Professional of the Year for 2007 in Education/Mathematics: Ian P. Cobham, Ph.D.

	Ian P. Cobham, Ph.D.
Industry	Education
Title	Professor of Mathematics
Expertise	Mathematics, statistics
Current Organization	Miami Dade College
Type of Organization	College
Major Product	Education
Area of Distribution	National
University/Degree	B.S., Mathematics, 1984; M.S., Mathematics, 1987; Ph.D., Educational Research, University of Miami, 1998, Coral Gables
Born	February 8, 1962, Trinidad
Honors & Awards	2003 Distinguished Faculty of the Year at Miami-Dade College Homestead Campus; NISOD Award Recipient for Excellence in Teaching from the University of Texas, Austin, 2006, 2002, 1994; The 2001-2004 Pan American International Flight Academy Endowed Teaching Chair; 1998 Nominee for the AERA's Mary Catherine Ellwein Outstanding Dissertation Award; 1998 Nominee for the NCME's Brenda H. Lloyd Dissertation Award; 2005-2008 Mary Pond Family & Friends Endowed Teaching Chair Recipient
Published Works	Author, "A Higher Education: An Important Tool in Competing in Engineering in the 21st Century", paper presented at annual regional XI meeting of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Miami, FL, Apr. 2003; Co-author, "The number of subjects needed when using continuous and noncontinuous variables in a Confirmatory Factor Analysis: A 4-factor Monte Carlo Study", paper presented at annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, Apr. 2000; "The effects of subject-to-variable ratio measurement scale, and number of factors on the stability of the factor model", paper presented at annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, Apr. 1999; "Toward a linkage between Conventional Test Theory and Information Processing Theory in a computer-based test", paper presented at annual meeting of National Council on the Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL, Apr. 1994
Affiliations	American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Educational Research Association; National Council of Measurement in Education; Chair, Quality Enhancement Plan Research Committee, Miami Dade College, 2005-present; Chair, Strategic Planning Sub-Committee on Web-CT, Miami Dade College, 2005-present
Hobbies & Sports	Sports
Career Accomplishments	Member of Graduation Committee, 2006; Chair, Screening Committee for Director of the Student Success Initiative, 2006; Member, West Campus Academics Committee, 2005-present
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