Our Team

With our instructors and faculty designing and delivering innovative learning experiences, the team at ME-OPE connects learners to the greatest minds in engineering. Our goal is to ensure all learners benefit from an educational experience that is among the finest in the world.

Leadership

Unit Staff

Faculty Advisory Board

  • Carol Menassa, PhD
    Chair, ME-OPE Faculty Advisory Board Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
  • Todd Allen, PhD
    Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences (NERS)
  • Xiuli Chao, PhD
    Industrial Operations Engineering (IOE)
  • Brent Gillespie, PhD
    Michigan Robotics
  • Mary-Ann Mycek, PhD
    Biomedical Engineering (BME)
  • Raj Nadakuditi, PhD
    Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
  • Ferdinand Poudeu, PhD
    Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
  • Tuija Pulkkinen, PhD
    Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering (CLASP)

    Ex-Officio Members

  • Krista Rule Wigginton, PhD
    Associate Dean for Graduate & Professional Education
  • Chris LaBelle, EdD
    Executive Director for Online and Professional Education, ME-OPE
  • Vineet Kamat, PhD
    Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)