Location
Chrysler Center 273D
2121 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Pronouns
She / Her / Hers
Phone
(734) 936-1890
Primary Website
Education
- Princeton University
PhD, Chemical Engineering, 1991 - University of Michigan
BSE, Chemical Engineering, 1984
Professional Experience
University of Michigan
College of Engineering
- Academic Coach, Engineering Center for Academic Success, 2018 –
University of Michigan
Chemical Engineering
- G. Brymer Williams Collegiate Lecturer, 2012 – 2022
- Lecturer IV, 1999 – 2022
- Director, Multimedia Education Laboratory, 1993 – 2020
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Chief Undergraduate Program Advisor, 2017 – 2019
- Undergraduate Program Advisor, Chemical Engineering, 1997 – 2017
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, 1993 – 1999
- Research Fellow: Advisor, Professor H. Scott Fogler, 1991 – 1993
Princeton University
Chemical Engineering Department
- 1989 Instructor, Junior-level chemical engineering laboratory
- 1987 Teaching Assistant, Junior-level chemical engineering laboratory
Mercer County Community College
West Windsor, NJ
- Instructor, Pre-algebra evening class, 1988
Teaching
- ChE 230 Material and Energy Balances
- ChE 342 Heat and Mass Transfer
- ChE 360 Junior Laboratory
- ChE 466 Process Control
- ChE 485 Chemical Process Economics
- ChE 487 Process Design and Simulation
- ChE 518 Engin. Fund. in Biological Systems
- Engr 100 Introduction to Engineering
- Engr 580 Teaching Engineering
Awards
- Dr. Mildred Tirado “Lucha” Award, advocacy and support of Latinx students, 2021
- Willie Hobbs Moore luncheon Achievement Award, WISE program, 2019
- Movement of Underrepresented Sisters in Engineering and Science (MUSES) Legacy Award 2019
- Golden Apple Award nominee, 2018, 2019
- SHPE Region 6 Advisor of the Year, 2016, 2018
- ASEE Spread the Word/Campus Representative Award, North Central Section, 2002, 2005, 2011
- Featured Educator cover article by Chemical Engineering Education 40(3), Summer 2006
- College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, 2002-03
- Society of Women Engineers Teaching Award, 2003
- Department of Chemical Engineering Teaching Award, 1995-96
- Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 1995
- Member of Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon (Chemistry Honorary), Omega Chi Epsilon (ChE Honorary)
- NSF Minority Graduate Fellow, 1986-89
- National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Undergraduate Fellowship, 1981-84
Selected Papers
- Addressing a Diverse Student Population, Susan Montgomery, CEE Teaching Tip, Vol 52 No 2 (2018): Spring 2018, p. 98
- Montgomery, S.M., “Incorporating the Online Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering Equipment Into Your Course Activities,” 2014 ASEE Annual Conference, June 15-18, 2014. Indianapolis, IN.
- Engineering Students’ Perceptions of and Attitudes Towards Cheating, Donald D. Carpenter, Trevor S. Harding, Cynthia J. Finelli, Susan M. Montgomery, and Honor J. Passow, Journal of Engineering Education July 2006, Vol 95 No. 3 181-194.