Ph.D. Programs Lecturers Dr.Boonmark Sirinaovakul

AREAS OF RESEARCH/ PROFESSIONAL INTEREST :

1. International Technology Transfer Models & Policies
2. Technology Management & Policies

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

8/84-12/87	Ph.D. Engineering (Industrial Engineering), The Wichita State University.
	Dissertation Topic: "A Mathematical Model for Spatial Diffusion of
	Innovations: A Case Study of U.S. Robotics Technology."
1/83-12/83	M.S. Engineering Management, University of Missouri-Rolla, December 1983
5/78-5/81	M.Engr. Electrical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, May 1981.
	Thesis Topic: "An Analysis of Photocurrent in N on P Junction solor Cells,"(in English).
5/73-5/78	B.Engr. Electrical Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute of
	Technology, Thonburi, Thailand, May 1978.
	Project Topic: "Design and Fabrication of Microcomputer Using 8080A," (in Thai).
10/88	Personal Guest to Plant Layout and Material Handling Seminar by
	Richard Muter, Richard Muther & Associates, Inc. Kansas City, Missouri.
1/87-present	Registered Engineer-in-Training certificate #8597

GRADUATE COURSES TAKEN:

• Production and Manufacturing System
  
• Production Control
  
• Advanced Production Management
  
• Quality Control
  
• Productivity Engineering and Management
  
• Computer Aided Desing Techniques
  
• Simulation Techniques
  
• Microcomputer Process Control
  
• Flexible Manufacturing Systems
  
• Service Operations and Management
  

• Engineering Management and Operations Research
  
• Cost Accounting
  
• Advanced Financial Management
  
• Advanced Marketing Management
  
• Energy Engineering and Management
  
• Advanced Energy and Water Management
  
• Operations Research I
  
• Advanced Engineering Economics
  
• Management for Engineers
  
• Operations Research II
  
• Advanced Operations Research (Network Modeling)
  

• Statistics and Mathematics
  
• Statistics II
  
• Multivariate Analysis Techniques
  
• Linear Algebra
  
• Integration Techniques and Applications
  
• Operational Mathematics
  
• Fourier Transforms and Applications
  

• Computer and Electrical Engineering
  
• Digital Computer Organization and Design
  
• Quantum Mechanics
  
• Passive Network Synthesis
  
• Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  
• Solid State Physics
  
• Antenna Analysis and Design
  
• Semiconductor Measurement and Instrumentation
  

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

1/88-present	Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Management,
	University of Missouri-Rolla.
	Taught:
	E.Mgmt.257 Industrial Facilities Planning
	E.Mgmt. 385 Statistical Process Control
	E.Mgmt. 208 Engineering Economics
8/85-12/87	Ph.D.Research Fellow, College of Engineering, The Wichita State University.
	Conducted research in the area of technology transfer;
	Assisted in teaching and grading undergraduate classes.
8/84-7/85	Graduate Research Assistant/Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department
	of Industrial Engineering, The Wichita State University
	Assisted in teaching and grading several courses including
	engineering economics, engineering statistics, and engineering graphics.
5/80-9/80	Instructor, Department of Electrical Engineering, King Mongkut's
	Institute of Technology, Thonburi and North Bangkok campuses, Thailand.
	Taught Physics of Semiconductor Devices.
5/78-4/79	Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering,
	Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
	Taught electrical control system and electrical machine labs.
79-80	Involved in conducting research for Semiconductor Device Research
	Laboratory, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
	Developed the processes of fabricating and testing N-P junction
	and MIS solar cells by using various microelectronic instruments
	and measurements.

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE:

1/88-present	Full Time Consultant, Small Business Development Center, University
	of Missouri-Rolla, with Dr. Bill Omurtag, Chairman and Professor of
	Engineering Management Department.
	Consulting projects cover the areas of Productivity improvement
	and industrial engineering service, including the following companies:
10/88-12/88	Mendenhall Engine Rebuilders, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri.
	Data base design for implementing Manufacturing Resource Planning
	(MRP) in four departments including small engine parts, engine
	parts, finished goods, and accounting.
5/88-10/88	BHA Group, Inc., Slater, Missouri.
	Plant layout and material handling, installation of the new and
	existing production facilities; covered the area of 200,000 square
	feet; expected to save some $900,000
1/88-5/88	Industrial Wire Products, Inc., Sullivan, Missouri.
	Microcomputer applications and mathematical modeling in production
	management; Involved in MRP data base design, time standards,
	estimation of manufactured product costs, method analysis, and
	developed regression equations to determine the performance of wire cutting machines.
8/88-12/88	Supervised seven graduate students in the rearrangement of plant
	layouts and material handling systems and their cost justifications;
	covered the area of over 2,000,000 square feet; including the
	following plants in Springfield, Missouri: Dayco, Fasco, Kraft,
	Litton, and Mueller. The plants have several product mix including
	foods, belts, sanitary tanks, motors, and circuit boards.
1/89-present	Supervising five graduate students in implementing statistical
	process control for some manufacturing sections in Dayco and Litton companies.
1/80-12/82	Manager, Somsiri Rock Quarry, Ratchaburi, Thailand.
	Took over management responsibilities in production, marketing, and
	finance. Led up to 4 supervisors and 25 workers.
1978	Customer engineer, Datamat Co. Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
	Involved in service and maintenance of NEC Minicomputer.
	Designed and built ROM/RAM circuit boards.
1977(summer)	Electrical designer, project leader, Thailand.
	Designed and installed electrical system for rock quarry (1000KW)
	with other 6 technicians.

HONORS AND FELLOWSHIP

1987	Delano Maggard,Jr.Graduate Student Forgivable Fund for Ph.D.
	research, The Wichita State University.
1985-1987	Engineering Doctoral Fellowship. The Wichita State University.
1985	Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honorary Society.
1985	Pi Mu Epsilon, Mathematics Honorary Society.

LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

3/87-12/87	President of student chapter #931, Institute of Industrial
	Engineers, The Wichita State University.
1985-1986	President of Thai Student Association, The Wichita State University
	Institute of Industrial Engineers
	Society of Manufacturing Engineers
	American Society of Engineering Education
	Operations Research Society of America
	American Society of Engineering Management

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management.
  
• Management of Technology, Quantitative Methods in Production and Service Systems, Mathematical Modeling.

PROPOSAL SUBMITTED:

• "Methods Analysis and Time Standards for Manufacturing Operations."
  (with Dr. Bill Omurtag) submitted to Industrial Wire Products,
  Inc., Sullivan. Missouri ($30,500).
  

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Boonmark Sirinaovakul, Zbigniew Czajkiewicz
  "A Model to Measure the Technological Development of U.S. robotics
  Technology by Regions."
  To be submitted to Engineering Management Journal
  

• Boonmark Sirinaovakul
  "On the Innovation Deffusion Modeling: Criticism and A New Approcch."
  Presented at 1988 ORSA/TIMs Joint National Meeting, October 24-26,
  1988, Denver, Colorado.
  

• Boonmark Sirinaovakul
  "Innovation Diffusion and Regional Policies."
  Proceedings, 1988 IEEE Engineering Management Conference, October
  24-26, 1988, Dayton, Ohio.
  

• Boonmark Sirinaovakul, Yildirim "Bill" Omurtag
  "Spatial Innovation Diffusion: Theories and Empirical Evidence."
  Proceedings, American Society of Engineering Management, 9th Annual
  Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 2-4,1988.
  

• Boonmark Sirinaovakul, Zbigniew Czajkiewicz
  "A Model for Spatial Diffusion of Advanced Manufacturing Technology."
  Proceedings, First International Conference on Technology Management,
  University of Miami, Florida, February 1988,
  Edited by T.M. Khalil and J.A. Endosowan, Chapter 5, pp. 291-301,
  Special Publication of International Journal of Technology Management.
  

• Boonmark Sirinaovakul, Cihan Dagli
  "Effective Technology Transfer to Developing Countries: A Macro Systematic Approach.
  Proceedings, American Society of Engineering Management, 8th Annual
  Conference, October 1987, St. Louis, Missouri, pp. 73-78.
  

  Boonmark Sirinaovakul, Zbigniew Czajkiewicz.
  "Modeling a Spatial Diffusion of Innovations: A New Perspective."
  Proceedings, 15th IEASTED International Conference on Applied
  Simulation and Modeling, May 1987, Santa Barbara, California, pp. 14-18
  

• Boonmark Sirinaovakul
  "Computer Simulation of A Tire Robotics Assembly Cell."
  Presented at 119th Annual Meeting, Kansas Academy of Science,
  April 1987, The Wichita State University, Kansas, Abstracts,
  Volume 6, page 49, Edited by J.R. Berg and D.F. Merriam.
  

• Boonmark Sirinaovakul
  "Capacity Planning in Data Processing and Retrieval System
  for the City of Wichita." A working paper 1986.
  

  Boonmark Sirinaovakul, Somsak Panyakeow, Montri Sawadsaringkarn
  "Study of Photocurrent in Silicon Solar Cells."
  Proceedings, National Physics and Technology Conference, December
  5-6, 1980, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  

• Boonmark Sirinaovakul, Somsak Panyakeow, Sootin Wetwatana
  "Numerical Calculation of Photocurrent in N-P Junction Solar Cell."
  Proceeding, 3rd National Electrical Engineering Conference,
  July 10-11, 1980, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  

• Boonmark Sirinaovakul, Somsak Panyakeow.
  "Diffusion Length of Carriers in Silicon Solar Cells."
  Proceedings, 2nd National Electrical Engineering Conference,
  July 5-6, 1979, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  

REFERENCES

• Yildirim "Bill" Omurtag, Ph.D., P.E.
  Professor and Chairman, Department of Engineering Management
  University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65401
  (314) 341-4558 Former Dissertation Advisor.
  

• Daniel Babcock, Ph.D., P.E.
  Professor and Executive Director, of American Society for
  Engineering Management Department of Engineering Management
  University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65401.
  (314) 341-4564
  

• Don Malzahn, Ph.D.
  Professor & Former Chairman, Department of Industrial Engineering
  The Wichita State University Wichita, KS 67208
  (316)689-3425
  

• Brian Lambert, Ph.D., P.E.
  Professor and Chairman, Department of Industrial Engineering
  The Wichita State University Wichita, KS 67208
  (316)689-3425
  

• Steve Taylor
  Manufacturing Manager, The BHA Group, Inc.
  432 W. Lincoln Slater, MO 65349
  (816)529-2227
  

• Bernie Sarchet, P.E.
  Robert K.Koplar Professor,
  Department of Engineering Management
  University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65401
  

• Richard Muther, P.E., CMC, PCMH
  President, Richard Muther & Associates, Inc.
  6155 Oak Street, Kansa City, MO 64113
  (816) 444-3232
  

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