John-David Yoder

John-David “J-D” Yoder, dean of the T.J. Smull College of Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering, earned his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. After being an entrepreneur and then working for a global company focused on automation and machining, he joined Ohio Northern in 2001. He has been heavily involved with ASEE (the American Society for Engineering Education) and KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network), and currently serves as secretary of the Ohio Engineering Deans Council. He has served as a faculty fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and an invited professor at INRIA Rhone-Alpes, Monbonnot, France. Research interests include computer vision, mobile robotics, intelligent vehicles, entrepreneurship, and engineering education. Yoder is credited as an inventor on 11 patents, has more than 50 publications, and has led grants totaling more than $5 million.