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Faculty Member

Dr. Sean Tolman

Biography

Before coming to UVU, Dr. Tolman spent 8 years working in the field of forensic automobile accident investigation and automotive safety research. He also worked in medical device manufacturing.

Education

PhD, Brigham Young University, 2014

Major: Mechanical Engineering

MS, University of Utah, 2008

Major: Mechanical Engineering

BS, Brigham Young University, 2002

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Teaching

ME 4820

Mechanical Engineering Capstone II, Spring 2026

Scholarly/Creative Works

Tolman, Sean , Jensen, Matthew , Jaafar, Israd , Bordelon, Amanda , Willardson, Bennington , "BOARD # 188_ WIP Enhancing STEM Degree Completion_ Progress of the Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CAM) Scholarship Program" . ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--55541
Jaafar, Israd , Jensen, Matthew , Tolman, Sean , Bordelon, Amanda , Willardson, Bennington , Raje, Janis , (2024) "Enhancing STEM Degree Completion_ A Framework for the Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CAM) Scholarship Project" . ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--47314
Tolman, Sean , Jensen, Matthew , (2023) "Design Across the Curriculum_ Improving Design Instruction in a Mechanical Engineering Program." . ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--42901
Tolman, Sean , Jensen, Matthew , "Design Across The Curriculum_ An Evaluation Of Design Instruction in a New Mechanical Engineering Program." . ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--36901
Bordelon, Amanda , Thackeray, Susan , Tolman, Sean , Loftus, Jane , (2020) "Venturing into Discipline-specific Activities for Different Sections of the Same Introductory Engineering Design Course" . ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--35486
Seibi, Abdennour C., Tolman, Sean , Jensen, Matt , Amin, Masood , Bordelon, Amanda , Hales, Tom , (2020) "Toward the Development of Capstone Design Guidelines in Newly Established Engineering Programs" . IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ietc47856.2020.9249187

Awards

Outstanding Freshman Cadet

BYU Air Force ROTC - April, 1996