Adnan Aswad, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
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College of Engineering and Computer Science
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
aswad@umich.edu
313-593-5361

Biography and Education

Education

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 1972

M.Sc., Industrial Engineering, The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 1964 

M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 1961

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Robert College - Turkey, 1955

Selected Publications

  1. "The Concurrent Engineering Organization", Proceedings of the Conference on Concurrent Product and Process Design and Development, The Scientific Studies and Research Center, SAR, October 1996, pp. 1 - 14.
  2. "Concurrent New Product Planning and Development Process using QFD: A Case Study", (with D.J. Gonzales), Proceedings of the Conference on Concurrent Product and Process Design and Development, The Scientific Studies and Research Center, SAR, October ‘96, pp.159 - 197.
  3. "Can Engineering Freshmen Learn Analysis and Design?", Article in the Dearborn Engineer, The University of Michigan-Dearborn School of Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 1, Winter 1996.
  4. "Statistical Quality Control Techniques for Short Runs," Proceedings of the Conference on Quality Assurance in Small and Medium -Sized Industries, ASST-UNIDO, March 1994, pp. 104-115.
  5. "Planning for Quality with QFD," Proceedings of the Conference on Quality Assurance in Small and Medium -Sized Industries, ASST-UNIDO, March 1994, pp. 116-139. "Incoming Materials Control and Supplier Management," Proceedings of the Conference on Quality Assurance in Small and Medium -Sized Industries, ASST-UNIDO, March 1994, pp. 140-150.
  6. "Extraction of Teamwork Determinants in Japanese Manufacturing Industries," (with Masahiro Nowatari), The Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 32, No 3, pp.269-283, 1993.
  7. "QFD in Emergency Road Service," Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on QFD, American Society for Quality Control. G.O.A.L., and ASI, June 1992.
  8. "QFD in Theory and Practice," Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on QFD, American Society for Quality Control, G.O.A.L., and ASI, June 1991.
  9. "Comparative Aspects of QFD and Simultaneous Engineering," Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation, pp. 141-156, ISATA, November 1989.
  10. "Quality Function Deployment - A System's Approach," Proceedings of the IIE Integrated Systems Conference and Society for Integrated Manufacturing, pp. 27-32, November 1989.