Joe Heim
Director of Business Analytics Practice, InsightGIS
Heim has most recently been the Director of Global Supply Chain Planning and Analysis and Director of Marketing Services for the Aerial Work Platform Division of Terex (formerly Genie Industries) in Redmond, Washington. He has also been a professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Washington, worked on technology and manufacturing policy at the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, DC, and co-founded technology companies. Heim received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Louisville and MS and PhD in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University.
Roberto F. Lu, PE PhD
Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company
Dr. Lu is a part-time teacher of simulation and statistics courses at the University of Washington. At Boeing, he models business and production processes for leaders to optimize their decisions. His research focus is in discrete event simulation, process optimization, global logistics, large-scale production system, lean manufacturing, robotic automation, and mass customization. Lu's professional experiences prior to Boeing include computer integrated robotic cell manufacturing with machine vision, tooling development, geometric dimensional tolerance establishment and inspection, non-destructive testing, metallurgical spectrographic analysis, and manufacturing statistical quality control at the Pilkington North America Libbey-Owens-Ford company and the Intermet-New River Castings company. He has more than 50 combined journal, conference, and patent publications.
Stephen Montgomery
Research and Development Manager, Intel Corp.
Montgomery received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois in 1994. In 1996, he earned a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering for his work on the heat transfer and thermodynamics associated with the drying of porous bodies, and a Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2000 by studying nano-scale phenomena of particulate adhesion and Atomic Force Microscopy. Montgomery joined Intel in 2000 and has worked on projects ranging from air-cooled heat sink analysis to thermosyphons, heat pipes, liquid cooling, and nanotechnology. In 2005, he became the lead for a silicon research and development program centered on integrated silicon voltage regulation. Montgomery is a member of ASME and has been awarded 11 patents with 12 pending. He has been active in industry-level conferences and has been a peer reviewer for the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.
Tamaira Ross
Associate Technical Fellow, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Ross is an Associate Technical Fellow and aeronautical engineer in Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, where she does preliminary vehicle design and rapid prototyping. She has also worked in product development for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Ross holds a B.S. and a M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University. She also attended the University of Washington where she obtained a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Technology Management MBA. Her professional interests include aircraft design, spacecraft design, multi-disciplinary optimization and alternative energy. Ross has taught classes on multi-disciplinary design, wireless power transmission, and engineering design methodology. She was president of the Pacific Northwest section of the Society of Women Engineers from 2007-2009. Ross is also active in several mentoring and educational programs in Seattle.
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