Teaching & Research

Malgorzata (Gosha) S. Zywno, M.Eng., Ph.D., P.Eng., Senior Member, IEEE

Professor; 3M Teaching Fellow (2002)
CCPE Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education (2005)


ELE639 Class, Winter 2005	Role-Playing Skit, ELE639 Class, Winter 2005	ELE639 Class, Winter 1999

My Teaching Philosophy It was published as an article in the October 2004 issue of University of Ottawa's TeachingOptions (Vol. 8, No. 1): Teaching Strategies - Gosha Zywno Major Influence on My Teaching Dr. Richard Felder, preeminent North American engineering educator, and longtime proponent of active, collaborative teaching and student engagement, author of the Index of Learning Styles, and of the Learning Model that I found to be particularly useful in designing instruction for engineering students.
Research in Engineering Education Interests Evaluation of Student Outcomes in Hypermedia Instruction Multimedia and the Internet in Engineering Education Relationship between Learning, Teaching and Cognitive Styles, and Instructional Design Collaborative Learning Alternative Evaluation Methods: Peer- and Self-Assessment Student and Faculty Attitudes towards Technology-mediated Learning Recruitment and Retention of Women into Engineering Major Research Grants SSHRC Standard Research Grant, 2006-2009 ($34,915): Students in Technology-focused vs. Humanities Programs: Learning Styles, Maturity Levels and Academic Success , as Principal Investigator, Ryerson University. Co-Investigator: Prof. Mary Frances Stewart, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.	Control Systems Online Tutorials Module, co-authored with Professor Frankie Stewart, can be found at: http://echo.ryerson.ca/flashcom/applications/controlsys/
Faculty Development Interests 2003-present LTO Faculty Associate and Awards Program Coordinator of the Learning and Teaching Office at Ryerson Completed 2004 National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI), Faculty Development Workshop, Salt Lake City, UT, June 17-19, 2004 Completed 2007 International Institute for New Faculty Developers (IINFD), organized by POD Network, IATHE (Institute for the Advancement of Teaching in Higher Education) and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, June 25-29, 2007
Control Theory Interests Linear Control Theory: Classical Process Control and Modern (State Space and Optimal) Control Intelligent Control (Fuzzy Logic) Adaptive Control for Robotics Applications Power Systems Stability and Stabilizer Design Curriculum and Courseware Development in the Area of Control, Systems Modeling and Identification
Last updated February 1, 2008.