Resume

• 1992

  Ph.D.

  Fibrous and Composite Materials Laboratory

  Boston University

  1992 – 1998\nGraduate Research Assistant\nDissertation: Inspection of Bonded Composites Using Selectively Excited Ultrasonic Modes\n·\tDeveloped improved nondestructive evaluation method for bond region of adhesively bonded composite plates.\n·\tNondestructive Testing: Investigated composite materials using a high precision

  high resolution

  3-axis motorized ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation scanning system.\n·\tEquipment Design: Designed and developed specialized angled incidence ultrasonic testing apparatus incorporating pulser/receiver

  function generator

  amplifier

  oscilloscope

  A/D boards

  and angle sensor components.\n·\tComputer Modeling: Developed a Mathematica computational routine incorporating analytical conclusions to evaluate the influence of incident angle and frequency on waves propagating in anisotropic plates. \n·\tTeam Management: Supervision and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate engineering students.

  Mechanical Engineering

  Graduate Teaching Fellow 1991-1992

  1997-1998\nInstrumentation & Theory of Experimentation

  Fluid Mechanics

  Energy Conversion

  Propulsion\n\nHonors:\t\t\t\t\t\nJohn H. and Helen Cary Fitzgerald Award

  1993 – 1994\nFor excellence in aerospace or mechanical engineering research.\n\"Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation and Characterization of Polymer Composites\"\n\nGraduate Research and Teaching in Engineering Fellow

  1992-1994. Department of Education Fellowship for Graduate Study.

• 1990

  German

  English

  BS

  Physics and Astronomy (double major)

  Research Assistant

  Summer 1989\n·\tCollected

  reduced

  and analyzed astronomical data at the Very Large Array

  Socorro

  NM.\n·\tReconstructed 3 cm wavelength radio telescope.\n\nAll-American Scholar

  MS

  Boston University

  Claflin Hall

  1993 – 1998\nSenior Resident Assistant\n·\tSupervised and trained fifty resident assistants for a five building

  2000 resident campus. \n·\tAdjudicated violations of the Code of Student Responsibilities. \n·\tOn call emergency response for medical

  fire

  and other crisis events.\n·\tRecognized for Contributions

  Achievement

  and Leadership.\n\t\n\tBoston University

  College of Engineering

  Boston

  MA

  1991 – 1992

  1997 – 1998\n\tGraduate Teaching Fellow\n\t\tInstrumentation and Theory of Experimentation\t\t\tFluid Mechanics \n\t\tEnergy Conversion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPropulsion\n·\t Set up and supervised 4+ hour laboratory sessions. Monitored laboratory notebooks. \n \n·\t Mentored laboratory skills.\n·\t Developed and graded course projects. \n·\tLed discussion sections. \n\nResident Assistant for Engineering Floor

  Boston University's Claflin Hall

  1992 – 1993

  Aerospace Engineering

  Selected Graduate Course Work/Computer Language Skills/Short Courses:\nEngineering Acoustics\t\t\tMechanics and Design of Advanced Composite Materials \nMechanics of Materials\t\tAdvanced Materials Engineering \nApplied Elasticity\t\t\tNumerical Analysis \nProduction System Design \t\tProduction System Analysis

• In situ observations of graphitic staples in crumpled graphene

  T1 - In situ observations of graphitic staples in crumpled graphene N2 - Graphene is an exceptionally effective lubricant additive that performs well when crumpled rather than as flat sheets. In the literature

  it has been suggested that crumpled...

  Modes of feedback in design review process: Implications for utility and effectiveness based on student gender and tone

  2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting: Tempe

  Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20701 Modes of feedback in design review process: Implications fo...

  Design Thinking in Design Education

  Surface feature variations observed in 52100 steel sliding against a thin boron carbide coating

  Boron carbide (B4C) is well known for its high hardness and wear resistance and has been used as a wear-resistant coating. If one of a pair of contact…

  Surface feature variations observed in 52100 steel sliding against a thin boron carbide coating

  Engineering

  AFM

  Tribology

  Product Development

  Lubrication

  Analysis

  Coatings

  R&D

  Science

  Design

  Materials

  Teaching

  Design of Experiments

  Research

  Surface

  Krauss

  Gordon

  Krauss

  Harvey Mudd College

  Schick-Wilkinson Sword

  The University of Michigan

  University of Michigan

  Ford Research Labs through TAC Automotive

  Too often individuals and organizations are hampered by artificial limits on their design process resulting in sub-optimal design and new products. Through a structured creative process addressing internal and systematic bias

  paradigm-breaking innovations focused on true user needs can be fully addressed and realized.\n\nMy engineering design feedback research focuses on two main points: \n1. Why didn’t anybody tell me and \n2. Why didn’t I listen when they told me?\nTo improve

  we need to know what requires improvement. Too often our users

  clients

  and peers withhold critical feedback

  perhaps in a misguided effort to be kind

  when their authentic critique will let us improve our work and our design process. My research indicates that very simple changes in how we request feedback during design reviews improves the quantity received by an order of magnitude and substantially increases the quality of feedback. This method is also perceived as more open and candid

  particularly by women in engineering. This work continues and may be broadly applicable to feedback and review in other contexts. \n\nI teach engineering with a focus on engineering design as a process

  human centered design

  bias and creativity in the design process

  new product development

  sustainability

  and the integration of the design process to include considerations for management and manufacturing. I encourage students to apply design thinking and to behave entrepreneurially. \n\nTribology:\nI am research graphene as an anti-wear lubricant additive. I work with a specially produced graphene that remains dispersed in lubricants for long periods and has shown promise in reducing boundary regime wear in pin on dis experiments. My research also includes the abrasiveness of thin

  ultra-hard coatings and their uses in reducing low cycle fatigue in sliding contacts. \n

  Harvey Mudd College

  Technical Specialist

  Tribology of thin

  hard coatings: Researching the wear properties of CVD and sputtered coatings such as amorphous Diamond Like Carbon and Boron Carbide. \n·\tExamination of micrometer and nanometer scale changes in morphology of coating and counter-surfaces using laser profilometer

  atomic force microscope

  and scanning electron microscope. \n·\tEnhancement of test apparatus for friction force measurement. Development of software to automate data analysis. \n·\tInvestigations of the chemical changes of the substrate

  counter-surface

  and wear debris. \n\nLow-cycle fatigue in bearing steels: Conducting tabletop dynamometer experiments designed to generate either surface initiated or subsurface initiated low-cycle fatigue in various traction drive components.\n·\tModeling forces and stresses in a traction drive (CVT). \n·\tSupervised installation

  configuration

  and modifications of dynamometer system. \n·\tExamination of SEM and optical micrographs to categorize fatigue damage.

  Ford Research Labs through TAC Automotive

  The University of Michigan

  Ann Arbor

  Michigan

  Director

  Metalworking Fluids Initiative\n•\tAcademic-Industrial partnership coordinating additive makers

  fluid formulators

  tool makers

  machine tool makers and end users \n•\tImproving performance and sustainability of metalworking fluids and delivery systems for traditional machining operations such as metal forming

  milling

  turning

  and grinding \n•\tResearching metalworking fluids and delivery systems including tribology

  environmental impact

  efficiency

  micro-machining and use of novel fluid delivery systems using supercritical carbon-dioxide for machining operations\n\nCourse Coordinator and Lead Instructor

  Capstone Design Course\n•\tTeaching all phases of the product design process including acquiring customer needs

  developing engineering specifications

  functional decomposition

  brainstorming

  concept evaluation

  design for manufacturing

  design for environment

  ethics

  safety

  FMEA

  engineering analysis

  communication

  prototyping

  and validation\n•\tCoordinating and conducting rigorous oral and written design reviews throughout the term for all sections of the course including analysis of engineering drawings (CAD

  typically SolidWorks or Pro-Engineer)

  Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

  timelines/plans (Gantt Charts)

  budgets

  and literature reviews.\n•\tProject development: growing the number of industrially based real world projects meaningful impact to industrial sponsors

  sponsor coordination with the course including negotiation and management of non-disclosure and arising intellectual property

  identifying non-industrial partners with challenging mechanical engineering projects\n•\tManaging projects in the in the instrumentation

  automotive

  aerospace

  defense

  energy

  bio-medical

  and pharmaceutical fields\n•\tDirect management of five teams per semester and coordination with sponsoring agencies and team guidance for over 20 design projects per term\n•\tCoordinating five faculty in instruction of the design process form specification development through validation

  Director

  Metalworking Fluids Initiative

  Course Coordinator and Lead Instructor

  Senior Scientist\n. Inventor of Hydro lubricating strip\n·\tManaged major interdisciplinary component improvement initiative from conception through development phases.\n·\tSupervised technicians.\n·\tInitiation and coordination of research collaborations with external partners.\n\nLaboratory Research\n·\tDesign of Experiments (DOE): designed

  conducted

  and evaluate experiments to evaluate biomechanical interaction. \n·\tInvestigated the frictional properties of metallic

  ceramic

  and polymer (especially elastomeric) materials in sliding contact with skin including hard (diamond like) and soft (low friction) thin coatings.\n·\tSpecialized development of physical tests of precision mechanical components during simulated and clinical use. \n·\tLinear and rotary friction force and wear testing with statistical data analysis of sliding contact experiments.\n·\tMaterial surface characterization with confocal microscopy

  scanning probe microscopy (AFM/SPM)

  Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

  and Nano-indentation testing.

  Schick-Wilkinson Sword

  Visiting Scholar

  University of Michigan