Distinguished Lecturer
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1988
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1984
- Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1988 – present
- Member, American Society of Engineering Education, 1991-present
- Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee (2023)
- Faculty Excellence in Service Award, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee (2022)
- Gene Joyce Visionary Award, Pellissippi State Community College (2014)
- Gramoll, K.,Kocak, M., Hines, W., "Comparison of Traditional and Distance Education Delivery Outcomes for an Engineering Statics Course", Journal of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), 2005.
- Retherford, J., Ellestad, R.M., Keffer, D.J., Griffin, T.T., Kocak, M.S., Carrico, C., “Outcomes & Observations in the Transfer Success Co-Design in Engineering Disciplines (TranSCEnD) Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville”, ASEE Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, June, 2023.
- Keffer, D.J., McCord, R., Griffin, T.T., Retherford, J., Kocak, M.S., Carrico, C., “TranSCEnD: Transfer Success Co-Design in Engineering Disciplines”, American Association for the Advancement of Science S-STEM Virtual Fall Forum, Oct./Nov. 2021.
- Keffer, D.J., McCord, R., Griffin, T.T., Retherford, J., Wetteland, C.J., Kocak, M.S., Carrico, C., “TranSCEnD: Transfer Success Co-Design in Engineering Disciplines”, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (virtual), Nov. 2020.
- McCord, R., Keffer, D.J., Retherford, J., Wetteland, C., Kocak, M.S., Griffin, T., “NSF S-STEM: Transfer Success Co-Design for Engineering Disciplines (TranSCEnD)”, 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL, Jun. 2019.
- Gramoll, K.,Kocak, M., Hines, W., "Delivery and Assessment of Teaching Statics over the Internet to Community College Students", American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland Oregon, October 2005.
- Kocak, M., Ferman, C.M., “Group Learning Experiences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte”, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Gulf Southwest Section Annual Meeting, New Orleans Louisiana, March 1991
- Skidmore (Kocak), M., Johnson, R.R., “Thermal Contact Conductance of Various Metals at Elevated Temperature”, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 24th Thermophysics Conference, Buffalo, NY, February 1989.
Biography
Mary Kocak is a Distinguished Lecturer in the Engineering Fundamentals Program at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of North Carolina.
She started her engineering career in the field of manufacturing before advancing to an international consulting firm. She later transitioned into academia, holding faculty positions at both the university and community college levels. Mary’s research experiences include thermal contact conductance of materials at high temperatures, landfill gas as an alternative fuel for industrial boilers, optional energy methods for the desalination of salt water, and advanced manufacturing and prototyping.
Mary has collaborated with diverse, interdisciplinary teams and is passionate about preparing the next generations of engineers by teaching the fundamentals principles of the discipline.
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