Dr. Vittal Prabhu

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

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Dr. Vittal Prabhu
Associate Professor

The Pennsylvania State University
348 Leonhard Building
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 USA

Phone: (814) 863-3212
Fax: (814) 863-4745
Email: prabhu@engr.psu.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995.
M.S., Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991.
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991.
B.E., Instrumentation Technology (Electrical Engineering), Bangalore University, 1987.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Before joining Penn State, Professor Prabhu was a Research Associate (Post Doc) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has also worked in industry designing computer systems hardware for LAN, telemetry instrumentation, and industrial automation. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of distributed systems and control; distributed computing and information systems; and service process engineering. His efforts have resulted in scalable real-time control algorithms for production scheduling, maintenance scheduling, batch sequencing, inventory control, transportation, and supply chain optimization. He is also the Chief Scientific Office and Co-Founder of VigiComm, Inc., a company specializing in real-time emergency communication.

TEACHING INTERESTS

· IE 101S Build Your Own Robot

· IE 450 Manufacturing Systems Engineering

· IE497C Introduction to Laser Processing and Manufacturing

· IE 497E Computer Control of Manufacturing Machines and Processes

· IE 597E Distributed Systems and Control

RESEARCH INTERESTS

· Distributed Systems and Control

· Sensing and Control of Machines and Processes

· Applications of Nonlinear Systems and Control Theory

· High-Performance Computing for Manufacturing Systems

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