Courses Taught, Service, Software Developed and Procured


COURSE TAUGHT 

My industrial and research experiences, which I strive to bring into the classroom, have enriched, strengthened, and informed all the courses I have taught.
 

 Mankato State University
AET = Automotive Engineering Technology; MET = Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Undergraduate
Graduate
AET 102/MET 104 Intro to Automotive and Manufacturing Technology 
AET 234 Fluid Power  MET 507 Facilities Planning 
MET 144 Industrial Design  MET 523 Ergonomics 
MET 277 Materials Processing I  MET 692 Logistics Seminar 
MET 407 Facilities Planning  MET 694  Alternate Plan Paper 
MET 423 Ergonomics  MET 699 Thesis 
MET 428 Work Measurement  MET 528 Work Measurement 
MET 429 Production and Inventory Control  MET 529 Production and Inventory Control  
MET 32 Project Management  MET 532 Project Management 
MET 489 Senior Design Project II 
MET 497 Internship  MET 697 Internship 
MET 499 Individual Study  MET 677 Individual Study 

 
Texas A&M University Departments of Industrial and Civil Engineering; University of Minnesota-Duluth and Alfred University - Departments of Industrial Engineering

Applied Statistics  Manufacturing I and  II
Capstone Project  Manufacturing Design
Computer Integrated Manufacturing  Manufacturing Processes 
Computer Applications  Operations Research I and II 
Coordinator-Internship Program  Production Systems & Plant Layout 
Engineering Design  Production and Inventory Control 
Engineering Management  Production Analysis
Engineering Economics Quality Control in Transportation Seminar Railroad Engineering 
Engineering Economy  Snead Transportation Seminar (under William J. Harris) 
FORTRAN and Computers for CE's  Special Study: Transportation  Engineering 
General Physics Laboratory  Special Study: Production & Inventory Control 
Graduate Thesis: (Chair-7 committees)  Statistics for Civil Engineers 
Independent Studies (graduate)  Statistics (Extension Course at Corning, NY)
Independent Studies (undergraduate)  Transportation Engineering 
Industrial Labor and Law  Work Measurement and Prediction 
Industrial Hygiene and Safety  Work Methods and Measurement 
Internship  Crash Tests and Automobile Safety 
Introduction to Industrial Engineering  Railroad Track Engineering
Introduction to Civil Engineering  Systems Design, Light Rail Transit 
Introduction to Engineering  Urban Public Transportation 
Logistics 
 

 
Workshops Developed and Taught

Co-Presenter

"Just-In-Time", Corning, NY, Community College Business Development Center Workshop, April, 91. 

Industrial Engineering Representative

 Summer Institute (for prospective high school students), June, 1990/1991

Industrial Engineering Presenter

Minority Day (to recruit prospective high school students), Summer, 1991. 

Assistant

Revision of text for "Highway Worksite Safety", short course, Texas Transportation Institute, 1986. 

Visiting Assistant Professor 

Crash Tests and Automobile Safety, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University

Visiting Assistant Professor 

Railroad Track Engineering, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University 

Visiting Assistant Professor 

Systems Design, Light Rail Transit, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University

Visiting Assistant Professor 

Urban Public Transportation, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University 



SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP

Mankato State University 1994-present

Member, Mankato Industrial Quality Council  Graduate Coordinator 
Participant, four college Industrial Advisory Board Meetings  Internship Coordinator 
Departmental Industrial Liaison  ABET Coordinator; received accreditation 
Chairman and Coordinator for MSU AET/MET Quality Conference:  1996  Presenter, updated Logistics Seminar (summers) 
Chairman and Coordinator for MSU AET/MET Quality Conference: 1997  Participant, University Development Day  
 
Worked with department head to work out initial transfer procedure with South Central Technical College in North Mankato  Work with admissions to council and schedule new and prospective students.  
 
Met with more than two dozen local industries  Purchased $200 worth of solar cells for MSU’s Northern Light Sunrayce team 
Endorsed Republican candidate for House District 24-A - Mankato  Producer and commentator: "We The People" public access program 

Alfred University 1989-94

Industrial Engineering Team Support Leader, U.S. DOE/Saturn Hybrid Electric Vehicle Project.  Departmental Representative, Faculty Council. 
Departmental Representative Promotion and Tenure Committee.  Departmental faculty advisor for all new undergraduate I.E. students. 
Presented JIT seminar at Corning Community College, Corning, New York.  Attended IIE student chapter meeting, Penn State, as Alfred University advisor. 
Designed and equipped new manufacturing laboratory and updated work measurement laboratory.  Attended IIE student chapter meeting, Rochester Institute of Technology, as Alfred University advisor. 
Coordinator, ABET files.  Faculty Participant, Co-op program. 
Member, Graduate Faculty.  Chair, Member, graduate committees. 
Transfer student recruitment at two community colleges.  Faculty Advisor, Student IIE Chapter. 
Private Sector Engineering representative to the Alfred Community Chest. 

University of Minnesota-Duluth 1987- 89

Department Representative, Duluth, MN, Chamber of Commerce.  Member, Graduate Faculty.  
 
Member, Airport and Waterfront Committees, Duluth Chamber of Commerce.  Member, Library Policies Committee. 
Member, University Traffic and Parking Committee.  Department ABET coordinator. 
Faculty Advisor - student IIE chapter.  Department library representative. 
Member, Career Advisory Committee.  Judge, Local high school engineering contest. 
Department representative, Opportunities in Engineering presentations.  Member, Airline Transportation Task Force. 
Worked with local, national, and international industrial engineers and businessmen to guide UMD I.E. curriculum and to place students.  Developed five new courses and presented to College of Sciences and Engineering Curriculum Committee.
 
Texas A&M University: Pre-1987
Member, Graduate College Member, I.E. Enrollment Management Committee, 1983
 
 
SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT


Mankato State University Alfred University University of Minnesota-Duluth Texas A&M University
Industrial Samples Industrial Samples Industrial Samples Industrial Samples
MOST for IBM PC's and VAX Mainframe $20,000 MOST for IBM PC's and VAX Mainframe $20,000
SEIKO Robot with controller
Arbor Press
UNIMAT Lathe
Resistance spot welder
 


SOFTWARE DEVELOPED

Alfred University: Designed a number of spreadsheet labs for various courses. Assisted in thesis software development.

Texas A&M University: Developed courseware for instruction in basic microcomputer use, physical state changes of materials (metals), and interactive homework programs. As part of my dissertation, developed computer programs to simulate high speed trains in the Texas Triangle, to predict pavement failure, to analyze truck traffic, and to estimate light rail transit construction costs.


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