Brian Paul, Chairman
Professor
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Oregon State University
brian.paul@oregonstate.edu
Brian Paul is Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University (OSU). His research group focuses on arrayed microchannel manufacturing and microreactor-assisted nanomanufacturing. Financial support for his research has come from the NIH, NSF, DOE, the Air Force Research Laboratories, the Army Research Laboratory, the Office of Naval Research, private industry, and private foundations among others. Professor Paul has been recognized for research excellence by the Office of Naval Research through a Young Investigator Award, for collaboration excellence through the OSU College of Engineering Collaboration Award and for academic excellence through the Eldin and Engelbrecht Young Faculty Awards. His collaborative publications on the scale-up of nanomaterial synthesis and deposition have been highlighted in Materials Today and were recently distinguished on the 2011 Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ “Innovations That Could Change the Way You Manufacture” Watch List. Professor Paul has authored more than 100 technical papers, received four US patents, and presented invited lectures at workshops and conferences in the US and abroad. One of his patents established the core technology for a spin-out company which in 2010 received the largest first round venture capital funding in the history of Oregon. Professor Paul is Associate Director of Nano and Micromanufacturing for the Microproducts Breakthrough Institute at OSU and a seminal member of the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute.
Karl Haapala, Co-chair
Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering
Oregon State University
haapalak@engr.oregonstate.edu
Dr. Karl R. Haapala is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Technological University. Prior to joining Oregon State as an Assistant Professor in Winter 2009, he was a Research Engineer and Instructor within the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University. His research addresses sustainable design and manufacturing challenges, including life cycle engineering and manufacturing process modeling. Sponsors of his research have included the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Army, the Oregon Metals Initiative, and Boeing.
Dr. Haapala is currently advising seven graduate students and has mentored one honors B.S. student to the completion of her thesis. He has published over 35 articles in various journals, proceedings, and volumes. Dr. Haapala has been recognized with several research awards including a Henes Fellowship, DeVlieg Doctoral Scholarship, and NSF IGERT Traineeship. He has been inducted into the honor societies of Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, and Pi Tau Sigma and is a member of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), where he serves as Vice Chair of the Life Cycle Engineering Technical Committee of the Manufacturing Engineering Division.
Belinda Batten
Department Head
& Professor
Dynamics and Control
Oregon State University
bbatten@engr.orst.edu
Toni Doolen
Associate Professor
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Oregon State University
toni.doolen@oregonstate.edu
Toni is an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering and an Associate Dean of the University Honors College at Oregon State University. Her research uses both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to study the impact of change mechanics on organizational performance. Her research has focused on the application of process improvement methodologies and innovation to improve both the social (work group performance, individual and team affect, skill development, etc.) and technical (productivity, quality, and cost) aspects of organizational performance. Toni gained 11 years of manufacturing experience at Hewlett-Packard Company as an engineer, senior member of technical staff, and manager. Toni received a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BS in Materials Science and Engineering from Cornell University, an MS in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department at Oregon State University.
John Parmigiani
Research Assistant Professor
MECOP Advisor for Mechanical Engineering
Senior Design Coordinator for Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering
Oregon State University
john.parmigiani@oregonstate.edu
John Parmigiani is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University(OSU). He was an instructor at OSU from 2004-2009. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2007, his M.S. in mechanical engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 1997, and his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 1987. He has over 10 years of industrial engineering experience. His research interests focus on the mechanics of fracture at interfaces and in composite materials. Other interests include the design and prototype construction of technically-interesting mechanical devices.
