Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT

Professional Employment Summary:

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, College of Computing , Engineering, and Construction, University of North Florida , 2008 to present.

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Engineering, College of Computing , Engineering, and Construction, University of North Florida , 2001 to 2008.

Research Scientist and Lecturer, Associate Director and Program Manager of Robotics Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1998-2001.

Advisory Automation Systems Engineer, IBM Corporation, Austin, Texas, 1996-1998.

Staff Information Technology Specialist, IBM Corporation, Austin, Texas, 1995-1996.

Senior Associate/Staff Robotics and Automation Systems Engineer, IBM Corporation, Austin, Texas, 1988-1995.

Resident Student, IBM Resident Study Program, University of Texas at Austin , 1986-1990.

Associate/Senior Associate Manufacturing Engineer, IBM Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, 1981-1986.

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Florida, 1979-1981.

Student Intern, Westinghouse Electric Corporation Research and Development Center , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , Summer 1980.

Other Employment:

Consultant, Expert Witness in Automatic Controls, Darby & Darby, New York, 1999-2000.

Honors:

Distinguished Contribution Award, Seventh Biannual World Automation Congress, 2006.

Engineering Professor of the Year, Northeast Florida Area Engineer's Week, 2005.

Award for Outstanding Service, ASME Board of Governors, 2003.

Ali Javan Best Paper Award, at the Fifth Biannual World Automation Congress in the Robotics Track - Applications, 2002.

IBM Resident Study Program, 1986-1990.

BSME with Honors, University of Florida , 1979.

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, 1979.

Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society, 1979.

Professional Memberships:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1990 to present

• UNF Student Section Advisor 2002 to present
• Executive Committee Member, Northeast Florida Professional Chapter, 2001 to present
• Professional Member, 1990 to present
• Student Member, 1978-1981.

Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1990 to present.

First Coast Manufacturer's Association (FCMA), 2003 to present.

Professional Employment Description:

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of North Florida. Primary responsibility is to establish undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering beginning Fall 2001 (see Courses) nad grduate program beginning Spring 2008. Duties include undergraduate and graduate instruction, curriculum development, ABET accreditation, and initiating a funded research program in manufacturing, robotics, and automation.

Sponsored Research, Performing outreach to local industry and have initiated funded research program in Advanced Manufacturing, Robotics and Automation. Development of Robotics Research Laboratory and Computer Automated Machinery and Manufacturing Laboratory. Dissemination of research (see Publications). Sponsored projects engage undergraduate students in performing research and development.

• Principal Investigator, University of North Florida Transformational Learning Opportunities Grant, “Cultural Enrichment for Engineering Students While Performing Research in Germany,” $7.5K, July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.
• Principal Investigator, University of North Florida Summer 2008 Scholarship Grant, “Computational Intelligence for Intelligent Control of Machinery and Manufacturing Processes,” $5K, May 1, 2008 to August 30, 2008.
• Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, International Research in Engineering Education (IREE) NSF; IIP:PFI: “Florida’s First Coast Manufacturing Innovation Partnership” (MIP); IIP:IREE Grant Supplement: “Computational Intelligence for Intelligent Control of Machinery and Manufacturing Processes,” October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2009, NSF Award #0738534, $88K International Travel Grant Supplement. 
• Principal Investigator, Tensolite Corporation, St. Augustine Florida, “Experiments for Wire Production Analysis and Modeling,” $24.1K, May 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007.
• Principal Investigator, UNF Environmental Center, “The Use of a Multiyear Student Senior Design Competition to Involve UNF Students in ‘Green Engineering,’” with J. Parkhurst, J. Campbell, J. Fletcher, and A Schonning, $3K, September 1, 2006 to May 31, 2007.
• Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Partnerships for Innovation Program, IIP:PFI:  “Florida’s First Coast Manufacturing Innovation Partnership,” $183.3K, year three, October 15, 2006 to September 30, 2007 (continuation approved to September 30, 2009),  NSF Award #0438582, $600K, Co-Principal Investigators Alexandra Schonning and Neal Coulter.
• Principal Investigator, State University System Sub-award to UNF, “Industry Collaboration for Development of Intelligent Distributed Microgrids,” State University System (SUS) Sub-award to UNF under Department of Energy (DOE) Florida State University (FSU) Grant “Electric Power Infrastructure Reliability and Security Research and Development Initiative”, $133.3K, February 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007 (extension to August 30, 2007), Principal Investigator at FSU to DOE Steinar Dale.
• Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Partnerships for Innovation Program, IIP:PFI:  “Florida’s First Coast Manufacturing Innovation Partnership,” $176.5K, year two, October 15, 2005 to September 30, 2006, NSF Award #0438582, $600K three-year grant, Co-Principal Investigators Alexandra Schonning and Neal Coulter.
• Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Partnerships for Innovation Program, IIP:PFI:  “Florida’s First Coast Manufacturing Innovation Partnership”, $240.2K, year one, October 15, 2004 to September 30, 2005, NSF Award #0438582, $600K three-year grant, Co-Principal Investigators Alexandra Schonning and Neal Coulter (NSF PFI requires the Dean as PI or Co-PI).
• Principal Investigator, Ronco Group, St. Augustine, Florida, “Core Winder Upgrade Design and Implementation,” $37K, March 1, 2004 to May 31, 2005.
• Principal Investigator, Armor Holdings Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, “Automation for Drug Testing Kits,” $25K, January 1, 2004 to August 31, 2004. 
• Sponsor for Walter Lewandowski (student-based grant), Florida Space Grant Consortium, University of Central Florida, “Undergraduate Space Research Grant: Mock-up of Cooperative Manipulation Task for On-Orbit Robotics,” $3K, May 28, 2004 to September 30, 2004.
• Principal Investigator, Dura Automotive, Jacksonville, Florida, “Die Cut Production Analysis,” $3K, March 1, 2004 to May 31, 2004.
• Principal Investigator, Predator Products Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, “Automatic Devices to Measure Jump Cue and Break Cue Performance,” $10K, September 2, 2003 to August 30, 2004.
• Principal Investigator, University of North Florida Foundation Board Initiatives 2002-2003, “Undergraduate Research Program in Production Engineering,” $5K, January 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004.
• Principal Investigator, University of North Florida Summer 2003 Teaching Grant: “Modules for Project-Centered Education in Mechanical Engineering,” $5K, May 1, 2003 to August 30, 2003.
• Principal Investigator, University of North Florida Summer 2002 Scholarship Grant, “Study of Dynamic Wafer Alignment in Semiconductor Manufacturing Robots,” $5K, May 1, 2002 to August 30, 2002.
• Principal Investigator, Predator Products Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, “Automation Systems for Cue Performance and Testing,” $18K, January 1, 2002 to August 30, 2002.

Research Scientist , Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. Associate Director and Program Manager of Robotics Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Responsible for research and project engineering to meet deliverables for funded research in robotics. Primary projects have been with Department of Energy to design, develop, and demonstrate complex advanced robotics technologies for hazardous material handling. Duties also include independent research, technical publications, supervising research and mentoring of Graduate Research Assistants, project engineering management, and proposal writing. Current and Accomplished Projects as Program Manager, Co-Principal Investigator, and Lead Engineer/Scientist:

• Lam Research Corporation: “Dynamic Alignment of Automated Wafer Handling Processes in Semiconductor Tools,” Period 15-Jan-01 to 15-Jun-02, Amount $35K.
• U.S. Department of Energy: “Nuclear Facilities Cleanup (The University Research Program in Robotics (URPR)),” Period 01-Jun-00 to 31-May-01, Amount $790K.
• Los Alamos National Laboratory: ”Lathe Modeling, Analysis and Simulation for Handling of Hazardous Materials,” Period 01-Jun-00 to 31-Dec-01, Amount $157K.
• U.S. Department of Energy: “Nuclear Facilities Cleanup (The University Research Program in Robotics (URPR)),” Period 01-Sep-99 to 31-May-00, Amount $590K.
• U.S. Department of Energy: “Nuclear Facilities Cleanup (The University Research Program in Robotics (URPR)),” Period 01-Jun-99 to 31-Aug-99, Amount $200K.
• Instituto Tecnologia Estudios Superiores Monterrey (ITESM) Fellowship, Period 01-Jun-98 to 31-Dec-99, Amount $35K.
• ANRCP, “Open Architecture Small Automation Technology for Processing of Nuclear Materials,” Period 16-Jan-99 to 15-Jan-00, Amount $70K.
• ONR, “Development of a Full Architecture for High Performance Actuators for Navy Applications,” Period 01-Jun-99 to 01-Jun-00, Amount $50K.
• ONR, “Actuator Development for Submarine Control Surface Operation,” Period 01-Jul-99 to 01-Jul-00, Amount $50K.
• Subcontract to ARM Automation, Inc. under DOE ROA contract, “Accelerated Development Leading to Rapid Deployment of Cost Effective Modular Robotics Systems for Environmental Remediation,” 01-Jun-98 to 31-May-00, Amount $99K.
• U.S. Department of Energy: “Nuclear Facilities Cleanup (The University Research Program in Robotics (URPR)),” Period 01-Sep-98 to 31-May-99, Amount $800K.
• U.S. Department of Energy: “Manipulator Technology and Operational Software for Dual-Arm Systems Use in D&D and Materials Handling,” Period 15-Jan-98 to 31-Aug-98, Amount $810K.
• NASA-OACT: “Advanced Development for Space Robotics with Emphasis on Fault Tolerant Technology,” Period 15-Jan-98 to 31-Aug-98, Amount $264K.
• NSF-CONACyT: “Advanced Communications Technology in Robotics and Flexible Manufacturing Cells,” Period 15-Jan-98 to 01-Jan-99, Amount $60K.
• Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, “Aerospace Training System Characterization Toolkit,” Period 15-Jan-98 to 31-Dec-99, Amount $59K.
• Instituto Tecnologia Estudios Superiores Monterrey (ITESM) Fellowship, Period 15-Jan-98 to 31-May-98, Amount $33K.

Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. Undergraduate and graduate* course teaching responsibilities in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• Fall 2000 ME 383 Dynamics of Mechanical Systems*
• Spring 2000 ME 318 Engineering Computational Methods
• Fall 1999 ME 318 Engineering Computational Methods
• Spring 1999 ME 372 Robotics and Automation (Robotics Section)
• Fall 1998 ME 344 Dynamic Systems and Controls
• Spring 1998 ME 372 Robotics and Automation (Robotics Section)

IBM Worldwide Embedded and Production Solutions Division. Team leader responsible for integration of semiconductor equipment with Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software that controls plant floor for startup of semiconductor factory.

• Directly responsible for integration of subset for first of a kind process equipment and coordinator of team for replication of first of a kind tools.
• Worked with process engineers, manufacturing users, MES developers, quality and information technology groups to insure integration of equipment meets requirements for production, data collection, user interfaces, and reliability.
• Required engineering project management to meet cost and schedule constraints.
• Process development and integration engineer for integration of first-of-a-kind process equipment (40 tool types).
• Project engineer and coordinator for replication tools (120 tools total).
• Unique cultural experience working on extended project with team comprised of staff from IBM Japan.

IBM Consulting Group. Worked with clients of IBM in the Manufacturing and Production Industries. Projects included requirements and specifications for MES systems and manufacturing process modeling. Responsible for analysis, modeling, and simulation of production systems for U.S. and global clients. Projects included:

• Requirements and specifications for MES systems and manufacturing process modeling and simulation for textile production system.
• Analysis, modeling, and simulation of material handling and production systems for global clients in automobile, textile, pharmaceutical, and steel industries.

IBM Applications Solution Group, IBM Federal Systems Division, and IBM Systems Integration Division. Responsible for analysis, design, development, control, programming, and implementation of robotics and automation systems. Required development software libraries for system control software, control algorithms, integration of electromechanical components, sensors, electronics, and integration of software and mechanical hardware with system controllers. Major projects included:

• Telerobotic Glove Box Robot. A seven-axis Cartesian robot (redundant vertical axis) developed for hazardous material handling. Unique mechanical drive design for the linear axes required extensive analysis and modeling for development and successful implementation of control system.
• Sheet Metal Fabrication Cell. A high-precision fabrication cell for a large aerospace client. The cell contained twelve axes of servo-controlled motion and over three hundred I/O points used for machine monitoring, error recovery, and diagnostics. Responsible for development and implementation of real-time motion control software and station control for machine monitoring, error recovery, and diagnostics.
• Dual-Arm Electric Cantilever Robot. A Dual-Arm version of the IBM Electric Cantilever Robot, a Cartesian robot containing fourteen servo-controlled axes (including servo-controlled grippers). Responsible for development and implementation of real-time motion control sub-system and coordination algorithms for the manipulators.

IBM Resident Study Program at the University of Texas at Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Dissertation focused on dynamic systems and controls for cooperating manipulators in dual-arm robots. Extensive analysis and modeling of dynamics and control of cooperating manipulators in dual-arm robots including example seventeen degree-of-freedom dual-arm robot performing operations on common object(s). Participated in the IBM Resident Study Program full-time from September 1986 to August 1988 and part-time from September 1988 to August 1990. Completed remaining Ph.D. effort off-hours from September 1990 through May 1992.

IBM Information Products Division. Responsible for robot application system design, development, implementation, and project engineering of robotics and automation systems for production assembly applications. Experiences also included design and computer simulation of manufacturing processes and systems, and technical support of production automation machinery.

• Developed and equipped Robotics and Automation Lab for IBM Boulder Manufacturing Engineering Center of Competency.
• Implemented robotic assembly applications onto the plant floor for copier and printer subassembly production.
• Worked in new product design teams in the design of products for manufacture and robotic assembly.

Center for Intelligent Machines and Robotics. Primary project was analysis, design, and development of a three degree of freedom robotic shoulder module. Also worked on project of manual joystick controller for telerobotic system.

Westinghouse R&D Center. Participated in summer internship program responsible as a group member for design and build of custom manufacturing process machinery. Projects included laser welding machine and transformer coil tensioning machine.

Computer Languages: C and C++ with knowledge of AIX (UNIX) and Windows NT operating systems. Also experienced in programming of real-time systems. Knowledge of PC-platform Windows applications including Office Suite, Project, MATLAB, Simulink, LabView, SolidWorks, Pro Model, and additional analysis, office automation, and productivity tools. Knowledgeable in Semiconductor Equipment Communication Standards.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Conference Chair, 12th Internaional Symposium on Robotics and Applications within the 8th Biannual World Automation Congress to be held in Waikoloa, Hawaii Big Island in September 2008.

Organizing Committee, 8th Biannual World Automation Congress to be held in Waikoloa, Hawaii Big Island in September 2008.

Exective Committee, Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics (FCRAR 08) Technical Program Committee, to be held in Melbourne, May 2008.

Local Arrangements Chair, IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (IEEE CIRA 2007), Jacksonville, June 2007.

Organizing Committe, IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (IEEE CIRA 2007), Jacksonville, June 2007.

Exective Committee, Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics (FCRAR 07) Technical Program Committee, Tampa, May 2007.

Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Systems of Sytems (IEEE SoSE 2007), San Antonio, May 2007.

Conference Chair, 11th Internaional Symposium on Robotics and Applications within the 7th Biannual World Automation Congress, Budapest, July 2006.

Organizing Committe, 7th Biannual World Automation Congress, Budapest, July 2006.

Exective Committee, Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics (FCRAR 06) Technical Program Committee, Miami, May 2006.

Publicity Chair, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC 05), Hawaii Big Island, October 2005.

Executive Committee, Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics (FCRAR 05), Gainesville, May 2005.

Organizing Committee and Assistant Conference Chair Combined ASME Regional Conferences, Jacksonville, April 2005.

Technical Program Committee, ASNE (American Society of Naval Engineers), committee for Reconfigurability and Survivability Symposium, Atlantic Beach, February 2005.

Program Committee, World Automation Congress, Seville Spain, June 2004.

ASME Student Section Advisor, instrumental in founding of UNF student chapterof American Society of Mechanical Engineers, serving as student advisor.

ASME Regional Executive Board, serving as board member for Northeast Florida Region.

Other Professional Organization Significant Activities:

• Chair for ASME Regional Student Conference held in Jacksonville April 2005
• Co-Chair for joint ASME conferences (RSC, RAC, RTC) held in Jacksonville 2005
• Begin process to initialize new Student Chapter of Tau Beta Pi
• Initialized new Student Chapter of ASME 2002
• Faculty Student Section Advisor for ASME Chapter inception to present

Mentoring at UNF:

• 7 ME, 5 EE, Undergraduate Research Assistants 2007
• 8 ME, 2 EE, Undergraduate Research Assistants 2006
• 7 ME, 1 EE, 1 CS Undergraduate Research Assistants 2005
• 7 ME, 1 EE, 1 CS Undergraduate Research Assistants 2004
• 5 ME Undergraduate Research Assistants 2003
• 3 ME Undergraduate Research Assistants 2002

Current Research Committees: 1 Computer Science Master’s at UNF.

Prior Research Committees: 4 Ph.D. Dissertation, 8 Master’s Thesis, 3 Master’s Report.