Dr. John Priest
Education |
| Ph.D. |
Industrial Engineering, The University of
Texas at Arlington, 1980 |
| M.S. |
Industrial Engineering, The University of
Texas at Arlington, 1975 |
| B.S. |
Industrial Engineering, Kettering University
(formerly General Motors Institute), 1973 |
Experience |
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1982-Present
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Professor, Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering,
The University of Texas at Arlington
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2002-2005
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Associate Director, Automation & Robotics Research Institute (ARRI), The
University of Texas at Arlington
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1980-1982
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Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Computer
Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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1975-1980
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Senior Engineer, Corporate Engineering Research Center and Equipment
Group, Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, Texas
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1974-1975
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Senior Industrial Engineer, Rockwell International, Richardson, Texas
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1968-1974
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Industrial Engineer, General Motors Assembly Division, Arlington, Texas
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Full Curriculum Vitae
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Research Interest
Dr. Priest's research interests include product and process development, RF
applications, systems analysis, cost analysis, producibility, intelligent
systems and process improvement. His current research works include scheduling
algorithms for General Motors, preventing runway incursions at DFW Airport,
systems analysis of improved tracking methods for AA Cargo, micro fabrication
methods for micro reactors for biodiesel, coal and natural gas liquidfication,
and producibility and technical risk assessment of medical microdevices.
Professional Activities
- Member of SME, IIE
- President's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities: Worksite Modification Committee, participated in development of American Disabilities Act (ADA), 1982-1998
Selected Publications
- Priest, John. Product Development and Design for Manufacturing: A
Collaborative Approach for Producibility and Reliability. Marcel Dekker. New
York, New York, 2001. (ISBN 0-8247-9935-6)
- Priest, John. Engineering Design for Producibility and Reliability.
Marcel Dekker. New York, New York, 1988. (ISBN 0-8247-7708-5)
- Priest, John, Albert Chang, and Cheng-Chung Su. "Adaptation for Mechanical
Design Based on Potential Risk Analysis," Proceedings of Industrial
Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2006.
- Priest, John, John Durrett, and Lisa Burnell. "Teaching Distributed Systems
Design Using an Open Source Development Model," Creative College Teaching
Journal, 1(1), Spring 2004, p. 69-77.
- Priest, John, John Durrett, and Lisa Burnell. "A Comparative Study of
Traditional and Contingency Theoretic Object-Oriented Design Meatphors for Agile
Manufacturing Systems," Journal of Agile Manufacturing, 2004.
- Priest, John, John Durrett, and Lisa Burnell. "A Hybrid Analysis and
Architectural Design Method for Development of Smart Home Components," IEEE
Wireless Communications, Vol. 9, No. 6, December, p. 85-91, 2002.
- Priest, John, Lisa Burnell, and John Durrett. "Teaching Distributed
Multidisciplinary Software Development," IEEE Software, Vol. 10, No. 5,
Sept/Oct, p. 86-93, 2002.
- Priest, John and Multiple Co-authors. Producibility System Guidelines for
Successful Companies. NAVSO P-3687 and CD by Best Manufacturing Program,
Department of the Navy, December 1999.
