About John K. Estell (Edit profile)

JOHN K. ESTELL is a Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern University. He received his BS in Computer Science and Engineering degree from The University of Toledo and both his MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Much of his research involves design education pedagogy, including formative assessment of client-student interactions, modeling sources of engineering design constraints, and applying the entrepreneurial mindset to first-year programming projects through student engagement in client-based educational software development. Estell is also known for his research on streamlining student outcomes assessment processes and has been an invited presenter at the ABET Symposium on multiple occasions. He has been involved in ABET as a program evaluator, commissioner, executive committee member, and subcommittee chair on the Accreditation Council Training Committee. He is a Fellow of ASEE and currently serves as a member of the ASEE Board of Directors.