Expertise

Areas of Specialization/Research:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Sustainable product design and manufacturing
  • Energy efficient systems
  • Reliability of engineering systems
  • 3D True Depth Volumetric Display Systems
  • Six-Sigma
  • LEAN

Areas of Expertise: product design, manufacturing, industrial automation, powder and bulk solids storage, handling and conveying

Past Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Kansas State University Polytechnic, Kansas State University

Lecturer, Aero-Manufacturing Engineering Technology, College of Engineering, North Dakota State University (past)

Degrees
PhD, North Dakota State University, Mechanical Engineering, 1991
BS, Slovak University of Technology, Czechoslovakia, Mechanical, Thermal, and Nuclear Power Engineering, 1981
MS, Slovak University of Technology, Czechoslovakia, Mechanical, Thermal, and Nuclear Power Engineering
Keywords
powder and bulk solids pneumatic conveying of dry bulk solids wear testing mechanical engineering automation energy efficiency
Languages
Arabic, Libyan, Czech, English, German, Hindi, Italian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Telugu
Honors

Marchbanks Teaching Excellence, 1999

Associations
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Bioengineering Division
Society of Automotive Engineers
Society of Manufacturing Engineers