Nancy J. Louwagie received her B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from North Dakota State University and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. She has 18 years of industry experience and over 15 years of teaching Engineering Technology and Vacuum Technology courses at Normandale Community College. She is currently the Chair of the Engineering Technology Programs Department at Normandale. She served as the co-Principal Investigator (co-PI) on the NSF-ATE DUE #1400406 project and subsequently as the PI on NSF-ATE DUE #1700624 project. These projects focused on revisions to the core vacuum technology courses in Normandale’s Vacuum and Thin Film Technology program so that vacuum technology classes could be delivered in a telepresence classroom venue and offered to students who attend and participate in these classes at remote locations.
