2017Â -Â Present | COO and VP Business Development, Smart Health Beacons, LLC | |
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2016Â -Â Present | Director, NSF/Missouri S&T Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site Program, Missouri University of Science and Technology | |
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January 2013Â -Â Present | Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Economics | |
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Present | Faculty Researcher, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Center for Science, Technology, and Society (CSTS) | |
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2016Â -Â 2019 | Faculty Fellow, Missouri University of Science and Technology | |
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2011Â -Â 2015 | Visiting Professor, Department of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology | |
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June 2009Â -Â January 2013 | Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Business and Information Technology | |
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December 2007Â -Â June 2009 | Professor and Department Chair, Interdisiplinary Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology | |
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2006Â -Â 2008 | Senior Director, Flextronics International, Ltd. | |
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1998Â -Â 2004 | Director, Emerging Technology, Motorola | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2018 - 2018 | “Missouri S&T Rural Entrepreneurship Scholars Course,” VentureWell, Faculty Development Grant |
Missouri University of Science and Technology | |
Colleague(s): R. Schwartz, C. Moore | |
$28,000 | |
2018 - 2018 | “Prototyping a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Single-Carrier Modulation Turbo Transceiver for Robust Underwater Wireless Communications |
National Science Foundation (U.S.) - NSF PFI-TT | |
Colleague(s): R. Zheng | |
$200,000 | |
2017Â -Â 2017 | CogniHealth+: Advanced and Remote Screening, Monitoring and Rehabilitation of Cognitive Health |
National Science Foundation (U.S.) - NSF STTR Phase 1 | |
Colleague(s): D. De, S. Das, D. Burns, M. Makos, R. Ernest | |
$225,000 | |
2017 - 2017 | “Expanding the Statewide I-Corps Site Program,” Missouri Technology Corporation, Missouri Building Entrepreneurial Capacity Program Grant |
State of Missouri | |
$100,000 | |
2016Â -Â 2016 | Building a Statewide I-Corps Site Program," Missouri Technology Corporation, Missouri Building Entrepreneurial Capacity Program Grant |
State of Missouri | |
Colleague(s): S. Das | |
$100,000 | |
2016 - 2016 | Continuation-Journey to Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” Faculty Development Grant |
VentureWell/Epicenter | |
Colleague(s): J. Lovitt, M. Zawodniok | |
$18,800 | |
2016Â -Â 2016 | Exploring Physics-the Curriculum App |
National Science Foundation (U.S.) - NSF I-CORPS Grant | |
Colleague(s): M. Chandrasekhar, D. Steinhoff, and G. Tucker | |
$50,000 | |
2016Â -Â 2016 | Improving Performance in Passive RFID Networks |
National Science Foundation (U.S.) - NSF I-CORPS Grant | |
Colleague(s): M. Zawodniok, S. Ebrahimi Asl, and I. Ferguson | |
$50,000 | |
2016Â -Â 2016 | Innovation in Education Grant Program |
Missouri University of Science and Technology - Missouri S&T Innovation Fund | |
$25,000 | |
2016 - 2016 | “I-Corps Sites: Journey to Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Missouri S&T |
National Science Foundation (U.S.) - NSF I-CORPS SITE Grant | |
$299,967 | |
2016 - 2016 | “Reliable and Low-Cost Transceiver for Underwater Wireless Communications and Networks |
National Science Foundation (U.S.) - NSF I-CORPS Grant | |
Colleague(s): R. Zheng, F. Li | |
$50,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2005Â -Â Present | Life Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | 2005Â -Â Present | Distinguished Member, Fellow, Honored Service Member, Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) | Present | Member, American Chemical Society (ACS) | Present | Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) | Present | Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | Present | Life Member, Creative Education Foundation | Present | Member, Industrial Research Institute | Present | Member, North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS) | Present | Member, Order of the Engineer | Present | Member, Phi Sigma Pi (HonorFraternity) | Present | Member, Sigma Xi (Science and Engineering Society) | Present | Member, Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) |
Honors and Awards
- Leavey Award, Freedoms Foundation for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education (2017)
- UM System President’s Award for Innovative Teaching (2017)
- Phi Sigma Pi, National Honor Fraternity, Chapter Service Key presented by the Zeta Pi Chapter at Missouri S&T (2017)
- NSF I-Corps Recognition Award (2016)
- Missouri S&T Chancellor’s Challenge Award (2016)
- Missouri S&T Faculty Experiential Learning Award (2016)
- Missouri S&T Outstanding Teaching Award in Distance Education-Excellence Award (2013)
- Missouri S&T Outstanding New Advisor Award (2013)
- Missouri S&T Faculty Service Learning Award (2013)
- Missouri S&T Outstanding Teaching Award (2012)
- United Sates Army, Captain’s Medal for Teaching Excellence (2011)
- MBA Association, Best Ever MBA Teacher (2010)
- North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS) Outstanding Service Award (1993)
- Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Outstanding Achievement Award: Engineering Structures and Properties Division (1993)
- Outstanding Achievement Award: Plastics Analysis Division (1991)
- Member of the Year Award: Plastics Analysis Division (1985)
2003Â -Â 2004 | Entrepreneurship Development Program for Executives, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‐ Sloan Management School | |
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1995 | Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway | |
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1987 | M.S. in Mechanics and Materials Science, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway | |
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1979 | B.S. in Physics, Benedictine University | |
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Contact Information
Department of Economics
Missouri University of Science & Technology
1215 N. Pine Street
Interdisciplinary Engineering Building, Room 108
Rolla MO 65409
(573) 341-4976
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