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Dr.
Sutherland (right) in discussion with Wai-Kei Chan (left,
M.S. 2000) and Ken Gunter (M.S. 1999, Ph.D. expected 2003)
Dr.
Sutherland lectures to a group of distance learning students
when they are on campus
Textbook
co-authored by Dr. Sutherland that has been used by over
one hundred colleges and universities worldwide
At
White House ceremony, John Sutherland receives PECASE
award from J. Bordogna (left), NSF Deputy Director, and
J. Gibbons (right), President Clinton’s Science
Advisor
Distinguished faculty chairholders like Dr. John Sutherland
attract outstanding students, stimulate innovative, leading-edge
research, and serve as mentors to young faculty.
Most of the time graduate school is hard work. Here,
however, Dr. Sutherland’s students are having some
fun.
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Research
Interests
Industrial Ecology, Lean and Sustainable Manufacturing,
Modeling of Manufacturing Processes and Systems, Statistical
Methods for Quality and Productivity Design and Improvement
Teaching
Interests
Environmentally Responsible Design & Manufacturing,
Quality Engineering, Experimental Design, Manufacturing
Processes and Systems
Current
Research Projects
- Sampling of Airborne Particles in the Auto Industry
- Analysis of the Impacts of Future Vehicle/Industry
Changes on Automotive Material Life-Cycles
- Investigation of a Kinematic Coagulation Mechanism
to Improve Air Quality in Machining Environments
- Maximizing Value Recovery through Optimal Operation
of a Demanufacturing Facility
- Impact of Material Microstructure on Machining Performance
- Manufacturing Planning for Reduced Energy/ Environmental
Impacts
Sponsors
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- U.S. Dept. of Education, General Motors (GM)
- Ford Motor Company
- Kennametal
- National Center for Clean Industrial and Treatment
Technologies (CenCITT)
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
- National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS)
- Machine Tool Agile Manufacturing Research Institute
(MTAMRI)
- Chrysan Industries, Caterpillar Inc.
- State of Michigan
- Lamb Technicon
- Cheboygan Tap & Tool
- Briggs & Stratton
Professional
Service
- Member of ASME, SME, IIE, ASQ, SAE, Pi Tau Sigma,
Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi
- Board of Directors, North American Manufacturing
Research Institution of the Society of Manufacturing
Engineers
- Co-organizer, NSF Workshop on Environmentally Benign
Manufacturing, 2001
- Prog. Committee, Japan-U.S. Symposium on Flexible
Automation, Hiroshima, Japan, 2002
- Immediate Past Chair, Manufacturing Engineering Division
of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Collaborators
• Collaborators At MTU
Profs. Aifantis, Arici, Beard, Courtney, Crittenden, Endres,
Friedrich, Gao, Gershenson, Gupta, Hutzler, Johnson, King,
Michalek, Mihelcic, Miller, Milligan, Moon, Pandit, Predebon,
Rundman, Shapton, Shonnard, Subhash, Vilmann, Weinmann,
Yang
• Collaborators outside MTU
D. Allen/C. Murphy (UTexas), D. Bauer (EPA), B. Bras/S.
Melkote (GaTech), A. Chandra (IaSt), J. D’Arcy/J.
Dasch (GM), E. DeMeter (PSU), R. DeVor/S. Kapoor/ D. Thurston
(UIUC), D. Dornfeld/P. Wright (Cal), K. Ehmann (NWU),
M. Panetta (Ford), T. Gutowski (MIT), J. Hu/J. Ni/S. Skerlos
(UMi), B. Klamecki (UMn), T. Piwonka (UAla), K. Rajurkar/R.
Williams (UNeb), P. Sheng (McKinsey), Y. Shin (Purdue),
E. Wolff (CAT)
Publications
Approximately 150 papers “in print”, examples
include:
• DeVor, R. E., T. H. Chang, and J. W. Sutherland,
Statistical Quality Design and Control: Contemporary Concepts
and Methods, Macmillan, 1992.
• Zheng, Y., H. Li, W. W. Olson, and J. W. Sutherland,
“Evaluating Cutting Fluid Effects on Cylinder Boring
Surface Errors by Inverse Heat Transfer and Finite Element
Methods,” J. of Manf. Sci. and Engr. - Trans. ASME,
Vol. 122, No. 3, Aug. 2000.
• Sutherland, J. W., and K. L. Gunter, “A
Model for Improving Economic Performance of a Demanufacturing
System for Reduced Product End-of- Life Environmental
Impact,” Annals of CIRP, 2002.
• Chan, W., K. L. Gunter, and J. W. Sutherland,
“An Experimental Study of the Fume Particulate Produced
by the Shielded Metal Arc Welding Process,” Transactions
of NAMRI/SME, 2002.
• Bandivadekar, A. P., K. L. Gunter, and J. W. Sutherland,
“A Model for Material Flows and Economic Exchanges
Within the U.S. Automotive Life-Cycle Chain and its Sensitivity
to Systemic Changes,” Proc. CIRP International Seminar
on Life Cycle Engineering, Erlangen, Germany, April 2002.
Awards
and Honors
- ASME MED Outstanding Service Award, 2001
- Michigan Technological University Research Award,
2000
- SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, 1999
- National Science Foundation Career Award, 1995
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists &
Engineers, 1996
- Michigan Association of Governing Boards of State
Universities: Distinguished Faculty Member, 1993
- Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (Society
of Manufacturing Engineers), 1992
- Michigan Technological University Distinguished Teaching
Award, 1992
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