She holds degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is the co-author of the text, Electric Circuits, just released in its Eleventh Edition. She has received recognition for both her research and her teaching, and was presented with the Marquette University Teaching Excellence award in 2011. Although retired, she continues to teach at Marquette, most recently in the Biomedical Engineering department. She uses Learning Catalytics during every classroom session.