Marvin I. Sarapin

Marvin I. Sarapin was appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University on July 1, 2004 after thirty years of prior experience in Higher Education. He received his Ph.D. degree from Iowa State University in 1977 and his M.S. and B.S. degrees from the State University of New York, College at Buffalo in 1973 and 1970.

Dr. Sarapin came to Purdue from Kean University in Union, New Jersey were he was extremely active in technology program development and accreditation from 1984 to 2004. At Kean, he served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Technology, was Trustee of Gamma Beta Chapter of Epsilon Pi Tau, was elected EPT Region 1 Director, and servers on the Honor Society’s Board of Directors. He has been awarded an Epsilon Pi Tau Laureate and Distinguished Service Citation. At Kean, Marvin taught courses such as Computer Aided Design, Development of Technical Documents, Manufacturing System, Computer Applications in Education and Technology, and developed a B.S. Degree Program in Computer Integrated Design and Manufacturing Technology. Prior to his appointment at Kean University, Marvin served Purdue University from 1978 to 1984 when he was an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Industrial Technology.

Marvin was an Assistant Professor and Director of the Maryland Vocational R&D Center housed at the University of Maryland, College Park from 1977 to 1978 where he supervised the State Vocational Curriculum Library and Curriculum Research and Development Staff. In addition, he had previous experience as an Instructor in the Department of Industrial Education and Technology at Iowa State University, Ames from 1973 to 1977.

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Dr. Sarapin is a Certified Senior Industrial Technologist, a National Association of Industrial Technology Accreditation Team Chair, and member of the NAIT Board of Accreditation. He has also held leadership positions in the International Industrial Technology Education Association and the Council for Technology Teacher Education and is a past recipient of the ITEA Outstanding Young Technology Educator Award. He has served on the Board of Examiners for the National Teacher’s Examination-PRAXIS and has been a state and national program reviewer. Marvin has made numerous conference presentations and has contributed to the literature in technological education over his career.

Dr. Sarapin has technical education teaching experience in public school, trade and industrial education, union, and industrial training in addition to his years of University teaching and administration. His professional interests have center in identifying and monitoring technology student core competencies; formative and summative evaluation; program assessment and accreditation; and applications of computers in technical instruction.