Applied design
CAD, degrees of freedom, GD&T, and design for manufacturing and assembly, taught through complete products rather than isolated exercises.
Monroe Community College · SUNY
Dr. Kay Rand Morgan
Assistant Professor of Engineering Technologies. Engineer, educator, and author working at the intersection of CAD, robotics, digital manufacturing, and technician education.
Focus
Preparing technicians for the shop floor, the laboratory, and Industry 4.0.
Dr. Morgan teaches students to move from concept to CAD model to manufactured part. Her classroom work connects technical graphics, SolidWorks and AutoCAD, metrology, materials, and robotic systems so that graduates can design, inspect, and assemble with industrial judgment.
Robotics and automation
Humanoid robot CAD, joint motion, mobile robots, and the mechanical decisions that make intelligent machines manufacturable and maintainable.
Workforce education
Curriculum, textbooks, and laboratory practice that close the gap between academic knowledge and real industrial work.
Appointment
Engineering Technologies at Monroe Community College
Dr. Morgan serves in the Department of Engineering Technologies at Monroe Community College, a unit of the State University of New York. She teaches courses in technical graphics, computer-aided design, manufacturing processes, metrology, materials, and robotic automation, and contributes to the Mechanical Engineering Technology program.
Office: South Faculty Tower, Building 8, Room 622, Brighton Campus.
- TitleAssistant Professor, Engineering Technologies
- InstitutionMonroe Community College, State University of New York
- CampusBrighton · South Faculty Tower 8-622
- DoctoratePh.D., Technology Management — Quality Systems, Indiana State University, 2019
- Graduate studyM.S., Intelligent Robotic Systems, Kennesaw State University, 2026
- ORCID0000-0003-3648-2876
Selected textbooks
Practical books for technicians and technologists
Dr. Morgan writes workbooks that make CAD, metrology, materials, dynamics, and robot design immediately usable in the laboratory and on the shop floor.
Humanoid Robot Design Fundamentals
A CAD-based approach to degrees of freedom.
Designing for Materials, Manufacturing, and Assembly
GD&T for engineering technicians. Written for MET 201.
Engineering Principles for Technicians
Technical drawing from the ground up, using AutoCAD.
Metrology for Engineering Technicians
Measurement systems, inspection, and data analysis.
Recent scholarship
Humanoid robot CAD as a teaching method
Distinguished Speaker, HI-TEC 2026
Austin, Texas. Session: Teaching Degrees of Freedom with Humanoid Robot CAD to Improve Student Engagement and Retention.
CIEC / ASEE paper accepted
Captivating Humanoid Robot CAD and 3D Printing Activities to Teach Design, Motion, and Student Engagement in Engineering Technology, with Dr. Linda Cornelious and Dr. David Guerra-Zubiaga.
Industry and lectures
Partners for the lab, and lectures on YouTube.
Companies can donate equipment or funds, sponsor a project, program, or course, endorse an endowment, or post a job for students. Lecture playlists and new videos are on the channel page. A sponsor’s logo is shown here.
Industrial partners
Board members, sponsors, and employers. Donate equipment or money, sponsor the lab, or hire a student.
Partner with the lab →YouTube lectures
Dynamics, manufacturing, industrial maintenance, and new videos posted from the lecture page.
Watch lectures →Hobbies
Studio
Photography, AI animation, and music live on a separate studio page so the faculty record stays clear.
Album
Photographs and stills in the site gallery.
Open gallery →AI animation
Video and motion studies, including AI-assisted animation.
Open animation →SoundCloud
Original music and recordings.
Listen →