Karl A. Smith

Karl A. Smith is Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor, Executive Co-Director STEM Education Center, and Faculty Member, Technological Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota. He also is the Cooperative Learning Professor, School of Engineering Education, College of Engineering, Purdue University.

Dr. Smith’s research and development interests include building research and innovation capabilities in engineering education; faculty and graduate student professional development; the role of cooperation in learning and design; problem formulation, modeling, and knowledge engineering; and project and knowledge management. Karl has over 30 years of experience working with faculty to redesign their courses and programs to enhance student learning. He adapted the cooperative learning model to engineering education, and in the past 15 years has focused on high-performance teamwork through his workshops and book Teamwork and Project Management (2014). His bachelor’s and master’s degrees are in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Technological University and his Ph.D. is in educational psychology from the University of Minnesota.

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