Professional Life
Prof. Marzette is an engineer, entrepreneur, and mentor focused on educating the next generation of engineers. His primary interest is providing high-impact practical experiences that promote student success in the practice of the discipline. His collective experience translates to a student-centered and practice-based approach to capstone design.

Before joining the university, Prof. Marzette worked as a project engineer for a new product development team at Illinois Tool Works (ITW) in Troy, OH. His work focused on ensuring designs' technical integrity, leading interdisciplinary design and verification efforts, and supporting the transition from engineering to manufacturing. Before joining ITW, he was a Mechanical Engineering Research Scientist for Battelle Memorial Institute. As a task lead, he led interdisciplinary teams of analysts, designers, engineers, and technicians to develop hardware and custom test configurations, support testing and evaluation, technical consulting, and project management. He has operated through all phases of the project life cycle and has experience interacting with and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders. 

University Service

Senator, University Senate, The Ohio State University, Starting June 2022 – Current

• Member, University Senate, Council on Academic Affairs, 2023 – Current
  Member, University Senate, CAA, Subcommittee on Student Evaluations of Instruction, 2023 – Current
  Member, Council on Enrollment and Student Program, University Senate, The Ohio State University, 2016 – 2023
  Chair, Council on Enrollment and Student Program, University Senate, 2019 – 2021

Member, SSESG – High-Impact Practices Advisory Committee, Office of Academic Enrichment, 2021 – Current
Search Committee Member, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Recognition, 2022 – 2023
Search Committee Member, Vice Provost for Strategic Enrollment Management, 2021 – 2022
Member, Honors GE Workgroup, Office of Academic Enrichment, May – August 2021
Second-year Transformational Experience Program, Faculty Mentor, 2018 – 2020

College Service

Member, Strategic Plan Working Group, 2022
Member, General Education Closing Bookend Working Group, 2021

Department Service  

Member, Graduate Capstone Adhoc Committee, 2023 – Current
Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2023 – Current
Member, Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Renewal Adhoc Committee, 2021 – Current
Search Committee Member, Engineering Social Justice, 2021 – 2022
Search Committee Member, Professor of Practice Targeted Hirer, 2021 – 2022
Coordinator, Capstone Course Outcomes Harmonization, Adhoc Committee, 2017
Member, Teaching Workload Committee, Adhoc, 2016 – 2018

External Service

Board Member, Design in Engineering Education Division, American Society of Engineering Education, 2021 – Current
National Professionals Programs Chair, National Society of Black Engineers, 2021 – 2023
Member, Strategic Planning Task Force, National Society of Black Engineers, 2019 – 2023
Deputy Director, Aerospace Special Interest Group, National Society of Black Engineers, 2019 – 2021
Chair, Aerospace Systems Conference, National Society of Back Engineers, 2018
Treasurer, Professional Development Conference, National Society of Black Engineers, 2017
National Professionals Treasurer, National Society of Black Engineers, 2016 – 2017

Academics & Personal Life

Prof. Marzette received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the Pacific and a Master of Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was a NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellow.

He is a proud member of ASEE, ASME, AIAA, NSBE, Tau Beta Pi.

He grew up in the San Joaquin Valley in Fresno, California, also known as the California Central Valley (a salad bowl between the Coastal Ranges and the Sierra Nevada mountains). He is an active individual. In addition to volunteering, he enjoys long-distance cycling, running, volleyball, and the visual and performing arts.