• BS, Industrial Engineering, The University of Miami, 1984
• MS, Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1986

Conference Proceedings

Paul C. Lynch, Joseph H. Wilck and Elena M Joshi, 2017, "Engineering an Effective Industrial Engineering Freshman Seminar Course"

Elena M Joshi, Janis Terpenny, Catherine M Harmonosky, Jose Ventura, Vittaldas V Prabhu, Andris Freivalds and El-Amine Lehtihet, , "Product-Based Learning: Bundling Goods and Services for an Integrated Context Rich Industrial Engineering Curriculum"

Elena M Joshi, Janis Terpenny, Catherine M Harmonosky, El-Amine Lehtihet, Jose Ventura, Madhu S Prakash, Andris Freiva andds, , , "Initiating Curricular Change through Product-Based Learning", Proceedings of the 2018 Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference

• Outstanding Faculty of the Year, IISE, August 2019 - April 2020

• Outstanding Faculty Award, IME Department, 2016 - 2017

• Faculty Appreciation Award, Penn State Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Society, 2014

• Faculty Homecoming Court, Penn State Homecoming Committee, October 2013

• Outstanding Faculty Award, IME Department, 2012

• Outstanding Faculty Award, IME Department, 2008 - 2009

• Outstanding Faculty Award, 2007 - 2008

• Outstanding Advising Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 2000

• Outstanding Faculty Award, IME Department, 1998 - 1999

• Outstanding Faculty Award, IME Department, 1996 - 1997

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