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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

  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2000

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
  • Jacob G. Hunter, Steven L Schonlau, Neera Jain and Tahira Reid, , "A Methodology for Objective Design Fixation Analysis in Constrained Design Tools", Journal of Mechanical Design

Conference Proceedings

  • Maulik Kotecha, Ali Tarlani Beris and Tahira Reid Smith, 2025, "Application of User-Centered Design Methodology for Human Digital Twins", ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conference
  • Maulik Kotecha, Tikyna Dandridge and Tahira Reid Smith, 2025, "Digital Twins in Engineering and Design Education: A Systematized Review", ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
  • Joonwon Choi, Jacob G. Hunter, Inseok Hwang and Tahira Reid Smith, 2025, "Distraction-Aware Data-Driven Hybrid Reachability Analysis of Cyber-Physical-Human Systems Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy", AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum
  • K R Oritiz, Jacob G. Hunter, Adam Thorpe, Madeline Yuh, Tahira Reid Smith, Neera Jain and Meeko Oishi, 2024, "Assessing the Relationship Between Learning Stages and Prefrontal Cortex Activation in a Psychomotor Task", Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
  • Tryphenia Peele-Eady, Tahira Reid Smith and Lizandra Godwin, 2024, "Growing Graduate Mentors Through a Summer Intensive Research Institute", ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
  • Tahira Reid and Catherine Berdanier, 2023, "Design Sprints in Research: A Novel Approach for Enhancing the Professional Development of Graduate Students", Frontiers in Education

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, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, June 2024

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About

With more than 60 faculty members, 330 graduate students, and 1,000 undergraduate students, the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering embraces a culture that welcomes individuals with a diversity of backgrounds and expertise. Our faculty and students are innovating today what will impact tomorrow’s solutions to meeting our energy needs, homeland security, biomedical devices, and transportation systems. We offer B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering as well as resident (M.S., Ph.D.) and online (M.S.) graduate degrees in mechanical engineering. See how we’re inspiring change and impacting tomorrow at me.psu.edu.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

137 Reber Building

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802-4400

Phone: 814-865-2519