Thomas R. Kurfess,
Ph.D.
BMW Chair of Manufacturing
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director,
Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center International
Center for Automotive Research
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Thomas R. Kurfess received
his S.B., S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering
from M.I.T. in 1986, 1987 and 1989, respectively. He also received
an S.M. degree from M.I.T. in electrical engineering and computer
science in 1988. Following graduation, he joined Carnegie Mellon
University where he rose to the rank of associate professor.
In 1994 he moved to the Georgia Institute of Technology, where
he was promoted to professor in the George W. Woodruff School
of Mechanical Engineering.
As BMW Chair of Manufacturing and director
of the Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center
at CU-ICAR, Kurfess will lead the academic program for a unique
250-acre campus that aspires to be the premier automotive and
motorsports research and educational facility in the world.
The academic program will offer M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in automotive
engineering with an emphasis in systems integration.
Kurfess presently serves as a participating
guest at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in its
Precision Engineering Program. He has served as a special consultant
of the United Nations to the Government of Malaysia in the
area of applied mechatronics and manufacturing. His research
work focuses on the design and development of high precision
manufacturing and metrology systems.
Kurfess
has received numerous honors, including the Association for
Manufacturing Technology Charles F. Carter Jr. Advancing Manufacturing
Award, National Science Foundation (NSF) Young Investigator
Award, an NSF Presidential Faculty Fellowship Award, the ASME
Pi Tau Sigma Award, SME Young Manufacturing Engineer of the
Year Award, the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award,
and the ASME Gustus L. Larson Award. He is a Fellow of the
ASME.
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