Cesar Malave, Associate Professor and principal investigator for the NSF Foundation Coalition, has taught in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Texas A&M University since 1987.
He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in computer integrated manufacturing, total quality engineering and electronic assembly systems. He is the Texas A&M University principal investigator for the NSF sponsored Foundation Coalition. The Foundation Coalition is one of six national engineering education coalitions dedicated to the innovation of undergraduate education in engineering schools. He has incorporated some of the pedagogical techniques of the Foundation Coalition in his courses by implementing continuous quality learning techniques such as teaming and active learning.

Cesar has transferred these teaming and active learning and teaching skills to other engineering professors by conducting faculty development workshops since 1993, with a special interest in international schools. His synergistic activities (funded projects and grants) include laboratory development, interaction with industry, recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups, engineering education, and international activities.


Selected Publications:

Related to Education
Fournier-Bonilla, Sheila D., K. L. Watson, C. O. Malave and J. Froyd. “Managing Curricula Change in Engineering at Texas A&M University.” International Journal of Engineering Education (to appear in 2001).

Watson, Karan and C.O. Malave. “Motivating a Change Process for the Engineering Curricula.” IEEE Transaction in Education (to appear in 2001).

Willson, Victor L., C. M. Ackerman and C.O. Malave. “Cross-Time Attitudes, Concept Formation, and Achievement in College Freshman Physics.” Journal of Research in Science Teaching (2000).

Malave, Cesar O. and K.L., Watson. “The Freshman Integrated Curriculum At Texas A&M Univerisity.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, August 1998.

Related to the technical aspects of the project Sastri, T. and C.O. Malave. "Statistical Association Learning of the Markov Decision Process." IIE Transactions 25, no. 3 (1993): 86-93.

Lee, H., C.O. Malave and S. Ramachandran. "A Self-Organizing Neural Network Approach for the Design of Cellular Manufacturing Systems." Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 3 (1992): 325-332.

Malave, C.O., T. Sastri and R. Johnson. "Prediction of Wave Solder Machine Parameters Based on Printed Circuit Board Design Characteristics." Intelligent Engineering Systems through Artificial Neural Networks 2 (1992): 833-838.

Malave, C.O. and S. Ramachandran. "A Neural Network Based Approach for the Design of Cellular Manufacturing Systems." Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 2 (1991): 305-314.

Recommended Books on Teaching and Teaming:

Covey, Stephen R. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.

Friedman, Thomas L. The Lexus and the Olive Tree. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.

Pool, Robert. Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997