Dr. Stephanie G. Adams is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Engineering and an Associate Professor of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). During the 2006-2007 Academic Year she will be working at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA as a Program Director in the Engineering Education and Centers Division. Dr. Adams is an honor graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, where she earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering, in 1988. In 1991 she was awarded the Master of Engineering degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. She received her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas A&M University in August of 1998. Her areas of concentration were Industrial Engineering and Management. Her research interests include Team Effectiveness, Collaborative and Active Learning, Engineering Education and Pedagogy, and Quality Control and Management. She has published a number of articles on the effective use of teams, as well as articles on issues related to mentoring students. In 2003 she received the prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to support her goal of designing, developing and validating a model for the facilitation of effective teaming in the engineering classroom and for the enhancement of learning. Dr. Adams is the recipient of numerous awards for teaching, mentoring and service.

• Ph.D., 1998 Texas A&M
  
• M.S., 1991 University of Virginia
  
• B.S., 1989 North Carolina A&T

• Work Teams
• Quality Control and Management
• Organizational Management and Change
• Engineering Management
• Teams and Technology
• Systems Engineering

Invited Book Chapter:

1. Adams, S.G., Succeeding in the Face of Doubt, in Faculty of Color Teaching in Predominantly White Institutions, editor Christine Stanley, Ph.D. Anker Publishing Company, Inc., Bolton, Massachusetts, June, 2006.

Invited Book Chapter:

1. Mellat-Parast, M., Adams, S. G., Jones, E. C., Subba Rao, S., and Raghu-Nathan, T.S. (2006) Comparing quality management practices between the US and Mexico, Quality Management Journal,Vol. 13, No. 4., October 2006.
2. 2.Ruiz Ulloa, B.C. and Adams, S.G., Attitudes Toward Teamwork and Team Effectiveness in Engineering Students, Team Performance Management Journal, Vol.10 Nos.7/8, 5 November 2004.
3. Varvel, T., Adams, S.G., Pridie, S.J., and Ruiz Ulloa, B., A Study of Team Effectiveness and Individual Myers-Briggs Personality Dimensions, Journal of Management in Engineering, Volume 20, Issue 4, October 2004, pp. 141-146.
4. Mellat Parast, M. and Adams, S.G., Team Rewards: Past, Present and Future Implications, IEE Engineering Management Journal, April/May 2004.
5. Adams, S.G., Building Successful Student Teams in the Engineering Classroom, Journal of Science Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4/3 & 4, July-December, 2003.
6. Adams, S.G., and Ruiz Ulloa, B.C., An Investigation of Personnel Issues Affecting Kanban Performance: A Case Study, Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 15 No. 4, December, 2003.
7. Adams, S.G., The Effectiveness of the E-Team Approach to Invention and Innovation, Journal of Engineering Education, October, 2001, pp. 597-600.

Accepted Pending Revisions:

1. Williams, A.L., Adams, S.G., Mellat Parast, M. and Zafft, C. "Employee Perception of Customer Satisfaction via Six Sigma in the Manufacturing Industry", submitted August 2005, Engineering Management Journal. 2.
2. Mellat Parast, M., Jones, E.C., and Adams, S.G., A Relationship between Six Sigma and Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award, submitted July 2006, Quality Progress.

Under Review :

1. Ruiz Ulloa, B.C., Adams, S.G. and Ross, T.M., "A Framework for Team Training in the Classroom", submitted May 2006, Journal of Management Education.
2. Adams, S.G., Ruiz Ulloa, B.C., Simon Vena, L.C., and Mellat Parast, M., A Conceptual Model for the Development and Facilitation of Effective Teamwork, submitted September 2006, Journal of Engineering Education
3. Mellat Parast, M., Adams, S.G., and Jones, E.C., An Empirical Study of Quality Management Practices in the Petroleum Industry, submitted October 2006, Production Planning and Control.
4. Lee-Thomas, G. and Adams, S.G., Global Higher Education Leadership and Research Opportunities, submitted October 2006, Journal of Research in International Education
5. Adams, S.G., Zafft, C.Molano Naffah, C., and Nagarajarao, K., Development of a Protocol to Measure Team Behavior in Engineering Education,  submitted November 2006, Journal on STEM Education: Innovation and Research

In Preparation:

1. Krueger, D.C. and Adams, S.G., A New Way of Looking at Six Sigma Implementation: A Qualitative Case Study Using Systematic Grounded Theory, to be submitted to Engineering Management Journal.
2. Adams, S.G. and Hobson, R.S., Creating and Leading International Research Experiences for Undergraduates, to be submitted Journal on STEM Education: Innovation and Research.
3. Alcalde, D. and Adams, S.G., Monitoring Learning of Teaming Skills in Engineering Students Team