Dr. Brian Frank (M'2002) received the BASc, MASc and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 1997, 1999 and 2002 respectively. He is the DuPont Canada Chair in Engineering Education Research and Development in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, and Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
From 2004-2006 he was an Educational Development Faculty Associate in the Instructional Development Centre, now the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL). From 2008 to 2016 he served as the Director of Program Development in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, and as Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) from 2016 to 2021. He is one of the founders and a past president of the Canadian Engineering Education Association.
Dr. Frank has taught courses ranging from introductory engineering design in APSC 100/101, to mechatronics, engineering communications, ECE capstone, microwave circuit design, silicon integrated circuit design, and teaching and learning in engineering. His current reaching roles include APSC 101 and ELEC 252.
For a full list of Dr. Frank’s publications, please visit his research page.
He has received the Queen's Engineering Society's Golden Pillar award, given "to faculty [or] staff members who have made an outstanding contribution to the quality of students' education." In 2011 he received the Chancellor A. Charles Baillie Teaching Award. In 2021 he was named a Fellow of the Canadian Engineering Education Association.
Dr. Frank's work has been supported by NSERC, CFI, HEQCO, and ONCAT.