Summary:

• Professional leader, researcher, and educator with experience of over 15 years in GD&T, CAD, design, manufacturing and sustainability.
• Experienced in the field of additive manufacturing, design rules, ontology, uncertainty, and analytics.
• Supervised projects over $500K while leading and collaborating with national and international researchers.
• Experienced in designing, leading, developing, and testing software applications and modules using C, C++, JAVA, JScript, Python, R, and CAD API's (ACIS).

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Education:

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, December 2006
• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, May 2004
• B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, CG, India, June 2001

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Work Experience:

• Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA May 2016-contd.
• Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, July 2015 - May 2016.
• Adjunct Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, August 2015 - June 2016.
• Assistant Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, Aug 2008 - June 2015.
• Director, Sustainable Product Lifecycle Design Lab (archive), WSU, Pullman, WA, Jan 2009 - May 2014.
• Adjunct Professor, Grenoble-INP, Grenoble, France, May 2014 - June 2016.
• Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA Oct 2007-Aug 2008.
• Post Doctoral Research Associate, Arizona State University, May 2007-Oct 2007
• Technical Research Associate, Arizona State University, Feb 2007-May 2007
• Faculty Assistant, Arizona State University, Dec 2006-Jan 2007

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Research Interests:

• Additive Manufacturing
• Computer-aided design and manufacturing
• GD&T, tolerance analysis and allocation
• Geometric problems in design, manufacturing and inspection
• Product models, informatics and data analytics
• Sustainable design and manufacturing
• Uncertainty quantification and machine learning

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Industry and Applied Research

-Standards Development:-

• Exhaustively worked on development of ASME Y14.46 standard "Product Definition for Additive Manufacturing" as committee member since 2016.
• Collaborated with industry partners for ASME (V&V50) verification and validation for advanced manufacturing (terminology and case study) as contributing member since 2017.
• Worked on drafting guide for design rules work item for ISO/ASTM F42 - since 2016;
• Assisted industry and research partners to identify and formulate gaps in design sub-committee for America Makes - since 2017.

-Industrial Projects:-

• Black and Dekker - Performed full 3D geometric tolerance analysis of swing arm power saw in 2002.
• Intel - Collaborated with designers and manufacturers to innovatively re-design a substrate plate in 2003.
• Honeywell - Conducted tolerance analysis of stator seal from drawings with feature-patterns in 2004.

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National & International Recognition:

• Outstanding Associate Award-2017, Engineering Laboratory, NIST.
• Member of the International Scientific Committee for the CIRP Computer Aided Tolerancing Conference (2011-2018).
• Young Engineer 2011 Award from ASME's Computers and Information in Engineering Division at the 31st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC) in Washington, DC, USA, Aug 28-31, 2011
• Best Paper Award for the paper titled Worst-Case Tolerance Analysis of a Self-Aligning Coupling Assembly using Tolerance-Maps in the 11th CIRP Int'l Seminar on CAT, March 22-23, 2009, Annecy, France.
• CIE Poster Award for the poster 'Srinivasan R., Hu Yang and Ameta G., "Poster:Estimating Selective Disassembly Time using Disassembly Graph based on Connective Complexity Metrics", International Design Engineering Technical Conference-2012/ Computers and Information in Engineering, Chicago, IL, USA, Aug 11 - 14, 2012.'
• News Articles
  • WSU news: Engineering faculty co-leads research center for sustainability
  • WSU news: Project prepares students to lead industry innovation
  • The Daily Evergreen news: Sustainability research center opens doors to India

Additive Manufacturing

• Additively Manufactured Lattice Inspection Challenges
• AM Design Rules using Ontology and Analytics (Led and Procured external funding $140,000)
• Data Analytics: Bayesian Networks in Predicting Part Performance for Laser-Powder Bed Fusion Process
• Laser-Powder Bed Fusion: Scan Path Optimization
• Uncertainty and Ontology for Design Rules in Additive Manufacturing
• Tolerancing Challenges with Additive Manufacturing (Led and procured external funding $116,000)
• Tolerance Evaluation for Additive Manufacturing (Led and advised two students, funding $20,000)

Related Documents (14 items)

Moges T., Ameta G., and Witherell P., "A Review Of Model And Parameter Uncertainties In Additive Manufacturing Models And Simulations", JMSE, In Review.

Ameta G., and Witherell P., "Representation of Graded Materials and Structures to Support Tolerance Specification for Additive Manufacturing Applications", JCISE, In Review.

Ameta G., Fox J., and Witherell P., 2018, "Tolerancing and Verification of Additive Manufactured Lattice with Supplemental Surfaces", Procedia-CIRP, Vol. 75, pp 69-74.

Ameta G., Fox J., and Witherell P., 2018, "Tolerancing and Verification of Additive Manufactured Lattice with Supplemental Surfaces", CIRP International Seminar on Computer Aided Tolerancing, June 11-13th, Milan, IT.

Feng S.C., Witherell P., Ameta G., and Kim D. B., 2017, "Activity Model for Homogenization of Data Sets in Laser-based Powder Bed Fusion", Rapid Prototyping, Vol 23(1).

Ameta G., and Witherell P., "A Novel Transition Region Representation for Additive Manufacturing for Graded Materials, Structures and Tolerances", Proceedings of the ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, ASME/CIE 2017-68390, August 6-9, 2017, Cleveland, OH, USA

Witherell P., Herron J., and Ameta G., 2016, "Towards Annotations and Product Definitions for Additive Manufacturing", Procedia CIRP 43, 339-344.

Witherell P., Herron J., and Ameta G., 2016, "Annotations and Product Definitions for Additive Manufacturing", CIRP Seminar on Computer Aided Tolerancing, 18-19 May, 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Ameta G., Lipman R., Moylan S. and Witherell P., "Investigating the Role of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing in Additive Manufacturing", Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol 137, Issue 11.

Ameta G., "Design issues in Additive Manufacturing", In Additive Manufacturing (eds Bandhypadhyay A. and Bose S.), CRC press.

Feng S. C, Witherell P. W., Ameta G., and Kim D. B.,"Common Requirements for Data Representations in Additive Manufacturing Processes", Proceedings of the ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC) 15, ASME/MSEC 2015-9439, June 8-12, 2015, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Ameta G., Witherell P. W., Moylan S. and Lipman R.,"Tolerance Specification and Related Issues for Additively Manufactured Products", Proceedings of the ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, ASME/CIE 2015-47531, August 2-5, 2015, Boston, MA, USA

Ameta G., Moylan S., Witherell P. W. and Lipman R.,"Challenges in Tolerance Transfer for Additive Manufacturing", ASPE 2015 Spring Topical Meeting, Achieving Precision Tolerances in Additive Manufacturing, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, April 26-29, 2015

Anazi M., "Effects of Arm Positions in a Stereolithography Machine on Geometric Quality of Manfuactured Surface", M.S. Project Report, 2012, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

Godinez, A. and Ameta G., "Poster:Flatness evaluation for a v-flash rapid prototype (rp) machine", Summer REU posters, Washington State University, 2012.

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Sustainability

• Indo-US Joint Center on Design of Sustainable Products, Services and Manufacturing Systems (Partnered with 5 other faculties internationally, external funding $162,000)
• Novel Geometric Metric for Sustainability (Led and advised 3 students, funding $20,000)
• Framework to support Sustainable Design (Led and advised 1 PhD student, funding $20,000)
• Sustainable Selective Disassembly Planning (Led and advised 2 students)
• Carbon Weight Analysis for Sustainable Product Design (External funding $60,000)

Related Documents (47 items)

Hu Y. and Ameta G., "A Charts Based Approach to Estimate Disassembly Time:Hypothesis, Model and Validation", JMSE, accepted.

Huang H. and Ameta G., 2016, "An XML Based Machining Energy Estimation Tool From Process Plans", International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol 29, Issue 1, pp 107-118.

Hu Y., Srinivasan R., Spoll J., and Ameta G., "Graph Based Method and Tool for Complete and Selective Disassembly Time Estimation in Early Design", Journal of Computers and Information Science in Engineering, Vol 15(3), September 2015, 10pp.

Gill A., "Hybrid uncertainty quantification methodology in Product Life-Cycle Assessment", M.S. Thesis, May 2014, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

Huang H. and Ameta G., "A Novel Pattern for Energy Estimation Framework and Tools to Compute Energy Consumption in Product Life Cycle", Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, ASME Transactions, March 2014, 14(1), 12 pages

Huang H. and Ameta G., "Computational energy estimation tools for machining operations during preliminary design", International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, Taylor and Francis, 7(2), pp 130-143

Diaz J., Hu Y. and Ameta G., "Poster:Weighted Graph based metrics for Assembly Time Estimation in Preliminary Design", Summer REU, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2014.

Shankar A., "Novel Geometric Metric for Uncertainty Accumulation in Life Cycle Assessment", M.S. Thesis, Dec 2013, Pullman, WA.

Hu Y., "Automatic Selective Assembly Time Estimation and Assembly Architecture Redesign Suggestions", M.S. Thesis,July 2013, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

Mani M., Johansson B., Lyons K., Sriram R.D. and Ameta G., "Modeling, Simulation and Analysis for Sustainable Product Realization", International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Vol. 18(5), June 2013, pp 1129-1136.

Ameta G., "Establishing the Energy Profile for Geometric Variations of a Planar Surface", Procedia CIRP, Elsevier, Vol. 10, pp 294-298.

Pezeshki C, Panchal J. and Ameta G., "Blueprints for Teaching Ecodesign and Sustainability to University Students - Blueprints for Success", In Handbook of Sustainable Engineering, Editors Wolfgang Wimmer and Joanne Kauffman, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Hu Y. and Ameta G., "LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND ECO-DESIGN OF A WIRELESS TV/VCR REMOTE", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering- International Design Engineering Technical Conference-2013/ Computers and Information in Engineering-12484, Portland, OR, USA, Aug 4-7.

Spoll J., Hu Y. and Ameta G., "Poster: Validating Complete Disassembly and Selective Disassembly Time Estimation ", Summer REU, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2013.

Hu Y. and Ameta G., "Poster: Graph based automatic computation of product disassembly and selective disassembly time from assembly models, CIE Poster session, International Design Engineering and Technical Conference - 2013. Portland, OR, USA, Aug 4-7.

Hu Y. and Ameta G., "Poster: Graph based automatic computation of product disassembly time from assembly models", Wiley Research Exposition, 2013, WSU, Pullman, WA.

Raman A., and Ameta G., "Novel Multi-Dimensional Geometric Metric for Uncertainty in Life-Cycle Assessment", Wiley Research Exposition, 2013, WSU, Pullman, WA.

Huang H., "A CAD-Based Software Framework for Estimating Energy Through a Product Lifecycle", Ph.D. Dissertation, 2012, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

Ameta G., "Towards Establishing the Energy Profile for Geometric Variations of a Planar Surface", 12th CIRP Conference on Computer Aided Tolerancing, University of Huddersfield, 18th - 19th April 2012.

Srinivasan R., Hu Y.. and Ameta G., "Poster:Estimating Selective Disassembly Time using Disassembly Graph based on Connective Complexity Metrics", CIE Poster Award, International Design Engineering Technical Conference-2012/ Computers and Information in Engineering, Chicago, IL, USA, Aug 11 - 14, 2012.

Ameta G., Rachuri S., Fiorentini X., Mani M., Fenves S. J., Lyons K., and Sriram R., "Extending the notion of quality from physical metrology to information and sustainability", Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 22(5), pp737-750, 2011

Srinivasan R., "Sustainability Analysis and Connective Complexity Method for Selective Disassembly Time Prediction", MS Thesis, 2011, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

Hawthorne B. and Ameta G., "LCA Study And Comparison Of Two Multispeed Blenders", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering- International Design Engineering Technical Conference-2011/ Computers and Information in Engineering-48612, Washington DC, USA, Aug 28 - 31.

Srinivasan R. and Ameta G., "Comparison of Life-Cycle Assessment of Two Toasters", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering- International Design Engineering Technical Conference-2011/ Computers and Information in Engineering-48772, Washington DC, USA, Aug 28 - 31.

Zhenghui S. and Ameta G., "Life-Cycle Asssessment of an Electric Rice Cooker: A Case Study", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering- International Mechanical Engineering Congress - 2011 (paper no. 64356), Denver, CO, Nov 13-16.

Ameta G., Panchal J. and Pezeshki C., "A Collective-Learning Approach to Sustainable Design Education", International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 26(2), pp 265-270, 2010.

Ameta G. and Sarkar P., "Comparison of Electronics Products Standards for Sustainability", International Journal of Product Design, 1(1), 2010.

Huang H. and Ameta G., "Towards a Computational Framework for Energy Estimation: Needs, Requirements, and Its Generic Shell", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering-Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference-2010, Montreal, CA, USA, Aug 15 - 18.

Noah G. and Ameta G., "Poster: Towards a Multidimensional Geometric Metric for Sustainability", Summer REU, 2010.

Srinivasan R. and Ameta G., "Poster: Use - phase energy impact of two toasters: towards sustainable selective disassembly planning", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering-Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference -2010, Erie, PA, Oct 12-15.

Mani M., Johansson B. J., Lyons K. W., Sriram R. D., Ameta G., "Modeling, Simulation and Analysis for Sustainable Product Development", NISTIR 7745, Nov 2010, link

Ameta G., Mani M., Rachuri S., Lyons K.W., Feng S.C., and Sriram R.D., "Carbon Weight Analysis for Machining Operation and Allocation for Redesign", International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, Vol 2(4), December 2009.

Huang H. and Ameta G., "Towards a Design Framework for Bi-Level Estimation of Turning Energy for Parts and Assemblies", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering-Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference-2009, West Lafayette, IN, USA, Oct 4 - 7.

Ameta G., Huang H. and Mahesh M., "A Bi-level Framework for Estimating Manufacturing Energy and Carbon Weights of Milled Parts and Assemblies", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering-International Design Engineering Technical Conference-2009/ Computers and Information in Engineering-86805, San Deigo, CA, USA, August 30 - September 29.

Ameta G., "Design for Sustainability - Overview and Trends", The 17th International Conference on Engineering Design, 24th -27th August 2009, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

Ameta G., "Towards a New Geometric Metric for Sustainability Assessment", PerMis Conference, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, September 21st-23rd 2009.

Ameta G., Panchal J. and Pezeshki C., "A Collective-Learning Approach to Sustainable Design Education", Mudd Design Workshop VII, 28th May 2009.

Ameta G., Mani M., Rachuri S., Lyons K. W., Shaw F., Sriram R. D., "Carbon Weight Analysis for Machining Operation and Allocation for Redesign", NISTIR 7560, Dec 2009, link

Mani M., Lyons K.W., Rachuri S., Ameta G., Subrahmanian E., Sriram R.D. and Feng S.C., "Introducing Sustainability early into Manufacturing Process Planning", Paper No- 48517, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Evanston, IL, USA, October 7-10, 2008.

Ameta G., Rachuri S., Fiorentini X., Mani M., Fenves S. J., Lyons K. W., Sriram R. D., "Extending the Notion of Quality from Physical Metrology to Information and Sustainability", NISTIR 7515, July 2008

Ghadge K., Vishwanathan S., Devadula S., Langfitt Q., Chan S. H., Ratnakar G. K., Ameta G., Gupta A., Rachuri S., & Chakrabarti A. (2017, January). Application of InDeaTe Design Tool for Designing Sustainable Manufacturing Systems-Case Study of a Micro-hydel Turbine. In International Conference on Research into Design (pp. 313-323). Springer, Singapore.

Acharya S., Ghadge K., Langfitt Q. M., Pezeshki C., Ameta G., Rachuri, S., & Chakrabarti A. (2017, January). Supporting sustainable product design: a case study with InDeaTe tool and template at Washington State University, Pullman, WA. In International Conference on Research into Design (pp. 209-224). Springer, Singapore.

Devadula S., Ghadge K., Vishwanathan S., Chan S. H., Langfitt Q., Dornfeld, D., Gupta A., Rachuri S., Ameta G., & Chakrabarti A. (2017, January). Supporting Social Innovation: Application of InDeate Tool for Sustainable Service Design-Case Study of Community Workshops. In International Conference on Research into Design (pp. 139-151). Springer, Singapore.

Ghadge K., Vishwanathan S., Devadula S., Langfitt Q., Chan S. H., Patel, A., Ameta G., Gupta A., Rachuri S., & Chakrabarti A. (2017, January). Application of InDeaTe Design Tool for Designing Sustainable Products-Case Study of a Natural Water Cooler. In International Conference on Research into Design (pp. 291-300). Springer, Singapore.

Uchil P., Ghadge K., Acharya S., Bhinge, R., Robinson S., Dornfeld D., Rachuri S., Ameta G., & Chakrabarti A. (2017, January). Supporting manufacturing system design: a case study on application of InDeaTe design tool for a smart manufacturing system design. In International Conference on Research into Design (pp. 325-335). Springer, Singapore.

Acharya S., Ghadge K., Uchil P., Flynn, C. D., Johnson A. J., Squier M. N., Yang Y., Yang X., Davidson C., Ameta G., Rachuri S., & Chakrabarti A. (2017, January). Supporting sustainable service-system design: a case study on green-roof design with InDeaTe template and tool at syracuse, New York. In International Conference on Research into Design (pp. 19-33). Springer, Singapore.

Chakrabarti A., Acharya S., Ranjan B. S. C., Devadula S., Ghadge K., Madhusudanan N., Uchil P., Vishwanathan S., Ameta G., & Rachuri S. (2017, January). InDeaTe-A Computer-Based Platform with a Systematic Design Template and a Database of Methods and Tools. In International Conference on Research into Design (pp. 277-289). Springer, Singapore.

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Tolerance Analysis

• Geometric Tolerance Characterization from Machining Parameters
• Mathematical Modeling of Tolerances
• Statistical Tolerance Analysis

Related Documents (33 items)

Ameta G., Singh G., Davidson J.K., and Shah J.J., 2018, "Tolerance-Maps to Model Composite Positional Tolerancing for Patterns of Features", Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol 18(3), 031003.

Ameta G., Davidson J.K., and Shah J.J., 2018, "Statistical Tolerance Analysis with T-Maps for Assemblies", Procedia-CIRP, Vol 75, pp 220-225.

Ameta G., Davidson J.K., and Shah J.J., 2018, "Statistical Tolerance Analysis with T-Maps for Assemblies", CIRP International Seminar on Computer Aided Tolerancing, June 11-13th, Milan, IT.

Ameta G., Singh G., Davidson J.K., and Shah J.J., 2017, "Application of T-Maps for Composite Position Tolerance for Patterns of Features", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering- International Design Engineering Technical Conference-2017/ Computers and Information in Engineering- 68391, Cleveland, OH, USA, Aug 6 - 10.

Singh G., Ameta G., Davidson J.K., and Shah J.J., "Tolerance Analysis of a Self-Aligning Coupling Assembly using Tolerance-Maps in Design", Vol 135(3), Journal of Mechanical Design, March 2013, 14pp.

Ameta G., Samper S. and Giordano M., "Comparison of Spatial Math Models for Tolerance Analysis: Tolerance-Maps, Deviation Domain, and TTRS", Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 11(2), 021004, 8pp, 2011.

Ameta G., Davidson J.K., and Shah J.J., "Effects of Size, Orientation, and Form Tolerances on the Frequency Distributions of clearance between two planar faces", Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 11(1), 011002, 10pp, 2011

Ameta G., Davidson J.K., and Shah J.J., "Influence of form on Tolerance-Map-generated frequency distributions for 1-D clearance in design", Journal of Precision Engineering. Vol 34, pp 22-27, 2010.

Ameta G., Davidson J.K., and Shah J.J., "Statistical Tolerance Allocation for Tab-Slot Assemblies using Tolerance-Maps", Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol 10(1), 2010.

Ameta G., "Recent Patents on Mechanical Tolerancing", Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering, Vol 2(1), pp 55-60, January 2009.

Ameta G., and Hoffmann P., "Ontological Model of Tolerances for Interoperability in Product Life Cycle", Proc., 11th CIRP Int'l Seminar on CAT, March 22-23, 2009, Annecy, France.

Singh G., Ameta G., Davidson J.K. and Shah J.J., "Worst-Case Tolerance Analysis of a Self-Aligning Coupling Assembly using Tolerance-Maps", (Best Paper Award) Proc., 11th CIRP Int'l Seminar on CAT, March 22-23, 2009, Annecy, France.

Ameta G., Davidson J.K., and Shah J.J., "Using Tolerance-Maps to Generate Frequency Distributions of Clearance and Allocate Tolerances for Pin-Hole Assemblies", ASME Transaction, Journal of Computing and Information Science and Engineering, Vol 7(4), pp 347-359, December 2007.

Ameta G., Davidson J. K., Shah J. J., "Tolerance-Maps Applied to A Point-Line Cluster of Features", ASME Transaction, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol 129(8), August, 2007, pp781-792.

Shah J.J., Ameta G., Shen Z., and Davidson J.K., "Navigating the Tolerance Analysis Maze", Computer Aided Design and Applications, Vol 4(5), pp 705-718, 2007.

Bhide, S., Ameta, G., Davidson, J.K., and Shah, J.J. "Tolerance-Maps Applied to the Straightness and Orientation of an Axis", In Models for Computer-Aided Tolerancing in Design and Manufacturing, (Proc., 9th CIRP Int'l Seminar on CAT, April 10-12, 2005, Tempe, AZ, USA), pp. 45-54, 2007, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Jian A. D., Ameta G., Davidson J. K., Shah J. J., "Tolerance Analysis and Allocation using Tolerance-Maps for a Power Saw Assembly", In Models for Computer-Aided Tolerancing in Design and Manufacturing, (Proc., 9th CIRP Int'l Seminar on CAT, April 10-12, 2005, Tempe, AZ, USA), pp. 45-54, 2007, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Ameta G., Davidson J. K., Shah J. J., "Using Tolerance-Maps to Generate Frequency Distributions of Clearance for Tab-Slot Assemblies", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering-International Design Engineering Technical Conference-2007/ Computers and Information in Engineering-35162, Las Vegas, NV, USA, September 4-7.

Ameta G., Davidson J. K., Shah J. J., "Influence of Form on Frequency Distributions for 1-D Clearance Which is generated from Tolerance-Maps". 10th CIRP conference on Computer Aided Tolerancing, March 21-23, Erlangen, Germany, 2007.

Ameta G., "Statistical tolerance analysis and allocation for assemblies using tolerance-maps", Ph.D. Dissertation, 2006, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Ameta G., Davidson J. K., Shah J. J., "Using Tolerance-Maps to generate Frequency Distributions of Clearance for Pin-Hole Assemblies", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering-International Design Engineering Technical Conference-2006/Computers and Information in Engineering-99585, Philadelphia, PA, USA, September 10-13.

Ameta G., Davidson J. K., and Shah J.J., "Poster:Mathematical Model to Formalize Tolerance Specifications and Enable Full 3D Tolerance Analysis", NSF-DMII Grantees Conference, St. Louis, MO, 2006.

Shen Z., Ameta G., Shah J. J. and Davidson J. K., "A Comparative Study of Tolerance Analysis Methods", Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 5(3), September 2005, pp247-256.

Ameta G., Davidson J. K., Shah J. J., "Allocating Tolerance Statistically with Tolerance-Maps and Beta Distributions: The Target A Planar Face", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering-International Design Engineering Technical Conference-2005/Design Automation Conference-85122, Long Beach, California, USA, September 24-28

Ameta G., Davidson J. K., Shah J. J., "Tolerance-Maps Applied to A Point-Line Cluster of Features", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering-International Design Engineering Technical Conference-2005/Design Automation Conference-85115, Long Beach, California, USA, September 24-28.

Bhide, S., Ameta, G., Davidson, J.K., and Shah, J.J. "Tolerance-Maps Applied to the Straightness and Orientation of an Axis", Proc., 9th CIRP Int'l Seminar on CAT, April 10-12, 2005, Tempe, AZ, USA

Jian A. D., Ameta G., Davidson J. K., Shah J. J., "Tolerance Analysis and Allocation using Tolerance-Maps for a Power Saw Assembly", Proc., 9th CIRP Int'l Seminar on CAT, April 10-12, 2005, Tempe, AZ, USA

Shen Z., Ameta G., Davidson J. K., and Shah J.J., "Poster:Mathematical Model to Formalize Tolerance Specifications and Enable Full 3D Tolerance Analysis", NSF-DMII Grantees Conference, Scottsdalte, AZ, 2005.

Ameta G., "Tolerance-Maps applied to angled faces and two clusters of features", MS Thesis, 2004, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Ameta G., Davidson J. K., Shah J. J., "The Effects of Different Specifications on the Tolerance-Maps For An Angled Face", Proceedings of ASME 2004, Design Automation Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, September 28-October 2, Paper No. 57199

Shen Z., Ameta G., Davidson J. K., Shah J. J., "A Comparative Study of Tolerance Analysis Methods" Proceedings of ASME 2004, 24th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, September 28-October 2.

Shen Z., Ameta G., Davidson J. K., and Shah J.J., "Poster:Mathematical Model to Formalize Tolerance Specifications and Enable Full 3D Tolerance Analysis", NSF-DMII Grantees Conference, Dallas, TX, 2004.

Ameta G. and Davidson J.K., "An Executive Summary on the Master of Science Thesis of Mr. Wen(Antonio) Jian titled 'The Tolerance-Map® and its application to one stack up in a power saw'", July 2002.

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DfM/Feature Recognition

• Geometric Selection for Interactive Feature Parameter Definition
• Case Study for DFM and Feature Recognition testbed at ASU

Related Documents (4 items)

Hoffman P., Feng S.C., Ameta G., Ghodous P., and Qiao L., "Towards a Multi-View Semantic Model for Product Feature Description", In Collaborative Product and Service Life Cycle Management for a Sustainable World, Advanced Concurrent Engineering, (Proc., 15th ISPE Int'l Conference on Concurrent Engineering, Belfast, Ireland, August 18-22, 2008), pp. 205-213, 2008, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Hoffman P., Feng S.C., Ameta G., Ghodous P., and Qiao L., "Towards a Multi-View Semantic Model for Product Feature Description", Proc., 15th ISPE Int'l Conference on Concurrent Engineering, Belfast, Ireland, August 18-22, 2008.

Ameta G., "Tutorial for DFM with Legacy Systems Reengineering", Design Automation Laboratory Report, 2007.

Ameta G., "Finite Element and Kinematic Analysis of Legacy Systems Assembly", Design Automation Laboratory Report, 2007.

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Composites PLM

• State of the art and current industry practices for modeling and exchange of composites information in PLM (Procured external funding $31,000)

Related Documents (1 item)

Ameta G., Brown C., Lubell J. and Lipman R., "A Survey of Standards for the Lifecycle Management of Composite Structural Products", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineering- International Design Engineering Technical Conference-2013/ Computers and Information in Engineering-12655, Portland, OR, USA, Aug 4 - 7.

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Courses Taught:

Grenoble Institute of Technology (INP), France
Graduate
• *Sustainability Assessment in Engineering Design, Summer 2014 and 2015

Indian Institute of Technology, India
Graduate
• *ME 672 - Geometric Modelling and CAD, Spring 2016
Undergraduate
• ME 111 - Systems Exploration (Drawing), Fall 2015
• ME 324 - Industrial Engineering, Spring 2016

Washington State University, USA
Graduate
• *ME 502 - Sustainability Assessment for Engineering Design, Fall 2012
• ME 574 - Foundations of CAD, Spring 2012
• *ME 579 - Special topics, Life Cycle Assessment, Fall 2010
Undergraduate
• ME 316 - Systems Design, [Fall 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 and Spring 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014].
• ME 310 - Manufacturing Processes, [Fall 2009, 2010, Spring 2010, 2011, 2014 and Summer 2010, 2011]
• ME 473 - Advanced CAD and Geometric Modeling, [Spring 2010 and 2013]
• ME 212 - Dynamics, [Summer 2013]

Arizona State University, USA
Undergraduate
• MAE 216 - Computer Aided Design, [Winter -2006-2007]

* New courses developed

Graduate Students Advised as Committee Chair

• He Huang, Ph.D, Graduated Spring 2012
Dissertation Title "A CAD-Based Framework for Energy Efficient Product Life-Cycle".
• Amaninder Gill, M.S., Graduation Spring 2014
Thesis Title "Hybrid uncertainty quantification methodology in Product Life-Cycle Assessment"
• Arvind Shankar, M.S., Graduated Fall 2013
Thesis Title "Statistical uncertainty accumulation in Product Life-Cycle Assessment"
• Yang Hu, M.S., Graduated Summer 2013
Thesis Title "Investigation of Sustainable Selective Disassembly Planning and Product Architecture Redesign Methodology"
• Raghunathan Srinivasan, M.S, Graduated Fall 2011
Thesis Title "Sustainability Analysis And Connective Complexity Method For Selective Disassembly Time Prediction"
• Martin Baker, M.S. (Non-Thesis), Graduated Spring 2013
Project Title, "Towards Non-Rocket Space Launch Systems: Emergent Structure and Properties of a Lighter-than-Air Distributed System"
• Mohammed Anazi, M.S. (Non-Thesis), Graduated Spring 2012
Project Title "Effects of Arm Position in a Stereolithography Machine on Geometric Quality of Manufactured Surface"

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Graduate Students Advised as Committee Member

• Annie Chawla, MS Thesis 2014, "Compressor Assisted Air -Cooled Single Effect Absorption Chiller".
• Ryan Faulkner, MS Project 2013, "Development of Single Screw Extruder Based Fused Deposition Modeling Machine"
• Bryant Hawthorne, MS Thesis 2012, "Towards Feed-In-Tariff Policy Design Considering Multiple Objectives and Incomplete Preferences"
• Sindhuja Jujhavarapu, MS Project 2012, "Interoperability Issues in CAD Systems"
• Mayur Tailor, MS Thesis 2011, "Influence Of Surface Roughness On SS410, Cu And AZ31b, And Laser Processed SiC Coating On SS410 Towards Physical And Thermal Properties"
• Trung Chi Nguyen, MS Project 2011, "Case-studies in use of DFM Pro with Solidworks and Pro-E"
• Yiwen Liu, MS Thesis 2011, "Evaluating the Technical, Economic, And Environmental Impact Of The Level Of Decentralization In Energy Investment Decisions"

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Undergraduate Research Advised

• Juan Diaz, Summer 2014, "Weighted Graph based metrics for Assembly Time Estimation in Preliminary Design".
• Jessica Spoll, Summer 2013, "Validating Complete Disassembly and Selective Disassembly Time Estimation".
• Abdon Godinez, Summer 2012, "Characterizing flatness of surfaces in a V-Flash machine based on the location and orientation of the surfaces".
• Noah Granieri, Summer 2010, "Towards a Multidimensional Geometric Metric for Sustainability".

Invited/Guest Presentations

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Webinar
  • Co-presented Webinar: Overview of Y14.46 - Product Definition for Additive Manufacturing - Jan 2018
• Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
  • Tampere Special Lecture: Tolerancing Specification Issues with Additive Manufacturing - Oct 2017
• National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
  • Engineering Lab Seminar: Tolerancing Issues with Additive Manufacturing - Dec 2014
  • Engineering Lab Seminar: Tolerance Analysis - July 2012
  • Seminar: Composite Modeling and Standards Landscape - Aug 2012
  • MSID Seminar: Tolerance Modeling with T-Maps - Feb 2008
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
  • Graduate Seminar: Recent Advaces in Sustainable Design - March 2012
• Washington State University, Pullman, WA
  • Carbon Weight Tolerancing Methodology - Nov 2008
  • Sustainable design in Mechanical Engineering - March 2009
• Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• Statistical Tolerance Analysis - Fall 2006

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Professional Service

National and International Standards Organizations

• Committee member
  • ASME - Y14.46 Product definition for additive manufacturing - since 2016; contributing member since 2014
  • ASME - Y14.48 Universal Direction and Load Indicators
  • ASME - V&V50 Verification and Validation of computational modeling for advanced manufacturing - since 2017; contributing member since 2016
• Contributing member, ISO/ASTM F42 contributing member since 2016

Indian Institute of Technology - Jodhpur

• Chairman, Industry Immersion Program - 2015 to 2016
• Volunteer, Outcome based technical education, 2015-2016
• Chair Doctoral Admission Committee, Dec 2015

Washington State University

• Member, Graduate studies committee, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering - 2009 to 2014.
• Member Safety Committee, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering - 2009 to 2011.
• Major Advisor, Undergraduate Student Advising (30-50 students per semester) - 2009 to 2014
• NSF REU Faculty Mentor to summer (NSF site) REU students - 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
• Judge,
  • Spirit of Innovation Awards, Conrad Foundation, 2011.
  • Imagine Tomorrow Competition 2009 and 2010.
  • Wiley Research Symposium - Washington State University, 2008 and 2009.
• Product Design Advisor for
  • Design and prototype of a 3D printer/scanner - collaboration with ME 401 Mechatronics course, Washington State University.
  • Design and prototype of a 3-D printed quadrotor that can land on water - collaboration with ME 401 Mechantronics course, Washington State University.
  • Design of a Portable Drip Irrigation and Harvesting mechanism/system for potatoes - collaboration with Skagit County Extension, Washington State University.
  • Design of a Wind Resistant High Tunnel Hoop Crop Production system - collaboration with Mount Vernon, North West Research and Extension Center, Washington State University.
  • Sustainability analysis and design of Wood High Rise - collaboration with Institute of Sustainable Design, Washington State University.
  • Designing a sustainable mobile kitchen for food packaging/processing - collaboration with Pierce County Research and Extension Center, Washington State University.
  • Designing a Sustainable Green Roof system - collaboration with Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Washington State University
  • Environmental Cleanup with Sustainable ROV - collaboration with 4H Youth Club, Skagit County Extension, Washington State University.
  • Design of a Baja RC CAR Test Stand - collaboration with ASME RC Baja Club, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, WSU, Pullman, WA
  • Design of UAV thrust testing stand - collaboration with HYPER Lab, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, WSU, Pullman, WA
  • Design of UAV autopilot test stand - collaboration with HYPER Lab, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, WSU, Pullman, WA
  • Design of a Tumor Morcellator for horses - collaboration with Equestrian Surgery Team, School of Veterinary Medicine, WSU, Pullman, WA
• Software Design Advisor for
  • Developing Kinect UI based CAD tool utilizing natural human gestures in collaboration with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) Capstone Design course at Washington State University.
  • Assisted in the development of "What-if" Sustainability app for Facebook in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA and Capstone Design Team from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
• School workshop organizer, Engineering 101 a Cougar Quest Summer 2012 Workshop to expose participating high school students to Microsoft's Kinect based CAD system developed at WSU.

Arizona State University

• Student Mentor,
  • Engineering and Applied Sciences Graduate Student Association, New Student Mentor Program, Fall 2004- Spring 2005.
  • Fulton Undergraduate Research and Initiative, Spring 2005 and 2006.
• Judge, Senior Design Projects, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Arizona State University Fall 2005.
• Student volunteer,
  • At the 3rd Symposium on Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences 2005, Arizona State University.
  • At the 9th CIRP International seminar on Computer Aided Tolerancing (CAT), April 11-12, 2005, Tempe, AZ.
  • At the 2005 National Science Foundation (NSF) - Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation (DMII) Grantees Workshop, January 3-6, 2005, Scottsdale, AZ.
  • At the National Science Foundation (NSF) - Engineering Design Retreat/Strategic Planning Workshop (ED-2030), March 26-29, 2004, Phoenix, AZ.
  • At the Army Research Office Workshop on Legacy Systems Engineering and Virtual Parts Engineering Research Center Review, June 5-6, 2003, Tempe, AZ.

Professional Societies

• Past - Chair of CAPPD (Computer Aided Product and Process Development) committee - Computers and Information in Engineering subdivision of ASME, 2014-2015.
• Chair of CAPPD (Computer Aided Product and Process Development) committee - Computers and Information in Engineering subdivision of ASME, 2013-2014.
• Co-Chair of CAPPD (Computer Aided Product and Process Development) committee - Computers and Information in Engineering subdivision of ASME, 2012-2013.
• Secretary of CAPPD (Computer Aided Product and Process Development) committee - Computers and Information in Engineering subdivision of ASME, 2011-2012.
• Poster Session Organizer for Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, ASME IDETC-2012 in Chicago, IL, USA.
• Symposium Organizer, Tools and Metrics for Sustainable Manufacturing, in Computers and Information in Engineering Conference at ASME IDETC-2013 in Portland, OR, USA; ASME IDETC-2012 in Chicago, IL, USA; ASME IDETC-2011 in Washington DC, USA; ASME IDETC-2010 in Montreal, Quebec, CA; ASME IDETC-2009 in San Diego, USA.
• Review Coordinator, Computer Aided Product Development section in Computers and Information in Engineering Conference at ASME IDETC-2017 in Cleveland, OH; at ASME IDETC-2016 in Charlotte, NC; in ASME IDETC-2015 in Boston, MA; ASME IDETC-2014 in Buffalo, NY; ASME IDETC-2013 in Portland, OR; ASME IDETC-2011 in Washington DC, USA; ASME IDETC-2010 in Montreal, CA; ASME IDETC-2009 in San Diego, USA; ASME IDETC-2008 in New York, USA.
• Session Chair, Computers in Information and Engineering sub-section of Computer Aided Product Development section in Computers and Information in Engineering Conference at ASME IDETC/CIE conferences in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
• Session Chair, Design Automation and Applications sub-section of Computer Aided Product Development section in Computers and Information in Engineering Conference at ASME IDETC/CIE-2008 in New York, USA.

Reviewer

• Reviewed 100+ scientific papers for leading journals in Design, CAD, Manufacturing, Sustainability, etc.
• Reviewed 200+ scientific papers for leading conferences in Design, Tolerancing, Manufacturing and Engineering.
• Reviewed several grant proposals for leading US and Canadian funding agencies

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