Larry J. Shuman is Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
and Professor of Industrial Engineering. His areas of interest are
improving the engineering educational experience and the study of
the ethical behavior of engineers. He has published widely in the
engineering education literature and is a co-author of
Engineering Ethics: Balancing Cost Schedule and Risk - Lessons
Learned from the Space Shuttle (Cambridge University Press,
1997). He is an Associate Editor and a member of the Editorial
Review Board for the Journal of Engineering Education. Dr.
Shuman has been principle or co-principle investigator on over
twenty sponsored research projects funded from such government
agencies and foundations as the National Science Foundation, US
Departments of Health and Human Services and the Department of
Transportation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and
Engineering Information Foundation. He holds the Ph.D. in
Operations Research from the Johns Hopkins University and the
B.S.E.E. from the University of Cincinnati. He was the Academic
Dean for the “Semester at Sea” for the Spring 2002 semester, and
is currently the Chair of the Academic Advisory Committee for the
Semester at Sea Program.
