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Resto-Batalla, Pedro

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Positions

• Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering , College of Engineering

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Affiliation

member of

• Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honor Society Member
• American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) Member
• American Society for Quality Control Member
• American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Member
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Member
• Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Member
• Puerto Rico College of Engineers and Surveyors (CIAPR) Member
• Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME) Member

attended event

• Hanes Menswear, Inc.; Ponce, PR; 40-hour workshop - 2005

Publications

selected publications

• academic article

  • A Collaborative Methodology for the Generalized Assembly Line Balancing Problem.  Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management.  20. 2009

presentations

• presentation

  • Cost-Oriented Methodology for the Line Balancing Problem with Parallel Stations, Speaker, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, IIE Annual Conference and Exposition, Orlando, Fl 2006
  • Establishing a Manufacturing Business in Academia: Progress Update, Speaker, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, IIE Annual Conference and Exposition, Orlando, Fl 2006
  • Risk Assessment in Process Development for the FDA Regulated Industry, Speaker, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, IIE Annual Conference and Exposition, Orlando, Fl 2006
  • Establishing a Manufacturing Business in Academia, Speaker, IIE Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA 2005
  • Understanding the Use of Communications and Information Technology, Speaker, IIE Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA 2005
  • Interdisciplinary Teams Involved in Industry Projects through a Concurrent Engineering Course, Speaker, 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition 2003
  • Predictive Maintenance (PdM): Benefits in Manufacturing, Speaker, APICS Western, PR, Chapter #241 1999
  • Guiding Plant Wide Efforts with a Continuous Improvement Model, Speaker, 47th International Industrial Engineering Conference, MI 1996
  • Teaming with Industry Towards World Class Manufacturing, Speaker, 1995 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition 1995

Research

principal investigator on

• ATE/TPS 44 Voltage Regulator THT to SMT Redesign and Prototyping  awarded by Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation 2006
• Analsis and Improvement of the Automated Blood Pack Unit Design 2005
• Mejoras en Productividad en el Sector Manufacturero de Puerto Rico 2005
• Electro Biology Subcontracting Initiative 2004
• Mejoras en Calidad, Disponibilidad de Equipo y Productividad 2004
• UPRM Model Factory Business Development 2001 - 2004

other research activities

• Uptime and Efficiency Maximization in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing [Not Funded] Collaborator - 2003

Teaching

teaching overview

• Years of Service, 6

  Instructor

  Assistant Professor, 1982-1985

  Associate Professor, 1986-1987, 2001-2006

  Professor, 2006

Service

professional service activities

• University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Office of Continuos Improvement and Assessment, Director 2007 -
• University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Strategic Planning Coordinator 2007 -
• Department of Industrial Engineering Graduate Program Committee Member 2001 -
• Department of Industrial Engineering Personnel Committee President 2006 - 2007
• Hanes Menswear Inc. Consultant 2005
• Hewlett-Packard Project Manager 1996 - 2001
• ABB-Technology Institute, Raleigh, NC. Advisory Engineer 1995 - 1996
• CISMAN/INCOMES Consultant 1993 - 1996
• Duff-Norton Consultant 1994 - 1995
• Grinnell Corporation Consultant 1994 - 1995
• NC State University Project Coordinator, World Class Manufacturing Research Team 1992 - 1995
• Glaxo Inc. Consultant 1994
• ABB Power T&D Company Consultant 1993 - 1994
• Northern Telecom Integrated Network Systems Consultant 1993
• ABB Power Distribution Circuit Breaker Division Consultant 1992 - 1993
• GE Nuclear Fuels & Components Manufactoring Consultant 1992 - 1993
• Hewlett-Packard Process Improvement and Engineering Manager, Quality and Reliability Engineer 1987 - 1992
• Hewlett-Packard Consultant 1985 - 1987
• Digital Equipment Corporation Consultant 1983

Background

education and training

• M.S., North Carolina State University 1995
• Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 1982
• M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York 1978
• B.S. in Industrial Engineering 1977

credentials

• Professional Engineer in Puerto Rico, License numbner 9672

awards and honors

• Stock Awards, conferred by Hewlett-Packard, 1998 - 2000

Contact

full name

• Pedro Resto Batalla