Engineering Welcomes Speaker from Segway
Engineering Welcomes Speaker from Segway
March 30, 2005
The College of Engineering at Rowan University will present Segway LLC Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Design & Engineering J. Douglas Field as guest speaker for the Henry M. Rowan Speaker Series on Thursday, April 21, at 1:30 p.m. in the Betty Long Lecture Hall in Rowan Hall.
Field will speak on ?Engineering from the Right Side of the Brain,? discussing the disconnect between new product development and long-term growth within companies and shedding light on the importance of cooperation from the R&D stages to product launch.
At Segway, Field leads engineers and designers from all over the world in the conception, development, and delivery of radically new forms of transportation. Field?s team of engineers is responsible for the development of the Segway? Human Transporter (HT) as well as all the research and development of future Segway products.
Field?s career began at Ford Motor Company, where he was a vehicle development engineer and team leader focusing on the development of ride, handling, and noise and vibration characteristics on several car platforms. From there he moved to Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. and was the manager of Process Development, where he led the introduction of advanced manufacturing processes for high-volume medical device production. Field's career of managing and developing new products and manufacturing processes for the automotive and medical industries led him to DEKA Research & Development in 1996. He worked at DEKA for several years leading the prototype design and overall technical leadership for the INDEPENDENCE? IBOT? Mobility System.
Field was a fellow in the dual degree Leaders for Manufacturing Program, a partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Engineering, the MIT Sloan School of Management and major U.S. manufacturing firms, where he earned a masters degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Purdue.
Field?s presentation is part of the ongoing Henry M. Rowan Speaker Series, which is sponsored by the College of Engineering and the Dean?s Advisory Council. Top professionals in their fields are brought to campus to discuss relevant topics of interest to students, engineers and the general public. The presentation is free and open to the public.
For more information on this event, call Kathy Urbano at (856) 256-5309.
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Field will speak on ?Engineering from the Right Side of the Brain,? discussing the disconnect between new product development and long-term growth within companies and shedding light on the importance of cooperation from the R&D stages to product launch.
At Segway, Field leads engineers and designers from all over the world in the conception, development, and delivery of radically new forms of transportation. Field?s team of engineers is responsible for the development of the Segway? Human Transporter (HT) as well as all the research and development of future Segway products.
Field?s career began at Ford Motor Company, where he was a vehicle development engineer and team leader focusing on the development of ride, handling, and noise and vibration characteristics on several car platforms. From there he moved to Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. and was the manager of Process Development, where he led the introduction of advanced manufacturing processes for high-volume medical device production. Field's career of managing and developing new products and manufacturing processes for the automotive and medical industries led him to DEKA Research & Development in 1996. He worked at DEKA for several years leading the prototype design and overall technical leadership for the INDEPENDENCE? IBOT? Mobility System.
Field was a fellow in the dual degree Leaders for Manufacturing Program, a partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Engineering, the MIT Sloan School of Management and major U.S. manufacturing firms, where he earned a masters degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Purdue.
Field?s presentation is part of the ongoing Henry M. Rowan Speaker Series, which is sponsored by the College of Engineering and the Dean?s Advisory Council. Top professionals in their fields are brought to campus to discuss relevant topics of interest to students, engineers and the general public. The presentation is free and open to the public.
For more information on this event, call Kathy Urbano at (856) 256-5309.
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