Jeffrey Herrmann

Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering and ISR 0151B Glenn L. Martin Hall University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 301/405-5433 TEL 301/314-9477 FAX jwh2@umd.edu Personal home page News stories about Dr. Herrmann

Research Interests

Design and control of manufacturing systems; integration of product design and manufacturing system design; decision-making systems in product development

Background Information

Dr. Herrmann earned his B.S. in applied mathematics from Georgia Institute of Technology and was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow from 1990 to 1993. He received his Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Florida. His dissertation investigated production scheduling problems motivated by semiconductor manufacturing. He held a post-doctoral research position in the Institute for Systems Research from 1993 to 1995.

He has worked on applied research projects supported by NSF, NIST, ONR, the Semiconductor Research Corporation, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Harris Semiconductor, Northrop Grumman Electronic Sensors and Systems Division, Black & Decker, and other manufacturers in the state of Maryland.

His publications cover topics in production scheduling, manufacturing facility design and design evaluation and partner selection for agile manufacturing. His current research interests include the design and control of manufacturing systems and the integration of product design and manufacturing system design.

Dr. Herrmann won the 2003 Society of Manufacturing Engineers Jiri Tlusty Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award.

Links

Mechanical Engineering Department
Simulation-Based System Design Laboratory
  (formerly the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory)
Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution (CELDi)
Center for Energetic Concepts Development

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