Patricia D. Brackin

Dr. Patricia (Patsy) Brackin serves as director of Rose-Hulman's engineering design program, joining with colleagues to find ways to incorporate design opportunities throughout a student's four-year college experience—in any major course of study. Dr. Brackin's expertise is in design methodology, creativity and innovation. She also helped develop the Home for Environmentally Responsible Engineering (HERE) program, a living-learning experience for students interested in sustainability and humanitarian engineering. Dr. Brackin also spent 11 years as director of Rose-Hulman's Operation Catapult program, helping introduce high-school seniors to the wonders of science and engineering. She attended Green Belt training to learn how Cummins, Inc. incorporates Six Sigma principles into manufacturing and design processes. In addition, she spent a year’s sabbatical with Eli Lilly learning their processes for developing medical devices. Dr. Brackin was a design engineer for Chicago Bridge and Iron before becoming a college professor. Dr. Brackin was named an ABET Fellow in 2020 and is a big fan of the University of Tennessee Volunteers.