Stephen Tricamo

Biographical Sketch Stephen J. Tricamo, Ph.D; PE Dr. Stephen J. Tricamo has been a Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering since he joined NJIT in 1995. He has served as Associate Dean of Engineering from 1995-1997, Interim Dean of Engineering for the 1997-1998 academic year and Associate Provost from 2009 to 2010. His professional expertise is in mechanism design and integrated product and process design. He also has a long-standing interest in engineering education. While serving in his administrative posts, Professor Tricamo led the NJIT component of three major research efforts totaling $8M in funding. Two of these were NSF sponsored programs dealing with innovative reforms in engineering education. The third, a project awarded to a coalition between the US Army, General Motors, Raytheon, ISI and NJIT, applied a multi-media based instructional approach to the maintenance and repair of military vehicles. In 2000 Dr. Tricamo co-founded the National Collaborative Task Force on Engineering Graduate Education Reform currently composed of approximately 15 university and 10 industrial members. Prior to joining NJIT, Dr. Tricamo was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology where he joined the faculty in 1980. While at Stevens, he served as Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, and with Dr. Donald Sebastian, Sr. VP of Research at NJIT, co-founded and co-directed the Design and Manufacturing Institute. During his tenure at Stevens, he attracted more than $25M in funding. Dr. Tricamo has authored forty technical publications, is a member of two engineering honor societies and five professional societies, holds a patent dealing with the dynamic balancing of mechanisms, and is a licensed professional engineer in the state of New Jersey.

Ph.D.; City College of New York; Mechanical Engineering; 1980

M.S.; City College of New York; Mechanical Engineering; 1969

B.S.; City College of New York; Mechanical Engineering; 1966

ME 339 - FUNDAMTLS OF MACH DESIGN

IE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

EM 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

IE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

EM 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

IE 726 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH II

EM 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

IE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

IE 792B - PRE DOCTORAL RESEARCH

IE 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

ME 316 - MACHINE DESIGN

EM 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

IE 481 - INVSTGTNS IN INDS ENGR I

IE 725 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH I

ME 433 - VIBRATION ANALYSIS

EM 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

1. Developing new graduate program addressing need for professional degrees for practicing engineers and technical personnel. Emphasis will be on innovation and new product development. 2. Have begun to develop recorded lectures to be used in "flipping the classroom", whereby lecture material is recorded on video for student's home study and classroom time is devoted to working with students on application and problem solving.

Examining the current condition of higher education in the US in terms of its effectiveness, efficiency, cost, contribution to the economy, and fulfillment of mission. This to be followed by a look at future trends and how academe may need to change to better meet its objectives, particularly the need to make higher education accessible for all who qualify.