Dr. Fernandez is Program Manager of the Process Automation Group at the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, (Automation & Robotics Research Institute, The University of Texas at Arlington); he also serves as Adjunct Professor in the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at UT Arlington. His expertise is in the fields of automated manufacturing/robotics and surgical device development, and he has conducted advanced graduate work in high-ordered compressible fluid modeling, dynamic simulation, and helium fluid power systems. Since joining ARRI in 1995, Dr. Fernandez has been responsible for the acquisition and implementation of over 60 R&D automation and product design projects in a wide variety of industries ranging from small manufacturers to Fortune 500 companies. His past professional experience includes five years with the General Motors Corporation in manufacturing, engine drive testing and field vehicle instrumentation, and four years as a part-time computer programmer in Virginia Tech. Dr. Fernandez holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.S., 1989) and The University of Texas at Arlington (M.S., 1993, and Ph.D., 2002).
Introduction to casting, forming, machining, and joining processes for metals and nonmetals. Survey of manufacturing technologies and industrial practice.
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7300 Jack Newell Blvd., South, Fort Worth, TX 76118 
Mail Box: 19045, ARRI, Room No.: 118 
817-272-5973 
