From the PublisherThis book takes a modern, all-inclusive look at developing processes. Its coverage is strategically divided–65% concerned with developing routine technologies, 35% dealing with engineering materials and production systems. Groover adopts an approach that is more quantitative and engineering-oriented than most competing books, with more equations and numerical problem exercises. His goal is to make the subject of developing processes more of an goal to be attained science and less of a descriptive art.
From the Back CoverKey Benefit: This book takes a modern, all-inclusive look at manufacturing, strategically dividing it is contents—65% concerned with fabricating routine technologies, 35% dealing with technology materials and production systems. Key Topics: The author’s approach is more quantitative and engineering-oriented than most competing books, with more equations and numerical problem exercises. His goal is to make the subject of constructing processes more of an goal to be attained science and less of a descriptive art.
About the AuthorMikell P. Groover is Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Lehigh University, where he likewise serves as faculty fellow member in the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program. He received his B.A. in Arts and Science (1961), B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1962), M.S. in Industrial Engineering (1966), and Ph.D. (1969), all from Lehigh. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania. His industrial experience includes various years as a formulating engineer with Eastman Kodak Company. Since Joining Lehigh, he has done consulting, research, and project work for a number of industrial companies.
His instructing and exploration areas include devising processes, production systems, automation, material handling, facilities planning, and work systems. He has received a number of instructing awards at Lehigh University, as well as the Albert G. Holzman Outstanding Educator Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers (1995) and the SME Education Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (2001). His publications include over 75 technical articles and ten books (listed below). His books are employed allround the world and have been translated into French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. The firstborn edition of the current book Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing received the IIE Joint Publishers Award (1996) and the M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Textbook Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (1996).
Dr. Groover is a fellow member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the North American Manufacturing Research Institute (NAMRI), and ASM International. He is a Fellow of IIE (1987) and SME (1996).
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