Education:

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas, 1994

M.S.,  Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas, 1992

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas, 1989

Academic experience:

Kansas State University, Associate Professor, 2006-Present, full time

Kansas State University, Assistant Professor, 2001-2006, full time

The University of Tulsa, Assistant Professor, 1998-2001, full time

The University of Alabama, Assistant Professor, 1994-1998, full time

Non-academic experience:

Nordam Group, Tulsa, OK, Design and control of an automated test machines for endurance testing of jet-engine thrust reversers, 1999-2001, part time.

NASA MSFC, Hunstville, AL, Actuation and controls design engineer for rocket engines group, summer 1997, full time.

McDonnell Douglas SSC, Huntington Beach, CA,  Controls engineer for telerobotic systems, 1992, full time.

Certifications or professional registrations: None

Current membership in professional organizations: Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)

Honors and awards:

Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, National SAE Education award (2005)

Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Outstanding Educator Award (2004);

Nominated for the James L. Hollis Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to education in the College of Engineering at KSU (many times);

ASEE Outstanding Contributions in Research Award, Runner-Up (1998);

NASA/ASEE Faculty Fellowship Fellow (1997)

Service activities (within and outside of the institution):

Faculty Advisor for AUVSI Student Unmanned Aerial Systems Team (2010-2011).

Chair, College Honors and Awards Committee 08-09 (member 07-08)

College Senior Associate Dean Search Committee 08

Departmental Faculty Search Committee (nuclear) 07-08, 08-09

Chair, Departmental Faculty Search Committee (dynamics and controls faculty) 08

MNE Department Head Review Committee 06-07

College Diversity Committee 07

College Course and Curriculum Committee 06-07

Chair, Departmental Undergraduate Program Committee 06-07

Organized departmental effort in restructuring advising activities, including a day long faculty retreat

Served as liaison to Mathematics Dept. in restructuring of MATH 551 for Engineering Students

Organized and conducted Aeronautics Track for WESP EXCITE summer workshop for girls, Summers 06-10.

Advisor to all new MNE students 05-06 (approximately 190 students)

Departmental Undergraduate Program & ABET Committee, 01-05, 07-08

Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee, 02-03, 03-04

Committee significantly revised the departmental tenure and promotion procedures and guidelines document in this period.

ASME Faculty Advisor, 01-02

Solar Car Faculty Advisor from MNE, 02-03, 03-04

Principal Publications in Last Five Years:

Jama, M., C. Lewis, D. Schinstock, “Identifying degrees of freedom in pushbroom bundle adjustment,” ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, In Press

Wieneke, J, D. Schintock, W.N. White, G. Hu, “Redesign of an Undergraduate Controls Laboratory with an Eye toward Accommodating Future Upgrades,” Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, pp. 384-389, 2010.

Jama, M., Lewis, C., Schinstock, D., “Analyzing Scene Geometries for Stereo Pushbroom Imagery,” Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Conference of the ASPRS, San Diego, California, April 26-30.

Schinstock, D., Lewis, C., and Buckley, C., “An Alternative Cost Function to Bundle Adjustment Used for Aerial Photography from UAVs.” Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Conference of the ASPRS, Baltimore MD March 9-13, 2009.

Jama, M., Lewis, C., Schinstock, D., “Stereo Processing Pushbroom Images with Correlated Path Measurements,” Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Conference of the ASPRS, Baltimore MD March 9-13, 2009.

Moore, Z., Wright, D., Lewis, C., Schinstock, D., “Comparison of Bundle Adjustment Formulations”, Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Conference of the ASPRS, Baltimore MD March 9-13, 2009.

Deneault, D., D. Schinstock, C. Lewis, "Tracking Ground Targets with Measurements Obtained from a Single Monocular Camera Mounted on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle," Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp 65-72, May 2008.

Noonan, A., D. Schinstock, C. Lewis, B. Splitzer, "Optimal turning path generation for unmanned aerial vehicles," Proceedings of the Ninth IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications, pp. 21-26, May 2007.

Schinstock, D. E., T. Yang, Z. Wei, "Loop Shaping Design for Tracking Performance in Machine Axes," Instrumentation Society of America (ISA) Transactions, Vol 45, No.1, January, pp. 55-66, 2006.

Most recent professional development activities: Sabbatical Leave, 2010-2011.