Dan Linehan is a Lecturer in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and a consultant supporting the Nation Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and its contractors.

Linehan has over thirty-five years of experience in science and technology, program and project management, and engineering management with assirajignments at Pantex, Y-12, in private industry, and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has director-level experience in program management, where he oversaw the ~$3B annual baseline of mission-critical work at Pantex and Y-12, comprising a total workforce of ~10,000 employees.

He also has director-level experience overseeing weapons modernization efforts at Pantex and Y-12, where several mission-critical weapons programs were initiated, managed, and closed out. One particularly time-critical program he oversaw was granted the Secretary of Energy award.

Education

• MBA, University of Tennessee
• MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee
• BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee

Courses Taught

• Systems Dynamics Modeling
• Advanced Engineering Economics
• Requirements Management

Awards & Recognitions

• DOE Q Clearance
• Professional Engineer (TN)
• Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP)
• PMI Program Management Professional (PgMP)
• Advisor to the DOE Office of Science in Washington, DC
• Advisor to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in Washington, DC
• Granted US Patent 5,462329 for the application of motor current signature analysis to detect electromechanical faults
• Managed the release of a wireless vibration analyzer which won Product Engineering’s Product of the Year Award
• Received the DOE Energy Secretary’s award for the completion of a mission-essential weapons program
• Attained the American Society of Nondestructive Testing Level III Certification