David Dornfeld

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Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Location Berkeley, CA, United States
Introduction Dornfeld received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UW-Madison in 1976 and is Will C. Hall Family Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at University of California Berkeley. He leads the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS) (lmas.berkeley.edu) and the Sustainable Manufacturing Partnership (smp.berkeley.edu) studying green/sustainable manufacturing; manufacturing processes; precision manufacturing; process monitoring and optimization. He’s published over 400 papers, authored three research monographs, contributed chapters to several books and has seven patents. He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), recipient of ASME Ennor Award, 2010 and Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award,1986, Fellow of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), recipient of 2004 SME Fredrick W. Taylor Research Medal, member Japan Society of Precision Engineering (JSPE) and recipient of 2005 JSPE Takagi Prize, Fellow of University of Tokyo Engineering and Fellow of CIRP (Int'l Academy for Production Engineering). He consults on design and manufacturing and associated IP issues.