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John W. Priest Ph.D. P.E. is Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Associate Director of the Texas Radio Frequency Innovation and Development Center. He is a former Associate Director of the Automation and Robotics Research Institute.

In 2001, he received the University of Texas at Arlington Outstanding Engineering Research Award. While at UTA he has published over 150 technical articles, authored 2 books, received 2 patents and received over $4 Million funded research as principal investigator. He has worked on several major government task forces to improve the processes of technical risk assessment, product development, and producibility. Prior to academia, he worked for Texas Instruments, Rockwell International and General Motors.