Dr. Jacquelyn K. Nagel is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at James Madison University. She has seven years of diversified engineering design experience, both in academia and industry, and has experienced engineering design in a range of contexts, including: bioinspired design, electrical and control system design, manufacturing system design and design for the factory floor. Over the last four years she has been teaching biomimicry in the context of engineering design. Her research focuses on developing systematic methods as well as a framework of design tools that facilitate and support biologically-inspired, engineering design. In 2012, she was recognized by the National eWeek Foundation and IEEE-USA as one of the New Faces of Engineering for her pioneering work in using biological systems as models for sensors, instrumentation and processes. She earned her Ph.D. from Oregon State University, and her M.S. and B.S. from Missouri University of Science & Technology.