Dr. Wangping Sun has been teaching at Oregon Tech for more than 10 years and has taught more than 17 courses. He holds a doctoral degree in Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering from Kansas State University. He is an ABET MET Program Evaluator and has been the Program Director of the M&MET programs in Wilsonville since 2013. He’s been active in publishing papers and doing applied research with industries.
Dr. Lawrence J. Wolf is a professor of the Oregon Institute of Technology and a distinguished service professor of the Oregon University System. After experience in the army and the aircraft, petroleum, and chemical industries, he began his academic career in 1964 as the founding head of the MET program at the St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley. More...
Mr. Wade has over 40 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Design Engineering, and Materials Research. His design experience includes load cell instrumentation, water treatment equipment, manufacturing automation, and medical devices. His manufacturing background includes mechanical equipment, instrumentation, consumer products, electronic ceramics, industrial chemicals, and medical devices. That background includes hands-on experience with automation and robotics in machining, assembly, investment casting, and injection molding. He holds U.S. patents in water treatment and ground effect vehicles.
His materials research experience is in metal fatigue and ceramic materials; including high temperature test methods and statistical approaches to design with brittle materials. Mr. Wade is currently Manager of Process Engineering at Bioject, Inc., a manufacturer of needle-free injection devices. Other employment has been at Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute, Nalco Chemical, and ALCOA. He has taught Data Processing and Engineering classes at universities and community colleges since 1975. Mr. Wade holds an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science from Northwestern University.
Mike grew up in southwest Kansas and started as a soda jerk for the family business when he was 10. He progressed to overhauling engines, delivering milk in a standup drive manual transmission truck, and expanding the business into packaged ice. He then pursued the B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Kansas. Mike joined the U.S. Air Force where he tested bombs, missiles, and aircraft avionics in Florida. Beaches, sailboats, and fresh seafood became popular indulgences as this Kansas boy embraced Florida’s offerings. He left the Air Force for Colorado to work in ballistic missile defense, while starting and running a popcorn business.
Yearning for the academic environment, Mike decided to pursue the Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He then spent four years at Vanderbilt teaching engineering and computer science while performing research in metal additive manufacturing, virtual prototyping, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and thermal analysis. He also led and conducted evidence-based teaching workshops, teaching as research, learning communities, learning through diversity programs, and mentoring programs.
Mike is excited to join Oregon Tech and explore the Pacific Northwest. Mike enjoys great food and outdoor activities. If you stop by his office, you might find him juggling as a stress reliever.