Currently, Prof. Sztandera is involved in multidisciplinary industry sponsored research projects as part of the new curriculum that draws on Philadelphia University rich history in innovation and design, and long tradition of excellence in teaching and researching integrated product development. The curriculum meets the emerging needs of industry to develop managers, industrial designers, and engineers into more accomplished practitioners in the global product development processes. Prof. Sztandera draws on his experience in the development and delivery of innovative curricula to facilitate crafting of cross disciplinary projects.  His cross-disciplinary work to encourage the inclusion of knowledge management principles and competences in undergraduate education led to the NSF grant award through the Division of Undergraduate Education in 1996. Since joining Philadelphia University in 1993, Prof. Sztandera has been involved in a number of course and curricula development. He developed a sequence of courses coupled with laboratory assignments in which students worked with real life problems. In 2004 he was instrumental in developing a Business Plus program for entering freshmen.

Complementary with his teaching effort, Prof. Sztandera has been involved in a variety of research activities. His research was funded, among others, by DoD, DoC, NSF, state Supercomputer Centers, and American Heart Association. He has delivered papers, seminars, and workshops, and published widely on soft computing issues.