Faculty and Staff Directory

  • Associate Chair, Engineering Fundamentals
  • Teaching Professor, Engineering Fundamentals

Research Interests

  • Active learning
  • Growth mindset
  • Blended and online learning
  • Educational methods
  • Student engagement
  • Assistant Professor, Engineering Fundamentals
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Links of Interest

Research Interests

  • Snow, Firn and Ice Physics
  • Climate Change
  • Snow Hydrological Processes
  • Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere
  • Associate Teaching Professor, Engineering Fundamentals
  • Assistant Teaching Professor, Engineering Fundamentals

Links of Interest

Research Interests

  • Sustainable Design Practices
  • Explorative Active Learning
  • Multi-phase Wave Theory
  • Robotics Learning Pedagogy
  • Assistant Teaching Professor, Engineering Fundamentals

Research Interests

  • Urban Sensing
  • Computer Vision
  • Self-efficacy
  • Educational Methods
Erin Gustafson

Erin Gustafson

  • Adjunct Instructor, Engineering Fundamentals
  • Assistant Professor, Engineering Fundamentals
  • Affiliated Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
  • Affiliated Assistant Professor, Psychology and Human Factors

Research Interests

  • Technology Adoption
  • Online Learning
  • Service Learning
  • First-year Engineering
  • Sustainability
Lea Marlor

Lea Marlor

  • Graduate Academic Coordinator
  • Adjunct Instructor, Engineering Fundamentals

Links of Interest

Specialties

  • Review of theses and dissertations
  • Write-D
  • Support for fellowship preparation
  • Graduate Faculty appointments
  • Associate Teaching Professor, Engineering Fundamentals
  • Associate Chair for BSE Programs, Engineering Fundamentals
  • Academic Advisor, Engineering Fundamentals
  • Assistant Teaching Professor, Engineering Fundamentals
  • Professor Emeritus, Engineering Fundamentals

Teaching Interests

  • Graphics
  • Visualization
  • Computer aided design

Research Interests

  • Education Methods
Darlene Saari

Darlene Saari

  • Senior Administrative Aide, Engineering Fundamentals
  • Associate Professor, Engineering Fundamentals
  • Affiliated Associate Professor, Psychology and Human Factors

Links of Interest

Jon Sticklen CV

Innovation in Education

  • Infusion of systems viewpoints to applied engineering sciences
  • Growth in enrollment achievement
  • Led a strong faculty team to systemically reimagine and implement the Tech First-Year Engineering Program

Research Interests

  • Factors enhancing student engagement in their own learning
  • Systemic approaches to distance learning that enhance active learning, and 
  • Applications of Design Thinking as an exemplar of client-centered design with application to Problem/Project-based learning
  • Assistant Teaching Professor, Engineering Fundamentals

Interests

  • Water Resources
  • Stream Restoration
  • First Year Engineering Fundamentals
  • 3D Modelling
  • Using MATLAB as a tool for modelling
Linda Wanless, PhD

Linda S. Wanless, PhD

  • Faculty Fellow
  • Professor of Practice, Engineering Fundamentals

Specialties:

  • Supports GTA/GTI orientation and training
  • Conducts teaching observations and instructor consultations