Experience

University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Teaching mechanical engineering-related undergraduate engineering courses. Doing research in the engineering education field. Advising undergraduate engineering (ME, Civil, Environmental, etc.) students. Serve on the committees at different levels. Teaching mechanical engineering-related undergraduate engineering courses. Doing research in the engineering education field. Advising undergraduate engineering (ME, Civil, Environmental, etc.) students. Serve on the committees at different levels.



Clemson University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Faculty

  • Aug 2018 - May 2022

  Teaching sophomore-level to senior-level mechanical engineering courses, instructing undergraduate student capstone design projects, and mechanical engineering laboratory. Course coordinator, laboratory instructor. Assessment Committee. Engineering Education research. Teaching sophomore-level to senior-level mechanical engineering courses, instructing undergraduate student capstone design projects, and mechanical engineering laboratory. Course coordinator, laboratory instructor. Assessment Committee. Engineering Education research.



Utah State University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Aug 2014 - Jul 2018

  Enhanced Hands-on Experimental interventions. Active learning. Unrepresentative group. Expert and novice. Resilience and retention. First-year and second-year engineering curriculum development. Cognitive/Metacognitive learning. Computer simulation and animation assisted teaching. Enhanced Hands-on Experimental interventions. Active learning. Unrepresentative group. Expert and novice. Resilience and retention. First-year and second-year engineering curriculum development. Cognitive/Metacognitive learning. Computer simulation and animation assisted teaching.



Virginia Tech

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Faculty

  • Sep 2011 - Aug 2013

  Clean energy utilization research related to fossil fuels and biomass. Lead biomass gasification project. Design lab-scale fixed bed/fluidized bed/entrained flow bed gasification test facility. Provide key gasification/pyrolysis kinetics data to develop gasification model. Clean energy utilization research related to fossil fuels and biomass. Lead biomass gasification project. Design lab-scale fixed bed/fluidized bed/entrained flow bed gasification test facility. Provide key gasification/pyrolysis kinetics data to develop gasification model.



General Electric- Global Research

• India
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Mar 2007 - Sep 2011

  Research and development related to gasification/combustion/pyrolysis. High-pressure dry feed conveyance research. CO2 recycle research. Blast Furnace Gas(BFG) utilization and Coke Oven Gas (COG) cleaning-up Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) development in China. Key member of Safety Committee and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Key member of High-Risk Operation (HRO) team. Research and development related to gasification/combustion/pyrolysis. High-pressure dry feed conveyance research. CO2 recycle research. Blast Furnace Gas(BFG) utilization and Coke Oven Gas (COG) cleaning-up Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) development in China. Key member of Safety Committee and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Key member of High-Risk Operation (HRO) team.