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Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 178-183

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From page 178...
... His industrial experience includes serving as founding Chair of the Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing Productivity and as a past member of the Board of Directors of numerous companies, including The Rexnord Corporation, Cross and Trecker Corporation, Nicolet Instrument Corporation, and Unico, ~ no. He currently serves as a Director of the Andrew Corporation, Kohler Company, Berbee Information Networks, and Cummins Allison Corporation.
From page 179...
... His research interests include the development of theories based on cognitive science ancl human performance for the effective design of information displays, the identification of relationships between indivicluals' cognitive goals and user interface clesigns, ancl the use of neural networks for online intelligent assistance ancl filtering information for complex environments. Applications of his research have included seconcl-order control systems, computer-aided design, process control, computer programming, ancl on-line eclucation.
From page 180...
... He brings to the committee his extensive expertise in virtual ancl concurrent design. His research interests include ~nternet media for visual collaboration, geometric algorithms for rapid product realization in Internet-basecl virtual environments; the creation of a multimedia environment for shape and design; geometric algorithms that allow for shape features to be ~ determined from nonlinear solid models in support of virtual prototyping of comp~ex-shaped part designs; and the integration of knowledge of manufacturability, die design, and part design into the web-based collaborative computer-aidecl design system.
From page 181...
... He is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, ancl of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He is the author or co-author of four book chapters and 60 journal articles and has served as eclitor-in-chief of //E Transactions, international associate editor of the Belgian Journal of Operations Research, Statistical ancl Computationa/ Science, and a member of- the international editorial board of the Journal of Design and Manufacturing.
From page 182...
... Prior to joining AllieclSigna~, she worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where she served as program manager for computer simulation modeling research, design, and development in support of advanced man-machine design concepts. She is the author of 40 publications and the recipient of a number of awards, including the Patricia Kayes Glass Award from the Air Force Systems Command and the Outstanding Manager of the Year Award from the American Society for Training and Development.
From page 183...
... He is a member of the following organizations: Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society for Quality Control, Optical Society of America, ancl American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association. He has also authored several technical reports.


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