Donald L. McEachron

I am a Teaching Professor and currently serve as the Coordinator for Academic Assessment and Quality Improvement for the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems at Drexel University. I have worked extensively in the areas of imaging, editing three monographs on imaging applications in biomedicine, as well as numerous papers and presentations. However, my primary biomedical research focuses on chronobiology, biological rhythms and human performance engineering. I recently published "Chronobioengineering: An Introduction to Biological Rhythms with Applications, Volume 1" (Morgan-Claypool, 2012). In association with architects, civil engineers and other engineers and social scientists, I am working in the field of Indoor Ecology, examining how built environments influence human physiology and behavior. I've published in a variety of other disciplines, including hominid evolution and education. I've served as PI or Co-PI on a variety of grants from both NIH and NSF involving autoradiographic image processing, neuroendocrinology and education. I am currently involved in the design and implementation of computer-assisted knowledge management systems to augment instruction and assist in the development of personalized educational approaches, originally funded by the National Science Foundation. I am also assisting in the development of specialized lighting systems for nursing facilities under a grant from the Green Building Alliance. In addition to my work at Drexel, I serve as Chair of the Engineering in Biology and Medicine Society, Philadelphia Chapter, IEEE Philadelphia section. In 2005 and again in 2012, I was trained as an IDEAL Scholar in assessment practices by ABET, Inc.