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LOURDES M. ROSARIO
PRESENT POSITIONProfessor in the Mechanical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. AREAS OF INTERESTComputer Integrated Engineering (CIE), manufacturing processes, vibratory bowl feeders, feature extraction algorithms and design improvements in products for ease of assembly and machining processes. EDUCATION:Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, August 1988. MS Manufacturing Engineering, University of Massachusetts, August 1984. BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Magna Cum Laude, June 1983, Esteban Terrats Award for Best Student in the Mechanical Engineering class of 1983. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEJune 1986 to present, Teaching position in the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus: · 1999 to present, Professor · September 1991 to 1999, Associate Professor · September 1988 to August 1991, Assistant Professor · January 1987 to August 1988, Instructor · June 1986 to July 1986, Instructor August 1998 to January 2000, Associate Head of the Office of Graduate Studies, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus August 1992 to December 1993, Associate Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus Summer 1992, Engineering Position at DSC of P.R. Inc., in Aguadilla, PR. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES§ June 1994 to 1997. Participant in the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP) Grant.
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January 1994 to December 1994. Coordinator of the utilization of the cash gifts
award received from the AT&T Engineering Education Foundation.
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1990 to June 1991. Coordinator of the utilization of the software gifts awards
received from the SME Manufacturing Engineering Education Foundation.
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1989 to June 1990. Coordinator of the utilization of the software gifts awards
received from the SME Manufacturing Engineering Education Foundation.
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1989 to July 1989. Coordinator of the short course: "Applications of Computers
in Drafting and Manufacturing", Council of Higher Education Competitive Grant
under Title II of Public Law 98-377. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES§ June 1989 to November 1991. "Expert System to Analyze Mechanical Products for Ease of Assembly", National Science Foundation Research Initiation Grant. § Amount: $58,051. § August 1984 to July 1988. "Automatic Geometric Part Features Calculation for Design for Assembly Analysis". Ph.D. work at the University of Massachusetts, University of Rhode Island, and University of Puerto Rico. § August 1983 to July 1984. "Software Development System for the Bridgeport Computer Numerical Control Machine". M.S. work at the University of Massachusetts. STUDENTS ADVISED§ August 2003 to present. James Díaz § August 2001 to present. Abigaíl Santos. § August 2000 to 2002. Amílcar A. Rincón. § August 1999 to 2001. Juan C. Levy. § August 1990 to December 1993. José Carmona. CONSULTING ACTIVITIES§ Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., Añasco, P. R., June 1989 to July 1989. Trained the Plant Engineers to use a personal computer-based Computer-Aided Design Software. § DSC Corp., Aguadilla, P. R., June 1992 to July 1992. Developed software to generate assembly and inspection related documents from AutoCAD and trained personnel to use this application. OTHER ACTIVITIES§ July 1992 to June 1993. Faculty Advisor of the University of Puerto Rico SME Student Chapter. § July 1987 to June 1988. Faculty Advisor of the University of Puerto Rico ASME Student Chapter. § Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), and the Alpha Delta Kappa Honorary Sorority of Women Educators (ADK). HONORSUniversity of Puerto Rico Baxter Chair in Manufacturing Engineering Recipient, 1989 - 1991 SWE Recognition as Mechanical Engineering Female Faculty, March, 1991 Recognition as Faculty Advisor of the ASME Student's Chapter, July 1987 - August 1988 Economic Development Administration of PR Fellowship, August 1983 - June 1986 Honorable Mention List, Minority Graduate Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation 1984 Best Mechanical Engineering Student Award, Commencement June 1983 PUBLICATIONSInMe 4056 Laboratorio de Procesos de Manufactura, Manual de Actividades, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR, January, 2002. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGSRosario, L. and Hernández-Coronas, J., Study of the Behavior of Complex Parts in a Vibratory Bowl Feeder, Conference Proceedings ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Sacramento Ca, September 14-17, 1997. Rosario, L., A Computer-Aided Design Approach to Designing for Ease of Assembly, Proceedings of the 1992 NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, January , 1992. Rosario, L. and Knight, W., Data Base Implementation to Extract Geometric Features from CAD System's Part Data, NAMRC-XIX Conference, University of Missouri-Rolla, May 22-24, 1991. Rosario, L., A Representation Scheme for Mechanical Assemblies that Supports the Early Design Stages, Proceedings of the 1991 NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, January 9-11, 1991. Rosario, L., Expert System to Analyze Products for Ease of Assembly, Proceedings of NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, January 8-12, 1990. Rosario, L. and Knight, W., Implementation of Algorithms that Extract Geometric Features from CAD Systems, Manufacturing International'90 Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, GA, March 25-28, 1990. Rosario, L. and Knight, W., Design for Assembly Analysis: Extraction of Geometric Features from a CAD System Data Base, Annals of CIRP, July 1989. |
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