Administrative Experience

Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research:

1/2008 - Present, University of Bridgeport. The coordinating administrator for the Schools of Engineering, Business and Education and Human Resources. Providing leadership for the University within the areas of grant writing; review of public relations, recruiting and marketing materials; inter-school collaborations for new interdisciplinary graduate program development and/or consolidation. Managing and leading the University office of sponsored research.

Dean, School of Engineering:

7/99 - Present, School of engineering, University of Bridgeport. Coordinating school accreditation activities for various department, fund raising, pursuing coroporate relationships and international program development with other institutions, managing school budget, facilities and space management and enhancement, coordinating personnel reviews, recruiting, and RPT committees, restructuring the EE undergraduate major, pursuing CSAB accreditation, expanding external and non-traditional program offerings, initiating an M.S. program in Management of Technology, integrating the industrial design dept. offerings into existing engineering programs, cross projects and innovative syllabi development, implementing outcome assessment strategies, establishing admission, language and bridge courses criteria, and continuing school web site and client development for the academic departments.

Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Research:

2/2006 - 12/2007, University of Bridgeport. Coordination of the graduate programs at the University of Bridgeport. Facilitating inter-school collaborations for new program development and joint programming. Managing enrollment of the graduate programs. Providing leadership for fund-raising and grant writing. Fostering research and scholarship at the University.

Interim Dean, School of Business:

2/2006 - 10/2006, University of Bridgeport.

Chairman, Department of Technology Management:

5/2005 - 3/2006, School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport.

5/98 - 1/99, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport. Undergraduate and graduate curriculum development and structuring the Ph.D. program. Initiating proposals for distance learning education and internet-based continuing education classes at the dept. of computer science and engineering. Overseeing and coordinating ABET accreditation activities.

10/97 - 6/99, School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport. Establishing, managing and coordinating the Engineering Weekend programs. Implementing distance learning regular classes and continuing education classes. Establishing on-site educational classes and programs for industry. Coordinating continuing professional education classes for the local industry.

Since 9/95, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport. Research on mobile manipulation, PC-based software packages for controlling/simulating/monitoring of manipulators, service robots (tire-changing robots), prototyping and synthesis of controllers, simulators, and monitors, calibration of manipulators and singularity determination for generic robots, and algorithms for uncertainty computation from sense data.