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Tahira Reid Smith

Interim Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion
Arthur L. Glenn Professor of Engineering Education

Affiliation(s):

  • Engineering Dean's Office
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

201 Reber Building

tpr5404@psu.edu

814-863-1673

Research Website

 
 

 

Education

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

Publications

Journal Articles

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

Conference Proceedings

  • Tahira Reid Smith, Maulik Kotecha and Ali Tarlani Beris, 2025, "Application of User-Centered Design Methodology for Human Digital Twins", ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conference
  • Tahira Reid Smith, Maulik Kotecha and Tikyna Dandridge, 2025, "Digital Twins in Engineering and Design Education: A Systematized Review", ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
  • Tahira Reid Smith, Joonwon Choi, Jacob G. Hunter and Inseok Hwang, 2025, "Distraction-Aware Data-Driven Hybrid Reachability Analysis of Cyber-Physical-Human Systems Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy", AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum
  • Tahira Reid Smith, K R Oritiz, Jacob G. Hunter, Adam Thorpe, Madeline Yuh, 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
  • Tahira Reid Smith, Tryphenia Peele-Eady 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

The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was created in the spring of 2015 to allow greater access to courses offered by both departments for undergraduate and graduate students in exciting collaborative research fields.

We offer B.S. degrees in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering and data science and graduate degrees (master's degrees and Ph.D.'s) in electrical engineering and computer science and engineering. EECS focuses on the convergence of technologies and disciplines to meet today’s industrial demands.

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The Pennsylvania State University

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