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Paul Wright Paul Wright

Professor
Haas Operations and Information Technology Management Group
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
510-642-2527
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Academic Status: Off duty
Office Hours: By appointment, Etcheverry Hall
Personal Homepage:http://kingkong.me.berkeley.edu/people/pwright.html
Academic Group Homepage: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/manit/
Curriculum Vitae

 

Education

B.Sc. Industrial Metallurgy, University of Birmingham, England
Ph.D. Industrial Metallurgy, University of Birmingham, England

 

Positions Held

1991-present, Professor, School of Engineering, UC Berkeley
1987-91, Professor, Computer Science and Director of the Robotics and Manufacturing Research Laboratory, New York University, New York
1979-87, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and The Robotics Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1975-79, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Auckland, New Zealand

 

External Service and Assignments

  • Consulting Engineer, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand Government, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Graduate Advisor, Dr. Edward M. Trent, University of England

 

Current Research and Interests

  • The Integrated Manufacturing Lab, a project which aims to develop a networked manufacturing service for rapid part design and fabrication on the Internet
  • Internet-based CAD/CAM Systems
  • Energy-scavenging, pico-radio systems
  • Fire-rescue products

 

Selected Papers and Publications

  • “Principles of Open Architecture Manufacturing,” Journal of Manufacturing Systems(3) , pp. 187-202, 1995
  • “A Prototyping and Reverse Engineering System for Mechanical parts-On-Demand on the National Network,” Journal of Manufacturing Systems (4), pp. 269-281, 1993 (with F.B. Hansen, L. Pavlakos, T. Kanade, E. Hoffman, and R. Reddy).
  • “Workholding Automation: Innovations in Planning, Analysis and Design,” Manufacturing Review. American Society of Mechanical Engineers , (4), 1990, pp. 224-237, (with F.B. Hazen).
  • “Transparent Sapphire Tools,” Journal of Manufacturing Systems, (4), pp. 292-302, 1990.
  • “Knowledge Engineering for Small Batch Manufacturing Systems,” Journal of Manufacturing Systems , 1989, (4) pp. 245-256.
  • Manufacturing Intelligence, Addison-Wesley, Boston, MA 1988, p 352 (with D. Bourne).

 

Teaching

  • ME221-High tech design and rapid Prototyping

 

Honors and Awards

  • “Blackall Award,” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1985
  • “Ralph J. Teetor Award,” Society of Automotive Engineers, 1981
  • “Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineering Award,” Society of Manufacturing Engineers
  • “George Tallman Ladd Award for Young Faculty,” Carnegie-Mellon University, 1980
  • Royal Society Commonwealth Bursary to work at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England, 1978

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