zhang, J. Z., Adams, R., & Burbank, K.  (2005). Theory, Practice, and Systems - A new approach to teaching electronic communications with Matlab®. International Journal of Engineering Education, 21, 612-617.
• Zhang, J. Z., Adams, R., & Burbank, K. (2005). Design of RF labs using Mini-Circuits modules to improve the quality of teaching “wireless communications and systems”. World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, 4(1), 39-42.
• Zhang, J. Z., & Burbank, K. (2006). Exporting America: first technologies, then engineering management skills, what’s next? Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, ASEE.
• Adams, R. A., Zhang, J. Z., Yanik, P., & Burbank, K. (2006). A digital logic based experimental design of a DSP/communication system for ECET students. Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, ASEE.
• Keating, D. et al. (Burbank, K. as co-author) (2006). Enabling a strong U.S. engineering workforce for leadership of technology development and innovation in industry: the economic multiplier of skill-set development for engineering innovation and leadership. Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, ASEE.
• Burbank, K., Holcomb, J., Cooper-Duffy, K., & Prohn, K. (2005).  A Wheelchair Navigation System as a Collaborative Senior Project, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, ASEE.  (Presented at conference.).
• Burbank, K. (2003). QPSK Modulator: A Design Example for EET, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, ASEE.  (Presented at conference.)