Craig A. Calvert

Academic Director of Management and Engineering for Manufacturing, Business
Assistant Professor in-Residence

Operations and Information Management Department

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

Education/Professional Certifications

• PhD –University of Connecticut, Inorganic Materials 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

• Distinguished Career Champion: UConn Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills – 2026
• Undergraduate Career Mentor of the Year Award (student nominated): UConn Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills – 2025
• UConn Advancing Structural Consistency through Educational Networks and Design (UASCEND) Grant: UConn Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) – 2025
• Faculty Fellow: UConn Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills – 2025
• Undergraduate Teaching Award: UConn School of Business – 2024
• Teaching Excellence Award – Early Career: (American Association of University Professors) – 2023
  • Annual university-wide teaching award, awarded by UConn’s AAUP (Union) chapter
  • Award honors teaching excellence for faculty with 5 or less years of teaching experience
• Innovation in Teaching Award: UConn School of Business – 2020, 2023
• OPIM Teaching Enhancement Grant – 2019, 2021, 2022
• Fellowship – Advanced Graduate Student
• Fellowship – Chemistry Zeolite Crystal
• Fellowship – Chemistry First Year Graduate Student

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

• Business Education – Student engagement
• Supply Chain Management – General
• 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 Managerial Supply Chain Management, OPIM 3601 Project Management and Planning, OPIM 3603 Data Visualization, OPIM 3302 Operations Management, OPIM 3104 Senior Design Project, MEM 4971, MEM 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 70 successful projects Total project funding over $400,000

Biography

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.

Dr. Calvert is currently an Associate 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.

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.

Recent Publications

Google Scholar profile

1. Svetlana Kalnova, Craig Calvert, Natalia Smirnova, Kaitlyn Anderson. “Integration of Career Competencies into the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Review of Data and Best Practices for Educators.” Journal of Business and Economic Studies. Accepted September 2025.
2. Calvert, Craig. “Active Learning: Positive Impact on Student Mental Health, Engagement, and Course Learning.” Business Education Innovation. 16(1); June 2024.
3. Patterson, Adam; Calvert, Craig; Mocarsky, Matthew; Cho, Jun; and Harmon, Oskar R. “Teaching Data Literacy and Sports Economic Fundamentals using Fantasy Sports.” Business Education Innovation. 15(1); June 2023.
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. “Transforming Student Career Paths into a Project to Increase Engagement in a Project Management Course.” Journal of Education for Business. 96(8); January 2021.
6. Craig Calvert. “A Transportation Matrix Activity Using Monte Carlo Simulation to Generate Variable Shipping Costs.” Business Education Innovation. 12(1); June 2020.

Recent Presentations

1. “Incorporating Active Learning in a Large Course and the Positive Impacts on SET Scores.” UConn Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL); October 8, 2025. Craig Calvert. Invited Workshop
2. “Incorporating Active Learning in a Large Course and the Positive Impacts on SET Scores.” UConn Assessment Institute; May 14, 2025. Craig Calvert. Workshop Presentation
3. “OPIM 3104 – Operations Management: A Systematic Process Improvement.” UConn School of Business; April 5, 2025. School Seminar
4. “Incorporating Active Learning in a Large Course and the Positive Impacts on SET Scores.” Alfred University; March 19, 2025. Department Seminar
5. “OPIM 3104 – Operations Management: A Systematic Process Improvement.” UConn Operations and Information Management Department; March 7, 2025. Department Seminar
6. “Faculty as Mentors: Impacting Student Through Various Methods” UConn, Career Everywhere Conference; Nov 15, 2023. Svetlana Kalnova, Craig Calvert, Natalia Smirnova, Kaitlyn Anderson. Conference Presentation
7. “How to use a Chemistry Degree in Business.” Alfred University, Undergraduate Chemistry Seminar; March 15, 2024. Craig Calvert. Invited
8. “Data Visualization Principles.” Alfred University, Undergraduate Guest Lecture; March 14, 2024. Craig Calvert. Invited

In the News

1. “From Chemistry to Engineering to Business: How Dr. Calvert Helps Students Find Their Path.” UConn Center for Career Readiness; Spring 2025.
2. “Meet Craig Calvert, Assistant Professor in Residence and Co-Director of the MEM Program.” Faculty Spotlight: MEM Newsletter; November 1, 2024.
3. “MEM Co-Director Craig Calvert, Who Goes Above-and-Beyond for Students, Recognized as a Top UConn Educator.” UConn Today; March 31, 2023.
4. “Business Analytics, IT Security, and Supply Chain to Take Prominent Place in Revamped School of Business Program.” UConn Today; March 7, 2023.
5. “Gaming Supply Chain Management Education.” MEM Website; March 23, 2022.
6. “Ellis Tech Valedictorian has Gone on to Thrive in Rigorous UConn Program.” Hartford Current; November 8, 2021.
7. “MEM and OPIM Partner on Supply Chain Case Competition.“ MEM Website; November 2, 2021.
8. “New Business School Faculty for 2018.” UConn School of Business Newsletter; September 18, 2018.
9. “Collaboration Advances Microbial Fuel Cell Commercialization.” UConn School of Engineering News; September 1, 2009.