Biography
Born and raised north of Jackson, MI, I am a product of Ganson Street Baptist Church and the Northwest School System, where I still reside with my wife and two children. I attended Michigan State University for both my undergraduate and graduate education. During graduate school, I was a member of the Automotive Research Laboratories. In addition to my academic career, I have almost a decade of industry experience as a mechanical engineer split between the automotive and defense industries.
Education
PhD: Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University 2024
MS: Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University 2012
BS: Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University 2008
Why SAU
New to teaching, SAU has provided me with an opportunity to join an academic community that is located within my family’s home area, within which we are firmly rooted. It is also an academic community that embraces and encourages my ethos as an evangelical Christian.