Each month, we highlight members of GW Engineering's administrative team, whose tireless work keeps our school moving forward.
In the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), labs on the 5th and 6th floors of the Science & Engineering Hall are where their students and faculty teach and learn, discover and invent. As Laboratory Manager, Steven Gordon acts as the backbone, ensuring that lab equipment and software are working properly and used safely. Get to know October’s Local Hero, Steven Gordon, in the Q&A below!
Q: How long have you been working at GW, and what is your position?
A: I have been at GW for nearly eight years as the Laboratory Manager for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
Q: What led you to this career?
A: I have had a lifelong interest in electronics and have spent almost my entire career working in various academic positions.
Q: Why did you choose GW?
A: I was impressed by the facilities at GW, particularly the Science & Engineering Hall.
Q: What is one thing you wish you’d known when you started working at GW?
A: The research-heavy nature of GW Engineering.
Q: What is your favorite part about working at GW Engineering?
A: I love the innovations that faculty and students create.
Q: Why would someone want to work at GW Engineering?
A: The passion of the community for learning and innovation.
Q: What is your biggest work pet peeve?
A: Until recently, it was the slow elevators, but thankfully, they have been fixed.
Q: What’s your ideal way to spend the weekend?
A: A weekend at home just relaxing with nothing going on sounds wonderful to me.
Q: Tell us something people don’t know about you.
A: I enjoy going to amusement and theme parks in my spare time.
Q: What’s one of your favorite memories from the past year?
A: One of my favorite memories is celebrating New Year’s Eve at Kings Island. It was both literally and figuratively so cool to ride a roller coaster in light snow. I never thought I would get to experience it.