Chair and Professor

Degrees with fields, institutions and dates

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1987.
• SM., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts-Institute of Technology, 1981.
• BS, Mechanical Engineering, Cairo Institute of Technology, Egypt, 1974.

Years service on this faculty, including date of original appointment and dates of advancement in rank.

• Chair, January 1995-present
• Professor, 1998-present
• Associate Professor, 1991-1998
• Assistant Professor, 1986-1991

Other related experience-teaching, industrial

• 1983-86: Instructor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., University of Minnesota
• 1982-83: Research Assistant, Mech. Engineering Dept., University of Minnesota
• 1981-82: Mechanical Engineer, Designer: Automated Machine Systems, Boston, Mass.
• 1981-81: Research Assist., Elect. Eng. Dept., Mass. Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, Mass.
• 1980-81: Teaching Assistant, Mass Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1976-79: Instructor, Cairo Institute of Technology, Cairo, Egypt

Research Interests - cover three distinctive areas

• In engineering, it is related to computer integrated manufacturing systems, which deal with a wide variety of disciplines and topical areas, such as computer control of manufacturing systems, design and integration strategies, and production planning and control.
• In teaching, it focuses on classroom pedagogy, student learning and assessment, learning technologies and lab design, teamwork, and professional ethics.
• In history of technology and the impact of engineering on society and vice versa, especially in Egypt. At present, he is working on the renaissance of modern Egypt, especially in the period between 1798 to 1882, when the locomotive was first introduced to Egypt, and Africa, and triggered the industrial revolution there, almost a hundred years after Europe and the US.

Principal publications

• Ettouney, O.M., “Use of Industry Advisory Board in Accreditation Processes,” Proced. Of Best Assessment Processes IV, A Working Symposium, Sponsored by Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology and the Foundation Coalition, April 2001, pp. 19-27.
• Ettouney, O.M., “Academic Department’s Strategic Planning: A Process of Continuous-Quality Improvement,” Proced. of ChairPerson Conference in Florida, sponsored by Kansas State, on Academic department Strategic Planning, February 2001.
• Ettouney, O.M., “Strategic Planning of an Academic Department,” an article for the Department Chair, Anker Pub. Co., INC., Vol. 12, No. 2, Fall 01, pp. 16-18.
• Moller, J.C. and Ettouney, O.M., “Actions Taken and Changes Made at Miami University Upon Accreditation Under the ABET 2000 Criteria,” Partnerships for Building Tomorrow’s Manufacturing Workforce Conf., Dayton OH, (2000).
• Schmahl, K., Ettouney, O.M., Stenger, J., Moller, J., and Noble, C., “Techniques for Assessment In a Successful ABET 2000 Accreditation Evaluation,” Proced. of ASEE, St. Louis, June 2000, pp. 1-6.
• Ettouney, O.M., “Assessment Plan Development,” Proced. of Best Assessment Processes III, A Working Symposium, Sponsored by Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology and the Foundation Coalition, April 2000, pp. 9-14.

Scientific and Professional societies of which a member

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Society of History of Technology (SHOT)
• Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
• Honor Society of Golden Key

Honors and awards.

• Gave the Keynote Address during the School of Eng. & App. Sci. Commencement, Sunday, May 4, 03.
• Nominated by the class of 97 for the 2001 Effective Educator Award, Miami University Alumni Association, Miami U, Sep. 24, 01.
• Received an Honorary Membership of the Golden Key National Honor Society; gave the Keynote Address during the New Member Induction Ceremony, Sunday, Nov. 5, 00.
• Nominated by the class of 95 for the 1999 Effective Educator Award, Alumni and Parent Programs, Miami U, Sep. 28, 99.

Institutional and Professional Service

Miami University (These are some selected examples)

• Member of the University Liberal Education Council, Fall 2005-present.
• Search Committee for the Director of the Howe Student Center for Writing Excellence, Fall 2006-Spring 2007.
• Member of the Advisory Council of the Center for Writing, Fall 2006-Spring 2007.
• Member of the Provost ad-hoc Global Miami Plan Committee, Fall 2006-Spring 2007.
• Member of the Oxford Campus Campaign Committee, Spring 2006-present.
• Miami's Academic Program Review Committee, Sociology/Gerontology, Fall 2006.
• Member of the Provost ad-hoc MUDEC Comittee, Fall 2005-Spring 2006.
• Member of the Ethnic Divrsity Advisory Group, Spring 2006.
• Member of the University Assessment Council, Fall 2004-Spring 2006.
• Member of the Harry Wilks Leadership Institute, Fall 2003-Spring 2005.
• Member of the Friends of the Library Committee, Summer 2002-Spring 2005; President, Fall 2004-Spring 2006.
• Member of the Provost Evaluation Committee of SEAS Dean, Fall 2004 – Spring 2005.
• Member of the Provost Task Force on Assessment, Fall 2003 – Spring 2004.

Professional Development Activities

• 2006: Participated in the workshop: Using Writing to Increase Learning Across the Curriculum, conducted by Art Young, Lemson University, Howe Center for Writing Excellence, Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 3-5 p.m.
• 2006: Participated in the MME semester-long workshop on "Writing through the Curriculum and Improving Assessment practices in the Engineering Curricula," conducted by the Center for Excellence in Writing, Miami University, spring 2006; including two Assessment workshops conducted by Gloria Rogers, February 1, 2006.
• 2006: Participated in the SEAS Diversity Workshop, Wednesday, January 25, 2006, 3-5 p.m.
• 2002: Faculty Development Leave: spent three months at Miami University JOHN E. DOLIBOIS EUROPEAN CENTER (MUDEC). Taught a course and conducted work to develop a new virtual manufacturing lab at MUDEC, spring 02.
• 2000: Participated in the Miami 2000 Forum on Service and Learning, Wednesday,
  October 4.
• 2000: Participated in SEAS Community Building Workshop, March 24th.
• 2000: Completed Part I of the Office of Minority Affairs Diversity Workshop Series, January
• 2000: Attended and participated in the ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis.