Experience

University of Colorado - Boulder; Boulder, CO  

Associate Professor (6/2000 -)  Assistant Professor (8/1993 – 5/2000): Tenured faculty member in the Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering Department. Research Areas; Computational Electromagnetics, Undergraduate Education and Assessment, Assistive Technology.

Interim Associate Vice Chancellor of Research (8/2001 – 8/2002): Work with the Vice-Chancellor for Research at CU-Boulder to support campus wide research activities. Worked on research policies and programs. Served on various campus committees and represented CU-Boulder research to the community.

Chair of CU System Faculty Council (7/2012 – 7/2014): Direct the CU System Faculty Council activities representing more than 3,000 tenured/tenure track faculty and 1,500 full-time non-tenure track instructors from all four campuses.  Serve as a liaison to the Board of Regents and faculty. Participate in system wide initiatives like the climate survey.  Review system-wide academic and administrative policies. Committees: Educational Policies and University Standards Committee (EPUS), Budget Committee, GLBTI Committee,Ethnic and Minority Affairs Committee, Ad-hoc Communication and Excellence Committee, Personnel Committee, Women’s Committee, Ad-hoc Salary and Climate Committee, President’s Task Force on Teaching and Technology.

Academic Management Institute (AMI); Denver CO 

Director (8/2011-7/2014):  sponsored by the Colorado Network of Women Leaders, a program of the American Council on Education (ACE).  This program brings together more than 50 up and coming leaders from the state of CO and WY colleges and universities multiple times for advanced career development.  Leading administrators from academia and the community join us for talks and discussions.  Responsible for finding the speakers and developing the yearly curriculum.   

Northwestern University; Evanston, IL  

Research Assistant (September 1988-July 1993): (under Cabell Fellowship) Developed a variety of FD-TD electromagnetic simulation models and techniques for biomedical and circuit applications. Supervised undergraduate research projects.

Cray Research, Inc.; Chippewa Falls, WI/Eagan, MN  

Intern (Summer 1991-1992, Spring 1993): Worked on the Electromagnetic Design System (EMDS). Developed finite-difference time-domain electromagnetic simulation models for complex 3-D structures, including military aircraft, multi-layered circuit board modules, and linear/non-linear digital circuits.

Waubonsee Community College; Sugar Grove, IL  

Mathematics Faculty (August 1990-December 1992): Taught courses in the mathematics department. 

Naval Research Laboratory; Washington D.C.  

Engineering Consultant  (July 1989, Sept. 1990): Developed finite-difference time-domain electromagnetic simulation codes using FORTRAN 90 for defense related applications running on a Connection High Speed Computing Machine. 

National High School Institute; Northwestern University, IL  

Engineering/Science Division Faculty (July 1990): Taught a summer course in medical instrumentation to high school juniors and seniors. Supervised independent study projects.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Batavia, IL  

Engineering Intern (Summer 1988): Wrote code to control CAMAC data acquisition cards for the superconducting super-collider magnets in the magnet development and test facility.

Co-op Education Engineering Student (August 1984-August 1987): Particle Instrumentation Group; provided technical support in the design and development of high speed, digital and analog, small signal instrumentation for the front end electronics used in particle accelerator detectors. 

University of Illinois; Urbana, IL  

Teaching Assistant (August 1987-May 1988): Re-developed and taught a biomedical instrumentation lab in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.

Physics Lab Researcher (January 1885-May 1988): Worked in a physics lab on various instrumentation and technology.