Gül E. Okudan Kremer joined the Pennsylvania State University in Fall 2000.  She has previously held a faculty appointment at the Gebze Institute of Technology as well as visiting appointments at Sabanci University and Istanbul University.

Dr. Kremer's research mission is to investigate the design and implementation of multi-criteria decision analysis methods for improvement of products and systems. This is accomplished through research that is focused on modeling the complex decision contexts to develop more efficient decision making tools for alternative evaluation with the ultimate goal of improving designed artifacts and systems for increased productivity, and benefit to stakeholders.

Her published work appears in journals such as Journal of Mechanical Design, Journal of Engineering Design, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Journal of Engineering Education, European Journal of Engineering Education and Technovation. She is a member of IIE, ASME, and ASEE. She is also a National Research Council-US AFRL Summer Faculty Fellow of the Human Effectiveness Directorate for 2002, 2003 and 2004.

Her research contributions to date have three thrusts: (1) developing tools and methods for the early stages in the engineering design process, (2) understanding human and social dynamics in design contexts, and (3) developing and investigating innovation/problem solving enabling methods. These three research thrusts have direct implications for engineering design in industry; for design teaching and learning in the engineering classroom as well as theoretical contributions to multi-criteria optimization, decision analysis fields. The results of her research efforts have been presented in over 100 publications, and received funding and other support from several sources (e.g., National Science Foundation (NSF), Air Force Research Laboratory, Autodesk, Inc., and Veeder Root, Inc.).

In addition to these three research thrusts, she has significant contributions to research efforts that are directed toward improving engineering education given the challenges and opportunities we face as engineers and educators: globalization, sustainability, preparing an innovative work-force for intensifying competition in world markets, etc.