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Karen J. Ohland is an American biomechanical engineer and museum administrator, and the former president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Education and career

Ohland graduated from Swarthmore College with a double major in engineering and biology. Continuing her studies, she earned a master's degree in anatomy from the University of Chicago.

As a biomechanical engineer, she researched the mechanical properties and injuries to ligaments at the University of Pittsburgh's Orthopaedic Biomechanics Lab and Musculoskeletal Research Center from 1986 to 1993. She also worked on orthopedic implants for Howmedica Inc. and Howmedica Osteonics, until its acquisition in 1998.

Shifting to a career in museum administration, she worked as a finance administrator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for almost 13 years before, in 2012, moving to the Princeton University Art Museum as associate director for finances and operations. She continues to work for the museum as a senior associate director.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Ohland joined the ASME in 1983, and was named as an ASME Fellow in 2021. She became president of the ASME for the 2022–2023 term.

References

1. ^ Karen Ohland Begins Term as ASME's 141st President, Three New Members of the Board of Governors Announced, ASME, 8 August 2022, retrieved 2024-11-24
2. ^ Princeton University Art Museum Names T. Barton Thurber Associate Director for Collections and Exhibitions, Princeton University Art Museum, 2012, retrieved 2024-11-24
3. MSRC alumni, University of Pittsburgh, retrieved 2024-11-24
4. Management team, Princeton University Art Museum, retrieved 2024-11-24
5. All fellows (PDF), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, March 2024, retrieved 2024-11-24

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• American mechanical engineers
• American women engineers
• Women mechanical engineers
• Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers