Faculty Bio
  Brian P. Butz, Ph.D.
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone: 215-204-7212
Email: bpbutz@temple.edu
Website: http://www.temple.edu/imits
   
 

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, Electrical Engineering, 1971
  • M.S.E.E. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, Electrical Engineering, 1968
  • BSEE Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, Electrical Engineering, 1966

Research Interests - Website

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Intelligent Tutoring Systems
  • Interactive Multimedia
  • Software Application Systems
  • Virtual Laboratories
  • Control Systems

Selected Publications

  • Duarte, M., Mahalingam, A., & Butz, B. P. (in press, 2007). An Intelligent Universal Virtual Laboratory (UVL). IEEE Transactions on Education.
  • Diefenbach, M., Butz, B., & Mohamed, N. (in press, 2007). Development of a Multimedia Interactive Education System for Prostate Cancer . The European Health Psychologist, 9 (2), 26-29.
  • Butz, B. P. & Duarte, M. (2006). An Intelligent Tutoring System for Circuit Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Education, 49 (1), 216-223.
  • Diefenbach, M.A. & Butz, B. (2004). A Multimedia Interactive Education System for Prostate Cancer Patients. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 6 (1).
  • Butz, B. P., Miller, S. M. , Duarte, M., Wlodarczyk, B., & Cooper, R. A. (in press, 2006). WIP: An Intelligent Tutoring System for Forensic Biology. Frontiers in Education, ASEE.
  • Duarte, M. , Mahalingam, A., & Butz, B. (2005). An Intelligent Universal Laboratory. Frontiers in Education Conference.
  • Mahalingam, A., Butz, B., & Duarte, M. (2005). An Intelligent Circuit Analysis Module to Analyze Queries in the Universal Laboratory. Frontiers in Education Conference.
  • Miller, S.M. & Butz, B. (2004). Evaluation of an Interactive Multimedia Intelligent Tutoring System. International Symposium IGIP/IEEE/ASEE 2004.
  • Krishnasamy, K. & Butz, B. (2004). A Rule-Based Semi-Automated Approach to Building Natural Language Question Answering (NLQA) Systems. The 17th International FLAIRS Conference.
  • Duarte, M. & Butz, B. (2001). The Virtual Laboratory for the Disabled. Frontiers in Education Conference.
  • Butz, B. P. (2000). The Learning Mechanism of the Interactive Multimedia Intelligent Tutoring System (IMITS). Frontiers in Education Conference, T3D-11 - T3D-16.
  • Butz, B. P. (1999). An Interactive Multimedia Intelligent Tutoring System. International Conference on College Teaching and Learning.
  • Butz, B. P. (in press, 1999). Freedom of Choice in an Intelligent Tutoring System. American Society of Engineering Educators Annual Conference and Exposition, ASEE.
  • Butz, B. P. (1997). Interactive Multimedia Software for a Course in Introductory Circuits. ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM 97 World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia.

Projects

  • Butz, B. P., "Interactive Virtual Intelligent System for Scientific Inquiry in a Biology Learning Environment (INVISSIBLE)," National Science Foundation.
  • Butz, B. P., "Prostate Interactive Expert System (PIES)," National Institute of Health, Fox Chase Cancer Center.
  • Butz, B. P., "Universal Virtual Laboratory," National Science Foundation.
  • Butz, B. P., "Science, Engineering and Educator Intelligent Tutoring System," National Science Foundation.
  • Butz, B. P., "Interactive Multimedia Intelligent Tutoring System," National Science Foundation.

Present Teaching (Spring 2008)

  • CLASSICAL CONTROL SYSTEM