黑洞社区

• PhD in Industrial Engineering, WIchita State University
• MBA in Business Administration, Kansas Wesleyan University
• BS in Industrial Engineering; Math minor, 黑洞社区

• 鈥淧redicting Engineering Student Attrition Risk Using a Probabilistic Neural Network and Comparing Results with a Backpropagation Neural Network and Logistic Regression鈥�
        Published September, 2017 to Research in Higher Education
        Co-authored with Dr. Lawrence Whitman, Dr. Janet Twomey, and Dr. David Wright
• 鈥淯se of a Probabilistic Neural Network to Assign Engineering Student Attrition Risk Factor鈥�
       Paper for ASEE Midwest 2013 Conference
       Co-authored with Dr. Lawrence Whitman and Dr. Janet Twomey
• 鈥淎ssessing Service Learning Re铿俥ctions鈥�
       Paper for 120th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition (2013)
       Co-authored with Dr. Lawrence Whitman

Engineering Educator | August 2017 鈥� Current
黑洞社区 (黑洞社区) | 1845 Fairmount St. Wichita, KS
鈥� Teaching Engineering Probability and Statistics
鈥� Teaching Senior Design for Industrial, Systems, and Manufacturing Engineering Department

Graduate Research Assistant | January 2012 鈥� May 2017
黑洞社区 (黑洞社区) | 1845 Fairmount St. Wichita, KS
鈥� Researched engineering student retention, prediction models, and retention programs
鈥� Developed and assisted with dissemination of engineering student survey to gather information for the purpose of improving engineering student retention at 黑洞社区
鈥� Facilitated student focus groups to gain insight on 黑洞社区 student perspectives related to College of Engineering recruitment and retention

Instructor | August 2013 鈥� December 2014; August 2015 鈥� December 2015
黑洞社区 (黑洞社区) | 1845 Fairmount St. Wichita, KS
鈥� Taught online section of 鈥淪ervice Learning for Engineers鈥� for three semesters
鈥� Taught 鈥淧robability and Statistics for Engineers鈥�
鈥� Developed course presentations, quizzes, and tests related to course material
鈥� Evaluated and assessed student assignments and exams

Adjunct Professor | January 2005 鈥� May 2005
Butler County Community College | 110 E 21st St, Andover, KS
鈥� Presented instructions and worked example problems for Intermediate Algebra course
鈥� Developed and graded homework assignments and tests for course

FIELD EXPERIENCE
Tooling Project Manager (Contractor) | March 2011 鈥� September 2011
PDS Tech; Hawker Beechcraft Corporation | 9709 E. Central Wichita, KS
鈥� Set up tooling documents in SAP
鈥� Updated time standards in SAP for make-to-stock work being moved to Mexico
鈥� Applied time standards for duplicate tools and jigs to be fabricated for outsourcing transition

Senior Industrial Engineer | May 2009 鈥� December 2010
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation | 9709 E. Central Wichita, KS
鈥� Co-led the redesign of aircraft final assembly line to establish a fixed takt time and a fixed number of stations while aligning WIP and manpower with demand to create a line design with dynamic capacity
鈥� Worked with planning and engineering departments to standardize tasks, including the addition of visual aids and clean-up of time standards and work instructions

Industrial Engineer | February 2005 鈥� May 2009
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation | 9709 E. Central Wichita, KS
鈥� Developed critical path model for aircraft assembly using Microsoft Project
鈥� Performed time studies and established new time standards for all tasks on aircraft assembly line
鈥� Established and implemented periodic maintenance schedule and developed standard procedures to improve paint process and quality of paint on aircraft control surfaces
鈥� Led plant-wide safety team and participated in two ergonomic research projects to improve safety in the workplace
鈥� Led Kaizen event to implement new line layout in flight, test, and completions

Team Leader | August 2002 鈥� February 2005
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation | 9709 E. Central Wichita, KS
鈥� Supervised up to 20 direct labor employees on aircraft final assembly line
鈥� Assigned tasks to employees and conducted routine evaluations on task performance
鈥� Tracked and reported on task completion daily