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I am the Area Coordinator of Science and Engineering, the Program Coordinator for Engineering and Engineering Technology, and Associate Professor of Engineering and Physics at Bucks County Community College (Bucks). I hold an Ed. D degree from Drexel University in Educational Leadership and Management, with a concentration in creativity and innovation. My dissertation is entitled: Creative Self- Efficacy of Undergraduate Women Engineering Majors: A Mixed Methods Study. I hold B.S. degree in physics from Villanova University, and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. I was a communication system engineer at General Electric in both military and commercial communication satellite operations for over nine years. I establish technical, college level, programs of study for modernized classroom and laboratory curricula including online course platforms, and integrated technologies. I have been involved in several grant efforts as the author and project director that have enhanced the programs at Bucks. I am currently the PI of an NSF ATE grant to increase the number of engineering technicians in Southeastern Pennsylvania. This grant involves a collaboration with Drexel University, our Business and Innovation Department and with our Center for Workforce development. We hope that our model will be a blueprint for community colleges nationwide. I secured funding from National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) in 2011 to develop a for-credit engineering technology program. In 2013, I secured funding from Dow Chemical for student research into quadrotor technology that involved a collaboration with a local high school leading to a competition at a neighboring community college. I was the faculty advisor to two student engineering teams that made the final round of the NSF AACC Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) in 2016 and 2017. In 2017 and 2018 I secured funding from PECO Energy to conduct a feasibility study of the alternative energy innovation from the 2016 Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC), and to build a workable prototype. I secured funding in 2017 from Dow Chemical to conduct 3D printing exhibitions at schools in Bristol Borough, a school district with a higher percentage of underserved groups. My students and I are involved in community outreach involving 3D printing and STEM demonstrations and workshops to local community groups such as the girl scouts and boy scouts, other local community groups, and local K-12 schools. I am a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in the Women in Engineering (WIE) Division, a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and a member of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE).

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Dr. Vladimir Genis - Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering Technology in the College of Engineering, has taught and developed graduate and undergraduate courses in physics, electronics, nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, nondestructive testing, and acoustics. His research interests include ultrasound wave propagation and scattering, ultrasound imaging, nondestructive testing, biomedical engineering, electronic instrumentation, piezoelectric transducers, and engineering education. Results of his research work were published in scientific journals and presented at the national and international conferences. Dr. Genis has five US patents. As a member of a supervising team, he worked on the development of the curriculum for the “Partnership for Innovation in Nanobiotechnology Education” program.

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Susan Herring, Executive Director of the Center for Workforce Development at Bucks County Community College, directs the college’s workforce development activities as they relate to business incumbent worker training, industrial skills occupational training, adult basic literacy, and other pre-collegiate programming including college and career readiness programs for high school and out-of-school students. Susan has been instrumental in managing workforce development programs in collaboration with industry and government agencies, including the employer-driven Metalwork Training Program. This highly successful and replicable model provides entry-level, well-trained workers for local manufacturers.
In addition to her experience in higher education, Ms. Herring’s experience includes over thirteen years in corporate human resources management working for Fortune 500 companies, and 10 years working with school-based workforce development initiatives. She serves on several committees of the Bucks County Workforce Development Board. Ms. Herring has a bachelor’s degree in business from Sacred Heart University.

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TRACY A. TIMBY

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
J.D., Widener University School of Law, 1997
M.S.,Counseling Psychology, Loyola College in Baltimore, 1991
B.S., Psychology, St. Joseph's University, 1989

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
January 2014 – Present Dean, Business + Innovation, Bucks County Community College
May 2007-January 2014 – Director, Paralegal Program, Bucks County Community College
August 2013-January 2014 –Associate Professor, Law, Bucks County Community College
August 2010-August 2013 – Assistant Professor, Law, Bucks County Community College
January 2007-August 2010 – Instructor, Law, Bucks County Community College
March 2006-January 2014 Managing Partner, TimbyHunt, Attorneys at Law
August 2005-January 2007 – Adjunct Professor, Law, Bucks County Community College
January 2004-May 2006 – Adjunct Professor, Law, Manor College
August 1998-August 2005 – Adjunct Professor Law, Delaware Valley College
July 1997-January 2006 – Attorney, Timby,Haft, Kopil Fanning and Sacco

MULTIMEDIA
Huffington Post, Divorce (2011) – author of article on Collaborative Divorce after age Fifty for national RSS feed publication.
Thomson West, Scranton, Pennsylvania (2005) - drafting of online Family law course for Thomson West online Paralegal Program including lecture panels, virtual field trips, weekly quizzes, course project and midterm and final examinations.

PRESENTATIONS
Basic Interdisciplinary Training in Collaborative Law, Co-Trainer (October 2011)
Bucks County Bar Association – The Option of Collaborative Law for Divorcing Couples (April 2011)
American Association for Paralegal Education – Northeast Regional Meeting (April 2011)
American Association for Paralegal Education – Northeast Regional Meeting (April 2012)
Basic Interdisciplinary Training in Collaborative Law, Trainer (January 2013)
Bucks County Collaborative Law Group Retreat – Facilitator (April 2013)
American Association for Paralegal Education – National Meeting (November 2013)
Basic Interdisciplinary Training in Collaborative Law, Trainer (January 2014)
American Association for Paralegal Education – National Meeting (November 2014)
National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship – Presenter (October 2018)
Basic Interdisciplinary Training in Collaborative Law, Trainer (October, 2018)

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