Faculty Profile

Craig Snoeyink

Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
craigsno@buffalo.edu

Education:

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2011

Professional experience:

Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University

What mentoring means to me:

Academia is a strange beast with many written rules and probably more unwritten rules. There is too little communication, too many things that aren't talked about and as a result people get hurt and or suffer in what is already a difficult process.

This lack of communication goes both ways, faculty are unfortunately unaware of many of the struggles and difficulties our students are experiencing. For me, mentoring is a relationship that facilitates communication. We will learn from each other and help each other be as successful as possible.

Topics I am willing to discuss with students:

Academic Culture

Considering a non-academic path after grad school.

Dealing with politics and conflict with faculty or peers.

Decoding and demystifying academic culture and norms.

Taking a non-traditional path to grad school.

Uncertainty about staying in grad school.

Personal Experiences

Caregiving for children.

Caregiving for other loved ones.

Experiences related to class and/or socioeconomic status.

Experiences related to mental health and/or abilities.

Experiences related to physical health and/or abilities.

Experiences related to racial, ethnic, cultural and/or religious minority status.

Experiences related to sexual and/or gender minority status.

Financial stress and strain.

Non-U.S. citizen or immigrant experiences.

Veteran and military family experiences.