Faculty Directory
David C. Brown
Professor
Office: Fuller Laboratories, 131
Phone: +1-508-831-5618
Fax: +1-508-831-5776
dcb@wpi.edu
Related Information
Educational Background
- B.S., North Staffordshire Polytechnic - England, 1970
- M.S., University of Kent - England, 1975
- M.S., Ohio State University - Columbus, 1977
- Ph.D., Ohio State University - Columbus, 1984
Research & Teaching Interests
Artificial intelligence in design; computational models of design; manufacturing applications of artificial intelligence; knowledge-based systems; artificial intelligence; intelligent interfaces; human-computer interaction.
IQP Advising Interests
Occupational safety and health; computers & education
Honors & Awards
- 1975 - 1979 T. E. French Fellowship, Dept. of Engineering Graphics, The Ohio State University.
- 1970 Best Student Apprentice, The Marconi Co. Ltd.
- 1992 Elected to IFIP Working Group 5.2.
- 1997 WPI Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Scholarship.
- 2001 Best paper award, International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces.
Years of Service at WPI
- Jan 1980 - Assistant Professor.
- Sept 1982 - Leave of absence.
- Jan 1985 - Assistant Professor (Rehire).
- Feb 1987 - Associate Professor.
- Feb 1988 - Tenured.
- Feb 1991 - Full Professor of Computer Science.
- Oct 1999 - Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Collaborative Appointment)
Professional Experience & Activities
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1968 - 1969: Marconi Co. Ltd., England. Systems Analyst, Programmer
Technical Analyst. -
1972 - 1974: Marconi Space & Defence Systems Co. Ltd., England.
Senior Systems Engineer (Software) -
Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Ohio State University.
1982 - 1984: RA, Artificial Intelligence Group.
1974, 1982: TA, Computer Programming courses. - Consultant on ARPA grant 8673, "Utilizing Functional Reasoning as a basis for Composite Material Modeling and Composite Material Fabrication", Michigan State University, PIs: Jon Sticklen (CS), Martin Hawley (Materials), 1993-95.
- Editor in Chief, "Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design Analysis, and Manufacturing", (AI EDAM), Journal, Cambridge University Press.
- Advisory Editor, "Research in Engineering Design", Journal, Springer.
- Member of Editorial Review Board, "Concurrent Engineering: Research & Applications", Journal, International Society for Productivity Enhancement.
- Associate Editor for AI, "International Journal of Design Computing", (a fully electronic multimedia journal), University of Sydney, M.L. Maher (Ed.)
Professional Societies/Memberships
- Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society.
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.
- Sigma Mu Epsilon, Manufacturing Engineering Honor Society.
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon, The International Honor Society for the Computing Sciences.
- Association for Computing Machinery.
- IEEE Computer Society.
- American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
