Michael c. Larson, PH.D. PROFESSOR
Michael c. Larson, PH.D. PROFESSOR
EDUCATION
CURRENT POSITIONs at the UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT COLORADO SPRINGS
❖Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, 2008-present
❖El Pomar Chair of Engineering and Innovation, 2006-present
❖Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2006-present
❖Director of MIND Studios, a full-service engineering design and development enterprise serving companies and independent inventors, 2006-present
FUNDED RESEARCH PROGRAMS (Total of over $6 million)
❖Funding agencies include: National Science Foundation (NSF), Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), TRW Corporation, Lockheed-Martin Corporation, Lemelson Foundation, and others.
❖Outstanding Researcher of the Year, School of Engineering, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2008
❖New Inventor of the Year 2007, awarded by the University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office
❖Innovator of the Year 2005, awarded by New Orleans City Business for establishing and directing the Studio for Creative Design
❖Society of Tulane Engineers and the Lee H. Johnson Award for Teaching Excellence, Tulane University, 1999
❖Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Tulane University, 1998
❖Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1997
❖Pi Tau Sigma ASME Faculty Award for outstanding teaching, Tulane University, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, and 2002-2003
❖Harold A. Levey Alumni Award (for significant achievement within ten years of graduation from Tulane University), 1994
❖Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellow, 1993-1994
❖Newton and Mary Ebaugh Fellow, 1992-1993
❖Air Force Commendation Medal
HONORS AND AWARDS
1992
Ph.D.
MIT
Mechanical Engineering
M.S.
1985
University of Michigan
Mechanical Engineering
B.S.
1984
Tulane University
Mechanical Engineering