CHUCK KIRSCHMAN

ADVISOR

Dr G. Fadel (803) 656-5620

EDUCATION

BSME Old Dominion University, '89
MSME Clemson University, '91
Current PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering

RESEARCH

My research is in the area of Function-Based Design. I am looking at methods to design on the functional level, and the correct methods to measure and compares designs of this type. I also am working on a small software implementation of this system. The abstract is available.

RAPID PROTOTYPING

Much of my graduate career has been in the field of Rapid Prototyping. For my Master's I developed a program to automatically add support structures to STL files. During this work, I was a co-developer of the "Clemson Intelligent Design Environment for Stereolithography" (CIDES, for short). I continue to support current research in the Product Realization Lab here at Clemson.

SKILLS

I have done extensive C programming, expanding into C++. I can still recall FORTRAN and Basic, but I'd rather not. I've used HOOPS and some X (particularly XView) in my coding to handle graphics. Recently I learned TCL and Tk; these are worth looking into. I have used Suns since Sunview was all the rage, and BC on the PC is no stranger to me. I choose to work on the Mac when I can, but haven't had to program on it yet.

I have taught two semesters of Statics to the undergraduates of this department. I have also assisted in the organization of a symposium on Rapid Prototyping held here at Clemson in 1992.

I work as an engineer/programmer for BPM Technology while I am finishing my degree.

My list of mosaic sites that I commonly use is available.

PAPERS

All papers point to abstract pages with links to postscript versions of the papers.

C. F. Kirschman, C. C. Jara-Almonte, A. Bagchi, R. L. Dooley, and A. A. Ogale, "Computer Aided Design of Support Structures for Stereolithographic Components", Proceedings of the 1991 ASME Computers in Engineering Conference, Santa Clara, CA, pp. 443-448, August 1991.

C. F. Kirschman, C. C. Jara-Almonte, A. Bagchi, R. L. Dooley, and A. A. Ogale, "The Clemson Intelligent Design Environment for Stereolithography", Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Rapid Prototyping, Dayton, OH, June 1991.

C. F. Kirschman, C. Namboodri, C. C. Jara-Almonte, A. Bagchi, R. L. Dooley, and A. A. Ogale, "Stereolithographic Support Structure Design for Rapid Prototyping" Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Rapid Prototyping, Dayton, OH, June 1991.

C. F. Kirschman and C. C. Jara-Almonte, "A Parallel Slicing Algorithm for Solid Freeform Fabrication Processes", Proceedings of the 1992 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, August 3-5, 1992.

C. F. Kirschman, "Error Compensation for Stereolithographic Parts", A White Paper on some of the error sources, 1992.

P. Vuyyuru, C. Kirschman, G. Fadel, A. Bagchi, and C. C. Jara-Almonte, "A NURBS-Based Approach for Rapid Product Realization", Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Rapid Prototyping, Dayton, OH, June 1994.

J. Wodziak, G. Fadel, and C. Kirschman, "A Genetic Algorithm For Optimizing Multiple Part Placement To Reduce Build Time", Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Rapid Prototyping, Dayton, OH, June 1994.

G. Fadel and C. Kirschman, "Accuracy Issues in CAD to RP Translations", currently appearing in the Rapid Prototyping Journal Internet Conference on Rapid Product Development, December 1995 to March 1996.

C. F. Kirschman, G. M. Fadel, and C. C. Jara-Almonte, "Classifying Functions for Mechanical Design" Accepted for the 1996 Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Irvine, CA, Aug 18-22.

Last updated on 10Nov96 by
ckirsch@eng.clemson.edu