Expertise
complex system design
process development
Dr. A. Ertas, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Transdisciplinary PhD Program on Design, Process, and Systems, received his masters and PhD from Texas A&M University. He had 12 years of industrial experience prior to pursuing graduate studies. Dr. Ertas has been the driving force behind the conception and the development of the transdisciplinary model for education and research. His pioneering efforts in transdisciplinary research and education have been recognized internationally by several awards.
He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS). He is also an honorary member of International Center for Transdisciplinary Research (CIRET), France. Dr. Ertas has earned both national and international reputation in engineering design. Dr. Ertas published four books: A. Ertas and J. C. Jones, The Engineering Design Process, Wiley & Sons, 1st edition 1993 and 2nd edition 1996; A. Ertas, Prevention through Design (PtD): Transdisciplinary Process , (funding for this research was provided by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), 2010; A. Ertas, Engineering Mechanics and Design Applications: Transdisciplinary Engineering Fundamentals, Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, 2011; A. Ertas (editor), Transdisciplinarity: Bridging Natural Science, Social Science, Humanities & Engineering, ATLAS, 2011) and edited more than 35 conference proceedings. He has also organized more than 30 international conferences within ASME, IEEE, SDPS and ATLAS.
Dr. Ertas’ contributions to teaching and research have been recognized by numerous honors and awards. He has published more than 150 scientific papers that cover many engineering technical fields. He has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator on more than 40 funded research projects. Under his supervision more than 170 MS and PhD graduate students have received degrees.
