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Dr. Radovan Kovacevic is a Herman Brown Chair Professor of materials and manufacturing engineering and director of the Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing at Southern Methodist University. Before he joined SMU in Aug. 1997 he was an associate professor (1991-1993) and full professor (1993-1997) at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, an associate professor (1987-1990) at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, and more than 16 years a faculty at the University of Montenegro, Yugoslavia. In September of 1999 he founded the Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing, as the first Research Center at the School of Engineering. Dr. Kovacevic's research has been supported by a number of leading corporations and foundations, including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, Brown Foundation, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Raytheon, Co., Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc., , etc. He has to his credit three U.S. patents, 15 invention disclosures, and he has authored and co-authored five books and over 350 technical papers, of which over 120 have been published in reputable technical journals. Dr. Kovacevic is a Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and he is a recipient of the 2000 Taylor Research Medal presented by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers for "significant published research leading to a better understanding of materials, facilities, principles and their application to improve manufacturing processes". He is recipient of a number of prestigious awards for his research and educational achievements. He was a Fulbright Foundation Scholar (USA), Alexander von Humboldt Scholar (Germany), and Carl Duisberg Scholar (Germany). |
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