19 Sep R. Keith Stanfill, Ph.D., P.E.
Keith Stanfill is the Edwards Assistant Dean and Director of Integrated Engineering Design for the Tickle College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville. He is responsible for shaping the role of student design and innovation projects in the college, managing college resources and facilities for design projects, organizing college-wide design showcase events, and serving as the outward-looking face of student design and project work for the college’s external partners. In 2019 he led a task force to develop an Honors Interdisciplinary Senior Design course sequence, launching the course in fall 2019 with 9 projects, and 50 students representing 16 majors (11 in engineering and 5 in business).
Prior to joining UT in July 2018, he spent 19 years with the University of Florida (UF) where he served for 17 years as Director of the Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) Program for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Innovation Institute. IPPD is an experiential multidisciplinary design program where teams of senior students complete authentic design, build and test projects for sponsoring companies and agencies. Dr. Stanfill has recruited over 400 industry-sponsored projects and directed the efforts of over 2500 senior-level engineering and business students for the IPPD program.
Prior to joining UF, Dr. Stanfill spent ten years with United Technologies Corporation—including seven years designing fighter aircraft gas turbine hardware with Pratt & Whitney, and three years facilitating Design for X (DFx) workshops internationally and developing and implementing manufacturing systems software with Carrier Corporation.
He received his B.S., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from UF. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Florida and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society of Engineering Education. He was the co-chair for the 2018 and 2022 Capstone Design Conferences. He was a long-time lead judge in the Alachua Region Science and Engineering Fair.
