David Cochran
Professor of Systems Engineering
Director, IPFW Center of Excellence in Systems Engineering
- Room: ET 229 B
- Office Phone: 260-481-0341
- E-mail: cochrand@pfw.edu
- Web Page: https://sel.pfw.edu/
Education
- B.S., Industrial Engineering, Auburn University, 1986
- M.S., Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 1989
- Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University, 1994
Selected Recent Publications
- Cochran, D. S., Foley, J. T., and Bi, Z. (2017). "Use of the Manufacturing System Design Decomposition for Comparative Analysis and Effective Design of Production Systems,"International Journal of Production Research, Volume 55, Issue 3, pp. 870-890. http://www.tandfonline.com/
doi/abs/10.1080/00207543.2016. 1218088 - Cochran, D. S., Hendricks, S., Barnes, J. and Bi, Z. (2016). “Extension of Axiomatic Design Theory to Implement Manufacturing Systems that are Sustainable,” ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering: Special Issue on Sustainable Manufacturing, 138(10), pp. 1-10. http://manufacturingscience.
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Academic Interests
Integrated Enterprise Design and Leadership, Advancing Enterprise Design, Product Development, Manufacturing and Accounting for Lean, Toyota Production System, Complex Systems, ERP Software Integration with Enterprise Systems, DoD Systems Engineering and Acquisition Processes