Education
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1991
M.S., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1984
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1982

Consultant, Mutual Tool and Die, 1992

Consultant, Formetec Inc, 1992

Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, 1984

Engineer, Champion International Corporation, 1978-1982

Research interests   

Selected publications
Summers, D., Quality Management, Creating and Sustaining Organizational Effectiveness, Prentice Hall, 2004.

Summers, D., Quality (3rd edition), Prentice Hall, 2003.

Edmonson, C. and Summers, D., "Using Project Management Skills to Improve the Outcome of Student Projects," American Society for Engineering Educators Annual Conference, 2004. 

Edmonson, C. and Summers, D., "Are We Asking our Students to Do Too Many Projects?" American Society for Engineering Educators Annual Conference, 2004. 

Edmonson, C. and Summers, D., "Distance Learning: Things to be Aware of or Wary of When Combining a Resident Course with a Distance Learning Course," American Society for Engineering Educators Annual Conference, 2003. 

Edmonson, C. and Summers, D., "A Structure for an Interactive Project Management Course," American Society for Engineering Educators Annual Conference, 2003. 

Mott, R., Neff, G., Stratton, M. and Summers, D., "Future Directions for Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Industrial Engineering Technology Programs," Journal of Engineering Technology, 19, 2002.

Summers, D., "So You Want to Write a Textbook?" American Society for Engineering Educators Annual Conference, 2002. 

Summers, D., "Practical Methods for Keeping Project Courses on Track," American Society for Engineering Educators Annual Conference, 2001. 

Summers, D., "An Industrial Engineering Technology Curriculum for the Millennium," American Society for Engineering Educators Annual Conference, 2000. 

Summers, D., "Decision Making, Programmable Logic Controllers and Statistical Process Control," Electronic Technology Journal, 1997.

Memberships
American Production and Inventory Control Society
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society for Quality Control

Honors and awards 
Best Professor of the Year, Epsilon Delta Tau, 1998
Women Exemplars in Science and Engineering
Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honorary
Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society
Career Woman of the Year Certificate of Merit, 1992

Contact
Department of Engineering Technology
University of Dayton
300 College Park Drive
Dayton, OH 45469-0249

Phone: 937-229-2974
Fax: 937-229-4975
E-mail: donna.summers@notes.udayton.edu