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ROONEY INTERNATIONAL VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM

The Rooney International Visiting Scholar Program broadens the global
perspective of Robert Morris University by offering international scholars the
opportunity to spend a semester in residence on campus. Rooney Scholars can
teach a course, deliver presentations and guest lectures, and collaborate with
RMU faculty on joint research projects.

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APPLY TO BE A ROONEY SCHOLAR

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must have a Ph.D. or an advanced degree in a discipline
offered at Robert Morris University, or significant experience in an area of
cultural or humanitarian interest to the university. Applicants should have a
distinguished academic and/or professional record and must be committed to
excellence in teaching and learning. Applicants must also demonstrate leadership
skills, communication skills in English, as well as the ability to work
collaboratively with others in an academic environment.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Each semester the Rooney Scholar lives on campus in the Rooney
House, a comfortable and fully equipped 230-square-meter private residence. This
enables Rooney Scholars to engage with students and fully immerse themselves in
campus life. Travel expenses are provided, as is an automobile for the Rooney
Scholar’s use (valid driver’s license required). Financial assistance and living
expenses are negotiable based on qualifications.

DEADLINE: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis but must be submitted at
least four months in advance of the proposed period of residence.

For more information, contact:
Jennifer Creamer (creamer@rmu.edu)
Director, Center for Global Engagement


ROONEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS


FALL 2023: NICOLAS "NIC" BOGS (GERMANY)

Nicolas Bogs, PhD, is a bi-cultural (Anglo/German) professional with both an
academic and a business background. Throughout his career he has been actively
promoting an international mindset in business and in the academic world. He
received his PhD in Economics from Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg, and
currently serves as professor of Strategic Leadership, Human Resources
Management, and Strategic Management and also serves as the dean of the master’s
program in Human Resources Management at Fresenius University, Hamburg. Dr. Bogs
also founded and is the academic head of Fresenius’ Honors Program. In addition
to teaching, he currently produces a leading German international HR audio
podcast (www.personalwelten.de) where he interviews respected HR professionals.
Dr. Bogs’ research interests include artificial intelligence and Human Resources
Management and HR technology.  He serves as the co-lead for the inception of the
University's International School of Business in Hamburg, which provides
English-language undergraduate and graduate programs to both German and
international students. In addition, he holds the position of Managing Partner
at TANGRON Talent & Insight (www.tangron.com), a boutique executive search firm.
Dr. Bogs has both published and served as keynote speaker on recruitment,
executive searches, and talent acquisition. He holds a personal connection to
Western Pennsylvania, being a graduate of Butler Senior High School after a
year's stay in the area, and he has a family connection with Robert Morris
University through his host sister, a RMU alumna.

 


SPRING 2023: AREUM JEONG (SOUTH KOREA)

Dr. Jeong is a scholar of Korean and Korean diasporic film, popular culture,
theater and performance. She received a PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies
from the University of California, Los Angeles, MA in Performance Studies from
New York University, and BA in English Literature from Ewha W. University
(Korea). Dr. Jeong’s current book project entitled Beyond the Sewol: Activist
Theatre and Performance in South Korea and the Diaspora examines how performance
documents death, loss, and memory in Korea and diasporic communities. Through a
close reading of various types of performances that commemorate the Sewol Ferry
disaster of 2014—exhibitions, memorials, site-specific performances, stage
productions, street protests, and even K-pop—the research shows how such works
create spaces for memory and mourning, and engage in discourse on social change.
Dr. Jeong is originally from South Korea, but has lived, studied, and worked in
California, New York, and Chengdu (China), where she taught East Asian film,
literature, philosophy, theater and performance. Dr. Jeong was hosted by SIHSS.


SPRING 2022: MARINA FONTOLAN (BRAZIL)

Dr. Fontolan is an experienced historian and science and technology studies
scholar at University of Campinas (Unicamp - Brazil). They received a Ph.D. in
Science and Technology Policy from Unicamp (Brazil), and hold further
certificates in History from Unicamp (Brazil). Their primary research subject is
on sociological aspects of video game localization and they have written several
articles on games and its historical representations, and games and violence.
Dr. Fontolan is originally from Brazil, but has lived, worked, and traveled in
California and New York, where they have been a visiting scholar at Stanford
University (during the M.A.) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (during the
Ph.D.). They were co-hosted at RMU by SIHSS and SEMS.

Ambassador Robin Sanders


FALL 2019: AMBASSADOR ROBIN SANDERS

Ambassador Sanders served as one of the U.S. government’s top diplomats on
African issues over a long career in the United States Diplomatic Corps. She
served as Ambassador to the Republics of Nigeria and the Congo, two stints as
Director for Africa at the White House, and the U.S. Permanent Representative to
the West African Regional Organization ECOWAS. Dr. Sanders received her
doctorate degree from RMU in Information Systems and Communications. She is CEO
of FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative, supporting a variety of social and business
initiatives on the continent.


SPRING 2019: CHRISTA UEHLINGER (SWITZERLAND)

Christa Uehlinger, Ph.D, joined the University as its Rooney Scholar for the
Spring 2019 semester. Dr. Uehlinger is an experienced intercultural professional
and a lecturer in intercultural communication in the department of Business
Administration at FHS St. Gallen, Switzerland, RMU’s international partner. She
received her Ph.D and Master’s degree in law from the University of Zurich, and
holds further certificates in intercultural communication from ICI/Portland, OR,
in PR from NYU and Psychosynthesis. Her primary research subject is developing
intercultural competence, using a comprehensive approach. She has written books
and several articles on this topic, as well as developed a game, “Puzzling
Intercultural Stories.”

At RMU, Dr. Uehlinger worked on her workbook which focuses on supporting people
to develop skills necessary in a multicultural world, in addition to acting as
the Intercultural Mentor for RMU and FHSG's JUSP, international consulting
program, in its third year. She also offered intercultural workshops for
faculty, staff, and students during her stay. Dr. Uehlinger has lived, worked,
and travelled in Europe, Canada, the US, Australia, and Asia. She was co-hosted
by SCIS and SBUS.


FALL 2018: ADESOJI ONI (NIGERIA)

Dr Adesoji Oni is senior lecturer in the department of educational foundations
at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, where he specializes in teaching the
sociology of and the foundation of education from the undergraduate to the
postgraduate level. His research interests include social problems in education,
social change in education, teacher education, and social deviances and social
disorganizations in education, with a particular focus on student secret cults
in Nigeria. At RMU, Dr. Oni did a comparative study of managing diversity in
education in the U.S. and Nigeria.


SPRING 2018: SARA NYOBE (FRANCE)

Dr. Sara Nyobe is an associate professor in human resource management at RMU’s
international partner, the EM Strasbourg Business School in Strasbourg, France.
Her primary research subject is the management of individual identities in an
international working environment. She is the co-author of the 2017 textbook
Management and Management Control for Master’s Students. At RMU she taught
courses in human resource management, skill management, theory of organizations,
and interpersonal communication.


FALL 2017: WERNER KRISTJANPOLLER (CHILE)

Dr. Werner Kristjanpoller is an industrial engineering professor at Universidad
Técnica Federico Santa María in Chile and director of the university’s business
incubator. His research and teaching interests are in the field of finance and
economics, econometrics, and the application of artificial intelligence to
forecast financial assets. At RMU, Dr. Kristjanpoller collaborated with the
School of Business and conducted research on crypto currency behavior and the
accuracy to predict the returns and volatility of Bitcoin.


SPRING 2017: MONWABISI GANTSHO AND MOLOKO RAMASHALA-GANTSHO (SOUTH AFRICA)

Dr. Monwabisi Gantsho is a medical doctor and consultant at Afris Health and
Technologies in Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa, with extensive
experience in the healthcare industry, representing general practitioners and
specialists in the South African Medical Association and lobbying government
institutions, regulatory bodies, and healthcare actuaries and funders. At RMU,
Dr. Gantsho taught the global economics of health care and gathered data on
Obamacare health reforms to compare with the regulatory frameworks of the South
African National Health Insurance Implementation.

Dr. Moloko Ramashala-Gantsho is a medical advisor and health risk manager for
MMI in Pretoria, South Africa. Her teaching interests include HIV/AIDS community
health from the South African perspective and health technology assessments in
the real world. At RMU, Dr. Ramashala-Gantsho integrated integrating
evidence-based research activities from the RISE Center to inform the
development of a curriculum for health sciences and nursing students in South
Africa. 

Annette Förster


FALL 2016: ANNETTE FÖRSTER (GERMANY)

Prof. Annette Förster is a lecturer and research associate for the Institute of
Political Science at Aachen University. Her PhD is in international relations
from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and she is the author
of the 2014 book Peace, Justice and International Order, the co-editor of
another book, Supranationality and Democracy, and the author of numerous
articles on torture and democracy.


SPRING 2016: MISHA SEGAL (ISRAEL)

Misha Segal is an Emmy Award-winning composer and pianist who has written movie
scores and theater music, conducted symphony orchestras, and written pop songs,
and producing artists. His ability to infuse different cultural influences and
music styles into his work is one reason why he has won major awards on three
different continents.
Spring 2016: Patrea Andersen (New Zealand)

Dr. Patrea Andersen is associate professor for nursing and academic director for
simulation and visualization at the University of the Sunshine Coast,
Queensland, Australia. Dr. Andersen’s primary focus is on simulation development
and curricula integration. Her research interests include clinical education,
visualization and game-based simulation, patient safety, professional competence
and issues impacting on the preparation and development of health
professionals. 


SPRING 2011: DR. SHAHLA TALEBI

Dr. Shahla Talebi is an assistant professor of Religious Studies in the School
of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University.
Her research interests include questions of self-sacrifice and martyrdom,
violence, memory, trauma, death, burial, funerary rituals, commemoration, and
memorialization or their banning, religion, revolution, women issues and
nation-state in contemporary Iran.

Talebi’s new book “Ghosts of Revolution: Rekindled Memories of Imprisonment in
Iran” is forthcoming by Stanford University Press. Her article “From the Light
of the Eye to the Eye of the Power” is in press with the Journal of Visual
Anthropology. Her other article, “Who is Behind the Name,” has appeared in The
Journal of Middle East Women's Studies and she has a few articles under review
with other journals. She received her undergraduate degree in Social-Cultural
Anthropology from the University of California-Berkeley, and her master’s and
Ph.D., also in Social-Cultural Anthropology, from Columbia University.


SPRING 2011: DR. BRENDA FLANAGAN

Dr. Brenda Flanagan holds an endowed chair in the English Department and teaches
creative writing, Caribbean and African-American literatures, as well as
literary analysis at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. She is known
internationally for her dramatic presentations of her stories and poems.

In May 2006, she was named the first Armfield Professor of English. Professor
Flanagan has won numerous awards for her fiction and drama in the United States
and serves frequently as a cultural ambassador for the US Department of State,
with recent visits to Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia,
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Chad, Panama, and India. She holds a B.A., M.A., and
Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Michigan.


SPRING 2011: DR. ANDREA JEFTANOVIC

Dr. Andrea Jeftanovic was three when the September 11, 1973 Chilean military
coup took place and she grew up under Augusto Pinochet's military regime.
Jeftanovic has commented that the 17 years of military dictatorship that
Chileans lived under had a profound effect on the development of a Chilean
identity, by interrupting how Chileans perceive themselves or how the world
perceives Chile.

She graduated from the Universidad Catolica in social science and earned a
doctorate in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from the University of
California, Berkeley. Jeftanovic is the daughter of a Serbian immigrant and a
Jewish mother and teaches World Literatures mostly focused on women and
children.

Her works have received two Fondart awards and in 1999, she received the
Gabriela Mistral award for her first novel “Escenario de Guerra.” She has been
anthologized in Música Legera (1994) and Desagueros (1994).


FALL 2010: DR. MARIE MARTIN

Dr. Marie Martin, from Northern Ireland, has not only brought a great wealth of
knowledge and expertise in Educational Technology, but she also brought a great
wisdom drawn from Irish tradition, history, and stories. She is committed to
spiritual values, excellence in education, and to inculcating a love of learning
that nourishes the spirit both in the traditional classroom and in the
traditional learning environment. She aims to heighten awareness of the
potential of technology to transform the learning experience and to promote its
use in education at all levels.

Dr. Martin has worked with several faculty from the School of Education and the
School of Communications and Information Systems. She is a former teacher of
Modern Languages and previous International Officer with the Western Education
and Library Board. She is one of the first educationalists in Northern Ireland
to explore the creative use of videoconferencing in education.


SPRING 2010: FRANCIS BURNSIDE

Francis Burnside is a hataalii, a practitioner of the sacred rites of the people
who prefer to call themselves the Dine (pronounced di-NEH). Like most of the
Dine, or Navajo, Burnside lives in the Navajo Nation, a territory of 27,000
square miles in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. The 2000 U.S. Census counted
298,000 people of Navajo descent, making them the second-largest tribe after the
Cherokee. The Navajo also are closely related to the Apache through language,
history, and culture.

A counselor and longtime activist, Burnside spent his time at RMU explaining his
people’s philosophy and trying to convey its insights. “There is no such thing
as an enemy on this earth,” Burnside said. “Everything is sacred; everyone is
sacred. This is the Garden of Eden that we were presented with. How will we take
care of it?”

The son of one of the U.S. Army’s famed “code-talkers” during World War II,
Burnside studied engineering at Oklahoma State University in the early ‘60s
before moving to the Bay Area. After enrolling at UC Berkeley (where he shared a
class with Patty Hearst), Burnside began attending meetings of Native American
student activists. He was part of a group that snuck onto deserted Alcatraz
Island by boat in 1969 and claimed it in the name of all Native Americans. The
peaceful occupation lasted 19 months. “It was very much worthwhile, because it
started to wake up people across the world,” Burnside said.


FALL 2009: DR. MICHAL MAOZ

Dr. Michal Maoz is Head of the Teaching Br, Learning Center at Ort Braude
College, Israel . She holds an undergraduate degree from Tel Aviv University
(BSc 1977), graduate masters degree from Tel Aviv University (MSc 1979), and her
doctorate of science degree in Biotechnology from Technion Israel Institute of
Technology, Haifa. In addition, she has a teaching certificate from the
Department of Education in Technology and Science from Technion, Haifa. Her
research experience is in the area of biotechnology. As Head of the Center for
Teaching 85 Learning, Dr. Maoz provides her faculty with a host of activities
for improving teaching, including in-service training for lecturers: courses and
workshop; guidance and support for new faculty; pedagogic support for veteran
lecturers on demand; and, a forum for students' academic advisors.


SPRING 2009: GU PING AND LIRONG WU

Ping Gu is the associate dean of the School of Nursing at Nanjing Medical
University in Jiangsu. She is also the head of the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at Nanjing. Lirong Wu is the associate dean of the Department of
Nursing at Suzhou Health College. Lirong has also worked as senior staff nurse
and Lecturer of Internal Medicine in Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital
Cardiovascular Department.


FALL 2008: DAGMAR POLACKOVA

Ms. Dagmar Polackova is a resident of Bratislava, Slovak Republic. She did both
her undergraduate and graduate education in Art Theory and History at Commenius
University--one of oldest universities in Europe. Since 1980, she has worked at
the Slovak National Gallery as a curator and researcher specializing in Visual
Culture 1900-1950, Stage Design, Glass, Pottery, and Graphic design. In
Bratislava, she is a member of the faculty at the Academy of Fine Arts in the
Art History and Theory Department. In her career, she has curated over 31
exhibitions and research projects. Ms. Polackova also has authored 10 books, 6
scientific annuals, and 34 journals, periodical and magazine articles.


FALL 2008: DR. VLADIMIR BURCIK

Dr. Vladimir Burcik is a resident of Bratislava, the capital of the Slovak
Republic. He was educated at Comenius University in the Faculty of Arts. There
he earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees including two doctorates in
psychology and design. He has worked as a faculty member in the Department of
Psychology in the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University as well as at the
Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Communication. His area of
specialization includes corporate identity, branding, and design. He has an
active consulting practice with over 53 clients including BMW, Eurotel, and the
Slovak Ministry of Education. Dr. Burcik has also held numerous positions in
service and professional associations including the European Academy of Digital
Media, and president of the European Consulting Unit. He has also authored over
S0 publications in professional and academic journals. Most notable are the
awards he received including the Commemorative Medal of the Comenius University
UK in 2000 the Slovak National Design Prize in 2005, and the World Summit Award:
National Eminent Expert in 2008.


SPRING 2008: DR. ARIE MAHARSHAK

Arie Maharshak, Ph.D. comes to RMU from Israel, where he is currently on a
sabbatical leave from his position as head of the Department of Industrial
Engineering and Management at the ORT Braude Engineering College in Karmiel,
Israel. Maharshak is a high-tech entrepreneur who is active in new product
development and holds 11 patents. He has worked as senior research associate
with the Aeronautics & Astronautics Advanced Robotics Laboratory at Stanford
University co-founded the Israeli Tele-Working Association, and received The
Israeli Television Award for Innovation and Creativity. He holds a B.Sc. in
electrical engineering and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in regional planning from the
Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel.


FALL 2007: WIESLAW MARIA GRUDZEWSKI AND IRENA KRYSTYNA HEJDUK

Wieslaw Maria Grudzewski is a professor of the Institute of Organization and
Management in Industry.

Irena Krystyna Hejduk is a professor of economic sciences and head of the
Management Systems' Department at the Warsaw School of Economics in Poland.

Together they have authored 37 books and more than 400 papers.

Their most recent project involved the development of virtual education in the
field of economics. Other collaborative efforts include studies in technological
entrepreneurship, operational research, and knowledge management.
 
Professors Grudzewski and Hejduk are both alumni of the Academy of Economics in
Wroclaw where Grudzewski received his Doctor of Economics and Hejduk received
her Master of Economic Sciences.

Hejduk received her Doctor of Economic Sciences from the Technical University of
Wroclaw. In addition, Grudzewski received an honorary doctoral degree from the
East Ukrainian State University in Lugansk, Ukraine, and is a member of the
Polish Academy of Sciences.

Wieslaw Maria Grudzewski and Irena Krystyna Hejduk are research colleagues from
Poland hosted by the School of Business for the Fall 2007 semester.


SUMMER 2007: JOHN SHEPHERD

John Shepherd is an academic with a global practice. Based at Macquarie
University in Sydney, Australia for the last 20 years, he has taught thousands
of actuarial and finance students, and lectured hundreds of academics and
actuaries on learning theory and teaching practice, in many countries.

John is a highly qualified educator. He has a Graduate Diploma in Education and
a Masters degree in Higher Education. He has had articles published and has
given conference presentations on teaching and learning. He has taught courses
in curriculum design and assessment for Macquarie University academics from many
different disciplines. John’s scholarship integrates his research and teaching
practice; he researches why and how students learn well, and use the research
outcomes to shape his teaching practice, as well as sharing those outcomes with
academic colleagues.

John is also a highly decorated educator. On 28 November 2006, he received a
Carrick institute Award for Australian University Teaching Excellence -
Australia’s highest award for a university teacher. In 1996 he was an inaugural
recipient of a Macquarie University Outstanding Teacher Award, and in 2005 he
was the first academic at Macquarie to receive a second Outstanding Teacher
Award. In 2004 Macquarie University also conferred on him an Outstanding
Community Outreach Award.

John’s educational expertise has been recognized by the North American and UK
actuarial professional bodies, which both invited him to teach and grade their
Applied Mode/ling professional courses for actuarial students in several
countries. He also grades for the Society of Actuaries on its Fundamentals of
Actuarial Practice course.

John has taught thousands of actuarial and finance students at Macquarie
University. He has taught actuarial students also in Canada, USA, Hong Kong,
Singapore, Kazakhstan and China. In 1996, he was the first person anywhere to
teach the Actuarial Control Cycle subject, and he is still teaching it. He has
taught Actuarial Control Cycle short courses at four universities in four
different cities in China. He helped to establish an actuarial profession in
Kazakhstan (part of a USAID funded project).


SPRING 2007: DR. RODERICK SIMS

Roderick Sims, Ph.D. is an Australian who has worked in the field of computers
and education for almost 30 years. With experience as a computer programmer,
educational consultant, manager, university professor, and author, Dr. Sims has
a distinguished international profile in the field of instructional design,
adult education, and online learning. Using the power of the internet, Dr. Sims
is currently a portfolio academic, working wherever there is connection.


FALL 2006: DR. MOSHE MA’OZ

Dr. Moshe Ma'oz is a professor in History of the Middle East at the Hebrew
University, Jerusalem. He received his B.A. and M.A. in History of the Middle
East and Arabic Language and Literature from Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and
his Ph.D. in History of the Middle East from St. Antony's College, Oxford
University, England.

He has held a variety of positions at the University including Chair of the
Institute of Asian and African Studies, Director of the Harry S. Truman Research
Institute for the Advancement of Peace, and Chair of the Department of Islamic
and Middle Eastern Studies.

He has authored seven books and numerous Articles and Monographs on
Israeli-Palestinian relations, political and social issues of the area, and
integration and conflict. Dr Ma'oz will work with the School of Communications
and Information Systems on various research projects while sharing his valuable
personal, professional, and academic experiences with RMU students throughout
the campus and the local community.


SUMMER 2006: DR. ORDETTA MENDOZA

Ordetta Mendoza, Ph.D. is the Summer 2006 Rooney Visiting Scholar at Robert
Morris University. She is head of the Department of Bioinformatics at Stella
Maris College, a highly selective and respected Catholic institution of higher
education for women in Chennai, India, affiliated to the University of Madras.

Prior to her current appointment, Mendoza was academic dean at the college and
has served on its faculty since 1984. She was instrumental in establishing the
Department of Bioinformatics and is the driving force behind its exceptional
performance. The department has been recognized by the University Grants
Commission, the Ministry of HR and the Indian government.

Mendoza holds B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in botany and
biosciences. She also has earned bioinformatics credentials from institutions
around the world including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory (New York), the University of Nijmegan (Netherlands),
the Biomedical Proteomics Research Group at the University Hospital in Geneva
(Switzerland), and the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.


SPRING 2006: DANIEL SILKE

Daniel Silke is currently a Keynote Speaker and Independent Political Analyst
specializing in South African Political and Economic Issues. Mr. Silke holds a
Masters degree in International Politics from the University of Cape Town, South
Africa. Mr. Silke has served six years in publicly elected office between 1995
and 2001 having faced three elections. He has served four years as a Member of
Parliament in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa
after being re-elected in 1999. He has held the Chair of the Parliamentary
Standing Committee of Economic Affairs, which includes the portfolios of
Economic Development, Tourism, Agriculture and Transport. In addition, he served
on the Committees of Finance, Health and Gambling and has been Chief Whip for
his political party. He is also a former City Councillor in the City of Cape
Town having served on that city's Economic Development Portfolio Committee.

Mr. Silke lectures regularly to foreign audiences on contemporary South African
and Global Issues and writes widely for publications both within South Africa
and in the United States where he is the South African Foreign Correspondent for
the Juluka Newsletter based in Los Angeles. He has co-authored chapters in major
new works on South Africa and has a specialist interest in political parties and
electoral politics around the world.

Mr. Silke currently lectures widely throughout the world. He currently lectures
for the American Committee on Foreign Relations and is contracted by a number of
major US travel companies to provide lecture and seminar series. These include
Radisson (Carlson), Silversea, Cunard and Holland America. He has recently
lectured for Microsoft Corporation and has delivered presentations at Duke
University (North Carolina), Transylvania University (Kentucky), Washburn
University (Kansas), the Philadelphia Bar Association and for Rotary
International amongst many others. Mr Silke was attached to the Institute for
the Study of Public Policy at the University of Cape Town where he tutored
students for five years.


FALL 2005: DR. JOHN CAMPBELL

Dr. John Campbell is the Fall 2005 Rooney International Visiting Scholar at
Robert Morris University. Dr. Campbell is an Emeritus Professor at the School of
Metallurgy and Materials and the Interdisciplinary Research Center in Materials
Processing at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Over the last 35 years he has held a variety of positions in industry in the UK
including start ups and corporate R & D, served as a consultant to UNIDO,
established his own consulting company, and invested the last 15 years at the
University of Birmingham. There he held the first and only Chair in Casting
Technology in the UK.

He has published approximately 150 research papers on liquid metals,
solidification, and casting technology, and holds about 20 patents. He holds an
M.A. in Physics from the University of Cambridge, an M.Met. in Physical
Metallurgy from the University of Sheffield, and D.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from
the University of Birmingham.

Dr. Campbell is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the
Institute of Materials, a Fellow of the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers, a
Member of the American Foundry Society, and a Chartered Engineer. In 1993 he was
awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services to science. At RMU, Dr.
Campbell will be hosted by the School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science.
During his stay, he will be working with the first engineering doctoral cohort
on their research projects. Dr. Campbell will be accompanied by his wife Sheila.


SUMMER 2005: DR. BISWANATH SAMANTA

Dr. Biswanath Samanta was the Summer 2005 Rooney International Visiting Scholar
at Robert Morris University. A native of India, Dr. Samanta is an Associate
Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at Sultan
Qaboos University in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. He has been on the faculty at
Sultan Qaboos University since 1991. His teaching and research interests are in
the areas of Dynamics, Vibration & Control, Rotor Dynamics, Machine Condition
Monitoring & Diagnostics, applications of Artificial Intelligence and Soft
Computing techniques, and Multiobjective Optimization in Design. He has
published over 60 papers in journals and conference proceedings.

Dr. Samanta has also taught and conducted research at the Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur, India in the early stages of his career and was a
researcher at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia in summer of
2004. He holds B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian
Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

At RMU, Dr. Samanta was hosted by the School of Engineering, Mathematics, and
Science. During his stay, he worked on various research projects, interacted
with with the first engineering doctoral cohort, and presented his research to
the undergraduate engineering students who were on the Academic Internship
Program over the summer.

Dr. Samanta was accompanied by his wife - Rupama Pattrea, his son - Rupayan, and
his daughter - Rupabali.


SPRING 2005: ANNE FLYNN

Anne Flynn is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship with the Centre for
Entrepreneurship Studies in the Kemmy Business School at the University of
Limerick, Ireland. She has been with the University for six years and during her
tenure has delivered entrepreneurship programmes to undergraduate, postgraduate,
and distant learning courses.

Ms. Flynn's research interests include team entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial
profiles, equity finance gap in the SME sector and strategies for securing
equity investment. She holds a Master of Business Studies in Entrepreneurial
Management and is working on her doctorate. Anne liaises with the
business/social community in establishing outreach and access programmes and
national development agencies, Enterprise Ireland, in coordinating the Student
Enterprise Awards. She has worked on a number of international projects such as
the European Network of Entrepreneurial and Innovative Training and Support
(EINET). Her contribution to the wider community includes Chairperson of the
Marketing Institute of Ireland, Mid-West Region, Committee Member, INTRE: Irish
Network of Teachers & Researchers of Entrepreneurship and Member, Irish
Management Institute.

Hosted by the School of Business, Anne Flynn joins us at RMU for the Spring 2005
semester to teach entrepreneurship, collaborate on research, and participate in
projects with the Massey Center for Business Innovation and Development.


FALL 2004: DR. SYED WASTI

Syed Tanvir Wasti was born on June 4, 1941 in Lahore, Pakistan into a family of
scholars and academicians. He received his high school education in Karachi, and
was awarded a scholarship to study Civil Engineering at Middle East Technical
University, Ankara, Turkey in 1957. He graduated with Honors in 1961 and was
selected to continue graduate work at the University of Cambridge, England on a
scholarship funded by the Central Treaty Organization [ CENTO ].

After completing his PhD degree in January 1965, Syed Tanvir Wasti returned to
teach in the Structures Division at Middle East Technical University. In 1966 he
married Yildiz Guvenc, a young colleague teaching Soil Mechanics in the Civil
Engineering Department.

On leave, Syed Tanvir Wasti worked as an Assistant Research Engineer in the
Structural Engineering & Structural Mechanics Division of the Civil Engineering
Department, University of California, Berkeley between August 1969 and July
1971. He also served as Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at the
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore between August 1976 and August
1978. Subsequently, he took up an assignment as Research Engineer in the
Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics Division of the Civil
Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley between December 1978
and September 1980. Since that time, Dr Syed Tanvir Wasti and his wife Dr Yildiz
Wasti have been Professors in the Civil Engineering Department at Middle East
Technical University. They have two grown-up daughters who, after completing
their doctorates at Ann Arbor, Michigan and Urbana, Illinois are now professors
at universities in Turkey.

Syed Tanvir Wasti is the author, co-author and editor of numerous technical
publications in English and Turkish. His technical interests comprise - but are
not limited to - limit analysis, plates and shells, finite elements, box girder
bridges, earthquake engineering, engineering education, housing problems and
transfer of technology. His non-technical publications include translations from
several languages as well as over a dozen journal papers on various
socio-historical subjects dealing with the Ottoman Empire and South Asia. Syed
Tanvir Wasti has delivered lectures on sundry subjects in Turkey, Pakistan,
Cyprus, Jordan, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and the United States of
America.


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