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A
Addiction treatment and recovery (illegal drugs, nicotine, video games, gambling)
Aeronautics and Aerospace
Anglo-Saxon literature (King Arthur legend cycles)
Application of entrepreneurial tools to engineering projects
Applications for carbon-fiber reinforced polymers
Architectural practice (standard of care)
Assessment of adolescent risk behavior and behavioral prevention strategies
Assessment of student learning
Automotive active safety systems
Automotive industry and technology
Automotive onboard data communications
AWD system design
B
Bridge and highway construction
Building codes and regulations
Business in Taiwan and China
Business strategy and planning
C
Circuits
College and university campus planning
Community revitalization
Computer-aided design and engineering
Computer networking
Construction
Construction methodologies
Conventional and autonomous vehicle dynamics optimization and control
Cross-cultural interaction (international students in university settings, literacy and health, clinicians and patients)
D
Design
Design review
Detroit architecture
Detroit-area Middle Eastern and Jewish populations 
Digital Asset Management
Digital electronics 1
Digital electronics 2
Distance learning
Domestic architecture
E
Economics
Energy and architecture
Energy (including heat flow) and Energy Management
Energy and energy utilization
Ethics & Integrity
Experimental psychology including ethics and statistics
F
Facility management
Fluid flow applications
Frank Lloyd Wright
G
Global engineering
Globalization (factors, trends, impacts)
H
History and theory of architecture
I
Illiteracy among native-born and emigré adults
Information Systems
Innovation materials for construction
Instructional technology
Interior architecture – health care and office design
International education
International students (Saudi Arabia, China, Japan, India)
Issues in university classrooms (i.e., psychology of non-traditional students)
K
K-12 summer engineering programs
L
Lawrence Technological University heritage and history, 1932-present
Leadership (global challenges, requirements)
Learning /math anxiety among returning adult enrollees
Lighting design 
Low-impact development (“green site development”)
M
Mechatronic systems for traction and stability control; limited slip and other differentials
Myers, Elijah E. (1832-1909), architect, Michigan State Capitol and many other 19th century public buildings
N
New Orleans
New Urbanism
Noise and vibration measurements
O
Online Learning
Outsourcing
P
Power generation (traditional and emerging/alternative)
Psychopharmacology and drug effects in humans and animals
Public facilitation/community processes
Public policies
Q
Quality control
S
Service learning 
Service learning in architecture and urban design
Solar Decathlon
Spiritual and other traditions applied in design process
Stormwater management
Sustainability
Sustainability in design
Sustainable architecture
Sustainable urban design
T
Teaching and learning in architecture and design 
Teaching at the university level
Traumatic brain injury and developmental disabilities including autism
Twentieth Century architecture
U
Urban design
Urban planning/economic development
Urban Stream restoration
V
Vibration and analysis for soil-structure interaction under rotating and impact loads
Virtual Work
W
Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)

ILENE ABRAMSON
Adjunct professor of international communications
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication Department

Expertise:

• Cross-cultural interaction (international students in university settings, literacy and health, clinicians and patients)
• Detroit-area Middle Eastern and Jewish populations 
• Illiteracy among native-born and emigré adults
• Issues in university classrooms (i.e., psychology of non-traditional students)
• Learning /math anxiety among returning adult enrollees

Credentials:
Ph.D., Wayne State University, Higher/Adult Education

Abramson has taught English as a Second Language and Cross-Cultural Communication. She has designed cross-cultural communication for Healthcare Environments Communication Strategies for Healthcare Providers.

Contact:
Abramson@ltu.edu; (248) 204-3520

LISA M. ANNEBERG
Associate professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Expertise:

• Circuits
• Computer networking
• Digital electronics
• Quality control
• Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)

Credentials:
Ph.D., Computer engineering, Wayne State University, 1991

Anneberg teaches circuits, digital electronics, computer networking and lighting.
Recent publications include “Robotics Contests and Computer Science and Engineering Education,” Frontiers In Education, 2003, with CJ Chung.
 
Contact:
anneberg@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2539

BRUCE ANNETT
Executive director
Marketing and Public Affairs

Expertise:

• Lawrence Technological University heritage and history, 1932-present
• Myers, Elijah E. (1832-1909), architect, Michigan State Capitol and many other 19th century public buildings

Credentials:
M.A., public relations and advertising, Michigan State University.

Annett is the author of “Asylum: Pontiac’s Grand Monument From the Gilded Age,” 2002. He is working on “The Future in the Making: Lawrence Technological University at 75.” He has been a director of the Oakland County Historical Society for 30 years and has given many presentations on preserving local history.

Contact:
bruce@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2206

JOHN W. BOYSE
Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

Expertise:

• Automotive active safety systems
• Automotive onboard data communications
• Digital electronics

Credentials: 
Ph.D., computer, information, and control engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Boyse teaches advanced digital electronics and advanced computer applications. He was a research manager at General Motors Research & Development, where he worked for 31 years.

Contact:
boyse@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2540

DONALD D. CARPENTER
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department
Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Expertise:

• Assessment of student learning
• Ethics & Integrity
• Low-impact development (“green site development”)
• Stormwater management
• Urban Stream restoration

Credentials:
Ph.D., civil engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2001

Carpenter teaches hydraulic engineering, hydrology, river engineering and restoration, urban hydraulics, and ethics. He is co-leader of the Exploring Ethical Decision-Making in Engineering (E3) research team (http://www.engin.umich.edu/research/e3/index.html), which has established itself as an authority in engineering ethics and academic integrity.  He is faculty advisor for the Lawrence Tech student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineering Students. He has written about urban stream restoration.

Contact:
carpenter@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2549

KATHERINE CHARBENEAU
Director, English as a Second Language (ESL)
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication Department

Expertise:

• Anglo-Saxon literature (King Arthur legend cycles)
• International education
• International students (Saudi Arabia, China, Japan, India)

Credentials:
M.A., Literature, Oakland University, 1993

Charbeneau is a Lawrence Tech graduate whose father graduated from LIT in 1956. She advises the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

Contact:
Charbeneau@ltu.edu; (248) 204-3517

MATTHEW COLE
Director, psychology program
Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication Department

Expertise:

• Addiction treatment and recovery (illegal drugs, nicotine, video games, gambling)
• Assessment of adolescent risk behavior and behavioral prevention strategies
• Experimental psychology including ethics and statistics
• Psychopharmacology and drug effects in humans and animals
• Traumatic brain injury and developmental disabilities including autism

Credentials:
Ph.D., Cognitive and social psychology across the lifespan, Wayne State University, 2008
M.A., biopsychology, Wayne State University, 2002
M.S., clinical behavioral psychology, Eastern Michigan University, 1999

Cole teaches several psychology courses at Lawrence Tech. He remains involved with multiple research projects at Children’s Hospital of Michigan’s Pediatric Prevention Center including investigations of the Focus on Kids HIV/STD prevention program for high-risk youth in the United States, the Bahamas, and Vietnam. His research on adolescent risk behaviors and risk-reduction strategies has been published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, and Preventive Medicine.

Contact:
mcole@ltu.edu; (248) 204-3541

GREG FEIERFEIL
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Director, Lear Entrepreneurial Program

Expertise:

• Application of entrepreneurial tools to engineering projects

Credentials:
M.S., mechanical engineering, Wayne State University, 1976 

Feierfeil teaches courses on corporate entrepreneurship, the engineering design process, engineering projects and enterprise projects. A registered professional engineer, he has 35 years of experience working for Ford Motor Company.

Contact:
feierfeil@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2569

ANDREW GERHART
Assistant professor, mechanical engineering

Expertise:

• Aeronautics and Aerospace
• Energy (including heat flow) and Energy Management
• Fluid flow applications
• K-12 summer engineering programs
• Power generation (traditional and emerging/alternative)

Credentials:
Ph.D., mechanical engineering, University of New Mexico

Gerhart teaches courses on thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, thermal-fluid sciences, energy management, and advanced topics in fluid flow (e.g., turbulence, viscous flow, aerodynamics). He studied fluid dynamics for four years at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. He has experience developing engineering curriculum and has run summer programs for middle school and high school students.

Contact:
agerhart@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2574

NABIL F. GRACE
University Distinguished Professor
Chair, Civil Engineering Department
Director, Center for Innovative Materials Research (CIMR)

Expertise:

• Applications for carbon-fiber reinforced polymers
• Bridge and highway construction
• Innovation materials for construction
• Noise and vibration measurements
• Vibration and analysis for soil-structure interaction under rotating and impact loads

Credentials:
Ph.D., civil engineering, University of Windsor, 1986

Grace teaches courses on concrete, steel and composite design; structural analysis; testing; and the mechanics of materials. He has won more than 20 research grants and contracts totaling more than $19 million. He has a patent for hybrid ductile fabric and patents pending for composite armor structure for military tanks and an innovative corrosion-free bridge system. He is a professional engineer who worked in the private sector before coming to Lawrence Tech in 1988.

Contact:
nabil@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2556

DALE ALLEN GYURE
Associate Professor
College of Architecture & Design

Expertise:

• Detroit architecture
• Domestic architecture
• Frank Lloyd Wright
• Twentieth Century architecture

Credentials:
Ph.D., University of Virginia, Architectural History.

Gyure teaches courses in architectural history and theory, including courses specifically on Detroit, 20th Century architecture and domestic architecture.

Contact:
gyure@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2925

STEVEN K. HOWELL
Professor of mechanical engineering  
Chair, Mechanical Engineering Department

Expertise:

• Computer-aided design and engineering
• Energy and energy utilization
• Global engineering

Credentials:
Ph.D., chemical engineering, University of British Columbia
M.S., mechanical engineering, Southern Methodist University

Howell teaches thermodynamics, heat transfer and computer-aided design. He worked on nuclear power generation at a Department of Energy laboratory. He worked at Ford Motor Company in computer-aided design, knowledge-based engineering and computer-aided engineering.  The U.S. Agency for International Development sponsored his work at the University of Zimbabwe.  He started Lawrence Tech’s global engineering program with partnerships in Germany, Mexico, China, India, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Denmark. He has authored textbooks on engineering design and the mechanical desktop.

Contact:
howell@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2550

JAMIE C. HSU
College professor of management and engineering

Expertise:

• Automotive industry and technology
• Business in Taiwan and China

Credentials:
Ph.D.,  solid mechanics, Brown University, 1972

Hsu teaches graduate-level courses on strategic management and technology development. Previously he was executive director of GM Global Technology Management, the GM R&D Center and the GM Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center.

Contact:
jhsu@ltu.edu; (248) 204-3096

JOONGSUB KIM
Associate professor, College of Architecture and Design
Director, Detroit Studio Community Outreach Program

Expertise:

• Community revitalization
• Design review
• New Urbanism
• Service learning in architecture and urban design
• Sustainable urban design

Credentials:
Ph.D., environment and behavior, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2001.
Joint MSArch-MCP degrees in architecture and urban planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987

Kim, a registered architect, teaches urban design, community design, environmental psychology, architectural design and research methods in architecture. He leads the Detroit Studio, an off-campus studio facility located in the New Center area of  Detroit, which provides students with an enriched educational experience through community-based architectural, urban design and community development projects. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Contact:
j_kim@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2928

GLEN S. LEROY
Dean, College of Architecture and Design

Expertise:

• College and university campus planning
• New Orleans
• Public facilitation/community processes
• Urban design
• Urban planning/economic development

Credentials:
Master of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1976
Master of City Planning, University of Pennsylvania, 1976
Master of Architecture, Tulane University, 2004

LeRoy teaches architecture and urban design. He was a founding principal of Gould Evans Associates, an urban planning and design group in Kansas City, from 1990 to 2006. He is a fellow of both the American Institute of Architects and the American Institute of Certified Planners

Contact:
leroy@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2805

PAM LOWRY
Director, Veraldi Instructional Technology Resource Center (VITRC)
Associate professor, mathematics and computer science

Expertise:

• Distance learning
• Instructional technology
• Teaching at the university level

Credentials:
Ph.D., instructional technology, Wayne State University, 2001
M.A., mathematics, Eastern Michigan University, 1974

Lowry teaches courses on distance learning through technology, applied instructional technology, computers in education, multimedia development, calculus and mathematics. She has assisted on the AT&T grant for the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation girls summer camp at Lawrence Tech. She was the co-designer of a self-paced technical calculus book for Focus:HOPE and Lawrence Tech.

Contact:
pam.lowry@ltu.edu; (248) 204-3653

DR. THOMAS G. MARX
Professor, College of Management
Director, Doctor of Business Administration Program
Co-executive director, Center for the Study of Global Leadership and Understanding

Expertise:

• Business strategy and planning
• Economics
• Globalization (factors, trends, impacts)
• Leadership (global challenges, requirements)
• Public policies 

Credentials:
Ph.D., economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Marx teaches courses on globalization and the new economy, leadership and management, strategic planning, economics and institutions. He worked for General Motors for 28 years in economics, government relations, corporate strategic planning and public policy. He has written a book and more than 70 articles in refereed journals and delivered more than 100 presentations to business, government and social organizations.

Contact:
tmarx@ltu.edu; (248) 204-3081

ALAN MCCORD
College professor of management
Executive Director, LTU Online

Expertise:

• Digital Asset Management
• Information Systems
• Online Learning
• Outsourcing
• Virtual Work

Credentials:
Ph.D. and M.Ed., instructional technology, Wayne State University

McCord teaches courses on management information systems. He has done research in video archiving and digital asset management. He has researched and written about online learning, virtual work and information systems outsourcing.

Contact:
mccord@ltu.edu, (248) 204-2382

VIRGINIA NORTH
Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies       
College of Architecture and Design

Expertise:

• Interior architecture – health care and office design
• Lighting design 
• Service learning
• Spiritual and other traditions applied in design process 
• Teaching and learning in architecture and design 

Credentials:
Doctorate in architecture, University of Michigan

North teaches architectural research, lighting design and graduate-level architecture studios. She has been a senior designer and a design department director in the private sector. She has co-authored an instructor’s guide for lighting design and written about spirituality in the service learning design studio.

Contact:
north@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2848

EDWARD ORLOWSKI
Associate professor of architecture
Chair, Architecture Department

Expertise:

• Sustainable architecture

Credentials:
Master’s degree in architecture, University of Michigan, 1991

Orlowski teaches architectural design and sustainable architecture. He is a LEED-accredited professional

Contact:
Orlowski@ltu.edu; 248-204-2850

PHILIP PLOWRIGHT
Assistant professor
College of Architecture and Design

Expertise:

• Design
• History and theory of architecture
• Solar Decathlon
• Sustainability

Credentials:
Master of Architecture, University of British Columbia,

Plowright teaches architectural design studios, architectural theory and current issues in architecture. He is the faculty lead for Team ALOeTERRA, Lawrence Tech’s entry in the 2007 Solar Decathlon competition.

Contact:
pplowright@ltu.edu;  (248) 204-2870

BENEDETTO TISEO
Adjunct instructor, College of Architecture and Design
Architect/President, Tiseo Architects, Inc., Livonia

Expertise:

• Architectural practice (standard of care)
• Building codes and regulations
• Construction

Credentials:
B.S., architecture, Lawrence Technological University, 1978

Tiseo teaches courses on building systems, and building codes and regulations. He has been an adjunct instructor at Lawrence Tech since 1980. He has been qualified by the courts as an expert in the practice of architecture and construction. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects.

Contact:
ben@tiseo.com, (248) 888-1300

VLADIMIR VANTSEVICH
Professor of engineering
Director, master of science program in mechatronic systems engineering

Expertise:

• AWD system design
• Conventional and autonomous vehicle dynamics optimization and control
• Mechatronic systems for traction and stability control; limited slip and other differentials

Credentials:
D.Sc., automotive engineering, Belarusian Polytechnic Academy, 1992

Vantsevich founded the degree program and laboratory in mechatronic systems engineering at Lawrence Tech. He has taught a number of courses on vehicle dynamics and manufacturing design, including the use of robotics. His most recent articles were about inverse wheel dynamics and all-wheel-drive mechatronic systems.

Contact:
vantesevich@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2577

JOSEPH C. VERYSER
Associate dean, College of Architecture and Design

Expertise:

• Construction methodologies
• Energy and architecture
• Facility management
• Sustainability in design

Credentials:
B.S., architecture, Lawrence Technological University, 1976

Veryser teaches construction management and strategic planning for relocation management. His experience in the private sector includes 10 years in architecture office practice, 25 years as a corporate architect in the telecommunications industry and five years of owner representation in program management with a major architecture/engineering firm. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects.

Contact:
Veryser@ltu.edu; (248) 204-2818