Olivier Putzeys

Senior Lecturer
Mechanical Engineering

Olivier Putzeys is a Senior Lecturer and the Undergraduate Coordinator in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine. He teaches a wide variety of courses (both lecture- and lab-based) and also manages the undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to UMaine, he was an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Montana State University. Dr. Putzeys worked at Exponent, Inc., a failure analysis consulting firm, for five years following his graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, which followed his undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University.

Awards

Early Career Teaching Award, College of Engineering, University of Maine, 2017
Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Montana State University, 2015-2016

Professional Associations

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

Professional Certifications

Professional Engineer (P.E.): Licensed Mechanical Engineer, State of California

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2007
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2004
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Bucknell University, 2002
Portrait of Oliver Putzeys
Senior Lecturer
Undergraduate Coordinator