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UConn ASME
Section Advisor
Dr. Zbigniew M. Bzymek
*Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
*Director of Computer-Aided Design, Computer-Aided
Modeling and Expert Systems Laboratory
Dr. Zbigniew M. Bzymek has over 30 years design and
teaching experience. He joined the University of
Connecticut in 1981. He received his PhD from Warsaw
University of Technology in 1968, M.S. degree in
Structural Engineering from the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor in 1961, and M.S. in Bridge Design from Warsaw
University of Technology in 1959. His doctoral work was
on dynamic analysis of bridges. His master thesis was on
design and analysis of bridges composed of beams
supported by arches or suspended on cables. He is a
recipient of several design awards in bridge and
mechanism design contests. Together with the teams of
his students, he received Second National
ASME Award for Mechanism Design (1988) and Goss and
DeLeeuw for Outstanding Achievement in Conceptual Design
of the Modified 1-2-3 Rotary Transfer Machine (1998).
During his tenure at the University of Connecticut, Dr.
Zbigniew M. Bzymek has taught a wide range of courses
including:
*Introduction to Engineering Design
*Elements of Machine Design
*Computer-Aided Design Modeling and Graphics
*Computer-Graphics for Design (Graduate)
*Independent Study in Design
*Artificial Intelligence for Design (Graduate)
*Principles of Engineering Design (Graduate)
*Product and Processes (MEM course)
*Senior Design Project (ME)
*Senior Design Project (MEM)
Dr. Bzymek has served as the ASME Faculty Advisor from
1997 - present. During his tenure as an ASME advisor,
the section established a traditional Pratt & Whitney
Lecture and Dinner, created a Graduate Student Interest
Group and promoted many interesting trips and
competitions. The membership of the section increased
from about 60 to over
100 members.
In addition to his academic duties, Dr. Bzymek serves as
a consultant to industry and as an expert on industrial
matters to the Federal Court. His consulting includes
opinions in patent applications and machine design and
operation. Dr. Bzymek is an author and co-author of five
books, over 120 articles and conference papers,
industrial reports and
published reviews of books. Dr. Bzymek is a Computer
Graphics Pioneer, an ACM SIGGRAPH member and a member of
several honor societies.
He is listed in Lexinton Who's Who Registry, Marqui's
Who's Who in Computer Graphics and Who's Who in Polish
America. He is a member of the New York Academy of
Science.
For more information about Dr. Bzymek's academic work
please visit his Home Page at
www.engr.uconn.edu/~zbig.
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