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Education
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., Engineering-Economic Systems, Stanford University
Positions Held
At Haas since 1995
1992-present, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
1999-2001, Director, Instructional Technology Program, UC Berkeley
2000-2001, Faculty Assistant to Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost, Paul Gray, and Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost Carol Christ (1999-2000) in Educational Development and Technology
1995-1999, Associate Dean of Special Programs, College of Engineering, UC Berkeley
1988-1992, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
1984-1988, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
1978-1979, Commercial Specialist, SRI International
1975-1979, Commercial Specialist and Mechanical Engineer, General Electric Company
1972-1973, Project Engineer, Dow Chemical Company
External Service and Assignments
- Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in California, 1978-present
- Member: AAAI, AAAS, ACM, ASEE, ASME, AWIS, IEEE, SME, SWE
- Editorial Board: Research in Engineering Design, Concurrent Engineering,
Research and Applications, Journal of Engineering Education, Journal of Science,
Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education.
- Member: MIT Corporation Visiting Committee in Mechanical Engineering, National
Academy of Engineering (NAE), CMU Advisory Board for the Institute for Complex
Engineered Systems, Advisory Board for Radcliffe's Institute for Advanced Study
at Harvard University, JPL Technical Divisions Advisory Board
- Testimony to Congress and Executive Office: "Integrating Design and Manufacturing
Education within Broader Societal Goals", testimony to Congress, May 12, 1992 and
"Integrating Science and Technology Education and Research," testimony to PCAST, July 15 1992.
Current Research and Interests
- New product development, computer-aided design and design databases, design theory
and methods, intelligent learning systems, information retrieval and data mining,
multiobjective and strategic product design, nonlinear optimization, probabilistic
modeling, intelligent control and manufacturing, graphics, multimedia and artificial
intelligence and decision and expert systems.
Selected Papers and Publications
- "Design Principles for the Information Architecture of a SMET Educational
Digital Library" (with A. Dong, J. Wu, and S. Song), Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint
Conference on Digital Libraries, June 24-28, 2001, pp. 314-321.
- Text Analysis for Constructing Design Representations," (with A. Dong),
Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, Vol. 11 (2), pp. 65-75, 1997.
- A Case-based Conceptual Design Information Server for Concurrent Engineering,"
(with W.H. Wood), CAD (Computer-Aided Design) Journal, Vol. 28, No. 5, 1996, pp. 361-369.
- Formal Solution of N-type Taguchi Parameter Design Problems with Stochastic Noise Factors,"
ASME Trans., Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 116, No. 2, June 1994, pp. 501-507. P-31.
- Retaining Female Engineering Students; Will Early Design Experiences Help?" (with M.C. Linn),
Viewpoint Editorial, NSF Directions, National Science Foundation, Vol. 5, No. 2, May-June 1992, pp. 8-9.
Teaching
- BA-290-A and ME290P, Managing the New Product Development Process: Design Theory and Methods (with Dr. Sara Beckman)
- ME290M, Expert Systems in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- ME110, Introduction to New Product Development
- ME39C, Multidisciplinary Multimedia Case Studies in Engineering Design
- E39D, Designing Technology for Girls and Women (with Prof. Jen Mankoff)
Honors and Awards
- Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Chair of Mechanical Engineering 1998-2003
- Helen Plants "Best Non-Traditional Session at Frontiers in Education" Award, 1998
- John Wiley & Sons Premier Courseward Award (with D. Yu) for "Virtual Disk Drive Design Studio" CD ROM, 1997.
- Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 1997
- Eight best paper awards: IEEE 2005, ASME 2004,
ASME/IEEE 2001, ASEE '98 and '97, AI in
Design '96, AI Applications '92, ASME Design '91
- Teaching awards: NSF Director's Award for
Distinguished Teaching Scholars '04, SAE '87, Pi
Tau Sigma Award for Excellence in Teaching '86
- Chancellor's Award for Advancing
Institutional Excellence in Diversity, 2006
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