Staff
| John B Ochs PhD, Professor ME & Mech, Director IPD Program | |
 | 610.758.4593 jbo0@lehigh.edu Professor Ochs joined the Lehigh faculty in 1979 as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, was promoted to associate professor in 1983, and to full professor in 1990. He founded and directed the Computer-Aided Design Labs in the ME & Mech Department from 1980 to 1999. He won the Dupont Young Faculty Award ('79-'83) and Lehigh's Outstanding Young Faculty Award ('85). From '85-'95 Ochs did extensive industry consulting and was involved in the start up of three companies. From '99 to the present, he has directed the IPD program. What started out in '94 as the capstone experience for mechanical engineering majors is now cross listed in engineering, business and arts with over 300 students from over 20 majors participating each year. The pilot program for this course won the '96 ASME curriculum innovation award and the '97 Newcomen Society's award for the promotion of America's free-enterprise system. |
| Lisa Getzler-Linn, Associate Director IPD Program | |
 | 610.758.4620 lig4@lehigh.edu Lisa Getzler-Linn is the associate director of Lehigh University's Integrated Product Development (IPD) program. She serves as director of the Lehigh Entrepreneurs Network and Thalheimer Student Entrepreneurs Competition. Along with guiding students through the venture creation and product development process, her interests and research focus on intellectual property issues for student entrepreneurs, ethics in entrepreneurship, and assessment of student performance in multi-disciplined, team-based courses. In January 2004 the IPD program adopted the innovative assessment, evaluation and grading model, "Toolset of Rubrics and Alternative Assessments" developed by Ms. Getzler-Linn and continues to utilize this performance assessment methodology as a way to address grading equity across the diverse subject matter, population, majors and projects for which the IPD program is known. |
| Bobbi Kocher Spain, Capstone Project Associate | |
 | 610.758.5626 ros205@lehigh.edu Bobbi brings her background in Marketing and Public Relations to her role as IPD Associate for Academic Partnerships. Her primary responsibility is to work with companies in all aspects of their role as IPD sponsors. She develops IPD promotional materials for both internal and external distribution, as well as handles IPD event planning and coordination. She has worked in education since 1995 in both a professional and volunteer capacity. Bobbi is a board member of several Lehigh Valley organizations dedicated to student health & safety issues. |