Curriculum Revision to Better Integrate Mechanical Engineering Science and Practice in the Second and Third Undergraduate Years

Dr. Endres received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign in 1992. He has served on the faculty at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor for 7 years and at Michigan Technological University since 2001, where he is currently an Associate Professor and the Director of the ME Senior Capstone Design Program. In 1996 he began envisioning a technology company which he ultimately founded as Endres Machining Innovations, LLC (EMI) in 2004 to develop and commercialize innovative processes and tooling technologies. EMI’s industry-leading R&D efforts aim to provide substantial efficiency improvements. EMI’s focus is the machining of difficult-to-machine materials, such as titanium, nickel alloys, stainless steels, compacted-graphite iron (CGI), hardened steel, and abrasive composites, and applications like energy efficient chipping/chopping of cellulosic biomass. In 2013 a manufacturing company was formed for production of their first product line leaving EMI to focus on technology development and commercialization partnerships.