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Tahira Reid Smith

Arthur L. Glenn Professor of Engineering Education
Associate Department Head for Inclusive Research and Education

Affiliation(s):

Mechanical Engineering

School of Engineering Design and Innovation

201 Reber Building

tpr5404@psu.edu

814-863-1673

Research Website

Education

Publications

Journal Articles

Jacob G Hunter, Elise Ulwelling, Matthew Konishi, Noah Michelini, Akhil Modali, Anne Mendoza, Jessie Snyder, Shashank Mehrota, Zhaobo Zeng, Anil R Kumar, Kumar Akash, Teruhisa Misu, Neera Jain and Tahira Reid Smith, 2023, "The future of mobility-as-a-service: trust transfer across automated mobilities, from road to sidewalk", Frontiers in Psychology, 14, pp. p.1129583.1-1129583.19

Conference Proceedings

Tahira Reid and Catherine Berdanier, 2023, "Design Sprints in Research: A Novel Approach for Enhancing the Professional Development of Graduate Students"

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

ASME Dedicated Service Award, ASME, March 2025 - March 2025

Featured in "Change Your Game/Cambia Tu Juego" Exhibit, Smithsonian Museum of American History, March 2024

ASME Fellow, ASME, June 2024

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About

The School of Engineering Design and Innovation delivers effective engineering education and unrivaled research opportunities through active, collaborative, project-based, and professionally oriented classroom experiences. The school offers a variety of programs that partner faculty, students, and industry in the study of real-life engineering problems. Our programs teach students to solve real-life problems with innovative solutions.