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Cyrus Aram has over 20 years of private and public sector experience in the areas of customer strate...Read more

Cyrus Aram has over 20 years of private and public sector experience in the areas of customer strategy, business transformation, planning, program, change and quality management. He has domain level expertise in customer strategy, business process transformation, lean sigma, program and change management, performance management and business controls, and thought leadership. Aram earned his MBA from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and his B.A. in English, political science and philosophy from UC Davis. He also received his Six Sigma Master Black Belt from the American Society for Quality, Black Belt certification and Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute.Read Less

Dr. Bengtson is a graduate of Iowa State University with B.S. and M.S. degrees and of the University...Read more

Dr. Bengtson is a graduate of Iowa State University with B.S. and M.S. degrees and of the University of Colorado with a PhD.He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Missouri.He has spent 30 years in engineering education in teaching and administrative positions, including six years as Dean of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.His areas of expertise are environmental engineering, hydrology and hydraulics, engineering science and renewable energy systems.He did consulting work while holding the academic positions.Prior to entering academia, Dr. Bengtson worked for Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing as a Product Development Engineer and for E.I. duPont deNemours as a Process Development Engineer. Dr. Bengtson has authored numerous publications, presentations and technical reports. He is currently active in providing continuing education opportunities for Professional Engineers and is the founder of www.EngineeringExcelTemplates.com and www.EngineeringExcelSpreadsheets.com, sites with the objective of providing inexpensive, easy to use Excel spreadsheets for a variety of engineering calculations.Read Less

Rachel Chen is an expert in operations research and supply chain management. Her work has been publi...Read more

Rachel Chen is an expert in operations research and supply chain management. Her work has been published in leading journals, including IIE Transactions, Management Science, Marketing Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research Letters, and Production and Operations Management. She taught for three years at the UC Riverside Graduate School of Management before joining the faculty at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. Chen grew up in central China and moved to Shanghai to attend Tongji University and pursue a bachelor’s degree in computer science. She obtained her master’s in management information systems from Fudan University. She received her M.S. from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and her Ph.D. in operations management.Read Less

Mr. Dega has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Transportation Engine...Read more

Mr. Dega has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Transportation Engineering. He has been practicing engineering for over 20 years that includes seven years of teaching experience. Mr. Dega has proven experience teaching Transportation, Engineering Economics and Environmental Project Management at EduMind.Read Less

Dr. Doane earned his PhD from the University of Louisville in Mechanical Engineering, and he is a li...Read more

Dr. Doane earned his PhD from the University of Louisville in Mechanical Engineering, and he is a licensed Professional Engineer in Indiana. Dr. Doane has 20 years of experience; his experience includes 10 years in industry and 10 years in academics. He is currently associate professor and chair of the engineering department at the University of Jamestown. In addition to mechanical engineering coursework, his undergraduate and graduate courses covered structural design and structural dynamics. Graduate research work focused on areas of wave propagation in elastic solids and engineering biomechanics. His industry background focuses on areas of material handling and mining. He has worked as a design engineer for conveyor companies as well as engineering design firms. Dr. Doane worked for Frontier Kemper as the Mechanical Engineering Manager working in areas of underground construction and mining equipment. His work involved all areas of design from power transmission to structural support towers. During his career, Dr. Doane has authored numerous research papers on topics including structural health monitoring, biomechanics, and engineering education. He is the author of the textbook Machine Analysis with Computer Applications for Mechanical Engineers (ISBN: 978-1118541340).Read Less

Courses under EduMind are created by our instructors.EduMind instructors are from academia and indus...Read more

Courses under EduMind are created by our instructors.EduMind instructors are from academia and industry. We believe you get the best of both worlds. Our instructorsare highly experienced inauthoring coursesfor continuing education and professional engineering review courses.Read Less

Graduated in 1958 from a fiveyear experimental engineering program sponsored by the University of Sa...Read more

Graduated in 1958 from a fiveyear experimental engineering program sponsored by the University of Santo Domingo & the University of Puerto Rico. His experience spanned for a period of fifty years: twenty years as a structural engineer,eight years as a prefabrication engineer, seven years as a geological engineer and fifteen years as a forensic engineer. He presently holds professional engineering licenses in the states of Georgia, Florida and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as a structural engineering license in the State of Illinois.Read Less

Andrew B. Hargadon is at the forefront of teaching, research, and practice in cross-disciplinary ent...Read more

Andrew B. Hargadon is at the forefront of teaching, research, and practice in cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship and is the founding director of two key centers at UC Davis—the Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Energy Efficiency Center. These centers are dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship and innovation through educational programs bridging science, engineering, and business. Hargadon received the 2009 Olympus Emerging Educational Leader Award in recognition for his strong entrepreneurship curriculum and success with the two centers. Hargadon received his Ph.D. from Stanford University’s School of Engineering, where he was named Boeing Fellow and Sloan Foundation Future Professor of Manufacturing. He received his M.S. in mechanical engineering and B.S. in engineering from Stanford University’s Product Design Program.Read Less

Tracy P. Jong, Esq. concentrates her practice on client counseling, patent and trademark application...Read more

Tracy P. Jong, Esq. concentrates her practice on client counseling, patent and trademark application preparation and prosecution, copyright procurement, licensing, technology transfer and technology exploitation. Tracy Jong is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In addition to a doctorate of law, Ms. Jong has scientific and technical training in the chemical arts as well as more than 20 years of legal experience. Ms. Jong managed a public power company for nearly eight years, overseeing major infrastructure improvements, power contracts, licensing agreements and representation at state public power organizations. Ms. Jong has prosecuted patents in a wide variety of technologies and is a frequent lecturer to attorneys and engineers on intellectual property law. She has authored several accredited PDH courses and has a blog on current issues in IP.Read Less

Mr. Layton holds a BS in electrical engineering from Auburn University, an MBA from Keller Graduate ...Read more

Mr. Layton holds a BS in electrical engineering from Auburn University, an MBA from Keller Graduate School, and is a licensed professional engineer in Georgia and North Carolina. He has over 35 years of experience in the electric utility industry. His areas of expertise include distribution design, planning, metering, system operations, telecommunications, energy efficiency, and relaying. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Mr. Layton has been involved in research projects including serving on Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) committees and Cooperative Research Network (CRN) committees. Mr. Layton has taught numerous training courses for utility professionals, has published articles concerning utility operations in various trade journals, and is the author of over 100 continuing education courses.Read Less

Mr. Lewyta has a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has been practicing en...Read more

Mr. Lewyta has a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has been practicing engineering for close to 40 years and is Board Certified by the Academy Society of Environmental Engineers and Scientists in both Water Supply and Wastewater. He is a certified Wastewater trainer by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, a certified trainer in Energy Conservation and Sustainability by the New York State Energy Development Authority, and teaches P.E. Continuing Education courses certified by the New York State Department of Education. At School of PE, Mr. Lewyta has proven teaching experience in Environmental-Water and Wastewater, Air Quality and Solid Waste, Safety, Health, Environment, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Exchanger.Read Less

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Mr. Miller has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from The Ohio S...Read more

Mr. Miller has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from The Ohio State University. Mr. Miller has over 20 years of successful sales and management experience. He has taught Project Management courses for several years and has developed several Project Management courses. Mr. Miller has a proven track record of successfully coaching students in project management.Read Less

Jim Olson founded the WestShore Management Group in April 2007 after leading several high technology...Read more

Jim Olson founded the WestShore Management Group in April 2007 after leading several high technology businesses for two Fortune companies and serving for nine years as CEO of SkyStream Networks, the top-rated IPTV video head-end provider worldwide. In April 2006, TANDBERG Television’s acquired SkyStream. Olson left TANDBERG in early 2007 when ERICSSON acquired TANDBERG for $1.4 billion. Olson is a guest lecturer at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and at the University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management where he served as Executive in Residence in 2013 and Teacher of the Year in 2016. Olson holds a BSEE degree from the University of California, Davis, and MSEE and MBA degrees from Santa Clara University. Read Less

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A partner at the law firm of Murphy Austin in Sacramento, California, B.J. Susich is also a CPA and ...Read more

A partner at the law firm of Murphy Austin in Sacramento, California, B.J. Susich is also a CPA and a former accountant. He teaches graduate accounting courses and business law at UC Davis Graduate School of Management. Susich earned a JD from the UC Davis School of Law, an MBA from UC Davis Graduate School of Management, an E-LL.M. in taxation from New York University, and a B.S. in business administration from Humboldt State.Read Less

Gregory J. Taylor is a licensed professional engineer with over 30 years of civil engineering design...Read more

Gregory J. Taylor is a licensed professional engineer with over 30 years of civil engineering design experience. He holds various degrees in Civil Engineering and Management including: B.S. Engineering and M.S. Engineering Management – UT Chattanooga; and M.S. Civil Engineering – University of Tennessee. His areas of expertise include roadway design, hydrology, erosion control, traffic layouts, plans production, signing and pavement marking.Read Less

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David Woodruff’s research expertise is in business analytics, operations and management science, pla...Read more

David Woodruff’s research expertise is in business analytics, operations and management science, planning and scheduling under uncertainty, and optimization. He has worked on applications in operations, logistics, and science and has been involved in a number of applications in electrical energy planning and scheduling. Woodruff is editor-in-chief of the INFORMS Journal on Computing, which is a publication of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science. He is presently principal investigator for additional Department of Energy funded research on grid planning in the presence of uncertainty due to renewables. Woodruff earned his Ph.D. in industrial engineering and management sciences from Northwestern University. He received both his M.S. and B.S. in industrial engineering and engineering management from Stanford University.Read Less

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