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Koenraad Gieskes

Assistant Director; Lecturer; Co-Director

Engineering Design Division (EDD); Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP); Upward Bound Math-Science (UBMS)

Background

Gieskes received both his BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering from 黑料视频. His research is primarily focused on engineering education.

After joining the Engineering Design Division as a graduate student in 2004, he was hired as a full-time lecturer in 2009, and he became the assistant director in 2017. From 2022-23, he served as the interim director.

Along with his roles for the first-year engineering program, Gieskes teaches Sustainability Engineering courses, serves as co-director for the Upward Bound Math Science (UBMS) program and Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP), and has taught in STEM and STEAM summer camps for K-12 students for over 15 years. In 2019, he received a Chancellor's Award in Teaching.

Gieskes was born in the Netherlands, and after moving to the U.S. in the early 1990s, he currently resides in Binghamton.

Education

  • BSME, 黑料视频
  • MSME, 黑料视频