{"id":359,"date":"2024-06-03T13:21:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T17:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-program-management\/?post_type=person&#038;p=359"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:30:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:30:33","slug":"dr-robert-swain","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-program-management\/faculty-staff\/dr-robert-swain\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Robert Swain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joined The Citadel Faculty: August 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bio\">Bio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Swain is an Adjunct Professor and retired Air Force Colonel in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Swain served over 34 years of active and reserve military service, achieving the rank of Colonel, United States Air Force. During his military career he served in a variety of progressively responsible command, staff, and leadership positions in Fighter Air and Strategic Airlift Aviation. He has served in combat operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa. Dr. Swain served as a commercial airline pilot and instructor flying worldwide operations for 35 years when not deployed during military operations. Dr. Swain served in program leadership positions in both his military and airline careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Swain earned his BS in Management at The United States Air Force Academy (1979), Masters in Systems Management from the Florida Institute of Technology (1986), and his DEng in Engineering Management from The George Washington University (2022). His dissertation was aircraft routing and recovery during irregular airline flight operations. He is a Certified Professional Engineering Manager (CPEM) by the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM). He currently serves on the board of\u00a0directors for the National Institute of Building Science (NIBS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-degrees\">Degrees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>DEng. in Engineering Management \u2013 The George Washington University, Washington, DC<br>M.S. in Systems Management \u2013 Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL<br>B.S. in Management \u2013 United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joined The Citadel Faculty: August 2023 Bio Dr. Swain is an Adjunct Professor and retired Air Force Colonel in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. 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