David Dornfeld received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976 in the area of Production Engineering. His Ph.D. thesis concerned the study of the fundamentals of the mechanical pulping process (abrasive machining). He joined the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley in the Mechanical Engineering Department in 1977 and is presently Professor of Manufacturing Engineering. Since July 1, 1999 he holds the first Will C. Hall Family Chair in Engineering. He is presently Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Studies in the College of Engineering. He is past-Director of the Engineering Systems Research Center in the College of Engineering. In 1982 and 1992 he was Directeur de Recherche Associe, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, Paris and Invited Professor, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers- ENSAM, Paris, respectively.

Dr. Dornfeld's research activities are in several fields of manufacturing engineering and flexible automation: acoustic emission monitoring and analysis of manufacturing processes; burr formation and edge finishing (leads an industry consortium supporting work in this area); precision manufacturing with specialization on chemical mechanical planarization for semiconductor manufacturing; green manufacturing; and intelligent sensors and signal processing for process monitoring and optimization. He has published over 250 papers in these fields, contributed chapters to several books and has four patents based on his research work. He is a consultant on sensors, manufacturing productivity and automation and process modeling and the associated intellectual property issues.

Professor Dornfeld is a Fellow and an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), contributing to the technical programs and journals of the society. He is the past Technical Editor, Trans. ASME, Journal of Engineering for Industry. He was the recipient of the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award in 1986. He is a Fellow and past-Director of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and a recipient of the 2004 SME Fredrick W. Taylor Research Medal, member of Japan Society of Precision Engineering (JSPE), American Society of Precision Engineering (ASPE), Materials Research Society (MRS) and the U.S. Acoustic Emission Working Group (AEWG). He is past-President of the Board of Directors and a member of the Scientific Committee, North American Manufacturing Research Institute (NAMRI/SME). He is an Active Member of the CIRP (International Institution for Production Engineering Research) where he served as co-chair of the Working Group on Tool Condition Monitoring and is past-Chair of the Scientific Technical Committee on Cutting.

Professor Dornfeld served as the Management of Technology Program's Co-Chairperson from 2005 - 2008.

MOT Course(s):

• SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING
• PRECISION MANUFACTURING

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