Meet the Project Team
Director of Grants, Somerset Community College
Elaine Kohrman is an Associate Professor of Biology and the Director of Grants at Somerset Community College. She holds a Masters of Science in Biology from the University of Cincinnati. Ms. Kohrman is also involved with an additive manufacturing grant project through KY NSF EPSCoR..She has written successful grant proposals for NSF Scholarships in STEM, NSF Advanced Technological Education, USDA Rural Business Development, Dept of Education Strengthening Institutions Program and Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program.
Professor, Somerset Community College
Professor Wooldridge is a Registered Architect, a Professional Engineer in multiple disciplines including Architectural, Mechanical, and Manufacturing systems, and holds multiple patents. His Master's degree is in Manufacturing Systems Engineering with an additive manufacturing focus. A fourth generation cattle farmer, he also owns two private engineering and design firms and has designed buildings and systems all across the central and southern regions of Kentucky. Eric Wooldridge is a consulting reviewer for Autodesk’s educational program and teaches courses in additive manufacturing, pre-engineering, generative design, and workforce leadership at Somerset Community College (SCC). Professor Wooldridge serves as faculty and PI on NSF, KCTCS TRAINS, and USDA grant projects, created KCTCS’ first statewide 3D printing technician certificate program, and is the director of the KCTCS Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence.
Kinsey Potter is a PhD student in the Program Planning & Evaluation Exceptional Learning
program at Tennessee Technological University with a background in Communications.
Her research interests include rural depopulation and postsecondary pathways. Potter
is very interested in evaluation and is a student of Dr. George Chitiyo, the lead
evaluator for the Mobile AMP project.
Dr. George Chitiyo is the Project Evaluator for Mobile AMP. He is Professor of Educational
Research and Evaluation at Tennessee Tech University. He teaches courses in research
methods, statistics, and program evaluation. He is involved in designing and implementing
evaluation initiatives of different types of programs and interventions in educational
settings. His evaluation work includes projects in Advanced Technological Education
(ATE), STEM education programs, and public health.
Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Technology, Tennessee Technological University
Currently, Dr. Fidan serves as a Professor of the Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Technology at Tennessee Technological University. His research and teaching interests are in additive manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, distance learning, and STEM education. Dr. Fidan is a member and active participant of SME, ASEE, ABET, ASME, Tennessee Academy of Science, and IEEE. He is also the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology and International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing. He co-leads the Mobile AMP Project and manages the tasks and deliverables of it for the state of Tennessee.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University
James Femi-Oyetoro is currently a graduate research assistant at the Additive Manufacturing Research and Innovation Lab. He holds a master's degree from Tennessee Tech in Mechanical Engineering. His research interests are in additive manufacturing (AM), machine learning, and renewable energy. His current research is in Short Carbon Fiber Reinforced FFF made composites, mechanical characterization of FFF made parts, and application of machine learning in AM under the tutelage of Dr. Ismail Fidan. James is an active member of SME, NSBE, and ASME.
Michelle Davis is the Outreach Coordinator of the Center for Manufacturing Research
at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, TN. In this position she assists engineering
faculty with the outreach aspects of their research grants. Michelle graduated from
Vanderbilt University with a Masters degree in Psychology and from the University
of Houston with a Bachelors of Science in Psychology.
