David comes from 10 years as the Director of Laboratory Development and then Director of Interactive Learning for the George Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, where he maintains a 25% joint appointment. 

As the Director of the Co-op and Internship Program, David will focus operationally on increasing student work experiences and optimizing/enhancing the registration process and strategically building greater partnerships across all of OUESS and campus academic units to better leverage co-op and internship work experience as part of wider student experiential learning progressions.
   
Before working in Mechanical Engineering, David worked as a research engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and did consulting work with educational support companies. He was at Georgia Tech for his entire educational career (Undergrad in Mechanical Engineering through a PhD in Robotics) and was even on campus for the first 3 years of his life while his parents were both finishing degrees in Mechanical Engineering.
   
David loves board games and outdoor activities including kayaking/boating, hiking, caving, mountain biking, etc. and will take any opportunity to introduce others to these passions.