New UCF Design Class Brings Art, Engineering Students Together – IEMS

Dr. Robert Hoekstra, an associate professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, was recently named an associate professor of art and is co-teaching this spring with art professor Robert Reedy to bring both fields together in the class Advanced Design Lab. Hoekstra is the first at UCF to share a joint appointment between the art and engineering colleges.

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