EDUCATION

Ph.D:Control and Systems Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1971
M.S.:Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968
B.S.: Mechanical Engineering, Union College, 1966

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COURSES TAUGHT

Numerous courses on systems theory and systems engineering
Real-time computing
Measurement theory and model adequacy
Probability, statistics and stochastic processes
Optimization
Manufacturing engineering

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INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATORS

• North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) - Technology Administration Committee, Research and Development Committee, Computer Modeling Committee, Die Casting Design and Analysis Systems
• International Lead & Zinc Research Organization - Die Casting Design; Alcoa Casting Design Software
• Ford Motor Co - Design Environments
• General Motors Co - Die Casting Design Systems
• DCD Technologies, Cleveland, Ohio - CAD, CAE, Integration, Die Design Systems
• Numerous additional small mfg. companies Die Casting Design, Die Casting Research
• Practice-Oriented Manufacturing Engineering Program (POMEP), approximately 25 industrial collaborators

GOVERNMENT COLLABORATORS

• U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Technology - Die Casting Research
• U.S. Defense Logistics Agency - Die Casting Research

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HONORS AND AWARDS

• Ralph Boyer Award for Meritorious Achievement, College of Engineering, OSU 1989
• Senior Research Award, College of Engineering, OSU, 1982
• Franklin B. Taylor Best Paper Award, IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1982
• Charles E. MacQuigg Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Engineering, OSU, 1975
• Member of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Alpha Pi Mu
• Listed in Who's Who in Technology Today
• Listed in American Men and Women of Science

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AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Design for manufacture
• Design environments for discrete part and die/mold design
• CAD/CAM/CAE integration
• Technology support/technology deployment procedures for small manufacturing firms
• Systems engineering and systems theory with applications in manufacturing and human-machine systems

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GRANTS

Die Deflection Modeling: Empirical Validation and Tech Transfer, Cast Metals Coalition , US Dept of Energy, 1997 - 1999

Die Casting Part Distortion: Prediction and Attenuation, Cast Metals Coalition, US Dept of Energy, 1997 - 2000

Qualitative Reasoning for Additional Die Casting Design Applications, Cast Metals Coalition, US Dept of Energy, 1998 - 2000

Guidelines for Short-run Die Casting, American Metalcasting Consortium, 1996 - 1999; Improved Responsiveness Through Visualization Software For Die Casting, American Metalcasting Consortium, 1996 - 1999

Dimensional Control of Die Castings, American Metalcasting Consortium, 1996 - 1999

Reverse Engineering Guide for Converting Parts to Zinc Die Casting, International Lead Zinc Research Organization, 1998-1999

Die-Casting Simulation Input Parameters, North American Die Casting Association, 1998-1999

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PUBLICATIONS

M. El-Mehalawi and R. A. Miller, A Case-based Approach for Cost Estimating in Net-Shape Manufacturing, Technical paper MF98-222, NAMRC XXVI, SME, May 1998.

S. C. Lu, A. B. Rebello, R. A. Miller, G. L. Kinzel, R. Yagel, A Simple Visualization Tool to Support Concurrent Engineering Design, Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 29, No. 10, pp. 727-735, 1997.

S. C. Lu, M. J. Saran, R. A. Miller, "Integration of CAD and FEA for Concurrent Engineering Design of Sheet Stampings," ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp 310-317, August 1996.

Y. M. Chen, R. A. Miller, and K. Sevenler, "Knowledge-Based Manufacturability Assessment: An Object -Oriented Approach," J. of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 6, pp. 321-337, 1995.

Y. M. Chen, R. A. Miller, and D. Lee, "Object-Oriented Part Model for Geometric Reasoning," Journal of Computer-Aided Integrated Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 375-395, 1994.

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