Research Interests

Research Appointments

• Principal Investigator, NSF sponsored Action Agenda Program on Curricular Reform
• Associate Dean,College of Engineering. University of Hartford, Connecticut
• Director, Engineering Applications Center, University of Hartford.
• Vernon D. Roosa Chairholder, University of Hartford.
• Director, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Institute, University of Hartford. (1988-Present)
• Project Director, The Cooper Union-St. Vincent’s Hospital Program, New York, NY.
• Program Coordinator, Technical University of Nova Scotia & Caribbean, and Engineering program through Canadian government. (1979-1983)
• Program representative, NSF/ASEE Research Council.

Patents

• A new technique and methodology for surface roughness evaluation using computer vision. U.S. Patent, February 23, 1993. No. 5,189,490. Technology transferred to Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Co.
• Centering Instrumentation for Alignment and Measurement in Machine Tools, 1978. Technology licensed to Spectra systems.
• Precision Profile Grinding Attachment for Surface Grinding Machine, 1978. Manufactured under license Central Machine Tools Institute.