Dennis M. Scanlin, Ed.D

Department Rank:
Professor

Area:
Appropriate Technology

Office: Kerr Scott Hall 24
Fax: 828-265-8696
Email: scanlindm@appstate.edu

Education

BS from Pennsylvania State University
MA from West Virginia University
Ed.D from West Virginia University

Teaching Specialties

Renewable Energy Technology
Society and Technology
Sustainable Building Technology

Current Courses Being Taught

Photovoltaics
Wind & Hydro power
Contemporary Problems In Appropriate Technology

Professional Affiliations / Organizations

Amercian Wind Energy Association
American Solar Energy Society
North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association

Research Interests

Wind Energy Measurement and Assessment
Solar Food Drying
Solar Water Heating Technology
Solar Water Distillation

Selected Publications

2006 Watauga County, NC Wind Ordinance, Appalachian State
University Energy Center Newsletter, Fall 2006 “Small Wind
Initiative for Western North Carolina” Home Power, June/July,#113

2003 “Weighing Wind Energy” February issue of Appalachian Voices

2002 “Wind Power” Fall Issue of Extension News, Vol 2, Issue 2

2002 “Is Wind Energy in North Carolina’s Future” Fall issue of
Accent

2001 “Appropriate Technology Case Studies: Lessons Learned”,
Appropriate Technology for Sustainable Living, 50th Yearbook of the
Council on Technology Teacher Education, Robert Wicklein, Editor,
Chapter 10,pgs 202-222.

2000 “The PV Combiner Box”, Home Power, August/September, # 78, 52-
56 1999 “Improving Solar Food Dryers”,Home Power,February/March,
69, 32-42

1998 “The Appalachian Solar Lumber Kiln”, Home Power,
February/March, #63,50-57.

1997 “Drying Food with Solar Energy”, TECH Directions, September
1997, (57) 2,46-49.

1997 “Empirical Investigations of Solar Water Heating Technology”,
Home
Power ,April/May, 16-26
1997 “The Design, Construction and Use of an Indirect Through Pass
Solar
Food Dryer”, Home Power, February/March, 62-72.
1996 “Honduras Solar Education: An Appalachian State University
Project”.
North Carolina Sun (19) 1, Spring, 1996.
1993 “Solar Box Cooker”. TECH Directions, 53(4), 43-45.
1991 “Solar Ovens.” Katuah Journal, Issue 32, Fall 1991,pp 29 30.
1991 “Higher Order Thinking Skills in the Technology Education
Classroom”. In G. A. Edmison (Ed.), “Approaches: Teaching
Strategies for Technology Education Reston, VA. International
Technology Education Association.
1991 “Developing Critical Thinking Skills”. In G. A. Edmison (Ed.)
Delivery Systems: Teaching Strategies for Technology Education
Reston, VA. International Technology Education Association.
1989 “Appropriate Technology Education: Issues, Ideas and
Activities.” Professional Responsibilities in the Global Community:
Book of Abstracts. Association for the Advancement of Policy,
Research and Development in the Third World.
1989 Teaching Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in Vocational
Education:
A Resource Inventory for North Carolina Teachers and Administrators.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Division of
Vocational Education.
1988 Question Development for the Educational Testing Service.
1987 “Reader, West Virginia Solar Lumber Kiln”. In Solar Heated
Lumber Dry
Kiln Designs, E.M. Wengert & L.C. Oliverira (Eds.) pp. 68 69.
Department of Forest Products, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University.
1986 “An Analysis of Cognitive Growth Through FiguralProblem
Solving in Industrial Arts”. In Third AnnualResearch Report.
(NCCVTE and NC State Department of Public Instruction; August).
(Refereed).
1984 “Cognitive Growth Through Figural Problem Solving in
Industrial Arts”. (Doctoral
dissertation, University of West Virginia, 1984). Dissertation
Abstracts International,
1981 Solar Lumber Drying”. West Virginia People's Energy Network,
issue #11.
1979 “Appropriate Technology: Energy and Food Production”.(with E.
Pytlik) The Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 5, 28 33.
1979 “Classroom Applications of Appropriate Technology (AT): Energy
and Food Production”. (with B. Knight) Proceedings of the 41st
National and 8th International Annual Conference of the American
Industrial Arts Association, San Antonio, Texas.