Rich Granger

Rich Granger is a Lecturer at the Battelle Center for Science, Engineering and Public Policy, a center within the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. He co-instructs Rapid Innovation for Public Impact (PUBAFRS 5620), guiding multidisciplinary teams of students to develop solutions to wicked problems sponsored by government and non-profit agencies. He previously co-instructed engineering capstone courses in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State.

Rich has over 25 years of experience working at the intersection of technology, innovation, and education. In addition to his role at the Glenn College, he serves as Managing Director, Workforce and Economic Development at DriveOhio, an initiative of the Ohio Department of Transportation. Since 2018 he has managed a statewide portfolio of workforce programs focused on preparing the next generation of Ohio’s talent for high-tech transportation careers, including the DriveOhio Educator Toolkit for K-12 and the DriveOhio Campus Collection for higher education. 

He previously worked at Battelle Memorial Institute for over 18 years in a variety of roles ranging from strategy and innovation to business development and program management, working with teams focused on underwater robots, energy products, sensors, ground robotics, and manufacturing for defense and homeland security applications. 

Rich earned an MBA from the Fisher College of Business and MS and BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State University. He was a daily cartoonist for The Lantern during his time as an undergraduate student at Ohio State, and rumor has it that a few of his comic strips can be found in the collection at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum located next door to Page Hall. 

He grew up near Cleveland and he lives in the Columbus area with his wife and their daughter, who wants to be a teacher and use a self-driving car when she grows up.