Dr. Dan Fields --- College of Technology


Dr. Dan Fields Professor, School of Engineering Technology Director, Center for Product Research and Development (734) 487-2040 118 Sill Hall College of Technology Ypsilanti, MI 48197 dan.fields@emich.edu

Short Bio: Dr. Fields is the director of the Center for Product R&D. He has been a faculty member at EMU since 1986. He received his PhD from Michigan State University in 1991 in Adult & Continuing Education (Industrial Training). He implemented EMU's Master's Degree in Quality and several cooperative programs with community colleges. He received the COT Outstanding Faculty award in 1996. Prior to coming to EMU he was employed by the Casting Division of Textron, Inc., a large, multi-national conglomerate. At Textron, he held positions of Division Manager of Training & Development, Quality Manager, Inspection Superintendent, Pattern Shop Superintendent, Quality/Process Engineer, and Budget Analyst. He served in the U.S. Army as a Military Police Lieutenant with the 101st Airborne Division; and in the Army Reserve and National Guard as an Engineering Corp Executive Officer and Infantry Company Commander.

Courses Taught: CADM 122 Engineering Graphics I FMGT 432 Senior Seminar in Facility Management MFG 203 Industrial Operations QUAL 420 Industrial Quality Control MFG 636 Analysis of Manufacturing Processes MFG 641 Materials of Industry MFG 649 Manufacturing Process Planning QUAL 550 Advanced Statistical Process Control QUAL 552 Quality Planning QUAL 553 Geometric and Surface Texture Tolerancing QUAL 555 Quality Audits EM 547 Management of Research,Development and Technology. COT 705 Technology Design,Development & Transfer.

Areas of Expertise: Research and Product Development, Manufacturing Process Engineering, Foundry Engineering, Quality Management and Engineering, Statistical Process Control, Quality Systems and Audits, Engineering Cost Analysis.

Most Important/Recent Publications (More available upon request) D. Fields, Statistical Tools for Continuous Improvement, HFG, LLC, Southfield, MI 1999. D. Fields & W. Tucker, Manufacturing Process Engineering, EMU Center for Quality, Ypsilanti, MI 1993. (for General Motors Corporation) D. Fields, A Study of Factors Associated With the Transfer of Statistical Process Control Training to Shop-floor Applications, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 1991. (Ph.D. Dissertation) D. Fields, Manufacturing Processes, Beal & Assoc., Ypsilanti, MI, 1989. (for Ford Motor Company)