Promoted to full, tenured professor while serving in AVP role. Teaching, research, and service activities include:- Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC) Faculty Advisor (2012 - 2022)- NASA Student Launch Initiative (SLI) Faculty Advisor (2018 - 2022)- Developed and delivered "Electronics System Design" course (2021) to teach electronic design automation (EDA) , circuit board design considerations (frequency response, thermal management, etc.), and design for fabrication.

Develop, design, and execute a strategic plan for the Office of Economic and Community Development to connect and activate networks of university, business, and community partners to execute initiatives that promote healthy and vibrant communities.

- Assistant Unit Head (August 2015 - May 2018)- Hacking for Defense Course Instructor (Spring 2017, Spring 2018)- Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC) Faculty Advisor (2012 - 2022)- Venturewell and Stanford Epcienter Pathways to Innovation Team co-Leader (2014 - 2018)- University Innovation Fellows Faculty Advisor- National Academies of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Symposium (2015)- AAC&U Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) Summer Leadership… Show more - Assistant Unit Head (August 2015 - May 2018)- Hacking for Defense Course Instructor (Spring 2017, Spring 2018)- Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC) Faculty Advisor (2012 - 2022)- Venturewell and Stanford Epcienter Pathways to Innovation Team co-Leader (2014 - 2018)- University Innovation Fellows Faculty Advisor- National Academies of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Symposium (2015)- AAC&U Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) Summer Leadership Institute (2015) Show less

Co-led the leadership transition of the Office of Research and Scholarship. Primary responsibilities included oversight of academic research centers, research translation and commercialization, and external research relationship development. Informed and contributed to university-wide task force to develop recommendations to enhance research support infrastructure.

Designed curriculum for new engineering program. Developed and taught Engineering Statics & Dynamics (ENGR 212), Circuits & Instrumentation (ENGR 313), and Thermal-Fluids (ENGR 311) courses. Coordinated and mentored student capstone projects. Led summer study abroad programs in Malta and Kenya. Performed research on photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation with novel thin-film semiconductor materials.

Collaborated with leadership team to develop and enact corporate priorities. Managed the R&D team to implement, test, and deliver reliable, cost effective, and timely solutions for life-safety chemical detection applications meeting international customer and distributor requirements. Prioritized, presented, planned, budgeted, and implemented innovative research and development initiatives for future products and services. Successfully implemented an agile development process to increase… Show more Collaborated with leadership team to develop and enact corporate priorities. Managed the R&D team to implement, test, and deliver reliable, cost effective, and timely solutions for life-safety chemical detection applications meeting international customer and distributor requirements. Prioritized, presented, planned, budgeted, and implemented innovative research and development initiatives for future products and services. Successfully implemented an agile development process to increase team productivity, quickly respond to business needs, promote team self-management, and provide relevant performance metrics, resulting in a 100% on-time delivery of products and R&D objectives within a 12-month time frame. Managed successful high-visibility government security tests and demonstrations. Managed outsourced production and manufacturing partner during the prototype-to-production run transition. Guided software development team on the implementation of critical and complex pattern recognition algorithms into an industrial grade, life-safety applicable software package. Show less

Supported and performed research activities for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, worked with Avir Sensors to develop novel, low cost, hazardous chemical detction techniques, applied for research grants and funding, published journal articles, participated in research conferences, directed research staff and guided research activities, applied for (and obtained) invention patents