(2013) Pitt Innovator Award.
PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2012
MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2007
BS, Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2003
Hodgson, M., Komaie, A., Rizzo, P., & Dickerson, S.J. (2025). Finite element model and experimental validation of a solitary wave-based tonometer. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater, 168, 107000.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2025.107000.
Clark, R.M., Besterfield-Sacre, M., Dickerson, S., & Gau, D. (2023). Impact of COVID-19 on Engineering Students in the Middle Phases of the Pandemic: Academic Motivation, Valued College Experiences, and Stress. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION, 39(1), 30-47.
Clark, R.M., Dickerson, S.J., & Christian, M. (2023). Making the Case for Applying Athletic Coaching to Support and Propagate Instructional Practices in Engineering Education. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION, 39(1), 119-128.
Hodgson, M., Rizzo, P., & Dickerson, S.J. (2023). Wireless portable transducer for nondestructive evaluation applications based on highly nonlinear solitary waves. MEASUREMENT, 214, 112760.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.measurement.2023.112760.
Jalali, H., Misra, R., Dickerson, S.J., & Rizzo, P. (2023). Remote wireless monitoring of localized corrosion using compact solitary waves. STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, 22(3), 1876-1892.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/14759217221113331.
Dickerson, S.J., & Clark, R.M. (2022). Use of SPICE Circuit Simulation to Guide Written Reflections and Metacognition. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EDUCATION, 65(3), 471-480.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TE.2021.3130033.
Jalali, H., Misra, R., Dickerson, S.J., & Rizzo, P. (2022). Detection and Classification of Corrosion-related Damage Using Solitary Waves. RESEARCH IN NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION, 33(2), 78-97.Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.1080/09349847.2022.2088913.
Misra, R., Jalali, H., Rizzo, P., & Dickerson, S.J. (2022). Wireless Node for Highly Nonlinear Solitary Wave Transducers. IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, 22(4), 3540-3552.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3136859.
Dickerson, S.J., & Clark, R.M. (2021). Simulation-Based Reflection in a Digital Circuits Course. CoED, 12(3), 1-15.American Society for Engineering Education. doi: 10.18260/ade8-83-16351.
Clark, R.M., Dickerson, S., Bedewy, M., Chen, K.P., Dallal, A., Gomez, A., Hu, J., Kerestes, R., & Luangkesorn, L. (2020). Social-Driven Propagation of Active Learning and Associated Scholarship Activity in Engineering: A Case Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION, 36(5), 1667-1680.
Misra, R., Jalali Najafabadi, H., Dickerson, S., & Rizzo, P. (2020). Wireless Module for Nondestructive Testing/Structural Health Monitoring Applications Based on Solitary Waves. Sensors (Basel), 20(11), 3016.MDPI. doi: 10.3390/s20113016.
Clark, R.M., & Dickerson, S.J. (2019). Assessing the Impact of Reflective Activities in Digital and Analog Electronics Courses. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EDUCATION, 62(2), 141-148.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TE.2018.2885720.
Clark, R.M., & Dickerson, S.J. (2018). A Case Study of Post-Workshop Use of Simple Active Learning in an Introductory Computing Sequence. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EDUCATION, 61(3), 167-176.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TE.2018.2808274.
Dickerson, S.J., & Clark, R.M. (2018). A classroom-based simulation-centric approach to microelectronics education. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, 26(4), 768-781.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/cae.21918.
Fang, Y., Yashin, V.V., Dickerson, S.J., & Balazs, A.C. (2018). Tuning the synchronization of a network of weakly coupled self-oscillating gels via capacitors. Chaos, 28(5), 053106.AIP Publishing. doi: 10.1063/1.5026589.
Fang, Y., Yashin, V.V., Dickerson, S.J., & Balazs, A.C. (2018). Detecting spatial defects in colored patterns using self-oscillating gels. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 123(21), 215107.AIP Publishing. doi: 10.1063/1.5025052.
Dickerson, S.J., & Clark, R.M. Implementation of Lessons Learned to Simulation-Based Reflection in a Digital Circuits Course. CoED, 13(1).American Society for Engineering Education. doi: 10.18260/af7d-83-11827.
Hassan, A., Dallal, A., Zaghloul, M., & Dickerson, S. (2023). Introducing High-Level Synthesis in Computer Engineering Curricula. In 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings.American Society for Engineering Education. doi: 10.18260/1-2--43845.
Dickerson, S.J., Clark, R.M., & Jiang, N. (2020). Assessment of reflective and metacognitive practices for electrical and computer engineering undergraduates. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2020-June.
Clark, R.M., & Dickerson, S.J. (2018). The use of SPICE simulation to promote reflection and metacognition in a microelectronics course. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2018-June.
Dickerson, S.J. (2017). Introducing the internet-of-things to the next generation of engineers. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2017-June.
Dickerson, S.J. (2017). A Comprehensive Approach to Educating Students About the Internet-of-Things. In 2017 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2017-October, (pp. 1-7).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/fie.2017.8190533.
Dickerson, S.J., Clark, R.M., & Jain, A. (2017). No excuses: Use of simple active learning in electrical and computer engineering. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2017-June.
Fang, Y., & Dickerson, S.J. (2017). Achieving Swarm Intelligence with Spiking Neural Oscillators. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Rebooting Computing (ICRC), 2017-January, (pp. 1-4).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/icrc.2017.8123632.
Schmidt, D.E., Sanchez, D.V.P., & Dickerson, S.J. (2017). Increasing student engagement and motivation by replacing homework with assignment-quizzes. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2017-June.
Dickerson, S.J. (2016). Preparing undergraduate engineering students for the Internet of Things. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2016-June.
Dickerson, S.J., Jacobs, S.P., Garcia, A.M., & Sanchez, D.V.P. (2016). Joint assessment and evaluation of senior design projects by faculty and industry. In 2016 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2016-November, (pp. 1-7).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/fie.2016.7757395.
Coraluppi, S., Carthel, C., Dickerson, S.J., Chiarulli, D., & Levitan, S. (2014). Feature-aided multiple-hypothesis tracking and classification of biological cells. In FUSION 2014 - 17th International Conference on Information Fusion.
Dickerson, S.J., Chiarulli, D.M., Levitan, S.P., Carthel, C., & Coraluppi, S. (2014). Dielectrophoresis-based classification of cells using multi-target multiple-hypothesis tracking. In Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2014, (pp. 1402-1405).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).United States. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943862.
Dickerson, S.J., Coraluppi, S., Carthel, C., Levitan, S.P., & Chiarulli, D.M. (2014). A Multi-Target Tracking Sensor Platform for Dielectrophoresis-Based Characterization of Cells. In 2014 IEEE Healthcare Innovation Conference (HIC), (pp. 137-140).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/hic.2014.7038893.
Schaefer, A.M., Dickerson, S.J., Foulke, L.R., Cole, D.G., & Levitan, S.P. (2012). Design of the U-PANTHER desktop nuclear plant simulator. In Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 106, (pp. 133-135).
Dickerson, S.J., Levitan, S.P., & Chiarulli, D.M. (2011). Nondestructive Optical Assay Method for Nanoscale Biological Particles in Solution. In IEEE Winter Topicals 2011, 1, (pp. 67-68).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/photwtm.2011.5730049.
Foulke, L.R., Levitan, S.P., Dickerson, S.J., Randall, J., Pacella, A., & Helling, D. (2011). A desktop simulator for nuclear engineering education. In Conference on Nuclear Training and Education 2011, CONTE 2011, (pp. 51-52).
Dickerson, S.J., Levitan, S.P., & Chiarulli, D.M. (2009). 3D Integrated Circuits for Lab-on-Chip Applications. In 2009 IEEE International Conference on 3D System Integration, (pp. 1-8).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/3dic.2009.5306597.
Dickerson, S.J., Noyola, A.J., Levitan, S.P., & Chiarulli, D.M. (2007). Three-dimensional integrated circuits for lab-on-chip dielectrophoresis of nanometer scale particles. In Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering, 6465, (p. 64650j-64650j-9).SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. doi: 10.1117/12.702150.
Chiarulli, D.M., Levitan, S.P., Dickerson, S.J., Bakos, J.D., & Martin, J. (2006). Efficient optical communications using multibit differential signaling. In Earman, A.M., & Chen, R.T. (Eds.). In Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering, 6126, (p. 61260e-61260e-8).SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. doi: 10.1117/12.644306.