Dr. Robert Harder is Dean of the College of Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. He is responsible for all aspects of academic administration for the college of engineering and leading faculty in the departments of mechanical and civil engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, biomedical engineering, mathematics and applied science, biology, biochemistry and chemistry. Bob is a knowledge enterprise architect, with a long history of developing and sustaining innovative academic programs in collaboration with industry partners and community stakeholders. He has developed innovative programs including a Community Development Internship Program, an industry sponsored multi-disciplinary Senior Capstone Design program, a hands-on project based freshman Engineering Principles course sequence and Servant Engineering, an interdisciplinary service-oriented course sequence where all engineering majors work in teams on engineering projects for nonprofit organizations or individuals in need. Dr. Harder came to George Fox in 1988 to start an engineering program from scratch. Since that time he has served as a tenured faculty member (assistant, associate and full professor), engineering program director, department chair for mathematics, computer science and engineering, and is presently dean of the college of engineering. He has also been responsible for establishing a University Innovation Fellows program at George Fox and bringing the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges Scholars program to the college of engineering. Prior to his academic career, Bob held engineering and management positions in the metals processing industry with Republic Steel, British Steel and US Steel Corporation. His professional interests have included research into advanced energy systems and combustion modeling, tribology, precision viticulture and IOT based automation systems integration for the agri-tech industry. Bob holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and the Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Oregon Health & Science University (Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology) is Dean of the College of Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. He is responsible for all aspects of academic administration for the college of engineering and leading faculty in the departments of mechanical and civil engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, biomedical engineering, mathematics and applied science, biology, biochemistry and chemistry. Bob is a knowledge enterprise architect, with a long history of developing and sustaining innovative academic programs in collaboration with industry partners and community stakeholders. He has developed innovative programs including a Community Development Internship Program, an industry sponsored multi-disciplinary Senior Capstone Design program, a hands-on project based freshman Engineering Principles course sequence and Servant Engineering, an interdisciplinary service-oriented course sequence where all engineering majors work in teams on engineering projects for nonprofit organizations or individuals in need. Dr. Harder came to George Fox in 1988 to start an engineering program from scratch. Since that time he has served as a tenured faculty member (assistant, associate and full professor), engineering program director, department chair for mathematics, computer science and engineering, and is presently dean of the college of engineering. He has also been responsible for establishing a University Innovation Fellows program at George Fox and bringing the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges Scholars program to the college of engineering. Prior to his academic career, Bob held engineering and management positions in the metals processing industry with Republic Steel, British Steel and US Steel Corporation. His professional interests have included research into advanced energy systems and combustion modeling, tribology, precision viticulture and IOT based automation systems integration for the agri-tech industry. Bob holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and the Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Oregon Health & Science University (Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology)