College Of Technology Eastern Michigan University

Dr. Walter Tucker

Professor Quality Management


School of Engineering Technology
(734) 487-2040
118 Sill Hall
College of Technology
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
walter.tucker@emich.edu

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Courses Taught :

QUAL 556 Human Aspects of Continuous Improvement
QUAL 552 Quality Planning
QUAL/MFG 558 Lean Production
QUAL 546 Total Quality Management


Short Bio:

DWalter Tucker, Ph.D. holds the rank of full professor in the Department of School of Engineering Technology at Eastern Michigan University. He has earned degrees at the University of California, Santa Barbara; and the University of Michigan. His primary area of expertise is in quality systems with a specific research interest in work organization. Dr. Tucker is an active consultant to industrial firms and the government in the U.S. and Latin America. His publications include some twenty papers and presentations.


Areas of Expertise:

Work organization, lean production, quality systems, quality planning.


Most Important/Recent Publications (More available upon request)

Internet-Based Classes and the Paradox of "Seat Time" in Graduate-Level Engineering Management Classes: Some Proposed Solutions. (co-author, B. Lahidji) American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference 2002. Proceedings.

Part 6, Production Systems and Part 8, Quality in Rufe, P. Ed. 2002)Society of Manufacturing Engineers Fundamentals of Manufacturing. Using Systems Theory to Diagnose the Performance of Lean manufacturing Cells: Two Case Studies. Abstract accepted by the Society of Automotive Engineers 2001 Automotive and Transportation Technology Congress October 1-4 in Barcelona, Spain.

Distance Learning in Quality Education. Presented to American Society for Quality National Conference, Philadelphia Pennsylvania. May 4, 1998. Paper included in Proceedings.

Workforce Development for Agile Manufacturing: A Progress Report. Fourth Annual Agile Enterprise Forum, March 7, 8, 9, 1995. Stouffer Waverly Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia.

Selecting, Developing, and Sustaining a World-Class Manufacturing Workforce: A Study of Four Factories. International Dedicated Conference on Lean/Agile Manufacturing in the Automotive Industries. The 27th International Symposium on Advanced Transportation Applications. Aachen, Germany, October 31- November 4, 1994.