Associate Dean School of Engineering, College of Aviation, Worldwide Campus, July 2024 to present.
Tenured Professor of Engineering, July 2024 to present.
Interim Department Head of Mechanical Engineering, July 2023 to July 2024. I had a one-year contract as interim Department Head with time-critical expectations through The Registry, an interim search firm. Due to the contract, I am not eligible to be the permanent Department Head.
Professor of Practice, July 2023 to July 2024.
Interim Dean of Engineering, January 2023 to Jue 2023. I had a six-month contract as interim Dean with time-critical expectations through The Registry, an interim search firm. Due to the contract, I am not eligible to be the permanent Dean. Furthermore, I served on the permanent Dean search committee.
Interim Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences, July 2022 to August 2022. I had a one-year contract as interim Dean with time-critical expectations through The Registry, an interim search firm. Due to the contract, I am not eligible to be the permanent Dean. The permanent Dean search went better than expected, and I served for two months.
Dean of Engineering, August 2017 to June 2020.
Tenured Professor of Mechanical Engineering, August 2017 to August 2021.
Dean of Engineering, September 2011 to August 2017.
Inaugural Holder Clay N. Hixson Chair for Engineering Leadership, August 2011 to August 2017.
Tenured Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Full Membership on Graduate Faculty, August 2011 to August 2017.
Department Head of Mechanical Engineering, September 2004 to June 2010 (One Five Year Term plus One Year).
Inaugural Twenty-first Century Leadership Chair in Mechanical Engineering, September 2007 to June 2010.
Tenured Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Graduate Faculty Member, September 2004 to August 2011.
Professor of Engineering Mechanics and Design, Mechanical Engineering Department, July 2000 to August 2004.
Director of Engineering Mechanics, September 1995 to August 2004.
Russell D. Searle Distinguished Instructor, July 1994 to June 1995.
Tenured Associate Professor, July, 1991.
Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics, July 1990 to June 2000.
Assistant Professor of Engineering Mechanics, August 1985 to June 1990.
Case Western Reserve University, Department of Civil Engineering, Cleveland, Ohio.
Research Assistant, June 1982 to May 1984 and August 1984 to July 1985.
Teaching Assistant in Statics, January 1982 to May 1982.
Cuyahoga Community College, Engineering Technology Department, Cleveland, Ohio.
Instructor in Architectural Engineering Technology, March 1984 to June 1984.
Northwestern University, Department of Civil Engineering, Evanston, Illinois.
Research Assistant, June 1981 to December 1981.
Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), Department of Architectural and Building Construction Engineering Technology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Instructor in Sanitary Systems, February 1980 to May 1980.
Grader in Concrete Design II, November 1979 to February 1980.