Philip Rufe
Professor
Engineering Management
Eastern Michigan University
United States of America
Biography
I have been a Manufacturing faculty member at Eastern Michigan University since 1990. I hold degrees in education, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering. I have taught courses in manufacturing processes, industrial operations, drafting, statics and strength of materials, analysis of manufacturing processes and design for manufacture and assembly. I have taught industrial seminars in design for manufacture and assembly, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and dimensional metrology. I have also taught both the Fundamentals of Manufacturing Review course and the Manufacturing Review course for SME at various locations across the country.
Research Interest
Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Processes, Design for Manufacture and Assembly, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing,Patents.
Publications
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Rufe, Philip 1998. Fatigue Fundamentals and Review of Critical Literature. Journal of School of Engineering Technology, 14 (3).
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Rufe, Philip. 1998 Certified Manufacturing Technologist Practice Exam Solution Manual. Dearborn, MI: Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
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Rufe, Philip. ed. 2002. Fundamentals of Manufacturing, 2nd ed. Dearborn, MI: Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
