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Division of Business and EngineeringBusiness and Engineering FacultyAAgee, Dr. Mark D.
Anwar, Dr. Sohail
BBarnes, Mr. David
David Barnes teaches in the areas of Information Sciences and Technology and Security and Risk Analysis. His research interests include operating systems, computer and network security, forensics and risk. Information on courses he teaches can be found at www.personal.psu.edu/drb21. He has an A.B. in economics from Duke University and a J.D. from the Penn State University Dickinson School of Law.
Batzel, Dr. Todd D.
Todd D. Batzel received the B.S. and PhD. degrees in electrical engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, in 1984 and 2000, respectively, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, in 1989. Currently, he is an associate professor of electrical engineering at Penn State Altoona. His research interests include electric machines, electric motor controls, power electronics, predictive diagnostics for electric machinery, artificial intelligence applications to control, and embedded control systems.
Beaver, Mr. Eric J.
Belsterling, Mr. Robert E.
Mr. Belsterling has 25 years of experience in Accounting, Management and Consulting. He was employed by an international firm, a regional CPA firm, and worked in the Automobile Industry for 17 years, most recently as a Controller for one of the 100 largest auto groups in the United States. Mr. Belsterling has experience in Human Resources Management, Marketing, Inventory Management, Customer Relationship Management and Management Information Systems administration. As a sole proprietor, he has provided representation for clients in connection with business acquisitions, as well as sales, and he has prepared corporate tax returns, financial statements and business valuations for clients in Real Estate, Engineering, the Transportation Industry and the Automobile Industry. Mr. Belsterling has also served as President and Chairman of the Board for a Non-Profit organization. He received his B.S. in Accounting and his Master of Business Administration degree from Waynesburg University.
Bon, Ms. Donna
CCarnicella, Mr. John
Comanescu, Dr. Mihai
Mihai Comanescu received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering form Bucharest Polytechnic University in 1992 and his M.S. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, in 2001 and 2005 respectively. He is currently an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Penn State Altoona. His research interests are in the areas of power conversion, power electronics, AC motor drives, sliding mode control and renewable energy. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the Industrial Electronics Society.
Conrad, Mr. Adam
DDuncan, Dr. David J.
EEngelbret, Dr. William G.
FFerrara, Ms. Irene M.
Irene Ferrara joined the engineering faculty at Penn State Altoona in August 1995. Currently, she is the Coordinator of the Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology program, a position she has held since January 2005. In the past, she has taught classes in computer-aided design, programmable logic controllers, quality control, career preparation and job skills, and materials science. Irene received her B.S. in Engineering Science from the Pennsylvania State University and her M.S. in Mechanics and Materials Science from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Fiore, Mr. Patrick J.
GGirard, Dr. Tulay
Dr. Girard has been teaching at Penn State Altoona since August 2004. She has taught consumer behavior, marketing research, principles of marketing, contemporary american marketing, internet marketing, marketing strategy, entrepreneurial marketing, and leadership and motivation courses. Besides teaching undergraduate courses and doing academic research, Dr. Girard serves as a marketing research consultant to businesses.
Granlund, Mr. Eric R.
Graupensperger, Mr. Timothy B.
HHallahan, Mr. James
Higdon, Mr. Francis
Ph.D in Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
M.S. in Rural Sociology, Penn State University
Himes, Mr. Shane T.
Hippo, Mr. Charles W.
Hommer, Ms. Deborah K.
Deborah Kimmel Hommer joined the business faculty at Penn State Altoona in August 1998. Currently she is the Coordinator of the Business degree program, a position she has held since May 2000. Ms. Hommer has designed and taught classes in information systems, team-building, business statistics, and project management. Deborah received her B.S. in Business Management from the Pennsylvania State University and her MBA with an Information Systems focus from George Washington University.
JJacob, Mr. Raymond C.
KKennedy, Mr. Scott R.
Kormanski, Mr. Charles L.
LLeso, Dr. Thomas J.
Levine, Mr. Benjamin I.
MMaatta, Mr. Thomas M.
McClure, Dr. Janice
McConn, Ms. Charlotte R.
Charlotte McConn, M.S., CDP, CISSP is and instructor in information systems at Penn State Altoona. McConn is the author of "Business Computer Systems, Design Programming, and Maintenance" (Prentice Hall, 1989). She has extensive experience in computer information systems education and curriculum development. Her current areas of research include geographic information systems and information systems security in local governments. McConn has professional experience in banking software development with the Unisys corporation. Her expertise includes information systems security, data base systems, Web development, accounting information systems, and software engineering.
McGinnis, Dr. John D.
John D. McGinnis is an associate professor of finance at Penn State Altoona and host of "Open Mic", a radio talk show on WRTA (1240 AM). He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame (1976), a Masters of Business Administration from Indiana University South Bend (1987), and a Doctorate in Finance from Penn State University (1993). Dr. McGinnis is also a CFA® Charterholder and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®). Dr. McGinnis has an abiding interest in the School of Austrian Economics and on the economic and philosophic thought of Adam Smith. His research interests include executive compensation, retirement planning, investments, and the economics of age and aging.
Mensinger, Ms. Lisa
Moses, Mr. David E.
Muller, Mr. Bruce A.
OOrlitzky, Dr. Marc O.
Marc Orlitzky (Ph.D., U. of Iowa) is Associate Professor of Management at the Pennsylvania State University Altoona. Previously, he served on the faculty of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and University of Auckland (Senior Lecturer Above the Bar) and, in 2007-8, was a Visiting Research Fellow at the ICCSR at the University of Nottingham. He served on the editorial review boards of the "Academy of Management Journal," "Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting", and the "Sage Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society." His main research program was summarized in the book entitled "Integrative Corporate Citizenship: Research Advances in Corporate Social Performance," co-authored with Diane Swanson. His work has been published in two "Oxford University Handbooks," "Organization Studies," "International Journal of Human Resource Management," "Business & Society," "Small Group Research," "Personnel Psychology," "Journal of Management Education," "Journal of Business Ethics," "Journal of Investing," "Academy of Management Review," "Academy of Management Learning & Education," and several other publication outlets. He won various research awards and, in 2007, an Outstanding Reviewer Award from the "Academy of Management Journal."
Osagie, Dr. Sylvester O.
PPassmore, Mr. Lucas
Lucas Passmore, instructor in engineering,
recently completed his doctorate at Penn State in
Engineering Science and Mechanics. His research
interests include electronic materials, reliability, and
health monitoring using dynamic data analysis. He
also participates in engineering education research.
In addition, Lucas has spent the last several years
teaching a variety of mechanics courses to both
engineering and engineering technology students.
RRisha, Dr. Grant A.
Rutter, Mr. Bruce J.
Ryoo, Dr. Jungwoo
Dr. Ryoo is an assistant professor of information sciences and technology at Penn State Altoona. His research interests include information assurance and security, software engineering, and computer networking. He conducts extensive research in software security, network/cyber security, security management (particularly in the government sector), software architecture, architecture description languages (ADLs), object-oriented software development, formal methods, and requirements engineering. He also has substantial industry experience working with Sprint and IBM in architecting and implementing secure, high-performance software for large-scale network management systems. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Kansas in 2005.
SScott, Mr. David M.
Sell, Mr. Edwin D.
Shull, Dr. Peter J.
Peter J Shull is a professor of engineering at Penn State Altoona. Dr. Shull has worked in the field of NDE for over 20 years while at the Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the Materials Reliability Division, at The Johns Hopkins University and at The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Shull’s primary research focus is NDE applied to process control. He has authored numerous publications including the popular textbook entitled “Nondestructive Evaluation: Theory, Technique, and Applications” (Marcel Dekker, 2001), is a Fulbright Scholar (Argentina—2006), and is a member of the American Society of Nondestructive Testing, the American Society of Engineering Educators and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He received a B.S. degree (1982) in mechanical engineering from Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and a M.S. (1992) and a Ph.D. (1996) degree from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Shull is also an expert in Engineering Education.
Singer, Mr. Richard A.
Snyder, Mr. Richard J.
Sparks-Hain, Dr. Sherron
VVavreck, Dr. Andrew N.
WWalter, Mr. Joshua D.
Wiens-Tuers, Dr. Barbara A.
In addition to being an associate professor of economics at Penn State Altoona, Dr. Wiens-Tuers is an affiliate in the Labor Studies and Employment Relations program at University Park. She received her Ph.D. from University of California-Riverside (UCR) in 1998. Fields of concentration are labor economics, money and banking, and political economy. Publications include articles in the "Labor Studies Journal," "Labor Family News," and "Journal of Socio-Economics," "Journal of Economic Issues," "Review of Social Economy," the "American Journal of Economics and Sociology", and a chapter in a labor text. She has served as chair of the Penn State Altoona Faculty Senate 2005-2006 and is currently serving on the Penn State University Senate, is involved in assessment efforts university-wide, an active member of the Teaching and Learning Consortium at Penn State Altoona, and has served as an officer in several professional organizations.
Wood, Ms. Cynthia A.
YYang, Mr. Xuebing
Xuebing Yang, assistant professor of economics,
recently completed his doctorate in economics at
the University of Oklahoma. His research interests
include international trade and industrial organization.
His dissertation examines the effects and
strategies of technological improvements in the
open economy. His first chapter was accepted for
publication by the "International Review of Economics
and Finance." His teaching interests include
microeconomics, macroeconomics, and statistics.
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