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About Us
Edward
Lumsdaine is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical
Engineering at Michigan Technological University Over
the span of 20 years he has developed and widely
published (with his wife Monika Lumsdaine) a creative
problem solving model and process applicable to many
disciplines. Since his retirement as professor of
mechanical engineering at Michigan Technological
University (USA) in 2015, he continues to reach out as
consultant on engineering and entrepreneurship
education.
Professor
Lumsdaine served for many years as a management
consultant in education and training at Ford Motor
Company. He has also taught at several Universities in
the USA (New Mexico State University, South Dakota State
University, University of Michigan-Dearborn, the
University of Toledo, and Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology). He also spent one year as distinguished
visiting professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. His
overseas teaching experience includes visiting
professorships at Cairo University, University of
Nottingham, and Qatar University. In addition, he served
as Dean of Engineering at three institutions, where he
developed faculty development programs for teaching
excellence and was involved in curriculum restructuring,
particularly in the area of engineering design and
innovation. For many years, he has taught creative
problem solving and entrepreneurship short courses in
Singapore, Korea, and Malaysia.
Professor
Lumsdaine has published over 100 journal and conference
articles in the fields of aero-acoustics, fluid
mechanics, heat transfer, solar energy, teaching with
microcomputers, and robust design, with his most recent
research in the area of how students think and learn. He
has co-authored several books based on his creative
problem solving model. He is a Fellow of ASME. In 1994
he received the Chester F. Carlson (Inventor of XEROX)
award for innovation in engineering education from
Xerox/ASEE. He has recently published the adventurous
story of his youth (see amazon.com/author/lumsdaine).
Contact info: lumsdain@mtu.edu
Cell
phone: 313-402-5442
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