Ronald W. Garrett Grand Valley State University	Postal Address: 301 West Fulton, Suite 618 Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (616) 771-6758 (616) 336-7215 FAX
Professor	Padnos School of Engineering	E-mail Address: garrettr@gvsu.edu

From this site, you can access EGR101 Course Notes, download a copy (1.8 Meg) of an animation of the "Glass Box Theory", review the short courses that are offered through the Padnos School of Engineering Seminar Series, go to the home page of the ASME Design for Manufacturability Committee, study Design for Assembly Guidelines developed for the Michigan Virtual Automotive College, see my favorite professional and personal web sites or download data from a Full-Scale Production Facility .

Research/Teaching Areas

Design for Manufacturability
Engineering Design
Discrete Parts Manufacturing
Statistical Process Control
Project Management

Current Projects

Automatic Transmission of Data from the Factory to a University Computer Laboratory
Development a New Statistical Process Control Course
Animation of the "Glass Box Theory"
Distant Learning of Design for Assembly
Continuting Education for Engineering and Manufacturing Professionals

Publications

"Development and Operation of an Animation Illustrating the 'Glass Box Theory' by Freshman-level Students in an Engineering Graphics Course," Eighth International Conference on Engineering Computer Graphics, August, 1998.

"Integrating an Industrial Production Facility as the On-Line Laboratory into a Course in Statistical Quality Methods," American Society for Engineering Education - North Central Section Spring Conference, Detroit, April 4, 1998.

"Selecting Plastics Using the Internet," American Society of Mechanical Engineers Design Engineering Conference, Chicago, IL March 11, 1997. (with engineering student, Michael Nienhuis)

"Design for Disassembly of Household Appliances in a Senior Design Project," Proceedings of 1993 ASEE Annual National Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, June 20-24, 1993.

"Design and Implementation of a Computer Assisted Sign Language Tutorial," Proceedings of Annual Conference of Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 12-17, 1993.

"Teaching Environmentally Responsible Design" (authored "Project Management Module"), Grand Valley State University for Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Design for Recycling Curriculum Development Grant, 1993.

"Computer-assisted Sign Language Tutorial for K-12," ASEE Regional Conference (Pittsburgh, PA), April 1-3, 1993.

Senior Project Readings, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1993.

"Evaluating Manufacturability of Conceptual Designs," Design for Manufacturability: Tool and Manufacturing Engineers Handbook (Vol. VI), Society of Manufacturing Engineers: Dearborn, Michigan, 1992.

"Eight Steps to Simultaneous Engineering," Manufacturing Engineering, November 1990.

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Education and License

Ph.D. University of Cincinnati

M.S.M.E. Purdue University

B.S.M.E. Purdue University

Registered Professional Engineer (Michigan)

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Industrial Experience

Litton-Integrated Systems, Hebron, Kentucky; Project Manager - Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Gray Division of Allied-Signal, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio; Manager of Research and Development

Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, West Lafayette, Indiana; Research Associate

Guide Division of General Motors, Anderson, Indiana; Manufacturing Supervisor & Co-op Student