Engineer Manufacturing

JAMES N. ASANTE

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Weatherford, OK 73096

Tel: 315-***-****, Email: ************@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Versatile Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineer with significant shop floor and

academic field experience. Proven multi-tasking abilities coupled with

sound management and analytical skills. Thoughtful detail oriented and

ability to work independently as well as in a team environment and ready to

contribute to company objectives with hands-on experience in metal cutting,

manufacturing processes and shop floor work.

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, Ghana

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Associate Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Member, Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE)

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, May 2008

Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

Bachelor and Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering, July 1994

Vladimir State Technical University, Vladimir, Russia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, Weatherford, Oklahoma, August 2007

- May 2009

Assistant Professor of Manufacturing Technology:

. Responsibilities included: teaching, advising, technical supervision and

management of a group of undergraduate students in manufacturing

engineering.

. Taught various undergraduate courses in manufacturing and mechanical

engineering including: fabrication and manufacturing processes,

materials testing and analysis, computer aided manufacturing (CAM),

and machine tool processes.

. Supervised the design of different manufactured products including:

ball peen hammers, meat tenderizers, toolmakers vises. Planned,

designed and implemented the layout and maintenance of manufacturing

shop equipment.

. Redesigned and manufactured a cost effective machining fixture for

machining bench vises that:

. provided better rigidity and stability for machining the bench vises,

. improved manufacturing process of bench vises,

. reduced number of machine setups from 7 to 3,

. reduced number of machines used in the manufacturing process,

. improved overall machine accuracy, and reduced machining time.

. Developed CNC milling and turning programs for product manufacturing and

student training.

. Authored several technical papers in design and manufacturing and served

on ABET and NAIT reaccreditation's committees.

. Currently reviewer for: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and

Engineering, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology,

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering and

Manufacture.

CAPE COAST POLYTECHNIC, Cape Coast, Ghana, December 1995 - September 2003

Senior Lecturer and Chairman of Mechanical Engineering Department:

Held other various positions including: Dean of School of Engineering, Vice

Principal/Chief Academic Officer, and Acting Principal/Chief Administrative

Officer:

. As Chairman, I served as the front-line manager of the department.

Managed and directed twelve (12) full-time and two (2) part-time faculty

members, two (2) administrative staff and approximately three hundred

(300) full-time students.

. Was instrumental in the introduction of two new academic programs

(automotive and production engineering) in addition to the existing

engineering program in the mechanical engineering department that

increased student recruitment three-fold.

. Developed undergraduate curriculum and taught several courses in

mechanical and manufacturing engineering including: production

planning and control, machine design, mechanics of machines,

manufacturing processes, jig and fixture design, instrumentation and

measurement, workshop processes and practice, and engineering drawing,

. Revised and raised the teaching standards and was recruited of

faculty, which resulted in 100% graduation rate in the department.

. Managed machine shop of four (4) workshop technicians that generated

income for the department through contracting jobs from outside the

polytechnic.

. Developed cost effective and reliable shop equipment layout for

training students.

. Solicited government and nongovernmental funds to establish faculty

research in the polytechnic.

. Played a lead role in the installation and maintenance of various

machine tools for the training of polytechnic engineering faculty.

. Authored several books and technical papers in design and mechanical

engineering.

. Successfully supervised the design, manufacturing and sale of

adjustable (screw type) drafting tables, mobile drop-leaf dining

tables, angle vises, smith's forge (manual and motor operated), pipe

aligners for welding, block molder with a capacity of four (4) blocks

per mould, which generated significant income for the department.

. As Dean of School of Engineering, I managed three (3) academic

departments made up of twenty five (25) full-time faculty members,

fifteen (15) workshop technicians, four (6) administrative staff and

approximately one thousand (1000) full-time students.

. Established new standards of teaching which resulted in approximately

98% graduation rate in the school.

. Developed strategies that increased student enrollment approximately

three-fold in the school. Expanded course offerings in the school of

engineering. Proposed and successfully implemented income generating

activities like consultancy and contracting jobs outside of the

polytechnic for the school.

. As Vice Principal/Chief Academic Officer I successfully managed more than

two hundred (200) full time faculty and staff members and approximately

five thousand (5000) students in the polytechnic including: three (3)

schools of (Engineering, Business & Management Studies, and Applied

Science & Arts) within the polytechnic and 10 academic departments.

Recruited high quality faculty and staff and maintained discipline on the

polytechnic campus.

. Organized teaching and research and improved teaching standards which

resulted in 95% overall graduation rate in the polytechnic.

. Initiated and successfully implemented internship program for the

polytechnic.

. Performed several managerial duties and chaired several committees

including; Housing, Estate & Health Services; Financial Management;

Appointment and Promotions Board (Senior/Junior Staff); Industrial

Relations; Student Welfare and Admissions Board (School of

Engineering).

GLOBAL COMPUTER & SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD, Accra, Ghana, December 1994 -

September 1995

General Supervisor for construction:

. Successfully managed a team of five (5) construction supervisors, five

(5) drivers, and ten (10) construction workers in the construction of new

offices. Provided technical assistance to General Services Manager that

improved quality services in the transportation department.

VLADIMIR TRACTOR FACTORY, Vladimir, Russia, June to August 1993

Internship

Machinist Technician:

Machined camshafts for combine harvester tractors during the summers of

1990, 1991, 1992, & 1993 and assisted the manufacturing engineer in

supervising over fifty (50) production line workers producing various

tractor parts and routinely checked manufacturing route sheets for quality

of manufacturing processes.

. Analyzed and proposed cost effective methods that improved the

manufacturing process of a tractor diesel engine block using continuous

flow principles that resulted in the following benefits:

. Reduced weight of engine block casting by 11.2% (from 121.7 lbs to 108

lbs) through casting redesign

. Increased coefficient of material utilization by 11% (from 0.75 to

0.84).

. Reduced total number of machining operations from 34 to 33.

. Reduced cycle time from 1.33 minutes to 0.92 minute.

. Increased productivity by 30% (from 45 engine blocks per hour to 65

engine blocks per hour).

. Reduced recovery time on capital investment from 5 years to 3 years

and increased profits by 50%.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

. Asante, J. N., 2009, Effect of Fixture Compliance and Cutting Conditions

on Workpiece Stability, International Journal for Advanced Manufacturing

Technology, DOI: 10.1007/s00170-009-2284-4.

. Asante, J. N., 2009, A Small Displacement Torsor Model for Tolerance

Analysis in a Workpiece-Fixture Assembly, Proceedings of the Institution

of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture,

Volume 223, Number 8, pp. 1005-1020.

. Asante, J. N., 2008, A Combined Contact Elasticity and Finite Element-

Based Model for Contact Load and Pressure Distribution Calculation in a

Frictional Workpiece-Fixture System, International Journal for Advanced

Manufacturing Technology, 39, pp. 578-588.

. Asante, J. N., 2002, Bringing Technology into the Classroom, The Ghana

Engineer, GhIE Journal, December, 2001 - January, 2002, Volume 1, Number

10, pages 4, 5 and 17.

. Asante, J. N., 2000, Mechanics of Machines, Asante Book House, Accra.

. Asante, J. N., 1997, Educating and Training Engineers into the 21st

Century, GhIE Newsletter, pp. 1, 9.

. Asante, J. N., 1996, Machine Design, Part 1, General, Asante Publishers,

Accra.

Reference: Available upon request

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