Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design - Note From The Chair

Exciting Milestones

Since our last newsletter, a major report, “Surviving Supply Chain Integration: Strategies for Small Manufacturers,” was published and several more reports are in progress. James Lardner (retired), Deere & Company, chaired the committee that produced this report. The supply chain integration study is especially important and timely because of the rapidly changing business environment, which has already drastically altered the nature of supply chains for manufacturing enterprises. Further changes are a certainty as the full effects of e-commerce are realized, and additional studies in this area are likely, either initiated by BMAED or in conjunction with other boards, such as the National Materials Advisory Board (NMAB).

BMAED Membership

I wish to welcome the new members who were recently appointed to the board – F. Peter Boer, Tiger Scientific, Inc.; Harry Cook, University of Illinois; Pamela Drew, The Boeing Company; Jay Lee, United Technologies Research Center; Joseph Mize, Oklahoma State University; James Rice, Jr., MIT; and John Stenbit, TRW,

Several members whose original appointments expired last have been reappointed – John Bollinger, University of Wisconsin; Robert Eagan, Sandia National Laboratories; Jamie Hsu, GM Research and Development Center; Carolyn Meyers, North Carolina A & T University; and Friedrich Prinz, Stanford University.

Continuing members are – Edith Flanigen, UOP (retired); John Gillespie, Jr., University of Delaware; Richard Kegg, Milacron Inc. (retired); James Mattice, Universal Technology Corporation; Dalibor Vrsalovic, Intel; and Joel Samuel Yudken, AFL-CIO.

I am pleased to have the opportunity to serve as the chair of BMAED and look forward to continuing the building process established by my predecessor, Stan Settles, and his board members. I thank Stan for his leadership in reestablishing BMAED and invite your suggestions for improving BMAED’s services.

Joseph Wirth, Chair

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