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Edward
Lumsdaine
Personal Web Page
E-mail:lumsdain@mtu.edu
Professor; DSc, New Mexico State University
Engineering Education, High-Tech Training, Noise and Vibrations,
Heat Transfer, Entrepreneurship
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Research
Interests
In
recent years, Lumsdaine's interests have been in how to enhance
learning, innovation, engineering design, quality, and teamwork
in academia and industry. He has developed and taught contextual
heat transfer, as well as math review and NVH (noise, vibration,
and harshness) courses in industry. As a management consultant for
Ford Motor Company, he has been heavily involved in the development
of the C3P education and training program, heading up a coalition
of several Michigan universities and colleges participating in the
program. His work in heat transfer has focused on alternative energy
sources and machines. To facilitate technology transfer and economic
development, he has developed a practical course in entrepreneurship
and effective problem solving needed for business startup
Publications
• Lumsdaine, E., and Binks, Martin, Keep on
Moving! Entrepreneurial Creativity and Effective Problem Solving,
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2003.
• Lumsdaine, E., Lumsdaine, M., and Shelnutt, J. William,
Creative Problem Solving and Engineering Design, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
• Lumsdaine, E. and Lumsdaine, M., "Prerequisites for
Organizational Innovation," Chapter 2 in Break-Out Creativity (Rick Crandall, ed.), Select Press, 1998.
• Lumsdaine, E., and Lumsdaine, M., Creative Problem Solving:
Thinking Skills for a Changing World, McGraw-Hill, 1995.
• Lumsdaine, M. and Lumsdaine, E., "Thinking Preferences
of Engineering Students: Implications for Curriculum Restructuring,"
Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 84, No. 2, April 1995, pp.
193-204.
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