Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

Dr. Vittal Prabhu
Professor

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

Phone: (814) 863-3212 Fax: (814) 863-4745 Email: prabhuATengr.psu.edu

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EDUCATION

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

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Professor Prabhu works in the area of distributed control systems with a focus on manufacturing and service enterprises. The goal of his research is to develop a unified mathematical and computational framework that enables engineering of distributed control systems consisting of discrete-events, physical processes, and service processes. The science-base of this work includes theories of discontinuous differential equations, Lyapunov stability, adaptive control, and nonlinear control for studying distributed algorithms. This has lead to the development of distributed algorithms for various applications in industrial operations including production scheduling, maintenance scheduling, batch sequencing, inventory control, transportation, and supply chain optimization. This work has motivated the development of novel parallel/distributed computing architectures using FPGAs and clusters to enable fast, large scale distributed simulations so that business decisions can be accelerated. He has also researched modeling and real-time control of physical processes such as cryogenic freezing, laser manufacturing, and electron beam-physical vapor deposition.

TEACHING

· IE 330 Information Technology for Industrial Engineering

· IE 470 Manufacturing Systems Design and Analysis

· IE 497 Retail Services Engineering

· IE 567 Distributed Systems and Control

· IE 597A Financial Services Engineering

Courses taught in the past

· IE 101S Build Your Own Robot

· IE 450 Manufacturing Systems Engineering

· IE 497C Introduction to Laser Processing and Manufacturing

· IE 477 Computer Control of Manufacturing Machines and Processes

RESEARCH

· Distributed Systems and Control

· Sensing and Control of Machines and Processes

· Applications of Nonlinear Systems and Control Theory

· High-Performance Computing for Manufacturing Systems

AFFILIATIONS

· DISCRETE Lab

· Center for Manufacturing Enterprise Integration

· Enterprise Integration Consortium

· Center for Service Enterprise Engineering

· Center for Supply Chain Research

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

· Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

· Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)

Penn State University

Selected Publications

Penn State College of Engineering