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REU Faculty and Staff

Betty Albrecht Betty Albrecht, Coordinator/Counselor in MSOE's Student Support Services, works with minority students, low-income, first generation college students and students with disabilities. She teaches orientation classes for incoming freshmen in the Electrical Engineering and psychology courses in the General Studies Department. Betty earned her B.S. in Home Economics Education and a MS in Guidance and Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Betty has presented on the regional and national level. She was awarded the 1997 Johanna Seelhorst Werwath Distinguished Staff Award and 2003 Student Advocate Award for excellence in character and service to students, regents, faculty, staff and the public.
Ann BloorAnn Bloor, Director of Research Administration, administers financial aspects and program development for the Applied Research and Grants Department. Prior to coming to MSOE, Ann developed and administered programs for several nonprofit organizations and handled financial management for a for-profit mental health clinic. Ann is Chairperson of MSOE's Institutional Review Board (IRB) that reviews and approves all research completed by students, faculty and staff involving human subjects. She has presented nationally on components of undergraduate research. Ann holds a B.S. in Social Work from University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She sits on the Women at MSOE Committee, represents MSOE in the Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network (WEPAN) Organization, is principal investigator of MSOE's Women in Technology grant, and organizes science, technology, engineering, and math programs with the Girl Scouts.
Tom BrayTom Bray, dean of applied research and grants, came to MSOE after a diversified industrial experience in management at General Electric. At MSOE, he is responsible for the coordination of undergraduate, graduate and faculty research, the Applied Technology CenterTM, Fluid Power InstituteTM, Rapid Prototyping Center and Center for BioMolecular Modeling. He teaches photonics and sensors for the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department and represents MSOE in a variety of state and national manufacturing and academic organizations. Bray played a major role in the development of the Rapid Prototyping Center. He is a graduate of the UW-Madison and Syracuse University receiving bachelors and master's degrees in electrical engineering.
Larry FennigkohLarry Fennigkoh, associate professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in biomedical engineering, nursing and human factors in engineering design. He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering technology and a master's degree in engineering management from MSOE. He earned his Ph.D. in industrial engineering at the UW-Madison. Along the way, Fennigkoh has been director of clinical engineering at St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee and director of biomedical instrumentation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He's also been involved with several medical malpractice cases as an expert witness, consulted with numerous corporations, published extensively and was awarded Patent 4,457,312: "Method and Apparatus for Providing Records of Events During a Cardiac Arrest." Fennigkoh was the co-principal investigator for MSOE's Aid to the Disabled grant. This grant provided funding to students designing products for persons with disabilities.
Vito GervasiVito Gervasi, Manager Research and Development in the Rapid Prototyping Center. Vito has been a primary force behind the development of the research arm of the Rapid Prototyping Center. His current focus is the development of PHAST, a patented technology donated to MSOE by Proctor & Gamble. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology and Master's in Engineering at Milwaukee School Of Engineering. He has written and presented many papers on composites, rapid tooling and rapid prototyping on a regional and national level. Vito was awarded the 1998 Karl O. Werwath Research Award, MSOE's highest research award. Before coming to MSOE, Vito served in the United States Air Force.
Subha KumpatySubha Kumpaty, associate professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, is the principal investigator for MSOE's REU grant. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Madras Engineering School and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Kakatiya University Engineering School, both located in India. Kumpaty earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Mississippi. Prior to teaching at MSOE, he taught at UW-Waukesha, Rust College, University of Mississippi and Kakatiya University Engineering School. Mississippi's governor named Kumpaty an outstanding faculty honoree, and he was named Professor of the Year at Rust College, and earned the Excellence Award for Computer Instruction, a Ford Research Fellow and a Graduate Honors Fellowship. He has published and presented numerous papers in the field of mechanical engineering.
Mike McGeenMike McGeen, Professor - Architectural Engineering & Building Construction, came to MSOE after 18 years as an architect at Dolan & Dustin, Inc. He is a Registered Architect in the state of Wisconsin. Along with teaching undergraduates, Mike continues to do architectural design consulting. Mike earned his B.S. in Architectural Studies and his Master of Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He serves as Manager of Information Systems for the AE Department, sits on the Board of Directors of MSOE's Computer and Communication Services Department and each summer teaches the architectural element of the MSOE summer high school programs. His specialties include architectural design, computer-aided design and drawing, 3D CAD modeling, project specific web sites, lighting design, architectural applications of rapid prototyping and construction documents. The 2003 Karl O. Werwath Engineering Research Award was presented to Mike for his contributions to applied engineering and scientific research. Mike has published and presented his work on project specific websites at local and national conferences.
 
Anne-Marie Nickel Anne-Marie Nickel, Associate Professor in the Physics & Chemistry. Dr. Nickel graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's degree in chemistry from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin and earned her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. She began her research career as an undergraduate studying nanoparticle synthesis. As a graduate student at UW-Madison, she researched semiconductors for use in chemical sensing. In addition to being a research assistant Anne-Marie was also a teaching assistant at UW-Madison. She has been an integral part of the campus community at all institutions serving as captain of the swim team, student representative on the Chemistry Faculty Selection Committee, president of the student chapter of the American Chemical Society and Co-Chair of the 2002 Reunion Committee at Lawrence. At UW-Madison, Dr. Nickel was a representative on the Graduate Student-Faculty Liaison Committee and at MSOE she serves on the Women at MSOE Committee. Anne-Marie was awarded the MSOE 2004 Outstanding Mentor of the Year award. She has written, published and presented many articles on the regional and national level.


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