Ram Vadivelu
vadivelu at asu dot edu

Education

08/08 [expected]

08/01 – 12/03

08/96 – 04/00

PhD candidate - Educational Psychology [Human Performance Improvement]
Dissertation: Strategic Analysis: Global Trends in Performance Engineering
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [GPA: 4.0/4.0]

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering [Signal Processing & Wireless Communications]
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Bachelor of Engineering [Electronics and Communications Engineering]
Madurai Kamaraj University, India

Professional  Experience

10/06 onwards

05/06 - 08/06

05/05 - 08/05

08/00 - 07/01

Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Senior Engineer – Technical Learning & Organizational Development

Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Engineering Intern

American Express Financial Services, Phoenix, AZ
Summer Intern – Global Operations

Siemens Communication Networks, Bangalore, India
S/W Development Engineer – Mobile Communications Division

Research Experience

08/05 onwards

12/04 - 08/05

08/01 - 08/02

Performance Improvement Special-interest-Group, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
Research Associate

Human Cognition, Interaction & Learning Lab, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
Research Associate

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Research Assistant – Scalable Computing Lab

Graduate Coursework

Digital Communications
Digital Signal Processing
Digital Image Processing
Wireless Communications
Multiple Regression/Correlation Methods
Analysis of Variance Methods
Advanced Operating System Internals
Human Performance Technology  

Educational Technology & Training
Instructional Media Design
Foundations of Educational Technology
Probability and Random Processes
Educational Evaluation
Design and Development of Instruction
Theoretical Views of Learning
Advanced Instructional Development

Publications 

 
Vadivelu, R. N. & Klein, J. D. (March 2008) Cross cultural Analysis of HPT: An Empirical Investigation of HPT Competencies in the Workplace in the US & South Asia. Performance Improvement Quarterly, International Society for Performance Improvement

Vadivelu, R. N. & Klein, J. D. (October, 2006) An International Cross Cultural Analysis of Trends in Corporate Training and Performance Improvement. Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual Conference, Dallas, TX

Merrill-Lusk, M. M., Atkinson, R. K., Gerber, E. C., & Vadivelu, R. N. (2006) Learning from Book-Based Examples: Testing the Generalizability of the Fading Approach and Exploring the Use of Matrices. In T. Gog (Chair), Improving learning from worked examples. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

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