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FAMU-FSU ChairDr. Ben Wang
Dr. Wang was Chair of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from 1993 to 2005. He had worked closely with the faculty in developing both a Master of Science (1994) and a doctoral degree program (1997). The department passed two ABET accreditation reviews, three SACS reviews and one QER review. Throughout his career, Dr. Wang has been instrumental in enhancing the dialogue between engineering faculty and practitioners by fostering industrial partnerships. Such dialogues have proven very effective for the faculty's continuing career development. Moreover, industrial partnerships have also provided valuable internships, co-ops and employment opportunities for students. These opportunities have developed students’ “business sophistication” in addition to their technical competence. Dr. Wang is widely acknowledged as a pioneer in the growing field of nano-materials science. His main area of research, involving an extraordinary material known as “BuckyPaper”, has shown promise in a variety of applications, including the development of aerospace structures, the production of more-effective body armor and armored vehicles, the improvement of energy and power efficiency, the enhancement of thermal management of engineering systems, and the construction of next-generation computer displays. Because of his contributions to nanotechnology, Dr. Wang and Dr. Les Kramer, Lockheed Martin Chief Technologist, were invited to present to the U.S. National Research Council (NRC) Review Panel in support of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in 2005. In 1998, Dr. Wang founded the Florida Advanced Center for Composite Technologies (FACCT), a research institute sanctioned by the Florida Board of Education. As a direct result of his developing partnerships between universities and industries, in 2002, FACCT was selected by the National Science Foundation to join the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) program. Through the I/UCRC program, FACCT partnered with Ohio State University and University of Wisconsin-Madison to form a synergy with industry and government in producing stronger, lighter, more versatile composite fibers at a minimum cost. Building on his commitment to excellence, an aggressive fund raising campaign is underway to build a $18M, world-class building for FACCT. With a primary research interest is applying emerging technologies to improve manufacturing competitiveness, he specializes in process development for affordable composite materials. AFOSR, AFRL, ARL, ARO, DARPA, DOE, NASA, NIST, NSF, ONR, SME, Sandia, 2Phase, AT&T, Boeing, British Petroleum, Caterpillar, Cummins Engine, GKN, GM, JEOL, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, MTS, Raytheon, Sikorsky, Sun Microsystems, TA Instrument, and Westinghouse are just a few of his many sponsors. He is a consultant to a number of U.S. and international companies. Currently, Dr. Wang is concentrating his research on affordable composites, which is already changing product innovation worldwide. His attention to applications of the integrated product-process design approach to substituting metal structures with low-cost, high-performance composite materials is unique among researchers in these difficult and most promising investigations. Dr. Wang has served on a number of NSF Grant Review Panels and Site Visit Teams, as well as the U.S. Department of State Science Centers Program Committee, DoD Graduate Fellowship Review Committee, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Grants Review Committee, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Egyptian Science and Technology Cooperation Project Review Panel, and Australian Research Council Grants Review Committee. He has also served as a technical consultant for the Louisiana State Board of Regents and the New York Economic Development Council. He served on the Board of Directors for the North Florida Manufacturing Technology Center, which is part of the NIST Manufacturing Extension Program (MEP). Dr. Wang is an editorial board member for the Journal of Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Composites B Journal, International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Journal of Design and Manufacturing Automation, and Journal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers. He was elected to the US Council of the Japan-US Conference on Composite Materials in 2005. He is a co-inventor on projects resulting in seven U.S. patents (5566092, 5566273, 5602761, 5939013, 6488569, 6532799, and US 2006/0017191A1). In addition to being the author or co-author of more than 130 refereed journal papers and 60 conference articles, he is a co-author of three books: Computer-Aided Manufacturing (Prentice-Hall), Computer-Aided Process Planning (Elsevier Science Publishers), and Computer Aided Manufacturing PC Application Software (Delmar Publishers). These books are currently being used worldwide. Computer-Aided Manufacturing was selected to receive the IIE 1992 Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award and the 1992 SME M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Textbook Award. In addition, Dr. Wang edited three books: Integrated Product, Process and Enterprise Design, Concurrent Design of Products, Manufacturing Processes and Systems, and Computer-Aided Maintenance: Methodology and Practices. Dr. Wang is a co-recipient of a 2004 R&D 100 Award. In 1999, Dr. Wang received the AT&T Industrial Ecology Fellow Award and the DOE Outstanding Research and Educational Accomplishment Award. In 1998, he received an IRI/ASEE Engineering Faculty Fellowship Award and a United Nations Development Program Fellowship. In addition, he is the recipient of the 1993 Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society Outstanding Professor Award. For his leadership and significant achievements in manufacturing education and research, Dr. Wang also received the 1990 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. In 1991, he received the University of Iowa Old Gold Iowa Fellowship, and in 1987, the New York State Improvement of Undergraduate Education Award. As further confirmation of his accomplishments, his biography is listed in Who's Who in Engineering, Who's Who in Global Business Leaders, Who's Who among Asian Americans, and Who's Who in the Midwest. He received his B.S.I.E. degree from Tunghai University (Taiwan) and M.S.I.E. and Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University. A Discussion with Dr. Wang on Program Goals"The concept of what we do is very simple. We design products that can be manufactured, used, and disposed of easily without adverse effects on the environment. According to a recent EPA report, the U.S. spends over 100 billion dollars each year to cleanup various contaminated and polluted sites. Many of those contaminations and pollutions are the result of the shortsightedness of the manufacturing policies and practices of the past. People designed and made products without paying attention to what effects the products or manufacturing processes might have on the environment or how the product might be disposed of once it reached the end of its service life cycle. As a result, various pollutions from solid wastes to toxic chemicals to air pollutants are everywhere seriously threatening the quality of our life and that of future generations. The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Design for Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing group is developing technologies that will enable engineers to design products with the environment in mind. Such a foreward-looking technological development is guided by four principles:
Book Chapters and Recent Publications in Refereed Journals
Professional Organizations/AssociationsFellow, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Fellow, World Innovation Foundation (WIF) Member, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Member, Society for the Advancement of Material and Process (SAMPE) List of AccomplishmentsFellow, World Innovation Foundation, 2005 WIF is an independent think tank dealing with scientific, technological, engineering and applied economics matters. Its membership, which numbers approximately 2,000 and include 86 Nobel Laureates, offers advice to governments and corporations throughout the world or a wide range of critical issues fosters innovative ideas to enhance the welfare of humanity. AFRL ML Lab Director Funding Award, 2005 One of the 14 out of 139 proposals selected for “high-risk, high payoff” revolutionary technology research. R&D 100 Award, 2004 Successful technology transition of Resin Infusion between Double Flexible Tooling (RIDFT) into industry. Best Poster Prize, International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling, London, U.K., 2002 Awarded by The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council of the United Kingdom due to its uniqueness and the quality of research in nano-materials. Outstanding Alumni Lecture Speaker, Tunghai University, 2002 Selected to deliver three Tunghai University Outstanding Alumni Lectures due to contributions to industrial engineering and management science. Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2001 Awarded by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers for outstanding contributions to academia, industry and profession. Simon Ostrach Professor of Engineering, 2001 Dr. Simon Ostrach is credited for his pioneering studies in Microgravity. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and NAE Home Secretary 1996-2000. Dr. Ostrach was instrumental in the creation of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Dr. Want was selected by FSU to hold this Named Professorship for his exemplary achievements in engineering. AT&T Faculty Fellow in Industrial Ecology, 2001Awarded by AT&T in recognition of research contributions to industrial ecology and pollution prevention in service industries. Keynote Speaker, 5th International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theories and Applications, 2000 Delivered a keynote speech on critical technologies and technology enablers in the 21st century and their impact on knowledge economy. United Nations Development Program Fellowship Award, 2000Awarded by the United Nations for providing excellent professional and technical guidance for developing countries. Institute of Industrial Engineers UPS Minority Advancement Award, 2000 Awarded by the Institute of Industrial Engineers for his deep personal commitment and a tremendous record of accomplishment, as an industrial engineering professional, for women and minority recruitment and retention. Fellow, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1999 Awarded by the Institute of Industrial Engineers for outstanding contributions to academia, industry and profession. DOE Outstanding Research and Educational Accomplishment Award, 1999Awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy for outstanding research and educational accomplishments as Massie Chair and incessant efforts to increase the number of well-trained minority engineers. AT&T Faculty Fellow in Industrial Ecology, 1999 Awarded by AT&T in recognition of research contributions to industrial ecology and pollution prevention. Alpha Pi Mu, IIE Honor Society Faculty Member, 1999Recognized by the Industrial Engineering Honors Society for excellence in teaching, research and professional service. University Service Award, 1999Recognition of outstanding service to the university community. United Nations Development Program Fellowship Award, 1998Awarded by the United Nations for providing excellent professional and technical guidance for developing countries. IRI/ASEE Engineering Faculty Fellowship Award, 1998Awarded by the American Society for Engineering Education as a recognition of outstanding collaborations with industrial companies. US DOE Samuel P. Massie Chair of Excellence, 1995 - presentAppointed by the US Department of Energy as Massie Chair of Excellence for continuing excellent contributions to environmentally conscious manufacturing. Certificate of Appreciation, Caterpillar Technical Center, 1995 Recognition of leadership and outstanding R&D performance in areas of preventive maintenance and machinery testing. Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Professor Award, 1993Awarded for classroom leadership. Co-Authorship of Computer-Aided Manufacturing, IIE Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award, 1992 Awarded by the Institute of Industrial Engineers for authoring the best text book in 1992. Co-Authorship of Computer-Aided Manufacturing, SME M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Textbook Award, 1992 Awarded by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers for authoring the best text book in 1992. The University of Iowa Old Gold Iowa Award, 1991Awarded by the University of Iowa in recognition of faculty excellence. SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, 1990Awarded by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers in recognition of significant achievement and leadership in manufacturing engineering. Paper Advisor of Third Prize Winner of Shingo Award for Manufacturing Excellence, 1989 Supervised a student paper that won the Third Prize in Shingo Award for Manufacturing Excellence competition. Improvement of Undergraduate Education Award, State Government of New York, 1987 Awarded by the New York State Government in recognition of excellence in undergraduate engineering education. Machine Fault Diagnostics System and Method, U.S. Patent No. 5566092, inventor with Huang, Knapp, Lin, Lin and Spoerre, issued 10-15-96. Supervised Training of a Neural Network, U.S. Patent No. 5566273, inventor with Huang, Lin and Knapp, issued 10-15-96. Machine Performance Monitoring and Fault Classification Using an Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Scheme, U.S. Patent No. 5602761, inventor with Spoerre and Lin, issued 2-11-97. Process and Apparatus for the Production of High Strength Polymer Composite Structures, U.S. Patent No. 5939013, inventor with Han and Zhang, issued 8-17-99. Use of Acoustic Emission for In-Process Detection of Micro-scratches in Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Process, Inventor: Qing Liu, Co-Inventors: B. Wang, U.S. Patent No. 6488568, issued 12-3-02. System for In-situ and Online Monitoring of Preform Layup Process for Liquid Composite Molding, Inventor: C. Zhang, Co-Inventors: Z. Liang, B. Wang, and C. Shih, U.S. Patent No. 6532799, issued 3-18-03. A Method for Mechanically Chopping Nanotubes and Nanoscale Fibrous Materials, Inventor: R. Liang, Co-Inventor: Z. Wang, B. Wang and C. Zhang, US 2006/0017191A1. A Method for Fabricating Nanocomposites with Preformed Carbon Nanotube Network and Resin Infusion Techniques,” inventor with B. Wang, Z. Liang, J. Gou, Z. Wang and L. Kramer, US Patent Application Pending, Patent Office ID: 10/726,024, Filing Date: November 30, 2002. A Method for Continuous Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Networks for Membrane Materials, inventor with Z. Liang, B. Wang, J. Ugarte, C. Lin and J. Thagard, US Patent Application Pending, Patent Office ID: 60/589,681. Nano and Micro Electrical Discharge -Machining with Carbon Nanotubes, inventor with Z. Liang, B. Wang, R. Wysk, P. Cohen and H. Miao, US Patent Application Pending, Patent Office ID: 60/737788; Filing Date: November 17, 2005. A Method to Prepare and Fabricate Backlight Units (BLU) and Illumination Products Using Carbon Nanotube Films, inventor with B. Wang, Z. Liang, H. Miao and Y. Chen, US Patent Application Pending. |
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