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Program Director over the Robotics AAS Program and Industrial Automation and Machine Maintenance AAS Program.

Wichita, Kansas, United States

Instructional faculty of #Robotics at WSU Tech. Primary instructor for all 1st year Robotics courses for a 2-year associate level accredited program. Actively manages course development and teaching of Robotics, ROS, IoT, Circuits, and PLC courses.Occasional adjunct professor for additional programs outside of Manufacturing, including summer programs and programming courses for the Electronics Technology Avionics program.

St Joseph, Michigan, United States

WERLD Rotational Program Engineer, actively engaged in development of new and innovative products at Whirlpool Corporation.First rotation as a System Integration Lead for R&D Electronics on Premium level North-American laundry solutions, including a new platform R&D product line. Developed new hardware and software solutions for laundry cycle performance and efficiency. Took active lead on electronics and software validation and performance testing. Facilitated electronics and software platform support for a low volume manufacturing build for full system consumer testing. Led a multi-disciplinary engineering team through multiple design sprints culminating in a successful greenlight of a $20 million + project and collaborative handoff to down-stream manufacturing teams.Second rotation as a Cost and Quality Engineer, managing several North American vertical and horizontal axis laundry products. Managed several product lines through COVID parts-shortage management, while completing several cost reduction and compliance project. Completed multiple cost & quality solutions for parts management and manufacturing process plans, creating up to 10% product cost savings while maintaining product performance and compliance, despite pandemic-related part shortages.

Houghton, Michigan, United States

Administrator for the Engineering Fundamentals LEarning with Academic Partners program. Assisted program faculty with recruiting, hiring, and management of 60+ part-time TA positions. Managed program recruiting, outreach, and development for a program housing approximately 1,200 new students each year. Managed contact between instructional faculty and program employees for successful course integration and participation of the LEAP Program. Provided regular assessment reviews and feedback for all 60+ TA positions, and led individual and group training and development sessions.

Houghton, Michigan, United States

Michigan Technological University Engineering Fundamentals program LEarning with Academic Partners LEAP Leader. This role acted as an enhanced TA position, providing further student and classroom support beyond a normal undergraduate course TA position. Alongside the traditional duties of grading and instructor support, as a LEAP Leader I provided classroom support to a 20-24 student section each semester. In the flipped-classroom environment of the Engineering Fundamentals program, this included answering individual questions on course content, reviewing student learning and progress in class, and providing individual and group project support as a classroom SME. Additional to the in-class and grading responsibilities, as a LEAP Leader I was in charge of development, facilitation, and assessment of a weekly 1-hour class session for my student section. These sessions included tailored review periods for material my students struggled with, as well as teaching new engineering fundamentals content. Development plans were discussed and reviewed with the course instructor, but were ultimately led by individual LEAP Leaders.Completed 5 semesters as a LEAP Leader (including a joint semester as Leader and Admin during Fall 2019 semester) and received stellar course evaluations from student and instructional feedback.