Principal Industries Served:
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Construction
- Metallurgy
- Mining
- Petrochemical
- Utilities
Education:
This consultant received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
In addition, this consultant received a Masters Degree and a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Belgrade.
Expertise and Services:
Robotics, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Expert Consultant Resume
This associate has demonstrated specific expertise relative to computer aided manufacturing (CAM), robotics, machine tool dynamics and control, metal cutting operations. This expert also has experience with adaptive control, machine tool system identification and forecasting control of chatter. Further experience includes precision engineering and engineered surfaces.
This consultant has conducted numerous studies in areas including flexible automation and robotics, effective use of robots in manufacturing, design for production, and design for manufacture. Grinding of twist drill flutes, static analysis of turbine blade, surface topography, and tool life performance monitoring are areas of expertise that this associate has demonstrated. Additional experience includes casting temperature control in an automated die cast work cell.
Other areas of interest include end-effector for riveting, robotic systems volumetric analysis, pitch error compensation in precision screw cutting and kinematic error analysis of robotic manipulators. This expert has experience with novel laundry technology concepts, optimal cutting conditions in turning operations, design and analysis of micropositioning device. Error simulation for a multi-axis machine, and milled surface characteristics improvements are also skills demonstrated by this associate.
This associate is knowledgeable in areas including digitization of three dimensional surfaces using a laser, fractal geometry in surface characterization, drill characteristics and entry mechanisms on drilling performance. This expert's background includes active vibration suppression for robotic manipulators, design of an optical sensor system for adaptive control of a seam tracking robot, synthesis and generation of milled and polished surfaces, and error analysis.
Additional Experience:
Consulting
Alcoa, Davenport, Iowa, IBM, Endicott, New York, Johnson Wax, Racine, Wisconsin, Ford, Detroit, Michigan, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, Poly-Hi, Fort Wayne, Indiana, General Motors, Warren, Michigan, General Electric, Burlington, Vermont Ekstrom & Carlson, Rockford, Illinois, General Dynamics, Fort Worth, Texas, The Ingersoll Milling Machine Company, Rockford, Illinois, Tulon, Co., Gardena, California, Chrysler Co., Toledo, Ohio, Du Page Die Casting and Fabricating Co., Niles, Illinois, SpeedFam, Chandler., AZ, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA, American Tool Companies, Inc.
Panelist / Reviewer
- ASME Transactions, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, formerly Journal of Engineering for Industry
- ASME Transactions, Journal of Dynamics Systems, Measurements and Control
- Journal of Manufacturing Systems
- Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing
- NSF
- ASME Transactions, Journal of Mechanisms, Transmissions and Automation in Design
- Hong-Kong Science Foundation
- Australian Research Council, Australia
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
- Engineering with Computers
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Precision Engineering, Journal of the American Society for Precision Engineering
- Journal of Sound and Vibration
- International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture
- IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CANADA
- ASME Transactions, Journal of Tribology
