GD&T Workshop and Symposium on Quality, Reliability and Safety in Automotive Manufacturing
Date: TBD
Venue: Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan
www.ieomsociety.org/ieom/michigan2017/
Organized by:
IEOM Society of Michigan and
Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group of Lawrence Tech
Location:
Architecture Auditorium (A200)
Lawrence Tech
2100 West Ten Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48075
IEOM Society of Michigan and Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group of Lawrence Tech are organizing a workshop on GD&T and a Symposium on Quality, Reliability and Safety in Automotive Manufacturing on November 15, 2017 at Architecture Auditorium, Lawrence Tech. The GD&T workshop will provide fundamentals of geometric tolerancing and the symposium provides a forum for industry practitioners to discuss the state of the art and innovation in the field of quality, reliability, safety and smart manufacturing in automotive industries. It also focuses on lean, six sigma and the recent advances & the next generation of product development.
GD&T Workshop Agenda
7:00 AM Registration and Light Breakfast
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Geometric Dimensionless and Tolerancing ((GD&T) Fundamentals and Tolerancing Stackup – Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Programs, Lawrence Tech.
- GD&T Symbols, rules and principles instituted by the ASME Y14.5-2009 Standard
- Fundamentals of GD&T and Statistical Tolerancing Major Concepts:
- Angularity
- Circular Runout
- Circularity (Roundness)
- Concentricity
- Cylindricity
- Datum Features
- Flatness Functional Gages
- Material Conditions (MMC, LMC, RFS)
- Mating Part Tolerancing
- Parallelism
- Perpendicularity
- Profile
- Straightness
- Symmetry
- Total Runout
- True Position
- Tolerance Stack-Up Analysis
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Break
Symposium Schedule
1:00 PM Dr. Srinivas R. Chakravarthy, Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Kettering University, Flint, Michigan, USA
1:30 PM Irshad Ali, Vice President – CraftMark Bakery, LLC and Former WCM Lead, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)
2:00 PM Dr. James Cheng, Ford Motor Company
3:00 PM Occupational Ergonomic Challenges and Opportunities – Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Tech
3:30 PM Dr. Stephen H. Rapp, Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University
4:00 PM Quality Engineering Systems – Dr. Daw Alwerfalli, Lawrence Tech
Registration Fee: TBD
An attendance certificate will be provided, and 0.8 CEU is available.
Contact:
Professor Don Reimer
Adjunct Professor, Lawrence Tech
President of IEOM Society of Michigan
reimer@ieomsociety.org
Phone – 313-300-4950
Dr. Ahad Ali
Associate Professor and Director of IE Programs
Director of Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group
Lawrence Tech University
Email: aali@ltu.edu
Phone: 248-204-2531
Sponsors:
Biographies
Ahad Ali, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (BSIE)
Director, Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (MSIE)
Director, Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group
A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan, USA
Dr. Ahad Ali is an Associate Professor and Director of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Master of Science in Industrial Engineering in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, Dr. Ali is the Director of Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group. He earned B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, Masters in Systems and Engineering Management from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Ali is the Executive Director of IEOM Society and Conference Chair of the Sixth International Conference on Industrial Engineering and operations Management, Kuala Lumpur 2016. He advised six doctorate students in Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems. Dr. Ali has published journal and conference papers. He was past President of IIE Lean Division. Dr Ali has done research projects with Chrysler, Ford, DTE Energy, Delphi Automotive System, GE Medical Systems, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, International Truck and Engine Corporation (ITEC), National/Panasonic Electronics, and Rockwell Automation. His research interests include quality, reliability, six sigma, manufacturing, simulation, optimization, scheduling, maintenance, e-manufacturing, lean, CAE and GD&T and. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, IEOM, IIE, INFORMS, and SME.
Irshad Ali
Vice President
CraftMark Bakery, LLC
Indianapolis, Indiana
Dr. Daw Alwerfalli
Professor of Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering
Director of Master of Engineering Management Program
College of Engineering
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan, USA
Prominent professor, senior technical industry consultant and manufacturing engineering educator with a tremendous expertise in program and curriculum development in higher technical education. Highly experienced and dedicated community leader with great ability to work with an array of constituencies and coalitions in developing shared organizational vision to create and implement strategies aimed at advancing common causes to accomplish goals in fulfilment of the organization’s mission. Highly perceived expert and industrial advisor. He is the founder of Manufacturing Engineering Solutions (MES) a consulting firm founded in 2000. He is senior technical consultant and strategist to the US manufacturing industry. MES developed executive training programs to numerous organizations such as Chrysler, Ford, GM, Exxon Mobil, Conco Philips, Marathon and Tier I and II suppliers to the US auto industry and other international companies. Published numerous research papers in many national and international conferences.
Dr. Alwerfalli is a recipient of many prestigious awards including, the 2009 Arab American of the year in education, 1997 Lawrence Tech. Excellence in Teaching Award, 2004 Outstanding Engineering Faculty. He serves on many boards of directors, he also served on the Advisor Council of the Governor of Michigan for the Arab American and Chaldean Affairs Committee. He is currently serving on the steering committee of MAT 2 for dual education where he is a lead assessor to evaluate colleges for readiness in joining MAT 2 coalition of several German US based companies. Dr. Alwerfalli is also serving on the steering committee of “LIFT” Lightweight Innovation for Tomorrow, The committee is to develop innovative educational curriculum and skills for the next generation workforce for the Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee under $148 Million, a federal grant for the year 2015-2016. For several years, Dr. Alwerfalli served as the academic advisor of many doctoral students who obtained their doctorate degrees and are currently leaders in the US auto industry.
Dr. James Cheng
Ford Motor Company
Dr. Stephen H. Rapp
Adjunct Professor
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
Dr. Stephen H. Rapp was born in Huntingdon, PA, USA. He was appointed to the U. S. Naval Academy graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Finance. He became a Marine Officer specializing in armor and later, space defense. He supported combat operations in Beirut and Grenada and participated in combat during Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. He retired from the Marines as a Major. He attended the Naval Postgraduate School graduating with a Master of Science in Operations Research, specializing in Engineering Optimization. His thesis, a discrete network optimization for rapid mobilization won the MORS Award for “the thesis most likely to improve national defense” and later the INFORMS, Koopman Prize.
In business, Steve pursued a career as a project and program manager in multiple companies, first in classified space programs and then consulting for large data mining and warehousing for IBM. Then at CSC Consulting as a Principal, and Cap Gemini as a Director and Vice President, he worked and managed change programs for Dupont, AIG, AT&T, GM and Ford. Later, at General Dynamics he worked and managed multiple vehicle programs until retiring to pursue and complete an Industrial Engineering PhD at Wayne State University. Steve held an ASEE fellowship, the prestigious SMART Scholarship. He is currently on the Wayne State faculty, teaching Decision and Risk Analysis, Project Management and Six Sigma.
He spends much time in Colorado and California with his wife, Polly and their four grown children: Lydia, Joshua, Caleb and Christina and soon to be grandchildren.
Professor Donald M. Reimer
President, The Small Business Strategy Group
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Adjunct Faculty – A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan, USA
Occupation Ergonomics
Donald M. Reimer is an adjunct faculty at the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering in College of Engineering at Lawrence Tech in Southfield, Michigan. He coordinates the Certificate of Entrepreneurial Engineering Skills. Mr. Reimer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Detroit/Mercy. He is a Certified Management Consultant with over 35 years of experience in working with closely-held businesses. He has taught courses in entrepreneurship, strategic management, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation for engineers. Mr. Reimer is a member of the Lawrence Tech Kern Campus Committee, Coordinator of the Lawrence Tech Innovation Encounter. He is faculty Advisor of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Mr. Reimer serves as a Kern Fellow of The Kern Family Foundation, Co-Direct of the Coleman Fellows Program, member of the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Faculty Advisory Council and is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.
He has operated his own consulting company – The Small Business Strategy Group for 23 years. He published numerous articles on small business, entrepreneurship and strategic thinking. He has received several awards and recognition by local, state and federal agencies for his work in entrepreneurship and minority business development. Mr. Reimer served as member of the Minority Economic Development Committee of New Detroit. Mr. Reimer is member of the Small Business Advisory Council of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Reimer is a member of Advisory Board of the Milwaukee Junction Small Business Assistance Center. He is also a member of the Applied Innovation Alliance. Mr. Reimer serves as a KEEN Fellow for The Kern Family Foundation and is a member of United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Dr. Srinivas R. Chakravarthy
Professor
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Kettering University
Flint, Michigan, USA
Dr. Chakravarthy is Professor of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University (formerly known as GMI Engineering & Management Institute), Flint, Michigan. He received his BS (Mathematics) and MS (Statistics) degrees from the University of Madras, India, and Ph.D (Operations Research) from the University of Delaware, Newark, USA.
Dr. Chakravarthy’s research interests are in the areas of algorithmic probability, queuing, reliability, inventory, and simulation. He has published more than 100 papers in leading journals and made more than 85 presentations at national and international conferences. Recognizing the impact of Neuts’ Matrix-analytic methods in stochastic models, he initiated the organization of International Conference Series on Matrix-Analytic Methods (MAMs) in Stochastic Models. He co-organized the First International Conference on MAMs in Stochastic Models in 1995 held in Flint. Following the success of this conference and interests shown in the MAMs research community, the next seven conferences were held in Winnipeg, Canada (1998), Leuven, Belgium (2000), Adelaide, Australia (2002), Pisa, Italy (2005), Beijing, China (2008), New York, USA (2011), Calicut, India (2014). The ninth one is slated to be held in Budapest, Hungary (2016). Dr. Chakravarthy has been a visiting faculty at the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, the Department of Mathematics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India, and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Dr. Chakravarthy’s recognitions and awards include (a) Distinguished Faculty – 2015 (Kettering’s Faculty and Alumni Honor Wall); (b) NSF Conference Award – Co PI (DMS-1360865), 2014-2015; (c) Rodes Professor, Kettering University, 2010-2012; (d) Kettering University Distinguished Research Award, 2003; (e) Kettering University/GMI Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award, 2001; (f) Sloan Grant for developing ALN courses at Kettering University, 2000; (g) GMI Outstanding Research Award, 1996; (h) Sloan Faculty/Industry Exchange Fellowship, 1996; (i) GMI Research Initiation/Improvement Grant, 1995; (j) NSF Conference award (DMI-9424312), 1995; (k) NSF Research award (DDM-9313283), 1993-1997; (l)GMI Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award, 1990; GMI Research Initiation/Improvement Grant, 1990; (m) Lilly Faculty/Industry Exchange Fellowship, 1988. Dr. Chakravarthy has significant industrial experience by consulting with GM, FORD, PCE, and UPS. He has also served as Engineering Group Manager for Operations Research Division in General Motors in 2000/2001.
Dr. Chakravarthy’s professional activities include serving as (a) Area Editor for the journal, Simulation Modelling Theory and Practice; (b) Associate Editor for the journal IAPQR TRANSACTIONS – Indian Association for Productivity, Quality & Reliability; (c) Advisory Board Member for several other journals and International Conferences; (d) Reviewer for many professional journals; and (e) External Examiner for a doctoral thesis from abroad.