Biography

Linda Schmidt
Associate Professor
Dept of Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Systems Research

Educational Background

• Doctor of Philosophy: Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1995.
  Thesis: "An Implementation Using Grammars of an Abstraction-Based Model of Mechanical Design for Design Optimization and Design Space Characterization"”
  Advisor: Professor Jonathan Cagan
• Master of Science: Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1991.
• Bachelor of Science: Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1989.
  

Society Membership and Professional Registration

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1992-present)
• American Society of Engineering Education (1997-present)
• Pi Tau Sigma (1997-present)
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers, (2000-present)
• Society of Women Engineers, (1995-present)
  

Employment Background

• Associate Professor: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, August 2001-Present
• Assistant Professor: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, August 1995-July 2001
• Teaching and research in design topics including: theory, methodology, decision-making, and engineering education, with emphasis on developing design strategies and automated tools to aid in the conceptual design process
• Research Assistant: Department of Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, September 1988-August 1991
• Engineer: Flexible Machining Center, Sauer-Sundstrand, Ames, IA, May 1990-September 1990.

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Editorships

• Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 2002-2005.
• Associate Editor, Journal of Design and Manufacturing Automation, September 2000-September 2003.
• Co-Guest Editor Journal of Engineering Valuation and Cost Analysis, Special Issue on Decision Based Design, Volumes 2-3, 2000.
  

Book Reviewer

• Cambridge University Press
• WCB/McGraw-Hill

Journal Paper Reviewer

• AIAA Journal
• ASEE Journal of Engineering Education
• ASME Journal of Mechanical Design
• ASME Transactions, Journal of Computing & Information Science in Engineering (JCISE)
• Computer-Aided Design, Special Issue on Conceptual Design
• Computer-Aided Design, (CAD-D-05-00065)
• Engineering Design and Automation Journal
• European Journal of Operations Research
• IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computing
• IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation
• IIE Transactions
• INFORMS Journal on Computing
• International Journal of Computers Systems and Signals (IJCSS)
• Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems
• Research in Engineering Design

Other

• AAAS Project 2061, Atlas of Science Literacy, Vol, 2. 2007.,

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