Richard M. Lagiewski, Lecturer

M.S., B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology

Campus Address: Eastman Building (#01) 4266  
Office Telephone: 585-475-2820
Email: rxlisr@rit.edu
Personal website:  http://www.rit.edu/cast/hsm/faculty.html
Research interests include: Destination development, resort management, tourism in transitional economies, organizational change and creating service competitiveness through creative practices.

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Rick M. Lagiewski is a lecturer in the Hospitality and Tourism Management Department in the School of International Hospitality and Service Innovation.  He has been teaching at RIT since 2001.  Lagiewski’s research and teaching interests include: destination development, resort management, tourism in transitional economies, organizational change and creating service competitiveness through creative practices. He led a project for the East West Institute on cross-border institution building for tourism between Bosnia, Montenegro and Croatia.  Over the last four year Lagiewski has been an active scholar in delivering papers at the European Council of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Educators (EuroCHRIE)conference in such locations at; Turkey, France, Greece and Dubai. Topics have ranged from issues relating to medical tourism, experiential marketing and public private efforts in tourism development. Work with students at the undergraduate level outside of teaching have revolved around special event planning such as; Professional Golf Association (PGA) Championship, Senior PGA Championship, and the International Disabled Sailors (IDS) Sailing Regatta.  Lagiewski also helped deliver E-commerce training throughout the three main wine regions in New York State.  These seminars were made possible by grants sponsored by the New York Wine and Grape Foundation. Lagiewski is a member of the Council of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Educators, the National Restaurant Association, Eta Sigma Delta International Hospitality Honor Society, Executive Board;   and the Vermont Travel Industry Conference (State Tourism Conference).  He has been a nominee for the RIT Board of Trustees Scholarship Award and was the 2008 CHRIE Marriott Faculty Intern.  Lagiewski’s was awarded a Professional Development Fellowship funded by the U.S. Department of State through the Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Act - 2001-2002l  NYS/UUP Individual Development Award – summer 2000; Vermont Travel Industry Conference Scholarship Winner - December 1999; Nominated for the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching State University of New York - December 1997; Teaching and Technology Discovery Grant, State University of New York -1997

James H. Lee, Ph.D., joined the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology/Packaging Science Department in 2009 as an assistant professor. He joined RIT in 2007 as research faculty in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. Lee's research interests are focused on natural gas fueled engine development, small aircraft engine development, and energy systems and fuel cell systems. Lee is an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Automobile Engineers and is a professional engineer registered in the state of New York. Lee is an Eisenhower Fellow for Transportation Studies.

Research interests include: Natural gas fueled engine development, small aircraft engine development, and energy systems and fuel cell systems.

William M. Leonard, is an associate professor in the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology/Packaging Science Department and serves as Program Chair for Mechanical Engineering Technology. He has been at RIT since 1997. His areas of interest and research focus on advanced product design, rapid development and product prototyping and innovative engine design. Leonard is an active member of ASME and ASEE.

Research interests include: advanced product design, rapid development and product prototyping and Innovative engine design.

Ti-Lin Liu is an associate professor in the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology / Packaging Science Department. He has been teaching at RIT since 1987. Previously he was the Chair Professor of the Mechanics Department at Shanghai University of Technology. His areas of interest include finite element analysis with ALGOR, computer simulation with working model and Matlab/Simulink, numerical analysis, solid mechanics, heat transfer and system dynamics/vibration. Liu is an active member of the New York State Engineering Technology Association. He has been the recipient of teaching awards in China and was the sole recipient of the 2001 Annual Grant Reward from MSC Software Corporation, San Mateo, CA.

Research interests include: Finite element analysis with ALGOR, computer simulation with working model and Matlab/Simulink.

Carl A. Lundgren is a professor in the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology/Packaging Science Department. He has been at RIT for over 28 years. Previously, he served as Lower Division Program Chair for Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology. His areas of interests include alternative energy systems, HVAC composites and biofuels. Scholarly works are in two areas; pedagogy, engaged learning through projected based learning and undergraduate research/product development; and bio-ethanol from ensiled biomass. Lundgren is an active member of ASEE, ETA and a member of the Advisory Board of Empowerus Tools (alumni owned and specializing in adaptive tools). He is also a three-time winner of NYSERDA Design prizes related to Solar Design. Lundgren has also been a past winner of the New Residential Solar Design Competition, the Commercial Builders Solar Design Competition and the Residential Retrofit Solar Design Competition.

Research interests include: Alternative energy systems, HVAC, composites, biofuels.