Nand Jha, PhD Professor of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India 1977 M.E. Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India 1975 B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi University, India 1964

Interests:

Industrial Experience:

• Research Associate - Techniques Development Lab, National Research Council, MD. Jan 1981-Sept. 1981.

Consulting:

• Consultant to Escarts Tractors India, Ltd. on the project: Productivity Improvement in Assembly Plant, 1979-1980.

Recent Publications and Professional Activities:

• Integrated Design of Agile Manufacturing Systems, Proc. International Conference on Agile Manufacturing (ICAM'97), Feb.1997, Lafayette, LA.
• A Set-theoretic Automatic Selection of Cutting Tools in Manufacturing Systems, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 65 (1997) 99-106.
• Mathematical Programming Formulation and Optimal Design of Robot Control System, Applied Mathematical Modeling, 1996, Vol. 20, November, pp. 853-865.
• Probablistic Cost Estimation in Advance of Production in a Computerized Manufacturing System Through Stochastic Geometric Programming, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 30, No.4, pp. 809-821, 1996.
• Computer Aided Optimal Turning of Stepped Shaft, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 57 (1996) 38-47.

Society Memberships:

• American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME).
• Artificial Intelligence Committee, ASME Computers Division.
• CAD Committee, ASME Computers Division.
• Chair, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technical Committee, ASME.
• Artificial Intelligence Committee, ASME Computer Division.
• Operational Research Society of India (ORSI).
• Indian Society of Mechanical Engineer (ISME), India.

Honors and Awards:

• Merit Pay Award, Manhattan College, April, 1991.

Contact Information:

• Phone: 718-862-7441
• E-mail nand.jha@manhattan.edu

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