Craig G. Downing, Ph.D., CMfgE

Department Head and Associate Professor of Engineering Management

Office Number: DL109

Phone:  812-877-8822

Fax:  812-877-8878

CM# 4033
E-mail: craig.downing@Rose-Hulman.edu

Craig Downing received his doctorate in Workforce Education and Development and MS in Manufacturing Systems from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.  Dr. Downing has over 12 years experience teaching Manufacturing, Management, and Mathematics at the post-secondary level.  Additionally, he has amassed 10 years of industrial experience, four years as a Process Engineer and six years as a private consultant for organizations such as Lockheed Martin/NASA, Parker Hannifin, and Crain Enterprises.  His interests are rooted in Industrial-Academic relationships, Quality Management System Development, and Production/Operations Management.  He has multiple publications/presentations related to his areas of interest and continually explores new research opportunities related to Quality and Operations Management.  He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

Richard E. Stamper, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Professional Experiences,

Professor of Engineering Management and

Mechanical Engineering

Office Number: DL112

Phone:  812-877-8956

Fax:  812-877-8878

CM# 153
E-mail: rick.stamper@rose-hulman.edu

Rick Stamper received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1997 where he worked in the Institute for Systems Research.   His industrial experience includes positions as an area manager at Proctor & Gamble and Design Team Leader at GE.  He also spent one year at the Toshiba Appliance Engineering Laboratory in Yokohama Japan as part of a technical exchange between GE and Toshiba.  In 2004, he formed a small company to develop medical devices.  He holds two patents for halo orthoses.  He has served as an expert witness in both patent and product liability disputes.  He is a registered professional engineer and is a member of ASEE, ASME and SME.  He has been teaching at Rose-Hulman since 1998 and received the Deans Outstanding Teacher Award in 2006.  Rick is also registered as a patent agent before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

William Drummy, J.D.

Adjunct Professor-Engineering Management

Bill has always specialized in trial work and has tried hundreds of jury trials all over south central Indiana as well as Federal Court in Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Evansville.  His proudest accomplishment is the recognition by his peers, reflected in his induction as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1997.  He is also an advocate with the American Board of Trial Advocates (an organization consisting of trial lawyers who have tried a minimum of 50 jury trials) and has been named an Indiana Super Lawyer each year since its inception, 2004, 2005 and 2006.  Bill and his family live on a 90 acre farm east of Terre Haute, where Bill spends his time tinkering with old automobiles, doing a bit of farming, gardening and tending to the family's three horses, a few bee hives and a small herd of registered Texas Longhorn cattle.  Bill is an active road bicyclist.

William Kline, Ph.D.

Professor-Engineering Management

Office Number: DL113

Phone:  812-877-8136

Fax:  812-877-8878

CM# 4044
E-mail: William.Kline@Rose-Hulman.Edu

Website: www.rose-hulman.edu/~kline/

Bill Kline received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois. In addition to his teaching experience at the University of Illinois in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, he served for many years as chief operating officer of an automated machine tool system company which he co-founded. He brings experience in manufacturing, systems and operations.  He has several technical publications in refereed journals, technical conferences, trade journals or textbooks relating to machining process modeling or machine tool sensing, monitoring and diagnostics.  

Thomas Mason, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus - Engineering Management

Phone: 812-877-8155

Fax:  812-877-8878

CM# 85
E-mail: Thomas.Mason@Rose-Hulman.Edu
Website: www.rose-hulman.edu/~masont/

Tom Mason was the founding Head of the Engineering Management Department. He was also founding Vice President for Entrepreneurship & Business Planning of Rose-Hulman Ventures. In addition to teaching, he has also served Rose-Hulman as Head of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vice-President for Administration and Finance, founding director of the institutes MSEM Program and Interim Vice President for Development. While on a three-year leave from Rose-Hulman, Tom served as CFO and CEO of a 140-person network management systems business. He has been advisor or director for several high tech firms and has been involved in national efforts to integrate entrepreneurship and engineering education. Dr. Mason received his PhD in economics from the University of Pittsburgh and his BA in economics from Geneva College.

Terry Schumacher, Ph.D.

Associate Professor-Engineering Management

Office Number: DL111

Phone:  812-877-8964

Fax:  812-877-8878

CM# 166
E-mail: Terry.Schumacher@Rose-Hulman.Edu

Terry Schumacher received the PhD in Systems Science from Portland State University in 1992. He has conducted research in the design of training simulations, scenario planning, and changing organizational culture. He is interested in Learning Organizations, Constructivism, and the use of multimedia technologies in planning and education. His work history includes 7 years as a policy analyst in the electric utility industry, 3 years in strategic activities in the European Computer-Industry Research Centre, and 2 years as a Research Fellow in multimedia at the Open University.