He has been teaching science and engineering courses there for 25 years, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Oklahoma. He received BS and MS Degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University in 1985 and 1986, and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA in 1992. His current research interests involve affordance-based design and systems engineering, reverse engineering of complex natural systems, and the preparation of scientists and engineers for missions work within technical communities.

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