The Dordt University engineering program strives to provide serviceable insight in the field of engineering from a distinctively Christian perspective while demonstrating the highest quality undergraduate teaching and learning; an education that will equip students for the task of life-long Christian discipleship.
Faculty Work from 2025
Extending the Bridge Connecting Chiral Lagrangians and QCD Gaussian Sum Rules for Low-Energy Hadronic Physics, Amir H. Fariborz, Jason N.E. Ho, and T. G. Steele
Gardens and Galaxies: Through Child-Like Eyes, Jason N.E. Ho
Setting Up Students for Success: Analysis of Effectiveness for Mathematics Placement, Jeff Carvell, Jason N.E. Ho, Dave Klanderman, and Sarah Klanderman
Sharc: Simulator for Hardware Architecture and Real-time Control, Paul K. Wintz, Yasin Sonmez, Paul Griffioen, Mingsheng Xu, Surim Oh, Heiner Litz, Ricardo G. Sanfelice, and Murat Arcak
Through Him, All Things Hold Together, Justin R. Vander Werff
Where Rivers Meet: Cultivating Connection to Place, Danielle Wyenberg
Faculty Work from 2024
Applying the Normative Design Approach to Civil Engineering, Justin R. Vander Werff
Bounds on 𝑎HVP,LO Using Hölder’s Inequalities and Finite-Energy QCD Sum Rules, Siyuan Li, T. G. Steele, Jason N.E. Ho, R. Raza, K. Williams, and R. T. Kleiv
Ensuring Resilience Against Stealthy Attacks on Cyber-Physical Systems, Paul Griffioen, Bruce H. Krogh, and Bruno Sinopoli
Insights into Low-Cost PM Sensors Using Size-Resolved Scattering Intensity of Cooking Aerosols in a Test House, Alok Kumar Thakur, Jonathan D. Gingrich, Marina E. Vance, and Sameer Patel
In the Wholeness of Time, Ethan Brue
Multi-Season Mobile Monitoring Campaign of On-Road Air Pollution in Bengaluru, India: High-Resolution Mapping Estimation of Quasi-Emission Factors, Adithi Upadhya, Meenakshi Kushwaha, Pratyush Agrawal, Jonathan D. Gingrich, Jai Asundi, Sreekanth V, Julian Marshall, and Joshua Apte
QCD Bounds on Leading-Order Hadronic Vacuum Polarization Contributions to the Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment, Siyuan Li, T. G. Steele, Jason N.E. Ho, R. Raza, K. Williams, and R. T. Kleiv
Reducing Attack Opportunities Through Decentralized Event-Triggered Control, Paul Griffioen, Raffaele Romagnoli, Bruce H. Krogh, and Bruno Sinopoli
Why Are There 73 Books in the Bible Used by Roman Catholics?, Paul Griffioen
Faculty Work from 2023
Data-Driven Reachability Analysis for Gaussian Process State Space Models, Paul Griffioen and Murat Arcak
Probabilistic Invariance for Gaussian Process State Space Models, Paul Griffioen, Alex Devonport, and Murat Arcak
Seasonally Optimized Calibrations Improve Low-Cost Sensor Performance: Long-Term Field Evaluation of PurpleAir Sensors in Urban and Rural India, Mark Joseph Campmier, Jonathan D. Gingrich, Saumya Singh, Nisar Baig, Shahzad Gani, Adithi Upadhya, Pratyush Agrawal, Meenakshi Kushwaha, Harsh Raj Mishra, Ajay Pillarisetti, Sreekanth Vakacherla, Ravi Kant Pathak, and Joshua S. Apte
Using Graphic Novels in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics and Physics, Jason N.E. Ho, Dave Klanderman, Sarah Klanderman, and Jim Turner
Faculty Work from 2022
A Campfire (Laptop) Story: Doing Technology, Justin R. Vander Werff
Achieving Optimal Value of Solar: A Municipal Utility Rate Analysis, Ben Saarloos and Jason C. Quinn
A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers, Ethan Brue, Derek Schuurman, and Steven H. VanderLeest
Bicycles, Bridge-Building, and Commuting Intentionally: A Review of Saving Us, Jason Ho
Effective Parameters Controlling Sterol Transfer: A Time‑Resolved Small‑Angle Neutron Scattering Study, Ursula Perez-Salas, Lionel Porcar, Sumit Garg, Manuela A.A. Ayee-Leong, and Irena Levitan
Engineering Education in Developing Nations: Progress on the School of Engineering at Northrise University in Ndola, Zambia, Jeff Gladstone, Gitogo Churu, John Tixier, and Nolan Van Gaalen
How Then Shall We Work: Should Christian Engineers Pursue Productivity?, Kayt Frisch, Michael Foster, and Justin R. Vander Werff
Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems, Paul Griffioen
The Push of a Button: Replacing Meaningful Interactions, Kevin Timmer
Faculty Work from 2021
A Moving Target Defense for Securing Cyber-Physical Systems, Paul Griffioen, Sean Weerakkody, and Bruno Sinopoli
Assessing Risks and Modeling Threats in the Internet of Things, Paul Griffioen and Bruno Sinopoli
Correlations Between the Strange Quark Condensate, Strange Quark Mass, and Kaon PCAC Relation, Derek Harnett, Jason N.E. Ho, and Tom G. Steele
Lipoprotein-Induced Increases in Cholesterol and 7-Ketocholesterol Result in Opposite Molecular-Scale Biophysical Effects on Membrane Structure, Manuela A.A. Ayee and Irena Levitan
Net-Zero Energy Districts and the Grid: An Energy-Economic Feasibility Case-Study of the National Western Center in Denver, CO, USA, Ben Saarloos and Jason C. Quinn
Reducing Attack Vulnerabilities Through Decentralized Event-Triggered Control, Paul Griffioen, Raffaele Romagnoli, Bruce H. Krogh, and Bruno Sinopoli
Resilient Control in the Presence of Man-in-the-Middle Attacks, Paul Griffioen, Raffaele Romagnoli, Bruce H. Krogh, and Bruno Sinopoli
The Bottom Line: A Christian Perspective on Engineering, Justin R. Vander Werff and Sam Walhof
Faculty Work from 2020
Ceramic Water Filter for Point-Of-Use Water Treatment in Developing Countries: Principles, Challenges and Opportunities, Haiyan Yang, Shangping Xu, Derek E. Chitwood, and Yin Wang
Decentralized Event-Triggered Control in the Presence of Adversaries, Paul Griffioen, Raffaele Romagnoli, Bruce H. Krogh, and Bruce Sinopoli
Secure Networked Control for Decentralized Systems via Software Rejuvenation, Paul Griffioen, Raffaele Romagnoli, Bruce H. Krogh, and Bruno Sinopoli
Seeking Out the Seventh Day: A Review of God's Sabbath with Creation, Ethan Brue
Software Rejuvenation Under Persistent Attacks in Constrained Environments, Raffaele Romagnoli, Paul Griffioen, Bruce H. Krogh, and Bruno Sinopoli
Universal Scale Factors Relating Mesonic Fields and Quark Operators, Amir H. Fariborz, Jason Ho, and Tom G. Steele
Faculty Work from 2019
All That Has Breath, Jeff Gladstone
An Optimal Design of a Moving Target Defense for Attack Detection in Control Systems, Paul Griffioen, Sean Weerakkody, and Bruno Sinopoli
A Tutorial on Detecting Security Attacks on Cyber-Physical Systems, Paul Griffioen, Sean Weerakkody, Bruno Sinopoli, Omur Ozel, and Yilin Mo
Finding Purpose in the Clutter: A Review of The Minimalist Home, Kayt E. Frisch
Guiding Principles for Integrally Christian Engineering Work in Industry, Justin R. Vander Werff
Is the Y (2175) a Strangeonium Hybrid Meson?, Jason Ho, R. Berg, T. G. Steele, W. Chen, and D. Harnett
Secure Networked Control via Software Rejuvenation, Paul Griffioen, Raffaele Romagnoli, Bruce H. Krogh, and Bruno Sinopoli
The Bridge Between Beauty and Functionality, Justin R. Vander Werff
Transformation of Char Carbon During Bubbling Fluidized Bed Gasification of Biomass, Kevin Timmer and Robert C. Brown
Why the Words We Use to Describe Faith Matter: A Review of Learning to Speak God from Scratch, Kayt E. Frisch
Faculty Work from 2018
Advent Traditions: What Are We Waiting For?, April Fiet, Kayt E. Frisch, and Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Dismantling the Question of "How much screen time should my kid have?", Kayt E. Frisch
Dordt College Commencement, 2018, Ethan Brue
Interpreting Scripture through Mystery, Doubt, and Ancient Lit: A Review of "Inspired", Kayt E. Frisch
Special Session: The Future of IoT Security, Sibin Mohan, Mikael Asplund, Gedare Bloom, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Ahmad Ibrahim, Negin Salajageh, Paul Griffioen, and Bruno Sinopoli
Taking the Stress out of Money, Kayt E. Frisch
Using Discipline to Build Relationship: A Review of "No Drama Discipline", Kayt E. Frisch
Faculty Work from 2017
Active Detection for Exposing Intelligent Attacks in Control Systems, Sean Weerakkody, Omur Ozel, Paul Griffioen, and Bruno Sinopoli
Announcement of the Ten Commandments, Douglas DeBoer
Create in Me a Pure Heart: A Meditation on Psalm 51, Douglas DeBoer
Culture of Comparison, Justin R. Vander Werff
Hear My Prayer, Ethan Brue
High Prevalence of Nontraumatic Shoulder Pain in a Regional Sample of Female High School Volleyball Athletes, Kayt E. Frisch, Jacob Clark, Chad Hanson, Chris Fagerness, Adam Conway, and Lindsay Hoogendoorn
Integrally Christian Engineering Scholarship: A Case Study, Justin R. Vander Werff
Living with Less, Kayt E. Frisch
Once-For-All Sacrifice, Justin Vander Werff
Shalom Seeking: Foundations of Flourishing, Kevin Timmer
Technology and the Mind, Body and Soul, Kayt E. Frisch
The Craft of Story-Telling in Engineering Education, Ethan Brue
Truth Prevails, Douglas DeBoer
Faculty Work from 2016
Anticipating Advent, Douglas DeBoer
Approximation Assessment of Photocatalytic Air Cleaning Pavements, James E. Alleman, Joel K. Sikkema, and Peter C. Taylor
Case for Christian Higher Education: Two-Year Technical Programs, Too, Joel K. Sikkema
Deliberately and Meekly Serving Our Lord, Joel K. Sikkema
God's Goodness for the Kingdom, Justin Vander Werff
How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery (Book Review), Kevin Timmer
Leper's Healing, Kayt E. Frisch
My iPhone Made Me Do It!, Kevin Timmer
Opening Eyes for the Deaf and Ears for the Blind, Ethan Brue
Our Stereotypical American Family, Kayt E. Frisch and Kurt Frisch
Physics 101: Observing Physical Creation, Kayt E. Frisch
Punch Line, Ethan Brue
Strain Energy Absorption Corresponds to Decreased Incidence of Ventricular Fibrillation in a Commotio Cordis Model, Kayt E. Frisch, Mark S. Link, and John Van Weelden
Working With an Infant, Kayt E. Frisch
Faculty Work from 2015
A Cost-Effective Integral Bridge System with Precast Concrete I-Girders for Seismic Application, Justin R. Vander Werff, Rick Snyder, Sri Sritharan, and Jay Holombo
Distinctively Christian Engineering: Implementing Guiding Principles in our Civil Curriculum, Joel K. Sikkema and Justin Vander Werff
Eco-Pietism vs. Eco-Piety, Ethan Brue
End of an Era, Nathan Miller, John Walker, and J. Coleman
Finding Your Path, Michael Foster and Justin Vander Werff
Girder Load Distribution for Seismic Design of Integral Bridges, Justin Vander Werff and Sri Sritharan
God is Creation's Second-by-Second Sustainer, Justin Vander Werff
My iPhone Made Me Do It, Kevin Timmer
Our Mandate to Work and to Keep, Justin Vander Werff
Photocatalytic Concrete Pavements: Laboratory Investigation of NO Oxidation Rate Under Varied Environmental Conditions, Joel K. Sikkema, Sae-Kee Ong, and James E. Alleman
Sola Gratia: Grace in the Engineering Curriculum and Profession, Ethan Brue
Technology at Every Moment, Justin Vander Werff
Technology is Imagination Incarnated, Douglas DeBoer
Faculty Work from 2014
Computational Strategy for Accelerating Robust Sound Source Detection in Dynamic Scenes, Kevin D. Donohue and Paul Griffioen