Industrial Design Instruction

My teaching experience covers the following:

• 3.5 years as Teaching Assistant and Senior Teaching Assistant for Engineering Graphics at Ohio State
  • Led the instruction for the lab section of the course as a 19 year old Sophomore
  • Developed curriculum in conjunction with the Professor
  • Graded all course assignments for approximately 300 students
  • Advised TA team on class grading and instruction policies

• 10 years as Instructor and Program Chair for Industrial Design Technology at Cincinnati State
  • Led the development of the curriculum for this 2 year associates degree program for quarters and again for semesters, including 20 unique courses
  • Taught on average 5 courses per term, without a term off, for 10 years
  • Recruited a core team of talented adjunct instructors and assisted in the coordination of schedules each term
  • Led the effort to establish articulation agreements with Ohio State and CCS
  • Provided academic advising to over 150 students, and instruction to over 700 students
  • Enjoyed an average 96% placement rate for graduates of our program (either jobs or transfer to a 4 year school)
  • Sat on numerous college-wide committees, including chairing the College Technology Committee from 2011-2013
    • Evaluated software for the college, including: LANSchool, Starfish, R3, Elluminate Live, Datatel Colleague eAdvising, MasterCAM, Bunkspeed and others
    • Co-led the effort to replace all classroom podiums throughout the college with ADA compliant models
  • Led community outreach efforts in order to increase awareness of the college and our program
  • Led effort to offer students extra-curricular design activities, including bringing Hollywood concept artist, Andrew Probert, to Cincinnati State in 2011
  • Built the program’s model shop and technology laboratory
  • Procured Brad Hammond’s extensive human factors library for student use
  • Assisted program Co-op Coordinator with the placement of students
  • Started and co-coordinated the Cincinnati State FIRST Lego League Competition at Cincinnati State
  • Was named Volunteer of the Year in 2014 for efforts to organize and run the FIRST Queen City Regional
  • Last but not least, I keep in touch with as many former students as I can.  The things they have accomplished continue to amaze me, including:
    • Transfers from Cincinnati State to Harvard, Stanford, CCS, Ohio State, CCAD, MIT, Northbrook College Sussex, CSU-Long Beach and, of course, UC-DAAP
    • Hollywood modelmaking, including set design for Iron Man, The Aviator, Chronicles of Narnia, and many others
    • Full-time employment with companies like Frontgate, Westrock, APEX, Kinetic Vision, P&G, Haney, Logoplaste, PCA, Sonoco-Corrflex, Easy Way Products, and hundreds more

• 2.5 years as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art & Planning
  • Volunteered to co-teach the Sophomore studio class with Gerry Michaud in order to learn about the DAAP ID curriculum and get to know the students better in the Fall of 2014
  • Have developed curriculum and/or taught 8 unique courses so far, including all sections of Des Tech, ID Theory, Sophomore and Senior Studios, and Capstone Communications
  • Started and led the Digital Fabrication Day Camp for high school students beginning in June of 2015
  • Organized and led the Industrial Design Residential Camp for high school students beginning in June of 2016
  • Brought in guest speakers including Tucker Viemeister, Phil Brookshire and others
  • Provided faculty hire recommendations to the school
  • Hosted several IDSA Ohio South chapter events at the college to encourage student involvement
  • Led effort to sponsor IDSA District Conference trip funding for students going to Pittsburgh in 2015
  • Sat in on faculty meetings to contribute to curriculum development as my work schedule has allowed
  • Employed 6 DAAP ID co-op students with my consultancy, Element over the past 2.5 years
  • Brought numerous product and material samples to class, to demonstrate and discuss applications for emerging technology

I don’t condsider myself a flashy, “rock-star” designer.  Instead I prefer to be a “meat and potatoes” kind of person who has a passion for and focus on the tasks that need to be done.  I work tirelessly to provide students with the best possible educational experience, because I know that each one of them is capable of making our collective existence a better one…with the right direction, discipline and encouragement.  I am also an avid technology enthusiast, and love helping students grasp (and maybe even create) the latest and greatest software and hardware to cope with our ever-changing world.

Each of the links to your left explore a course within the curriculum at their respective institutions, providing excerpts from the most recent course syllabi, assignments, video tutorials, presentations and samples of student work.