Mahendra S Hundal, PhD, PE

Mahendra S Hundal, PhD, PE Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont E-mail: hundal@cems.uvm.edu Professional Interests: Designing for cost, manufacturability, environment Product development Noise and vibrations PUBLICATIONS - Books Hundal, M.S., ed., Cost-Efficient Design, by Ehrlenspiel, K., Kiewert, A., Lindemann, U.: Berlin, New York; Springer Verlag, New York; ASME Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-3-540-34647-0. Hundal, M.S. ed., Mechanical Life Cycle Handbook: Good Environmental Design And Manufacturing. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2001. ISBN: 0-8247-0572-6. Hundal, M.S., Systematic Mechanical Designing: A Cost And Management Perspective, New York, ASME Press, 1997. ISBN 0-7918-0042-3; TS 171.H83 1997. PUBLICATIONS Book Chapters Introduction to the DFE/LCA, Chapter 1 in Mechanical Life Cycle Handbook: Good Environmental Design And Manufacturing. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2001; pp 1-26. Environmental laws - USA, Chapter 5 in Mechanical Life Cycle Handbook: Good Environmental Design And Manufacturing. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2001; pp 99-112. Cost-driven Product Development, Chapter 3 in Simultaneous Engineering: Methodologies and Applications, pp67-107, Gordon & Breach Science

Publishers, 1999. Time-driven Product Development, Chapter 3 in Integrated Product and Process Development: Methods, Tools and Technologies, pp 59-84, New York, J Wiley & Sons, 1998. Designing to Cost, Chapter 17, in Handbook of Concurrent Engineering,. London, Chapman and Hall, 1993. PUBLICATIONS Papers (1991 and later): Hundal, M. S., `` Product Life Cycle: The Ultimate Aim in Product Development,,'' Engineering Design in Integrated Product Development, EDIProD'2002, Zielona Góra, POLAND, 10-12 October 2002, pp 57-64. Hundal, M. S., `` A Course In Design For The Environment,'' International Workshop Education For Engineering Design, Pilsen, Cz, November 23-24, 2000. pp75-84. Coates, A. and Hundal, M. S., `` Environmental Product Assessment: Case History of a Small Equipment Manufacturer,'' International Design Conference - Design 2000, Dubrovnik, May 23-26, 2000. Zagreb, FMENA, 2000, pp 159-164. Hundal, M. S., `` Design for Recycling and Remanufacturing,,'' International Design Conference - Design 2000, Dubrovnik, May 23-26, 2000. Zagreb, FMENA, 2000, pp 165-170. Hundal, M. S., `` Life Cycle Assessment and Design for the Environment,,'' International Design Conference - Design 2000, Dubrovnik, May 23-26, 2000. Zagreb, FMENA, 2000, pp 171-174. Leibl, P., Hundal, M. S. and Hoehne, G., `` Concurrent Cost Calculations with a Feature-Based Cad System,'' ASME/ICEME, November 14-19, 1999; Nashville, Tennessee. New York, ASME, Book No. DE Vol 103, pp 75-88. Hundal, M. S., ``Electrical Appliances: Use of Classification Schemes. Proceedings, 44th International Scientific Colloquium IWK99, Ilmenau, Germany, September 20-23, 1999; Vol 3, pp 128-133. Leibl, P., Hundal, M. S. and Hoehne, G., ``Cost Calculation with a Featurebased CAD System using Modules for Calculation, Comparison and Forecast,'' Journal of Engineering Design, 1999, Vol 10(1), pp 93-102. Hundal, M. S., ``Electrical Appliances: Safety And Human Factors

Considerations,'' 2nd NordDesign98 Seminar on Engineering Design, Stockholm, KTH: 26-28 August 1998, pp 299-304. Leibl, P. and Hundal, M. S., ``A Feature-based CAD System as Basis for Design-concurrent Cost Calculations,'' 2nd NordDesign98 Seminar on Engineering Design, Stockholm, KTH: 26-28 August 1998, pp 107-116. Hundal, M. S., ``Life Cycle Design of Parts: Material and Manufacturing Considerations,'' International Design Conference - Design '98, Dubrovnik, May 19-22, 1998. Zagreb, FMENA, 1998, pp 517-526. Hundal, M. S., ``Eine Einfuehrung in die Taguchi-Methoden (An introduction to the Taguchi methods),'' Proc., 8th Symposium, ``Fertigungsgerechtes Konstruieren,'' Lehrstuhl fuer Konstruktionstechnik, Universitaet Erlangen- Nuernberg, October 16-17, 1997, pp 1-6. Hundal, M. S., ``Surface Mining And Related Operations: Noise Impacts In Rural Areas, Including Effects Of Local, State And Federal Regulations,'' INTER-NOISE 97, Budapest, Hungary, August 25-27, 1997; Budapest: OPAKFI, 1997, pp 1725-28. Hundal, M. S., ``Design Methods: A synergistic view,'' Proceedings, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 97), Tampere, Finland, August 19-21, 1997. Tampere: TUT, 1997, Vol 1, pp 205-210. Hundal, M. S., and Liversedge, D., ``Integration of Design and Manufacturing in the BS and MS Programs,'' Proceedings, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 97), Tampere, Finland, August 19-21, 1997. Tampere: TUT, 1997, Vol 3, pp 453-456. Hundal, M. S. and Grinnell, D.J., ``How Activity-based Costing provides better estimates of product cost,'' Proceedings, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 97), Tampere, Finland, August 19-21, 1997. Tampere: TUT, 1997, Vol 2, pp 517-520. Hundal, M. S., ``Product costing: A Comparison of Conventional and ABC Methods,'' Journal of Engineering Design, 1997, Vol 8(1), pp 91-103. Hundal, M. S., and Liversedge, D., ``The Teaching of DFM at the University of Vermont,'' 7th symposium ``Fertigungsgerechtes Konstruieren,'' Report # KTmfk-1997-002, Lehrstuhl fuer Konstruktionstechnik, Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, March1997, pp 1-6. Hundal, M. S., and Meerkamm, H., ``Mechanical Engineering Degree Programs in Germany and the USA: A Comparison and Discussion,'' ASME Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Education Conference, March 19-21, 1997, San Diego, CA. New York, ASME, 1997, pp 19-22.

Hundal, M. S., and Ehrlenspiel, K., ``Student Exchange Between the Technological University of Munich and the University of Vermont,'' ASME Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Education Conference, March 19-21, 1997, San Diego, CA. New York, ASME, 1997, pp 225-228. Hundal, M., Huston, D., Liversedge, D., and Church, R., ``An Accelerated Master's Program with an Integrated Design Sequence,'' ASME Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Education Conference, March 19-21, 1997, San Diego, CA. New York, ASME, 1997, pp 205-208. Hundal, M. S., and Conlon, M., ``A Creativity Exercise in a Fourth-year Engineering Course,'' Proceedings, 3rd International Symposium on Product Development In Engineering Education, Halmstad, Sweden; 8-11 December 1996; 95-102. Hundal, M. S., and Manock, J. C., ``A course in Integrated Product Development,'' Proceedings, 3rd International Symposium on Product Development In Engineering Education, Halmstad, Sweden; 8-11 December 1996; 141-150. Hundal, M. S., and Manock, J. C., ``Rapid Prototyping: Perspective of a Small Consulting Design Firm,'' Proceedings, 41st International Scientific Colloquium, Ilmenau, Germany, September 23-26, 1996; Vol 1, 348-353. Hundal, M. S., ``Engineering/management for Time and Cost Driven Development of Products,'' Proceedings, 41st International Scientific Colloquium, Ilmenau, Germany, September 23-26, 1996; Vol 2, 523-528. Hundal, M. S., ``Engineering design creativity: Intuitive and systematic approaches,'' Proceedings, Engineering Design and Creativity: International Workshop, Plzen, CZ, November 16-18, 1995. Zurich: Heurista - WDK 24, 1996, pp 93-100. Hundal, M. S., ``Engineering design education in the USA: Issues and challenges,'' Proceedings, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 95), Praha, CZ, August 22-24, 1995. Zurich: Heurista, 1995, Vol 1, 318-323. Hundal, M. S., ``Shape, material and manufacturing considerations in part design,'' Proceedings, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 95), Praha, CZ, August 22-24, 1995. Zurich: Heurista, 1995, Vol 3, 897-902. Hundal, M. S., ``Time and cost driven design,'' Proceedings, 1995 ASME National Design Engineering Conference, Chicago, March 13-15, 1995, New York: ASME, DE-Vol. 81, Design for Manufacturability, 9-20.

Hundal, M. S., ``DFE: Current status and challenges for the future,'' Proceedings, 1994 ASME National Design Engineering Conference, Chicago, March 14-16, 1994, New York: ASME, DE-Vol. 67, Design for Manufacturability, 89-98. Hundal, M. S., ``Cost models for product design, Proceedings, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 93), The Hague, August 17-19, 1993. Zurich: Heurista, 1993, Vol 2, 1115-1122. Hundal, M. S., ``Engineering and management for rapid product development,'' Proceedings, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 93), The Hague, August 17-19, 1993. Zurich: Heurista, 1993, Vol 1, 588-595. Hundal, M. S., ``Rules and models for low-cost design,'' Proceedings, 1993 ASME National Design Engineering Conference, Chicago, March 8-10, 1993, New York: ASME, DE-Vol. 52, Design for Manufacturability, 75-84. Hundal, M. S., ``Creating conceptual designs in an X window environment,'' Proceedings, 1993 NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference, Jan. 6-8, 1993, Charlotte, NC. Dearborn, MI: Soc. Manuf. Engrs., 563-573. Hundal, M. S., and Langholtz, L. D., ``Computer-aided conceptual design: An application of X windows with C,'' Proceedings, 1992 ASME Design Theory & Methodology Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, September 13-16, 1992, DE-Vol. 42, 1-9. (published as lead-article in the conference proceedings.) New York: ASME. Hundal, M. S., and Langholtz, L. D., ``Conceptual design by computer-aided creation of function structures and the search for solutions,'' Journal of Engineering Design, 1992, Vol 3(1), 31-42. Hundal, M. S., ``Systematic designing for cost,'' Proceedings, 1992 ASME Manufacturing International Conference, Dallas, March 29 - April 1, 1992, New York: ASME, Book No. G00657, 393-405. Hundal, M. S., ``Systematic design of a temperature measurement device,'' 1992 National Design Engineering Conference, Chicago, Feb 24-26, 1992. New York: ASME, Paper No. 92-DE-1. Hundal, M. S., and Langholtz, L. D., ``Solution search in conceptual design with object-oriented programming,'' Proceedings, 1992 NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference, Jan. 8-12, 1992, Atlanta, GA. Dearborn, MI: Soc. Manuf. Engrs., 337-342. Hundal, M. S., ``Recent computer-related design in the USA,'' Design Studies, Vol 12, no 4, October 1991, 227-231.

Hundal, M. S., ``Use of functional variants in product development,'' Proceedings, 1991 ASME Design Theory & Methodology Conference, Miami, 22-25 September, 1991, DE-Vol. 31, 159-164. Hundal, M. S., and Langholtz, L. D., ``Developing function structures of engineering systems using C and X-Toolkit Intrinsics,'' Proceedings, 1991 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, New York: ASME, vol 1, 155-159. Hundal, M. S., ``A methodical procedure for search of solutions from function structures,'' Proceedings, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 91), Zurich, Switzerland, 27-29 August, 1991. Zurich: Heurista, 1991, Vol 1, 9-16. Hundal, M. S., ``Current university research on CAD in the U.S.,'' Proceedings, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 91), Zurich, Switzerland, 27-29 August, 1991. Zurich: Heurista, 1991, Vol 2, 855-860. Hundal, M. S., and Durham, D. R., ``A way towards methodical design of metal castings,'' Proceedings, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 91), Zurich, Switzerland, 27-29 August, 1991. Zurich: Heurista, 1991, Vol 1, 536-539. Hundal, M. S., ``Conceptual design of technical systems - A computer-based approach,'' Proceedings, 1991 NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference, Jan. 9-11, 1991, Austin, TX. Dearborn, MI: Soc. Manuf. Engrs., 1041-1050. CURRICULUM VITAE: EDUCATION: PhD, 1964 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin MSME, 1962 BEME, 1954 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Osmania University, Hyderabad, India PROFESSIONAL HISTORY: 1967-2001 The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

1977-2001 Professor of Mechanical Engineering 1967-77 Associate Professor 1980-82 Chairman, ME Department 1991-96 Chairman, ME Department ('91-'93: Assoc. Chair, CE/ME) 1987-88 Visiting Professor, Munich University of Technology, Munich, Germany Spring, 1976 Finland Visiting Professor, University of Oulu, Oulu, 1964-67 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. Assistant Professor 1966 (Jun-Aug) Rohr Corporation, Chula Vista, California. Senior Research Engineer 1965 (Jun-Aug) SOLAR, San Diego, CA. Controls Engineer. 1964 (Jun-Aug) Deere & Co., Moline, Illinois. Research Engineer 1962-64 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering 1954-60 Tata Iron & Steel Co., India. Design Engineer 1957 (Mar-Sep) LURGI GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany; Design Engineer. PERSONAL DATA: Born: 11/25/1934 in Syana, UP, India. US citizen. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Life Member Institute of Noise Control Engineering (USA), Board Certified Member LANGUAGES: English;German; Hindi; Urdu HONORS AND AWARDS:

o Fulbright Award. 1987-88 o R R Teetor Award. Society of Automotive Engineers, 1967 o Member, Sigma Xi; Tau Beta Pi CONSULTING: Consulted for several Vermont industries and organizations in the areas of vibration, noise and design. SERVICES TO THE PROFESSION: Faculty Advisor, Tau Beta Pi, Vermont Alpha. Faculty Advisor, ASME Student Section, UVM, 1968-71, 1978-81. Green Mountain Section, ASME, Program Chairman, 1972-73; Secretary, 1975-76; Vice Chairman, 1976-77; Chairman, 1977-78; Nominating Chair, 1994-97. ASME Design Theory & Methodology Conference, Chicago, Sep. 16-19, 1990. Organized and chaired a session on ``International Perspectives in Design Research'' ASME National Design Engineering Conference, Chicago, Feb. 1992. Organized and offered the first two-hour tutorial on ``Product Cost Estimation During Designing'' ASME National Design Engineering Conference, Chicago, March 8-10, 1993; (1) Organized and chaired session on ``Cost Considerations in Design'' with six papers by authors from North America and Europe (first time a session on this topic has been held in the US). (2) Organized and offered the second tutorial on ``Product Cost Estimation During Designing.'' This session had an attendance of over 90 - the highest of any session at the Conference. ASME National Design Engineering Conference, Chicago, March 14-16, 1994; Organized and chaired session on ``Design for the Environment'' with four papers by authors from North America and Europe (first time a session on this topic has been held within an ASME conference.) ASME National Design Engineering Conference, Chicago, March 13-15, 1995; Organized and chaired session on ``Time and cost driven design'' with three papers.

ASME - NATIONAL MANUFACTURING WEEK, Chicago, September 24, 2007; Presented talk "Cost-driven Design" COLLOQUIA, SEMINARS, TUTORIALS: ``Eine Einfuehrung in die Taguchi-Methoden (An introduction to the Taguchi methods),'' Lehrstuhl fuer Konstruktionstechnik, Universitaet Erlangen- Nuernberg, October 1997. ``The Teaching of DFM at the University of Vermont, Lehrstuhl fuer Konstruktionstechnik, Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, October 1996. ``The Mechanical Engineering programs at UVM,'' Seminar, Munich University of Technology, Germany, October 21. 1996. ``Designing to Cost,'' lecture at Martin Marietta - Burlington, VT, August, 1994. ``Design For The Environment: Issues and Challenges.'' Seminar, Munich University of Technology, Germany, June 7, 1994. ``Product Cost Decisions At Design Stage.'' Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Manufacturing Cost Estimating Clinic, Detroit, MI, November 2-4, 1993. ``Product Cost Estimation During Designing.'' National Design Engineering Conference, Chicago, March 9, 1993. ``Rapid Product Development: A Competitive Strategy for the 1990's,'' Seminar, Munich University of Technology, Germany, October 14. 1992. ``Product Cost Estimation During Designing.'' National Design Engineering Conference, Chicago, February 24, 1992. ``Use of computers in conceptual design phase.'' Seminar, TU Braunschweig Institute for Design Science, February 2, 1988. ``Analysis, measurement and control of noise and vibration in railroad cars during power-assisted unloading.'' Seminar, TU Munich, Institute for Mechanics, January 26, 1988. ``Computers in conceptual design.'' Seminar, TU Munich Department of Mechanical Design, November 24, 1987. March 15, 2008