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Education ·
Doctor of
Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, October 1995 ·
Master
of Science in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, August 1988 ·
Bachelor
of Science in Industrial Engineering, June 1982 Academic Appointments
Associate
Professor (8/03-present) , Assistant
Professor (8/97 to 8/03) Responsibilities include pursuing funded research in manufacturing and production systems, developing and teaching production systems graduate and undergraduate courses, and supervising graduate student thesis research. Research interests focus on the design and analysis of real time supervisory control policies for automated manufacturing systems.
Assistant
Professor (8/95 to 8/97) Responsibilities included developing and teaching manufacturing related graduate and undergraduate courses, supervising graduate student thesis research, and pursuing funded research in the general area of manufacturing systems.
Fellow, Dept. of Energy Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Program in Integrated Manufacturing
(5/94 to 8/95), University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Formulated and developed theory of configuration flexibility for automated manufacturing systems control software. This included development of general discrete event models of manufacturing system components, characterization of deadlock properties of flexible manufacturing systems, and the analysis and development of deadlock avoidance policies. Graduate Research Assistant (8/91 to 5/94) Developed and implemented intelligent software systems for automated process planning. Software techniques included constraint, rulebase, and object oriented design and programming. Gathered and implemented heuristic procedures for assembly of turning inserts and insert holders. Developed intelligent user interface to milling cutter relational databases for the specification and selection of mill tools.
Graduate Research Assistant (9/86 to 8/88) Designed manufacturing experiments in metal piercing force measurement, statistical process control, fatigue, and metrology. Designed and built a mobile robotic system in fulfillment of M.S. degree requirements.
Manufacturing
Systems Engineer (8/88 to 8/91) Responsibilities included consulting with local industry on manufacturing related problems; assisting local industry in the selection and application of automated manufacturing technologies; developing and conducting seminars and training programs relating to manufacturing for local industry; developing and conducting courses for Gadsden State Community College in robotics, manufacturing processes, and industrial control; developing laboratories for these courses; and developing research projects in automated manufacturing for University of Alabama engineering students.
Manufacturing Engineer (11/83 to 9/86) Assured proper function of machinery and tooling in metal stamping and range final assembly department. Responsibilities included upgrading and troubleshooting production machinery, implementation of new equipment to production, and development of gauges to check critical in process dimensions. Assisted Quality Assurance in the development and implementation of control charts in range element final assembly department. Performed process capability studies on production equipment, developed and implemented tooling maintenance and setup procedures, and worked closely with machine builders in the fabrication of new equipment.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Graduate Placement Program (6/82 to 11/83) · Manufacturing
Engineer, Aerospace Electrical Division, Developed and documented procedures for masking printed circuit assemblies during varnish dipping and spraying. Formulated assembly sequence directives for components of the AV8B and F-16 Jet Fighter Programs and also developed and implemented work station layouts to facilitate the use of these directives. · Manufacturing
Supervisor, Aerospace Electrical Division, Supervised fifteen operators in sheet metal fabrication area. Responsibilities included setting completion dates for production orders, attending weekly production meetings, scheduling overtime, and general management of the shop. · Industrial
Engineer, Low Voltage Division, Prepared NC tapes for Wiedematic 30 ton punch press in the fabrication of NEMA rated enclosures for Automatic Transfer Switches. Worked extensively with IBM System 34 entering Bills of Materials, Operations Routings, etc., assisted in the application of options to the Intelligence Panel of the Automatic Transfer Switch.
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Registered ·
Certified in MRP and JIT ·
Certified Manufacturing Engineer in
Roobotics ·
James
H. Greene Graduate Educator Award, 2006 ·
Purdue
Seeds of Success Award, 2005 ·
Regenstrief
Faculty Scholar, 2005 · Kayamori Best Paper Award, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ·
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Commendation
from the ·
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Best
Theoretical Paper Award, 1998 ·
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Outstanding
IE Faculty Member, ·
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Outstanding
Industrial Engineering Senior ·
Phi
Kappa Phi, General Academic Honors . ·
Tau
Beta Pi, Engineering Honors . ·
Alpha
Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honors . ·
Kappa
Mu Epsilon, Mathematics Honors . · Sigma Xi Research Society. |
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