Dr. J. Paul Giolma

Associate Professor
Department of Engineering Science
Telephone: 210.999.7563
E-mail: <paul@engr.trinity.edu>

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Giolma is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Trinity University and a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. He received his BSEE degree from the University of Florida (1969), the MSEE degree (1971) and the Ph.D. (EE/Biotechnology, 1975) from Carnegie-Mellon University. After completion of the Ph.D., he served in the US Army at Brooke Army Medical Center, performing and supporting biomedical research. Upon leaving the Army in 1979, he joined the faculty at Trinity, where he has been involved in undergraduate teaching and with research in energy and in signal processing. He has served a term as department chair. Dr. Giolma has been a member of ASEE since 1981 and has served as chair of the New Engineering Educators, chair of the Gulf Southwest Section, and as a member of the Board of Directors as chair of Zone III. Besides his involvement in ASEE, Dr. Giolma is a member of IEEE (Signal Processing, Engineering In Medicine and Biology, and Education Societies), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi and NSPE.

Research Interests

Mainly biological signal processing and engineering education, with some energy systems work, as shown via selected presentations and publications

Presentations:

Integrating Engineering Topics and Design: The Value of Mini- Capstone Courses and Design in the Laboratory. Abdolsalami, F., and Giolma, J.P., Proceedings of Annual Meeting, Gulf-Southwest Section of ASEE, Baton Rouge, LA, March 1994 (reviewed abstract)

Promotion and Tenure: Designing Academic Success. Giolma, J.P. and Uddin, M. , Annual Meeting of ASEE, Urbana-Champaign IL, June 1993 (refereed abstract)

Understanding The Academic and Social Environment Helps Support Teaching, Research and Service for New Engineering Educators. Uddin, M and Giolma, J.P., Annual Meeting of ASEE, Urbana-Champaign IL, June 1993 (refereed abstract and paper).

The Secret of Engineering Education. Doderer, E.S. and Giolma, J.P. Annual Meeting, Gulf-Southwest Section of ASEE, Austin TX, April 1993 (reviewed abstract, not published in proceedings)

Searching for the Elusive "Ideal Education Program for Engineering. Doderer, E.S. and Giolma, J.P. Proceedings of Annual Meeting, Gulf- Southwest Section of ASEE, Albuquerque, NM, March 1992.

A Goals-Oriented Design Curriculum. Swope, R.D. and Giolma, J.P., Proceedings of Annual Meeting,Gulf-Southwest Section of ASEE, New Orleans, March, 1991

Defining Respiratory Epochs Using an Adaptive AR Filter. Giolma, J.P. Proceedings of 26th Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium. Ames, Iowa, April 1989.

Digital Processing of Rapid Eye Movement Signals. Giolma, J.P. Proceedings of Annual Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Syracuse, New York, August 1987.

Identification and Characterization of Rapid Eye Movements by Computer. Giolma, J.P. and Lyne, J. E. Proceedings of Annual Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Morgantown, West Virginia, June 1984. Geographic Limits for Comfort in Unassisted Roof Pond Cooled Residences. Clark, G., Fleishhacker, P., and Giolma, J.P. Proceedings of 8th National Passive Solar Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1983.

Dehumidifier Efficiency Improvement Through Sensible Cooling Recovery. Doderer, E.S, Clower, C., Giolma, J.P. Proceedings of International Passive/Hybrid Cooling Conference AS/ISES, Miami, Florida, November 1981.

Instrumentation of Passive Test Facility. Giolma, J.P., Clower, C. Proceedings of International Passive/Hybrid Cooling Conference AS/ISES, Miami, Florida, November 198l.

Manipulation of Aortic Pressure and Flow Wave Reflections with the Valsalva Maneuver. Proceedings of American Heart Association's 41st Scientific Sessions. Dallas, Texas, November 13-15, 1978.

Pulmonary Artery Input Impedance in Normal Man. Giolma, J.P. and Murgo, J.P. Proceedings of 31st ACEMB, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1978.

Aortic Input Impedance in Man During Rest and Exercise. Proceedings of American Heart Association`s 50th Scientific Sessions, Miami Beach, Florida, November-December 1977.

An Automated System of Processing Hemodynamic Signals for Research in a Clinical Setting. Proc. of the 11th International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, Ottawa, Canada, August 17, l976.

Observations on Variations of Lung and Cardiac Related Thoracic Impedance. Giolma, J.P. and Cooley, W.L., Proc. 26th ACEMB, October 1973.

Publications:

Effects of Downsizing Residential Air Conditioners on Aggregate Peak Demand, Giolma, J.P., Loxsom, F., Dieck-Assad, G. and Meister, D., Final Report to Austin Electric Utility (contract #5-28120), 1985.

Identification of Rapid Eye Movements by Computer During Discrete Tracking Tasks, Giolma, J.P. and Lyne, J.E., Final Report USAF- SCEEE, 1983.

Manipulation of Ascending Aortic Pressure and Flow Wave Reflections with the Valsalva Maneuver: Relationship to Input Impedance. Murgo, J.P., Westerhof, N., Giolma, J.P., Altobelli, S.A., Circulation Research, January 1981.

Aortic Input Impedance in Normal Man: Relationship to Pressure Wave Forms. Murgo, J.P., Westerhof, N., Giolma, J.P., Altobelli, S.A., Circulation, Vol. 62, No. 1, July 1980.

Arterial Impedance. In Quantitative Cardiovascular Studies, ed. Hwang, N.H.C., Gross, D.R., and Patel, J.J. University Park Press, Chap.3, pp 111-149, 1979.

Physiological Signal Acquisition and Processing for Human Hemodynamic Research in a Clinical Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Murgo, J.P., Giolma, J.P., and Altobelli, S.A. The Proceedings of the IEEE, Special Issue on Biological Signal Processing, March 1977.

Thesis Topic: Cardiac Related Parameters of Thoracic Electrical Impedance: The Guarded Electrode Technique, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1975.

Filtering Without Phase Shift. Longini, R.L., Giolma, J.P., Wall, D., and Quick, R.F. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. Vol. 22, September 1975.

Teaching Interests

A list of courses recently taught. I used to provide links to the University Courses of Study Bulletin, but those links aren't stable from year to year.

GNED 1300 "First Year Seminar"
GNED 1306 "Energy and Society"
ENGR 2120 "Electric Circuits Laboratory"
ENGR 2364/2164 "Electronics I/Electronics I Laboratory"
ENGR 4368 "Applications of Signal and System Theory"
ENGR 4381/82 "Engineering Design VII/VIII"
Last modified 18 August 2004