Prior to his current position, he was a consultant at the acoustic and audio/video design firm Kirkegaard Associates in Chicago, IL. His current research interests include improvements to hearing-assistance systems and the uses for rapid prototyping technology in theatre. In addition to his teaching and research duties, he is a faculty advisor for a multi-disciplinary student organization, the Association of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technologists (AMET). He received his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology in 2004 and M.S. in Technology in 2007 from Purdue University.