- Director of Continuous Improvement
- raarcher@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3180
- Wadsworth Hall 136W
Jim Baker
- Senior Associate Vice President for Research, Innovation
- jrbaker@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3459
- Lakeshore Center 303
Specialties
- Intellectual property/patents
- Technology licensing
- Corporate research
- Spin-off/start-up business development
Lisa Casper
- Associate Director Startup Capital Programs
- Husky Innovate Liaison
- lcasper@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1662
- Lakeshore Center 202J
Specialties
- Lean Startup
- Design Thinking
- Business model pitch prep
- Connecting startups with local I&E resources
- Chair and Professor of Practice, Engineering Fundamentals
- Director, Tech Forward 21st Century Education Initiative
- Co-director, Husky Innovate
- mraber@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3570
- Dillman 112F
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Design Thinking
- Strategic Doing
- Lean Start-up/Entrepreneurship
- Educational Innovation
Research Interests
- College to Work Transition
- Educational Innovation
- Engineering Identity Formation
- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
- jfsandel@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2557
- HSTEM 233
Research Interests
- Fire protection and environmental engineering