Dr. David Dornfeld
Director
Director
David Dornfeld is Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS) at the University of California at Berkeley. David Dornfeld received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976 in the area of Production Engineering. He joined the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley in the Mechanical Engineering Department in 1977 and holds the first Will C. Hall Family Chair in Engineering since 1999. He is presently Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Studies in the College of Engineering.
Dr. Dornfeld's research activities span several fields of manufacturing engineering, monitoring and analysis of manufacturing processes, precision manufacturing, green and sustainable manufacturing, and intelligent sensors and signal processing for process monitoring and optimization. He has published over 300 papers in these fields, authored one research monograph, contributed chapters to several books and is the inventor of six patents.
Professor Dornfeld is a Fellow Member of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and a fellow and past director of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). He is also past-President of the Board of Directors and a member of the Scientific Committee of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute (NAMRI/SME). Dr. Dornfeld was the Technical Editor of Trans. ASME, Journal of Engineering for Industry, and he has been the recipient of several national and international awards, including the 2004 SME Fredrick W. Taylor Research Medal and the 2005 Takagi Prize of the Japan Society of Precision Engineering.
Dr. Dornfeld's research activities span several fields of manufacturing engineering, monitoring and analysis of manufacturing processes, precision manufacturing, green and sustainable manufacturing, and intelligent sensors and signal processing for process monitoring and optimization. He has published over 300 papers in these fields, authored one research monograph, contributed chapters to several books and is the inventor of six patents.
Professor Dornfeld is a Fellow Member of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and a fellow and past director of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). He is also past-President of the Board of Directors and a member of the Scientific Committee of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute (NAMRI/SME). Dr. Dornfeld was the Technical Editor of Trans. ASME, Journal of Engineering for Industry, and he has been the recipient of several national and international awards, including the 2004 SME Fredrick W. Taylor Research Medal and the 2005 Takagi Prize of the Japan Society of Precision Engineering.
