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Kailash C. Kapur
Doctor of Sci., Professor
University of Washington Industrial Engineering
Dr. Kailash (Kal) C. Kapur
is a professor of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. He was the Director
of Industrial Engineering at the University of Washington from
1993 to 1999. He was a professor and the Director of the
school of Industrial Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman,
Oklahoma during 1989-1992. He was a professor in the
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Wayne
State University, Detroit, Michigan during 1970-1989. Dr.
Kapur has worked with General Motors Research Laboratories as a
senior research engineer. He has also worked with Ford Motor Company
as a visiting scholar and the U.S. Army, Tank-Automotive Command as
a reliability engineer. He has served on the Board of Directors of
American Supplier Institute, Inc., Dearborn, Michigan.
Dr. Kapur received a
Bachelor's degree (1963) in Mechanical Engineering with
Distinction from Delhi University; M. Tech. degree (1965) in
Industrial Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology; M.S.
degree (1967) in Operation Research; and Ph.D. degree (1969)
in Industrial Engineering from the University of California,
Berkeley.
He has co-authored the book Reliability in Engineering Design, John
Wiley & Sons. He has written chapters on reliability and quality
engineering for several handbooks such as Industrial Engineering and
Mechanical Design. He has published over forty papers in technical,
research and professional journals. He is a member of ORSA, TIMS,
IIE, ASQC, and ASEE. He is on the editorial board of journals such
as Quality Engineering and Transactions of the Institute of
Industrial Engineers. He is a registered professional engineer. Dr.
Kapur has received funding from OCAST (Oklahoma Center for Applied
Science and Technology), General Motors, Ford, US Army
Tank-Automotive Command and NSF.
He has done extensive consulting in design of experiments, Taguchi
Methods, reliability design and management, statistical process
control, quality engineering, and total quality management.
He received The Allan Chop Technical Advancement Award from the
Reliability Division and The Craig Award from the Automotive
Division of American Society for Quality. He was elected a Fellow of
American Society for Quality and the Institute of Industrial
Engineers.
In his present position at the University of Washington, Dr. Kapur
is responsible for teaching and research in the areas of quality
engineering, design reliability, industrial experimental design,
system optimization and control, and productivity improvement.
Research
Interests
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Optimum specification for
quality improvement
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Quality engineering:
design, optimization and control
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Quality function
deployment
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Reliability analysis for
multistate systems with multistate components
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Robust design for
simultaneous engineering
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Customer-focused
reliability
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Tolerances: design,
statistical analysis and optimization
Contact Information
Dr. Kailash C. Kapur,
P.E.
Professor, University of Washington Industrial Engineering,
Box 352650 Seattle , WA 98195-2650
Voice: (206) 543-4604 or (206) 543-1427
Fax: (206) 685-3072
E-Mail:
kkapur@u.washington.edu
Papers & books and monographs
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from
Dr. Kapur's web-page
Other information see on
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