He earned his PhD in History and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and did a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University before working for five years as a professor at Stevens Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the social dimensions of technological continuity and change, with particular focus on how government influences technology. His first book manuscript, which is currently under review at an academic press, examines the history of automobile regulation in the United States from 1893 to the present to track how government action has shaped technological change over time.