Preparing for a nosedive: Chell Roberts, PhD at TEDxPhoenixChange 2013
Channel: TEDx Talks
Date: 2013-04-29

Chell Roberts is the Executive Dean and former Chair of Engineering for the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University. As Executive Dean, he serves as the College's Chief Operating Officer. As the Founding Chair of Engineering, Dr. Roberts led a clean slate design and development of a new engineering program created to be responsive to the latest knowledge on engineering education. He is currently leading the development of highly innovative programs at the intersection of traditional disciplines for a new college model that brings together engineering, science and business in a multi-disciplinary fashion focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship. The newly developed curricular model is studio based and highly flexible. As part of the program development, Dr. Roberts has created a corporate partners program that has resulted in a high level of industry leadership and funding of multidisciplinary senior projects. Dr. Roberts received a PhD in industrial engineering from Virginia Tech, a master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Utah and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Utah. Dr. Roberts has published over 70 technical articles, has guided over $2 million dollars of research, provided consulting services to many companies, and served on many national conference organization committees, national review boards, and technical committees. Dr. Roberts's primary research and teaching interests are in the area of engineering education, computer simulation, and manufacturing automation.

Website: https://technology.asu.edu/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/ASUCTI

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