| Val D. Hawks - Brigham Young University |
| School of Technology |
| 435 CTB |
| 801-378-4571 (voice), 801-378-7575 (fax), hawksv@byu.edu |
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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,
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| Research interests: | Quality management and
Continuous Improvement Methods, Teaching Methods in Engineering
Education, and Ethical and Moral Conduct in Engineering Education.
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| 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
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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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