Craig A. Calvert

Assistant Professor in-Residence

Operations and Information Management

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Co-Director: Management and Engineering for Manufacturing (MEM) Program

Education/Professional Certifications

• PhD –University of Connecticut, Inorganic Chemistry
• MS – University of Connecticut, Business Analytics and Project Management
• BA – Alfred University, Chemistry
• Certified Chemical Hygiene Officer (CHO) – National Registry of Certified Chemists

Awards

• Teaching Excellence Award – Early Career: (American Association of University Professors) – 2023
• Innovation in Teaching Award: UConn School of Business – 2020
• OPIM Teaching Enhancement Grant – 2019, 2021, 2022
• Advanced Graduate Student Fellowship
• Chemistry Zeolite Crystal Fellowship

Experience Overview

• Teach and design courses for college (undergraduate and graduate), internal company training, and external consulting
• Management and leadership positions in different business and academic environments
• Developed and used analytics to successfully improve business decisions and operations
• Generated revenues through successful sales, grants, marketing, and new business development
• Experience includes: Engineering Project Management, Analytics, Business Consulting, Management, Marketing, Research, Sales, and Teaching/Training

Interests

• Supply Chain Management – General
• Business Education – Student engagement
• Business in Africa – Supply chain of cobalt for use in lithium ion batteries
• Sports analytics – Using Excel to create a novel fantasy baseball analysis tool
• Analytics and Data visualization
• Project management

Teaching Experience

University of Connecticut Supply Chain Management, OPIM 4895 Principles of Project Management, OPIM 3801 Data Visualization, OPIM 3804 Operations Management, OPIM 3104 Senior Design Project, MEM 4971, 4972 Business Information Systems, OPIM 3103 Project Cost and Risk Management, OPIM 5668 Chemistry (Intro & Advanced courses)

Professional Courses Industrial food production safety Chemical safety and storage EPA lead paint regulation OSHA general compliance sessions Communication and writing skills . Engineering Senior Design Projects co-Lead on over 50 successful projects Total project funding over $200,000

Biography

Dr. Calvert is currently an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Operations and Information Management Department at the University of Connecticut. Previously, Dr. Calvert worked at Electric Boat where he worked in the program office that was designing the VIRGINA Class Submarine VIRGINIA Payload Module. His responsibilities included multiple programmatic activities including government contract management and oversight of engineering disciplines. Part of his contracting duties included managing a database and developing analytics for government contract acquisition. In previous roles at EB, he helped support construction activities by providing environmental safety inspections and reviews. Before Electric Boat, Dr. Calvert worked in areas such as marketing, sales, business development, research, teaching, and general business management. This experience has been in companies varying in size from his single-person, food-safety consulting firm, companies with 20 to 50 employees, a 270+ person engineering consulting firm, and a large multinational defense company. Finally, as an independent consultant, Dr. Calvert has provided food safety reviews and custom training for companies such as Gorton’s Seafood, New England Confectionery Company (NECCO), and Blount Fine Foods.

For Dr. Calvert, teaching is about infusing in students the skills that they need to be successful in real-world situations. The ultimate goal is for students to leave the classroom able to apply the ideas and concepts. Knowledge is power, but what is more powerful is the ability to apply knowledge and use it to develop actionable plans. To be able to create and execute actionable plans in real situations, the learning process needs to provide challenges similar to those which students are likely to face in their careers. Practicing in a low-stakes environment, such as a classroom, helps to ensure that students will have the proper knowledge to solve on-the-job challenges.

Outside of work, he lives on the coast of Connecticut with his family. He enjoys playing guitar and taking them apart along with traveling and spending time with his family.

CHO Certification

Dr. Calvert is a National Registry of Certified Chemists (NRCC) Certified Chemical Hygiene Officer (CHO). This designates him as an expert in chemical safety and the management of chemical safety programs. As a chemical safety consultant, he has assisted chemical facilities and schools with managing their chemical inventories and compliance to government regulations. This assistance has included inspections, training, regulatory compliance, and corrective action plans.

Publications

Google Scholar profile

1. Rajabhoj, Chetana; Chattopadhyay, Chandrashila; Calvert, Craig; Wanick, David. “Using Neural Factorization to Predict Student Success in a Dual-Degree, STEM Program.” In writing.
2. Calvert, Craig; Bhooshi, Rachan Vamsi; Flug, Alexander; Wanick, David. “Modeling the Cobalt Supply Chain Originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Method to Predict Ethical Mine Sourcing.” In writing.
3. Patterson, Adam; Calvert, Craig; Mocarsky, Matthew; Cho, Jun; and Harmon, Oskar R. “Using a Fantasy Baseball Simulation to Teach Economic Concepts.” In Review, Eastern Economic Journal (Submitted July 24, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4171284
   • Top 10 download for SSRN Recent Top Papers (60 days) – 137
     • #1 Economics Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching eJournal
     • #1 EduRN: Economics Education (ERN) (Topic)
     • #5 CompSciRN: Other Information Systems (Topic)
     • #7 Information Systems eJournal
4. Craig Calvert. “Are Dual-Degree STEM Programs Effective? An Intramajor, Comparative Study of the Success of Students in a Dual-Degree Engineering and Business Program.” Journal of STEM Education: Innovation and Research. 23(1), 2022.
5. Craig Calvert. “Creating an Engaging Assignment for a Business Course by Connecting to Career Paths of Students.” Journal of Education for Business. 2021, VOL. 96, NO. 8, 530-538.
6. Craig Calvert. “A Transportation Matrix Activity Using Monte Carlo Simulation to Generate Variable Shipping Costs.” Business Education Innovation. 12(1). June 2020
7. Shanthakumar Sithambaram,Linping Xu,Chun‐Hu Chen,Yunshuang Ding,Ranjit Kumar, Craig Calvert and Steven L. Suib. “Manganese Octahedral Molecular Sieve Catalysts for Selective Styrene Oxide Ring Opening.” Catalysis Today, February 28, 2009.
8. Craig Calvert. Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Materials for Controlled Line Deposition, Environmental Remediation, and Doping of Porous Manganese Oxide Material. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06204. October 2008.
9. Craig Calvert, Raymond Joesten, Katana Ngala, Josanlet Villegas, Aimee Morey, Xiongfei Shen, Steven L. Suib. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Rietveld Refinement of Tungsten‐Framework‐Doped Porous Manganese Oxide (K‐OMS‐2) Material.” Chemistry of Materials, September 25, 2008.
10. Craig Calvert, Steven Suib. “An Initial Study into the use of Microwave Remediation of Hexachlorobenzene Treated Soil using Selected Oxidants and Coated Graphite Rods.” Journal of Soils and Sediments, June 2007.
11. Craig Calvert, Kelly A. Burke, Steven L. Suib. “Spontaneous and Self‐Assembled Line Formations on Silicon Substrates with Vanadium Pentoxide Sol−Gels.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, October 29, 2005.

Presentations

1. “Using Fantasy Baseball Simulation to Teach Economic Concepts.” Tenth Annual AEA Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE); June 2, 2021; Virtual. Oskar Harmon, Craig Calvert, Matthew Mocarsky, Adam Patterson, Jun Cho
2. “Using Fantasy Baseball Simulation to Teach Economic Concepts.” Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meeting; November 22, 2020; Virtual. Oskar Harmon, Craig Calvert, Matthew Mocarsky, Adam Patterson, Jun Cho
3. “Comparing Student Success in a Project Management Course.” INFORMS Annual Meeting November 10, 2020; Virtual. Craig Calvert.
4. “Data Visualization Principles.” Presented to Connecticut College, April 24, 2020. Craig Calvert
5. “Analytics and Data Visualization: Data Visualization in Theory and using Tableau along with Current Topics in Data Analytics.” Presented at Alfred University, March 1, 2019. Craig Calvert
6. “Using Excel to Create a Monte Carlo Simulation.” Invited seminar. UConn, MEM Senior Design course. November 9 and 16, 2017.
7. “Tableau and Data Visualization Basics.” Invited seminar. UConn, MIS Friday Seminar Series. March 30, 2018.
8. “PCB’s in Building Materials: An Emerging Health Issue in Schools.” 36th American Chemical Society Northeast Regional Meeting, October 9, 2009.

Funded Research

1. “Modeling the Supply Chain of Cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” UConn School of Business Summer Grant, 2021
2. “MEM Student Success Compared to their Single Degree Peers.” OPIM Summer Research Grant, 2019
3. “Electricity Generation From Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment in Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs).” EPA SBIR Phase I, $70,000
4. “Development and Commercialization of Granular Activated Carbon Microbial Fuel Cells for Wastewater Treatment and Power Generation.” EPA SBIR Phase II, $225,000
5. “MnO2 as Novel Cathode Catalysts for Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment in Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs).” NSF SBIR Phase I, $150,000
6. “Low Water Flow Hydrokinetic Power System from Wastewater Treatment Plants.” NYSERDA $214,000

In the News

1. “Ellis Tech valedictorian has gone on to thrive in rigorous UConn program.” Hartford Current, November 8, 2021.
2. “Collaboration Advances Microbial Fuel Cell Commercialization.” UConn School of Engineering News, September 1, 2009