Robert Fithen

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Arkansas Tech University

6 h-index 18 pubs 138 cited

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Robert Fithen's research focuses on the implementation and evaluation of educational technologies and methodologies within higher education settings. His recent publications explore the use of Moodle for delivering engineering courses and for the algorithmic grading of homework assignments. He has also investigated the application of open-source software in preparing students for senior design projects and the determination of uncertainty in complex experimental procedures using MATLAB. Fithen's work contributes to understanding how digital tools and systematic grading approaches can enhance engineering education and student preparedness. He has authored 18 publications, accumulating 138 citations and an h-index of 6.

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h-index: 6
Publications: 18
Citations: 138

Selected Publications

"Experiments on Experiments, Determining Uncertainty for Complex Experiments using Matlab" (2025)

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Using Open Source Software to Prepare Students for Senior Design (2025)

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Using Moodle for Algorithmic Grading of Homework Assignments (2025)

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USING MOODLE FOR ENGINEERING COURSE DELIVERY (2022)

2010 GSW Proceedings DOI OpenAlex
Building A Web Based System For Automated Grading Of Computer Modeling Assignments. (2020)

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A Proposed Hardware in the Loop Gimbal Platform that Supports an Applied Graduate Controls Course (2017)

AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference DOI OpenAlex
Coupling of a nonlinear finite element structural method with a Navier–Stokes solver (2003)

Computers & Structures 43 citations DOI OpenAlex
A simple and efficient error analysis for multi-step solution of the Navier–Stokes equations (2002)

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids DOI OpenAlex
Hydrodynamic modeling of short-channel devices using an upwind flux vector splitting scheme (2002)

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
A simple and efficient error analysis for multi‐step solution of the Navier–Stokes equations (2002)

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Coupling of a nonlinear finite element structural method with a Navier-Stokes solver (2001)

15th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Least-squares finite element formulation for hydrodynamic modeling of semiconductor devices (2001)

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 1 citation DOI OpenAlex