BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

BARBARA HELLAND – Associate Director of Technical Operations, Krell Institute

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

KRELL INSTITUTE

Associate Director of Technical Operations - Responsible for integrating modern computing, communication and information technologies into the K-12 classroom. For the past 6 years Ms. Helland has been involved in designing and implementing the Department of Energy's Adventures in Supercomputing (AiS) program and as a result has provided training and support in integrating technology into the classroom for teachers in over 20 middle and high schools in Iowa and California. Prior to coming to Krell Institute she was an Assistant Program Director at the Ames Laboratory. In addition to her work with K-12 computational science programs while at Ames Laboratory, Ms. Helland was also involved in establishing the Undergraduate Computational and Engineering Sciences (UCES) project and administering the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship program. In addition, she was a co-PI on the Web-based Collaborative Management Environment with scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Adventures in Supercomputing Coordinator - 1994-Present

AMES LABORATORY

Assistant Program Director, Applied Mathematical Sciences - 1989-1997
Associate Computer Scientist - 1980-1989
Assistant Computer Scientist - 1971-1980

EDUCATION:

B.S. Computer Science, Iowa State University, 1971

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Virtual Technology Advisory Committee, Desert Sands Unified School District, 1998-Present
Advisory Board, Portals Project, CCT, 1996-1998
Education Subcommittee, SCXY conferences, 1994-1995, 1991-1998

RELATED PUBLICATIONS:

E. Gentry, B. Helland and B. Summers, Adventures in Supercomputing: Scientific Exploration in an Era of Change, 1997 Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, http://fairway.ecn.purdue.edu/~fie/fie97/papers/1403.pdf

B. Helland, B. Summers, R. Allen, J. Snyder, P. Burns, D. Zachmann, C. Davis, and E. Gentry, AiS: Integrating Mathematics, Science and Technology in Precollege Classrooms, Proceedings of SITE 97 Conference, Orlando, http://www.coe.uh.edu/~coe911/HTML1997/gi_hell.htm.  

B. Helland and B. Summers, Assessment Techniques for a Learning-centered Curriculum: Evaluation Design for Adventures in Supercomputing, 1996 Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, Salt Lake City, http://www.caeme.elen.utah.edu/fie/procdngs/se6c6/paper1/96199.htm.

AWARDS:

Professional and Scientific Excellence Award, Iowa State University, 1996

COMMUNITY:

Alternative Scheduling Focus Group, 1996-1997, Ames High School
Assessment Subcommittee, 1993-1994, Ames School District
Facilities Committee, Co Chair, 1992-1993, Ames School District
Strategic Planning Committee, 1990-1993, Ames School District
City-Wide Parent Teacher Council President, 1994-1995

COLLABORATORS:

James Corones, Krell Institute
Margaret Honey, Katie McMillan, Kallen Tsikalas, CCT
David Zachmann, Pat Burns, Colorado State University
Ginger Caldwell, NCAR
Carl Davis, Edna Gentry, University of Alabama at Huntsville
Barbara Summers, C. E. Oliver, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Richard Allen, Sandia National Laboratories-New Mexico

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LAST UPDATED: 03/30/2000