RAY H BECKETT, JR portrait
  • Adjunct Professor, Urban Institute for Teacher Education
  • Adjunct Professor, College Of Education-Dean
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Education

  • MBA, Graduate School of Business, University of Southern California. Project: The Facts and Falacies of Formalized Programs to Encourage Creativity in Industry
  • Ph.D., Graqduate Schol of Education, College of Education, University of Utah

Biography

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Ray H. Beckett, Jr.

Professional Preparation:

            B.S. Brigham Young University, Business Administration – 1954

            M.B.A. University of Southern California – 1963

            Ph.D. University of Utah, Educational Administration/Higher Education – 1973

Teaching Certificate:

California Junior College Teaching Credential (Life Time), Economics & Business Psychology - 1963

Appointments:

Adjunct Professor, Urban Institute for Teacher Education, College of Education, University of

Utah, 2007 – Present.

Research and Development Advisor to the President of the International University of

Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 2006 – Present.

Program Manager, Technology Venture Development, Utah Engineering Experiment Station, College of Mines and Earth Sciences & School of Business, University of Utah, 1996 – 2007.

Program Manager, Center for Coal Processing Technology, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, College of Mines and Earth Sciences, University of Utah, 1996 – 1998.

Program Manager, Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Utah (a consortium composed of 5 U.S. universities and 4 Mexican research institutes addressing environmental issues in the U.S.-Mexico border areas), 1990 – 1996.

Peer Reviewer, U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1989 – Present.

Development Adviser, College of Engineering, University of Utah, 1988 – 1996.

Interim Director, Mathematics, Engineering and Science/minority Engineering Program, College of Engineering, University of Utah, 1990 – 1991.

High School Science and Mathematics Teacher, Granite School District, 1988 -1989.  

Executive Director, Utah Consortium of Community Colleges, 1985 – 1988.

Director of Development and CEU Foundation, College of Eastern Utah (CEU), 1982 – 1985.

Research/Project Management Activities:

Co-Principal Investigator, Indo-U.S. Workshop at the Interface of Water Quality Issues and

Infectious Diseases (an international research and education workshop funded by NSF and directed by the University of Utah and the Indian Institute of science in collaboration with Madurai Kamraj University, and the University of Madras – NSF Award Number:  0929551 – $42,295).

Principal Investigator, Environmental Research and Training Project for High School Science Teachers and Students in Utah, Idaho and Washington (a pilot/demonstration project addressing environmental pollution problems, and funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation , and Autoliv Corporation – EPA Award Grant Number: NE-83057701-0    $148,000).

Co-Principal Investigator, Environmental Assessment and Reclamation of Abandoned Uranium Mine Dump Sites and Mill Tailings Piles in Kyrgyzstan (a collaborative research project between the University of Utah and the International University of Kyrgyzstan). (Funding pending – $45,000.)

Principal Investigator, Used Oil Recycling Program (a research study funded by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality – $5,000).

Principal Investigator, Environmental Issues of Concern to Utah Legislators (a research study funded by the Interim Committee on Natural Resources and the Environment, Utah State Legislature – $5,000).

Principal Investigator, Database Coordination Initiative (a research study to identify and assess environmental research and education programs, including environmental health and policy projects implemented in the U.S.-Mexico border region; funded by the EPA – $25,000).

Principal Investigator, Engineering, Science and Math Study (a research study to determine the educational needs of 2,000 junior and senior high school science and math teachers in Utah; funded by the College of Engineering, University of Utah – $2,500).

Principal Investigator, Penicillin Education Research Study (an investigative research initiative to determine the education needs of patients who have experienced anaphylaxis shock due to allergic reaction to penicillin, and perceptions of physicians concerning the education needs of patients; funded by a private donor – $60,000).

Principal Investigator, Legislative Seminars on Health and Education (a series of seminars for state legislators in the western states targeting health care and education needs; funded by the National Institute of Health and the Intermountain Regional Medical Program – $25,000).

Publications and Presentations

“Environmental Research and Training Program for Secondary School Students.” Invited paper for the North American Association for Environmental Education 35th Annual Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota  (October 10 - 14, 2006).

“Current and Future Trends in Elastic Vibration: Problems in Elastic Vibrations, Smart Structures and Their Solution Technologies”.  Paper presented at the Indo-U.S. workshop sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, India, and the National Science Foundation , and held at the University of Rookee, Rookee, India (January 2 - 5, 2001).

“Identification of Environmental Issues of Concern in the U.S. Mexico Border Region: Database Coordination Initiative.” Paper presented at the semi-annual technical conference and workshop sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Regional Offices in Dallas, Texas, and San Francisco, California, and the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP) (1996).

“Environmental Problems in the U.S. Mexico Border Region.” Paper presented at the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (BECC) Environmental Infrastructure Workshop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Secretaria de Comercio y Fomento Industrial (SECOFI), and the Border Trade Alliance (BTA), in cooperation with BECC, and the North American Development Bank (NADBank), Phoenix, Arizona (October 24, 1995).

“Environmental Issues of Concern in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region,” and “The Database Coordination Initiative.” Papers presented at the semi-annual technical conferences and workshops sponsored by the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. EPA Regional Offices in San Francisco, California, and Dallas, Texas (1995).

“A Consortium Approach to ResolvingEnvironmental Problems in the U.S. and Mexico Border Region.” Papers presented at the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission Environmental (BECC) Infrastructure Workshop sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Secretaria de Comercio y Fomento Industrial, and the Boarder Trade Alliance (BTA), in cooperation with the BECC, and the North American Development Bank (NADBank), Phoenix, Arizona (October 24, 1995); the PRO-ECO ’93 Environmental Forum and Trade Show sponsored by the Instituto Para La Proecion Ambiental De Nuevo Leon, A.C., Monterry, N.L., Mexico (May 11-13, 1993); and the International Communication and Universities Trilateral Conference, sponsored by the Secretaria de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL), Mexico City, Mexico (May 29, 1993).

Synergistic Activities

Advisory Committee Board Member, Utah Science and Mathematics Education Consortium (composed of Utah’s 9 colleges and universities), 2009 - Present; Program Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship Program, University of Utah, 2006 - Present.