Adnan Aswad, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

College of Engineering and Computer Science
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
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
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Comparative Aspects of QFD and Simultaneous Engineering," Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation, pp. 141-156, ISATA, November 1989.
- "Quality Function Deployment - A System's Approach," Proceedings of the IIE Integrated Systems Conference and Society for Integrated Manufacturing, pp. 27-32, November 1989.