G. Brymer Williams Collegiate Lecturer Emerita

Location

273D Chrysler Center

Additional Title(s)

Academic Coach, Engineering Center for Academic Success

Primary Website

https://ecas.engin.umich.edu/about-us/

Personal Pronouns

She / Her / Hers

Education

Princeton University
PhD, Chemical Engineering, 1991

University of Michigan
BSE, Chemical Engineering, 1984

Biography

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.