Val D. Hawks - Brigham Young University
School of Technology
435 CTB
801-378-4571 (voice), 801-378-7575 (fax), hawksv@byu.edu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EMPLOYMENT

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah August 1985 - present
Associate Professor of Manufacturing, School of Technology
Classes taught: Current -- Quality Systems, Introduction to Modern Manufacturing, Engineering Ethics, Technical Management, Book of Mormon I and II.

Past -- Production Planning, Computer-aided Design Applications, Introduction to CAD, Design for Manufacture, CAD Systems Management, Department Seminar, Senior Seminar,

 

Research interests: Quality management and Continuous Improvement Methods, Teaching Methods in Engineering Education, and Ethical and Moral Conduct in Engineering Education.

 

Administration: Chair, Industrial Advisory Committee (5 years); College Alliance With Industry Committee Chair (1 year) and member (4 years); Program Chair/Coordinator (8 years), Curriculum Committee (2 years), University Faculty Advisory Council (3rd year of 3 year term), Faculty Advisory Council Executive Committee (3 years), 1999-2001 Public Affairs Officer for BYU Phi Kappa Phi honor society, Faculty Representative on the University New Student Orientation Committee 2000-2002.
Lehigh University, Ben Franklin Technology Center, January 84 to August 85, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Manager, CAD/CAM Projects.

Management of reports, budgets, industrial/university interactions for 30-40 CAD/CAM related projects. Proposal evaluation for all CAD/CAM projects submitted to the center. Consulting to various existing and new businesses in the eastern Pennsylvania area in the areas of automation planning and implementation.

Xerox Corporation, January 1981, to January 1984, Rochester, New York.
Project Engineer, Advanced Products Engineering Pilot Team

Responsibilities included evaluation, implementation, and development of tools for engineering groups investigating and implementing design/manufacturing integration tools, graphical applications, robotics simulation, assembly studies, supplier interfaces through CAD, and custom software development. Internal technical advisor to Xerox's 50 million dollar CAD/CAM acquisition project in 1983.

EDUCATION

Lehigh University - M.S. - Industrial Engineering, 1986, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Brigham Young University - B.S. - Design Engineering Technology, 1980, Provo, Utah.
Snow College - A.S. - 1978, Ephraim, Utah

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

MEMBER American Society for Quality
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

 AWARDS

Department Best Teacher Award 1996,1997,1998, 1999
1996 Frontiers in Education Conference Benjamin Dasher Best Paper award (of 350 papers from 14 countries)

Over thirty technical papers, publications, and presentations in the areas of Quality, production systems, and manufacturing education including:

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Hawks, Val, The Discipline of Manufacturing: Defining Characteristics and Educational Objectives, International Conference on Manufacturing Education Proceedings, Tempe Arizona, October, 1998.
Hawks, Val, "Rediscovering Learning: A Survey of Factors that Affect Student Learning in Engineering Education." IEEE/ASEE FIE ‘96 Proceedings 314-318. Of over 300 papers from 14 countries this paper received the Benjamin J. Dasher Best Paper Award for the 1996 conference.
Terry R., Benzeley S., Hawks V., Judd D., "Incorporation of Technology Based Aids for Teaching Engineering Ethics." IEEE/ASEE FIE ‘96 Proceedings 1155-1158.
Terry Nels Lee, V. Hawks, "Implementing Quality Functional Deployment in the Classroom", ASQC Western Regional Conference Proceedings, 1994.
V. Hawks, M. Bonadies, A. B. Strong, M. Reid. "Identifying Costs in Electronics Manufacturing Using Activity-Based Costing", Journal of Applied Manufacturing, St. Thomas Press, St. Paul, Minn.
V. Hawks, D. Saunders, A. B. Strong, D. Cole. "Determination of Physical Properties in Injection Molded Composites Using Design of Experiments Method", SAMPE Quarterly, July 1992, page 46. (reprints have been requested)
D. Fogg, A.B. Strong, V. Hawks. "Managing the Introduction of New Technology to Engineers and Manufacturers", Journal of Engineering and Technology, Fall 1991, page 20.

CONSULTING and OTHER ACTIVITIES

Currently involved in teaching quality tools such as Design of Experiments (DOE) , Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Quality Functional Deployment (QFD) and other quality tools and methods to companies in Southern China. 1999-2000.

In the spring of 1993 spent 3 weeks in Hong Kong, China, and Japan surveying small manufacturing firms, the methods and techniques they used to achieve quality, and the challenges they face in doing so.

Consulting /teaching of short courses on quality and production operations for, IOMEGA in Roy Utah (Winter 1989), Unisys Inc. Salt Lake City (1994), Word Perfect Manufacturing, Lindon Utah (1993-1994), Titan Steel, Salt Lake City (1993, 1994-1995), Everrett James Inc. Springville Utah (1995-1996), AquaGlass Inc., Adamsville, Tenn. (1996), NuSkin International, Provo, Utah (1996-1998).

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