Personnel
Ryan Koontz
Ryan Koontz, Manufacturing Specialist
Office: CM 208
Phone: (605) 394-6885
Email: Ryan.Koontz@sdsmt.edu
Ryan Koontz, Manufacturing Specialist. Ryan has a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from South Dakota Mines. Ryan completed his B.S. degree in 1998 and M.S in 2001. His master’s thesis was a study of spark-induced disturbance in a supersonic flow.
After his masters degree, he stayed on as an instructor for the ME department until the position of Manufacturing Specialist opened in 2002. As the Integrated Manufacturing Specialist for CAMP, Ryan assists students, faculty, and staff with design
and manufacturing of parts for use in CAMP sponsored projects. In 2017 he completed his doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering, where he studied the relationship between how students complete engineering design problems and their emotional
intelligence. In addition to applying this research to educate design engineers, he also acts as producibility engineer for all senior design projects and other student projects which involve the use of CAMP’s advanced manufacturing lab or CAT
lab.
Amber Kraft
Amber Kraft, CAMP Coordinator
Office: CM 209
Phone: (605) 394-2500
Email: Amber.Kraft@sdsmt.edu
Amber Kraft, CAMP Coordinator. Amber has a B.S. in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences from South Dakota State University. Amber completed her B.S. degree in 2019.