Marvin F. DeVries Professor Emeritus I am on campus only on Monday afternoons (Noon - 9 PM) during Fall Semesters. Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Courses Education Fields of Interest Awards & Honors Summary

Contact Information

2274 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572

Tel: 608/262-2557 E-mail: devries@engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Mechanical Engineering

Courses

• ME 429: Metal Cutting

Education

• BS, 1960, Calvin College
• BSME, 1960, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
• MSME, 1961, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
• PhD, 1966, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Fields of Interest

• metal-cutting processes
• computer-integrated manufacturing
• manufacturing systems

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

• National Science Foundation Summer Fellowship for Graduate Teaching Assistants, 1966
• Ralph R. Teetor Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1967
• Fulbright Senior Lecturer, England, 1979
• Fulbright Inter-country Lecturer, Belgium and Israel, 1980
• Space Shuttle Technology Award, NASA and Rockwell International, 1984
• Distinguished Achievement Award, Los Angeles Council of Engineers & Scientists, 1985
• International Technology Communications Award, California Engrg Foundation, 1985
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1986
• Life Fellow, The Institution of Production Engineers, UK, 1986
• Life Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1987
• Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1987
• Olin Simpson Award of Merit, Society of Manufacturing Engineers-Region VI, 1987
• University LEAD Award, CASA/SME, (LEAD = Leadership and Excellence in the Application and Development of a university level CIM education program.), 1988
• "Center of Excellence" designation for the MSE program, UW System, 1988
• Education Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1998
• Distinguished Service Award, Machine Tool Technologies Research Foundation, 2006

Summary

Professor DeVries retired from the mechanical engineering department in 2005. His teaching and research work had focused on material removal processes and computer-aided manufacturing.

DeVries is the former director (1983-92) of the college's Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program. This master of science degree program received the 1988 University LEAD award from the Computer and Automated Systems Association of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. The program has also received recognition as a University of Wisconsin Center of Excellence.

DeVries, a registered professional engineer and a certified manufacturing engineer, also does consulting in the fields of manufacturing processes and manufacturing systems engineering. He has served as president and director of the Society for Manufacturing Engineers. He was the 1999/2000 President of The International Academy of Production Engineering (CIRP), and is a Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a Fellow of the Institute of Production Engineers, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and an Honorary Fellow of CIRP. From 1987-90 he worked at the NSF as senior program director for manufacturing processes and equipment. From 1991-95 he served as the chair of the mechanical engineering department.

Since Professor DeVries has retired, he is no longer accepting new graduate students or other research staff.

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