Professor Kirschling joined the Engineering Management Faculty in the Fall 2001 as a professor聽of Engineering Practices. He has a DBA and MBA from the University of Colorado and a MS in 聽Engineering from Stanford University. He joins the faculty after serving for the past 15 years as president of a series of high-tech companies, including a contract manufacturing company聽serving the semiconductor equipment, aviation, and medical equipment industries. This company employed 800 persons with a total of eight plants in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Prior to his involvement in industry, Professor Kirschling served in a number of higher education聽positions, including serving as the Commissioner for Higher Education for the State of Indiana聽and Director of Research for the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems.聽Upon graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy, his assignments including the Office of the聽Secretary of the Air Force in the Pentagon and two years on the faculty of the Economics聽Department at the Academy.