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Department of Computer Science

Cecil Resume

Curriculum Vita

J. Cecil, Ph.D.

Professor and Co-Director, Center for Cyber-Physical Systems

Department of Computer Science, Oklahoma State University (OSU)

Website

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AREAS OF INTEREST

My research and teaching interests are in the investigation of next generation Information Centric Engineering (ICE) issues across various process domains (robotics, healthcare, space systems and cyber-learning). These include:

  • Design of Next Generation IoT / Cyber-Physical frameworks for robotic assembly
    • Investigation of agile assembly of micro devices involving robotic work cells and distributed cyber-physical resources.
    • Modeling of van der Waals forces and adhesive forces coming into play during micro assembly
    • Investigation of the roles of Extended Reality (VR/MR) environments as links between cyber and physical worlds
    • Methods to support design of 3D immersive digital twins within cyber-physical frameworks
    • Semantic frameworks to support cyber-physical interactions
  • Exploring HCC/HCI based VR/MR based approaches to support:

(a)  training of astronauts to work in cobot based contexts for the Moon Mission

(b) training of surgeons/residents and nurses in surgery and health care

  • Design of cyber-physical environments to support STEM+C Learning for autistic, K-12 and engineering students
  • Information Modeling methods and languages to facilitate collaboration and model driven cyber-physical activities
    • Representations of Information-rich process abstractions to design life cycle of cyber-physical collaboration in various domains

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering.  Texas A&M University, College Station, 1995.

M.S., Industrial Engineering.  State University of New York, Binghamton, 1990.

Eng., Mechanical Engineering. College of Engineering Guindy (CEG), Anna University, Madras (Chennai), India, 1988.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

07/18 – Present

Professor and Co-Director Center for Cyber Physical Systems, Oklahoma State University, Computer Science Department, Stillwater. OK

07/16 – 7/18

Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University, Computer Science Department, Stillwater. OK

1/09 – 6/16

Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University, Industrial Engineering Department, Stillwater. OK

7/05 – 12/08

Associate Professor, New Mexico State University (NMSU), Industrial Engineering Department, Las Cruces, NM

1/01 – 6/05

Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University, Industrial Engineering Department, Las Cruces, NM.

11/98 -  12/00

Assistant Professor, Utah State University (USU), Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, Logan, UT.

11/96 - 10/98

Research Associate, Center for Simulation Based Design & Gulf

Coast Maritime Technology Center, University of New Orleans, Orange, TX. 

5/95  - 10/96

Research Scientist and West Zone Education Activities Manager,

Electronic Commerce Resource Center (ECRC), operated by

Knowledge Based Systems, Inc, College Station (until 11 / 95) and

Lamar University (until 10 / 96).

 

GRANTS AND Publications Summary

Total Refereed Journal and Refereed Conference Publications: 157

Refereed Journal Papers: 51

Refereed Conference Papers: 106

Books edited, Guest Editor: 5

 

CURRENT AND PAST GRANTS (at Oklahoma State University)

  1. John A. Tetnowski (PI), Cecil (Co PI), The Use of Virtual Reality Simulations to Promote Carry-Over in Older Children and Adolescents Who Stutter, National Stuttering Association, $25,000, Jan 1 2023 – 2025.
  2. Cecil, J., PI, Investigation of an HCC based Mixed Reality approach to support training of medical residents in microsurgery, Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST), $112, 823, Dec 1 2021- Nov 30 2024
  3. Cecil, J., PI, IRES: Track 1: International Research Experiences in Design of Next Generation VR Simulation based Training Approaches for Orthopedic Surgery, NSF OISE, $300,759, Jan 1 2022 – Dec 30 2025.
  4. Cecil, J., PI, REU Site: Research Experiences in Information Centric Engineering for Emerging Process Domains, NSF, $430,835, May 2021- July 2025.
  5. Cecil, J., PI, RAPID: A Virtual Reality simulator to train first responders involved in health care efforts related to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, NSF CISE, $103,339, May 15 2020 – Aug 30 2023
  6. Cecil, J., PI, Investigation of a Next Generation Application Tool for Cyber Manufacturing, NSF Cyber Manufacturing Program, CMMI, $202,519, Sep 2017 – Feb 2021.
  7. Cecil, J., PI, Mayfield (Co-PI), EAGER: CYMAN: A Cyber Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship initiative for Global Manufacturing, NSF Cyber Manufacturing Program, CMMI, $295,502 (9/1/2015 – 8/30/2020 (Note: $ 99,886 allocated to Dr. Mayfield)
  8. Cecil, J., PI, REU Site: Research Experiences in Information Centric Engineering, $360,000, NSF REU (8/15/2014 – 6/15/2020).
  9. Cecil, J., PI, EAGER: US IGNITE: A gigabit Network and Cyber-Physical framework for Advanced Manufacturing, $291,170, NSF Computer and Networking Systems (10/1/2014 – 10/1/2020)
  10. Cecil, J., (PI,) Kennison, S., (Co-PI), Krishnamurthy, R. (Co-PI), Thomas, J. (Co-PI), Crick, C. (Co-PI), Next Generation User Interfaces for Gateway Autonomous Operations, NASA eXploration Systems and Habitation (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge, Advanced Exploration Systems (AES), $29,986, Aug 1 2019 – May 30 2020.
  11. Cecil, J., PI, Investigation of Impact of Virtual Reality based cyber learning approaches, Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST), $ 79,898, September 1 2018 - September 1 2021.
  12. Cecil, J., PI, Communication and Science Learning for Autistic Individuals using Virtual Environments, Planning Grant, Organization for Autism Research, $2500, Jan 2017 – August 2017.
  13. Cecil, J., Participation in Global Environment for Network Innovations Network Innovators Community Event (GENI NICE) Conference, Travel Grant from NSF, $2500, October 10 2017, Toronto.
  14. Cecil, J., PI, Building a Remote Experimentation Network for serving higher education teachers and students in Iraq (REXNet), US Department of State, $ 50,000, 7/1/2016- 5/1/2017.
  15. Steven O’Hara (PI), Jamey Jacob (Co-PI), Cecil, J. (Co-PI), Blayne Mayfield (Co-PI), E. Chan-Tin (Co-PI), 2016-17, Academic Innovation Challenge: “Deep Space Mars Transit Habitat Layout and Development Studies”, NASA, $20,000 (Note: No funds allocated to me; all funds were used for student project activities).
  16. Neeman, H. (PI), Brunson, D. (Co-PI), Deaton, J. (Co-PI), Radhakrishnan, S. (Co-PI), Cecil, J. (senior personnel), Oklahoma’s NSF CC-NIE grant, “OneOklahoma Friction Free Network,” a collaboration among OSU, OU, Langston and the Tandy Supercomputing Center, 10/1/2013 – 9/31/2015, $499,961 (Note: No funds allocated to me).
  17. Cecil, J., PI, EAGER: US Ignite: Exploring ultrafast networks for training surgeons using virtual reality based environments, NSF Computer and Networking Systems, $193,000 (9/1/2012-8/30/2017)
  18. Cecil, J., PI, EAGER: US IGNITE: Web-architectures for Extensible, Adaptable and Scalable Manufacturing, NSF CMMI, $50,000 (9/1/2012-8/30/2015)
  19. Cecil, J., PI, Cloud Computing for Collaborative Advanced Manufacturing, Mozilla Foundation, $3500, Feb – July 2013
  20. Cecil, J., PI, Exploring Design of Habitation Vehicle with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Oklahoma NASA EPSCOR Travel Grant, $2000, Spring 2014.
  21. Cecil, J., Participation in GENI Engineering Conference, GEC- 18 (NYC), BBN Raytheon, $2500, Sept 2013.
  22. Cecil, J., Riata Faculty Fellows Program, School of Entrepreneurship, OSU, $ 5000, August 2013.
  23. Cecil, J., PI, Exploring Design of Virtual Mockups with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Oklahoma NASA EPSCOR, $2000, Fall 2012.
  24. Cecil, J., PI, Educational Activities with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Oklahoma NASA EPSCOR, $2000, Feb 2013.
  25. Cecil, J., Participation in US Ignite Planning Activities, Office of US Ignite, $1000, Jan 2013.
  26. Cecil, J., Riata Faculty Fellows Program, School of Entrepreneurship, OSU, $3000, August 2012.
  27. Cecil, J., Participation in GENI Engineering Conference, GEC 13 (Los Angeles), BBN Raytheon, $2000, March 2012.
  28. Cecil, J., Participation in GENI Engineering Conference, GEC 14 (Boston), BBN Raytheon, $1600, June 2012.
  29. Cecil, J., Participation in GENI Engineering Conference, GEC 15 (Houston), BBN Raytheon, $ 1750, Sept 2012.
  30. Chandler, D. (PI), Cecil, J., (Co-PI), Augmented Reality for Research, Education and Outreach, OSU Interdisciplinary Creative Planning Grant Program, Office of the Provost, $33,780, August 2012 (8/1/2012-8/30/2014)
  31. Jacob, J. (PI), O’Hara, S. (Co PI), Cecil, J., (Co PI), Bartholomew, R. (Co PI) and Marks, S. (Co PI), Interdisciplinary Program in Space Engineering and Architecture, $ 34,000, Sept 1 2012 – Aug 30 2013.
  32. Cecil, J., PI, Development of an Interdisciplinary Information Centric Program in Nano and Micro Systems, $37,627, OSU Interdisciplinary Creative Planning Grant Program, Office of the Provost, August 2011 (8/1/2011-8/30/2012)
  33. Cecil, J., PI, An International NSF Workshop on Information Centric Engineering and Cybertechnologies in Nano and other Emerging Process domains, NSF Civil Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI), $ 24,698 (8/15/2011 – 8/15/2012)
  34. Cecil, J., PI, Oklahoma NASA EPSCoR Program, Design and Analysis of Gimbals for the Active Response Gravity Offload System (ARGOS), $21,000 (2/1/2011-5/30-2011).
  35. Cecil, J., Oklahoma NASA EPSCoR Program, Travel Grant, Exploring Collaborations with Researchers at Johnson Space Center (JSC) Houston involved in the development of the Active Response Gravity Offload System (ARGOS), $1500 (10/1/2010-12/1-2010)
  36. Cecil, J., PI, Oklahoma EPSCoR Research for Undergraduates (REU) Program, REU: Investigation of Information Centric approaches for Bio Mass Recalcitrance, $5000 (5/1/2010-8/1/2010).
  37. Cecil, J., PI, Manipulation of Micro Devices, Los Alamos National Laboratories, $ 25,000 (6/09 – 6/10).
  38. Cecil, J., PI, Gripping and Assembly of Micro devices, NSF Division of Design & Manufacturing Innovation (DMI), $137, 982 (9/1/2005 – 9/30/2010) (transferred $38,638 to OSU when I moved here from New Mexico State).
  39. Cecil, J., PI, Micro and Nano Systems Assembly Using Virtual and Physical Environments, NSF Course Curriculum and Lab Improvement (CCLI – A&I) Program, $169,964, (9/1/2004 – 9/30/2010; transferred $52,451 to OSU when I moved here from New Mexico State)
  40. Cecil, J., PI, Research in Emerging Areas of Manufacturing Engineering, Site Award, NSF Research for Undergraduates (REU) program, $93,300, (10/1/2004 – 10/30/2010; (transferred $36,979 to OSU when I moved here from New Mexico State).

OTHER PRIOR GRANTS  (PRIOR TO Oklahoma State University)

  1. Cecil, J., PI, The Microsatellite Target System (MTS), the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), NMSU is an STTR partner to Micro Sat Systems, Inc. (MSI), $225,000 (10/1/2006-9/30/2008).
  2. Cecil, J., PI, Integrating Life Sciences and Mechanics in a Bioengineering Context, Inter Disciplinary Research Grant Program at NMSU, Office of the Vice President (Research), $50,000, NMSU, (1/2/2007-5/30/2008)
  3. Cecil, J., PI, Graduate Research Enhancement Grant Program at NMSU, Office of the Vice President for Research, $37,500 (1/2/2008-12/20/2009)
  4. Cecil, J., PI, Wysk (Co PI), Distributed Collaborative Manufacturing, NSF Combined Research Curriculum Development (CRCD) Program, $397, 731, (note: my budget was $250,000; remaining amount was allocated to Co-PI, Dr, Wysk, Penn State University), (1/1/2001 – 12/30/2004).
  5. Cecil, J, PI, NUE: Curriculum Initiative in Nanotechnology for Undergraduate Students, NSF NUE Program, $ 100,000, (10/1/2003 – 12/30/2006).
  6. Cecil, J., PI, Design of a Bio Manipulation Test bed, NMSU Cluster Grant, $25,000 (12/1/2005 – 12 /1/2006).
  7. Cecil, J., PI, Development of an IT intensive Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum, NSF Engineering Education Program, $ 150,000 (10/1/2002 – 12/30/2007)
  8. Cecil, J., PI, Nanoscale Assembly, NMSU Engineering Research Center (ERC), $ 10,000 (7/1/2004 – 12/30/2005)
  9. Cecil, J., PI, Investigation of a Haptic Interface for Nano manipulation, NMSU Engineering Research Center (ERC), $ 10,000 (6/1/2005 – 4/30/2006)
  10. Cecil, J., PI, Assembly of Micro Systems, Sandia National Laboratories, $ 103, 986, (10/1/2003 – 10/30/2005)
  11. Cecil, J., PI, Exploration of the role of Virtual Reality for students with Physical Challenges, internal grant awarded by NMSU’s RASEM Squared program (which was funded by NSF), $2500, (4/1/2003 – 12/30/2003).
  12. Cecil, J., PI, A Virtual Reality Based Learning Module for Teaching Industrial Engineering Concepts, Center for Teaching Excellence Eastern New Mexico University, $3000, (8/1/2002 – 3/31/2003)
  13. Cecil, J., Research Experiences for Undergraduates in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), NIST SURF Undergraduate Internship Program, $3500 (6/1/2002 – 8/1/2002).
  14. Cecil, J., PI, Manufacturing of micro devices, NMSU / IE department grant, $3000 (1/1/2001-12/15/2003).
  15. Cecil, J., PI, Affordable Space Systems, USRA / Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate, $35,000 (7/1/2000 – 6/30/2001)
  16. Cecil, J., PI, A Distributed Framework for Prismatic parts manufacturing, Internal MAE department grant, Utah State University, $5000, (6/1/2000 - 5/30/2001).
  17. Cecil, J., Advanced Space Technology and Emerging Concepts in Nanosatellite Development, $30,000, Space Dynamics Lab subcontract from the Air Force Research Lab, (7/1/1999 – 5/30/2000).
  18. Cecil, J., PI, Development of a Virtual Enterprise Engineering Lab (VEEL), National Science Foundation DUE, $ 140,144, (7/1/1999 – 7/30/2000).
  19. Cecil, J., PI, Development of a Life-Cycle Function and Process Model of major activities in Shipbuilding, US Navy, Center for Simulation Based Design, University of New Orleans, $300,000 (7/1/97 – 7/1/99).

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS AND BOOKS 

(my name appears as bold font; student advisees are underlined)

 

  1. Milani, S., Cecil-Xavier, A., Gupta, A., Cecil, J., Kennison, S., A systematic review of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) research in medical and other engineering fields, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Sept 2022 DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2022.2116530 (impact factor for 2022 is 3.35)
  2. Xinyi, X, Joshi, S. Cecil, J., Critical Assessment of Shape Retrieval Tools (SRTs), International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.116, No. 11-12, Oct, 2021, 3431-3446.
  3. Cecil, J., Albuhamood, S., Ramanathan, P., Gupta, A., (2019), An Internet-of-Things (IoT) based cyber manufacturing framework for the assembly of micro devices, special issue on Smart Cyber Physical Systems, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, April 2019, pp. 1-11.
  4. Gupta, A., Cecil, J., Pirela-Cruz, M., & Ramanathan, P. (2018), A Virtual Reality based Cyber-Human Framework for Orthopedic Surgical Training, IEEE Systems Journal, 13, Issue 3, September 2019, pp. 3501-3512.
  5. Cecil, J. (2018), A Collaborative Manufacturing Approach supporting adoption of IoT principles in Micro Devices Assembly, Procedia Manufacturing Journal, 26, 2018, pp. 1265-1277.
  6. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., Pirela-Cruz, M., & Ramanathan, P. (2018). An IoMT-based cyber training framework for orthopedic surgery using next generation internet technologies. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 12, 2018, pp. 128-137.
  7. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., Pirela-Cruz, M., (2018), Virtual Reality based Training Environments for Orthopedic Surgery, Surgical Research and Reports, November 2018, Vol. 1 (1), pp. 1-6.
  8. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., Pirela-Cruz, M., An Advanced Simulator for Orthopedic Surgical Training, International Journal for Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, February 2018, Volume 13, Issue 2, pp 305–319.
  9. Cecil, J., Albuhamood, S., Cecil-Xavier, A., Ramanathan, P., An Advanced Cyber Physical Framework for Micro Devices Assembly, Special Issue on “Advanced CPS for Industry 4.0 - Enabling Technologies, Real-world Implementations, and Impact Assessments”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, August 2017, 49, No.1, pp. 92-106.
  10. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., Pirela-Cruz, M., Ramanathan, P., A Network based Virtual Reality Simulation Training Approach for Orthopedic Surgery, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), Volume 14 Issue 3, August 2018.
  11. Krishnamurthy, R., Cecil, J., A Next Generation IoT based Collaborative Framework for Electronics Assembly, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, April 2018, Volume 96, Issue 1–4,  39–52.
  12. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., Pirela-Cruz, M., Ramanathan, P., A Cyber Training Framework for Orthopedic Surgery, Cogent Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 1, December 2017.
  13. Lu, Y., Cecil, J., An Internet of Things (IoT) based collaborative framework for advanced manufacturing, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, May 2016, Volume 84,5, pp 1141-1152.
  14. Panetto, H., Zdravkovic, M., Jardim-Goncalves, R., Romero, D., Cecil, J., Mezgar, I, New Perspectives for Future Interoperable Enterprise Systems", Computers in Industry, Special Issue: “Future Perspectives on Next Generation Enterprise Information Systems: Emerging Domains and Application Environments”, Vol 79, June 2016, pp. 47-63
  15. Cecil, J., Rajkumar, M. B., Lu, Y., Basallali, V., A review of micro-devices assembly techniques and technology, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, April 2016, Volume 83,Issue 9, pp 1569-1581.
  16. Cecil, J., Internet of Things (IoT) based Cyber Physical Frameworks for Advanced Manufacturing and Medicine, refereed chapter in book, Internet of Things (IoT) & Data Analytics Handbook, (editor: H. Geng), John Wiley & Sons, Jan 2017, pp. 545-556.
  17. Lu, Y., Cecil, J, An Internet of Things (IoT) based cyber physical framework for Advanced Manufacturing, On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 9416, Ioana Ciuciu, Hervé Panetto (Eds.), Springer Series, 2015, pp. 66- 74.
  18. Cecil, J. and Cruz, M., An Information Centric framework for creating virtual environments to support Micro Surgery, International Journal of Virtual Reality, Nov 2015, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 3- 18.
  19. Cecil, J, Jones, J., An Advanced Virtual Environment for Micro Assembly, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.72, Issue 1, 2014, pp. 47-56.
  20. Cecil, J., Chandler, D., Cyber Physical Systems and Technologies for Next Generation e-Learning Activities, Innovations 2014, W. Aung et al. (eds), iNEER, Potomac, MD, USA, 2014.
  21. Cecil, J., Cyber and Cloud Technologies: Next Generation Technologies for Engineering Education, Chapter 5, Innovations 2013, W. Aung et al. (eds), iNEER, Potomac, MD, USA, pp. 41-49, 2013.
  22. Panetto, H., and Cecil, J., Information systems for enterprise integration, interoperability and networking: theory and applications, Enterprise Information Systems, Vol 7, No. 1, pp.1-6, 2013.
  23. Cecil, J., Development of Virtual Learning Environments in Engineering Education, Special Issue, “Innovations 2012”, World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research, 2012, Aung et al. (eds), iNEER, Potomac, MD, USA, pp. 263-275.
  24. Cecil, J., and Cruz, M., An Information Model based framework for Virtual Surgery, International Journal of Virtual Reality, International Journal of Virtual Reality, 2011, Vol 10 (2), pp. 17-31
  25. Cecil, J., Kak, S., Designing an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum in Information Centric Engineering, Special Issue, “Innovations 2011”, World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research, pp. 227-239.
  26. Cecil, J., Huber, J., Gobinath, N., Jacquess, J., A Virtual Factory Environment to support Process Design in micro assembly domains, Computer Aided Design and Applications, Volume 8  Number 1, 2011,  Pages 119-127.
  27. Cecil, J., Narayanasamy, G., A Semantic Framework for Distributed Nano Assembly and Engineering, On The Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2010, Volume 6428/2010, pp. 249-256.
  28. Cecil, J., Curriculum Innovation in Nano Manufacturing, Special Issue, “Innovations 2010”, World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research (iNEER) (editors: W. Aung et al, International Network for Engineering Education & Research), pp.131-138.
  29. Muthaiyan, A., Cecil, J., A Virtual Environment for Satellite Assembly, Computer Aided Design and Applications, Vol.5, Nos.1-4, 2008, pp. 526-538.
  30. Cecil, J., Curriculum Development in Micro Assembly, Special Issue, “Innovations 2008”, World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research (iNEER) (editors: W. Aung et al, International Network for Engineering Education & Research), 2008, pp.283-290.
  31. Gobinath, N., Cecil, J., Powell, D., Micro Devices Assembly using Virtual Environments, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol.18, No.3, June 2007, pp.361-369.
  32. Powell, D., Cecil, J. and Vasquez, D., Assembly and Manipulation of Micro Devices, Journal of Robotics and CIM, Vol.23, No. 5, October 2007, pp.580-589.
  33. Cecil, J., Rodriguez, C., Wysk, R., Distributed Collaboration and Virtual Teaming: Educating Engineering Students through Inter University Projects, “Innovations 2008”, World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research (iNEER), editors: W. Aung et al, International Network for Engineering Education & Research), 2008, pp.393-404.
  34. Cecil, J., Kanchanapiboon, A., Virtual Engineering Approaches in product and process design, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 31, No. 9-10, January 2007, pp.846-850.
  35. Gobinath, N., Cecil, J., Son, T., A Collaborative System to realize Virtual Enterprises using 3APL, refereed paper in a book, Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies IV, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Volume 4327,2006, pp 191-206.
  36. Cecil, J., Trivedi, A., Jones, J., An Information Based Manufacturing framework for Nanomanipulation, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society Transactions on Information Science & Applications, Issue 2, Vol. 3, February 2006, pp. 462-470.
  37. Cecil, J., Gobinath, N., Development of a Virtual and Physical Cell to assemble micro devices, Special Issue, Journal of Robotics and CIM, August-October 2005, pp.431-441.
  38. Cecil, J., Vasquez, D., A Review of Gripping and Manipulation Techniques for Micro Assembly Applications, International Journal of Production Research, Vol.43, No.4, 2005, pp.819-28.
  39. Bowers, J., , J., Internet based Frameworks for Virtual Enterprises, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society Transactions on Information Science & Applications, Issue 8, Vol. 3, August 2006, pp. 1601-1606.
  40. Cecil, J., et al, A Distributed Process Planning Framework for Prismatic Parts, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Volume 27, Numbers 5-6 , January 2006, pp. 619-624.
  41. Cecil, J., TAMIL: An Integrated Fixture Design System for Prismatic Parts, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 2004, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 421-435.
  42. Cecil, J., ‘Virtual Enterprises’, refereed paper in a book, The Internet Encyclopedia, 2003, Volume 3, pp. 567-578.
  43. Cecil, J., A Functional Model of Fixture Design to aid in the design and development of automated Fixture Design systems’, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, August 2002, Vol. 21, No.1, pp.58-72.
  44. Cecil, J., A Clamping Design Approach for Automated Fixture Design, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, October 2001, Vol.18, No. 11, pp.784-789.
  45. Cecil, J., Computer Aided Fixture Design - A Review and Future Trends, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, October 2001, Vol.18, No. 11, pp. , pp.790-793.
  46. Mayer, R. J., Su, C. J., Cecil, J. , Enabling Concurrent Engineering in the Product Analysis Environment, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Transactions, September 1997, Vol. 29, pp. 791-797
  47. Mayer, R. J., Su, C. J., Cecil, J. , and Diing, C.F., Auto-generation of Analysis Models from Product Definition Data, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 12, No.3, 1996, pp.197-206.
  48. Cecil, J., Mayer, R. and Hari, U., An Integrated Methodology for Fixture Design, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol.7, 1996, pp. 95-106
  49. Cecil, J., Electronic Commerce and Electronic Data Interchange – Technologies for a Competitive Environment, The Coast Guard Journal of Safety at Sea, Vol. 53, No.4, 1996, pp. 6-9.
  50. Srihari, K., Cecil, J., and Emerson, C.R., A Blackboard based Process Planning System for the Surface-mount Manufacture of Printed Circuit Boards, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, London, Vol.9, 1994, pp. 188-194
  51. Cecil, J., Srihari, K., & Emerson, C.R., A Review of Petri Net Applications in Manufacturing, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, London, Vol.7, No.3, 1993, pp.168-177.

EDITOR AND REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Panetto, H., Cecil, J. and Qing Li (Editors), On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2011 Workshops, EI2N + NSF ICE 2011 International Workshop on Enterprise Integration, Interoperability and Networking + NSF Information Centric Engineering. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2011, Volume 7046/2011.
  2. Panetto, H., and Cecil, J., Editors, Special Issue on Enterprise Integration, Interoperability and Networking: Theory and Applications, Enterprise Information Systems, Vol 7, No. 2, 2013.
  3. Gusmeroli, S., Lazaro, O., Pazin, Z., Decubber, C., Pedrazzoli, P., Abeele, D., Piergiavanni, S., Cassina, J., Cerri, D., Terzi, S., Sola, J., Arconada, I., Fischer, K., Felic, A., Sesana, M., Sanguini, R., Huertas, L., Rotonadi, D., and Cecil, J., Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and the Innovation Process, Building the Hyperconnected Society - IoT Research and Innovation Value Chains, Ecosystems and Markets (book),, 146 – 187, 2015, River Publishers Series in Communications, River Publishers (Denmark).
  4. Cecil, J., Huber, J., Virtual Prototyping in Engineering, chapter 1, Virtual Engineering (Book), pp. 1- 15, Momentum Press, Feb 2010, New Jersey.
  5. Cecil, J., editor, Virtual Engineering, Momentum Press, Feb 2010, New Jersey.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS

  1. Cecil, J., Design of a Next Generation Cyber-Physical Robotics framework for Micro Assembly, under review, 2023 IEEE International Systems Conference, Montreal, April 2024.
  2. Milani, A. S., Cecil, J., A Cyber-Physical Mixed Reality Framework for training residents in reverse should surgery, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Washington DC, June 29 - July 4, 2024
  3. Gupta, A., Cecil, J., & Pirela-Cruz, M., A Multi-Level HXRI-Based Approach for XR-Based Surgical Training, Proceedings of the IEEE Systems Man Cybernetics (SMC) conference, Hawaii, USA, Oct 1 - 4, 2023.
  4. Gupta, A., Cecil, J., Pirela-Cruz, M (2023). An HXRI-based Design of Extended Reality (XR) Environments for Surgical Training, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 23-28 July 2023
  5. Sadeghi Milani, A., Cecil, J., Pirela-Cruz, M& Kennison, S. (2023). Role of HCI-based criteria in supporting the training of surgical residents using Mixed Reality environments, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 23-28 July 2023
  6. Gupta, A., Cecil, J., Pirela-Cruz, M., Shamsuddin, R., Kennison, S., & Crick, C. (2022, April). An Investigation on the Role of Affordance in the Design of Extended Reality based Environments for Surgical Training, 2022 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon)(pp. 1-7).
  7. Gupta, A., Cecil, J., & Pirela-Cruz, M. (2022, March). Role of Dynamic Affordance and Cognitive Load in the Design of Extended Reality based Simulation Environments for Surgical Contexts. In2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (pp. 652-653). IEEE.
  8. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., Kauffman, S., Shamsuddin, R., Krishnamurthy, R., Mayfield, B., Jin, Y., Conley, B., Echeverri, M., Hutson, C. and Newport, C., 2022. The Design of a HCC Based Mixed Reality User Interface to Support Training of Astronauts for NASA's Moon Mission. InAIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (p. 0214).
  9. Cecil, J., Sam Kauffman,  Avinash Gupta,Vern Mckinney, Miguel Pirela-Cruz. Design of a Human Centered Computing (HCC) based Virtual Reality Simulator to train First Responders Involved in the COVID-19 Pandemic. 15th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, Apr 15- May 15, 2021.
  10. Cecil, J., Mary Sweet-Darter, Aaron Cecil-Xavier, Avinash Gupta, Role of Affordance, Visual Density and Other HCI Criteria in Designing Virtual Learning Environments to Support STEM Learning for Autistic Students, Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, Oct 13-16, 2021, Nebraska, USA.
  11. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., An Experiential Approach to Support Learning of Cyber-Physical Systems Concepts involving Mixed Reality Platforms, Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, Oct 13-16, 2021, Nebraska, USA.
  12. Gupta, A., Cecil, J., Miguel Pirela-Cruz, Identification of Human-Centered Design Factors and their impact on Design of Cyber-Human training environments for orthopedic surgery, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, IEEE SeGAH, August 4-6, 2021 
  13. Cecil, J., Krishnamurthy, R, Sweet-Darter, M., Gupta, A., Role of Immersive Simulation and Cyber Technology based approaches in supporting Learning and Curriculum Innovation, Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Systems Engineering Conference, Montreal, Canada (virtual), Aug 24-Sept 20, 2020.
  14. Gupta, A., Cecil, J., Cruz, M., Immersive Virtual Reality based Training and Assessment of an Orthopedic Surgical Process, Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Systems Engineering Conference, Montreal, Canada, (virtual), Aug 24-Sept 20, 2020.
  15. Cecil, J., Krishnamurthy, R., Kennison, S., Gupta, A., Murakonda, N., Lopez, A., Crosby, N., Zimmer, N., Venkatramanan, K., Bhakta, M., Skinner, T., Olivero, S., Walston, H., Miftah, M., Design of Next Generation User Interfaces based on Augmented Reality technologies to train astronauts on the Gateway in support of the Moon Mission, Proceedings of the 2020 Annual AIAA AVIATION forum, (p. 3203), June 16-19, 2020, Reno, Nevada
  16. Gupta, A., Cecil, J., Pirela-Cruz, M., A Cyber-Human based Integrated Assessment approach for Orthopedic Surgical Training. In 8th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, IEEE SeGAH, Aug 12-14, 2020, Vancouver, Canada
  17. Cecil, J., Sweet-Darter, M., Gupta, A., Design and Assessment of Virtual Learning Environments to Support STEM Learning for Autistic Students, In Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, Oct 21-24, 2020, Uppsala, Sweden
  18. Cecil, J., Ramanathan, P., Huynh, H., A shape modification app and cyber-physical framework for collaborative manufacturing, Proceedings of the 47th SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference, NAMRC 47, Erie, PA, June 10-14, 2019.
  19. Gupta, A., Cecil, J., Tapia, O, Sweet-Darter, M. (2019), Design of Cyber-Human Frameworks for Immersive Learning, Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Oct 6-9, Bari, Italy.
  20. Hochberg, L., Mulino, J., Gupta, A., Cecil, J., Lopez-Aramburo, A. (2019), Exploring the role of Simulation-based Design principles in support of transportation and material handling activities for the Lunar Mission, Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Oct 6-9, 2019, Bari, Italy.
  21. Cecil, J., The Role of Information Centric Frameworks in supporting Cyber-Physical Collaboration for Emerging Process Domains, Proceedings of the 13th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, April 8-11, 2019, Orlando, Florida.
  22. Cecil, J., Krishnamurthy, R., and Gupta, A., Exploring Immersive Simulation based Design Frameworks in Support of the Moon Mission, Proceedings of the 13th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, Orlando, Florida, April 8-11, 2019.
  23. Cecil, J., Cecil-Xavier, A. and Albuhamood, S., An Internet-of-Things (IoT) based framework for collaborative cyber physical tasks in micro assembly, Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Pittsburgh, November 11-14 2018.
  24. Salah, R.,, Cecil, J., and Atroush, D., Cyber Learning Environments for Sciences and Engineering Education: Remote Experimentation Labs for Kurdistan Universities, 2018 International Conference on Advanced Science and Engineering (ICOASE), Oct 9 – 11, 2018, Duhok, Iraq.
  25. Cecil, J., Krishnamurthy, R., Huynh, H., Tapia, O., Ahmed, T., and Gupta, A., Simulation based Design Approaches for Study of Transportation and Habitat Alternatives for Deep Space Missions, Proceedings of IEEE Systems Man Cybernetics (SMC) conference, Miyazaki, Japan, Nov 7- 10, 2018.
  26. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., & Pirela-Cruz, M., Ilidan, N., Design of an Immersive Simulator for Orthopedic Surgical Training, Proceedings of IEEE Systems Man Cybernetics (SMC) conference, Miyazaki, Japan, Nov 7- 10, 2018.
  27. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., & Pirela-Cruz, M., A Virtual Reality enhanced Cyber Physical framework to support simulation based training of Orthopedic Surgical Procedures, Proceedings of 14th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE), Munich, Germany, August 20-24, 2018.
  28. Cecil, J., Albuhamood, S, Cecil-Xavier, A., An Industry 4.0 Cyber-Physical Framework for Micro Devices Assembly, Proceedings of 14th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE), Munich, Germany, August 20-24, 2018.
  29. Cecil J., Albuhamood,, A Virtual Reality based Cyber Physical framework for micro devices assembly, Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE 2018), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain, May 7 – 11 2018.
  30. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., Pirela-Cruz, M., The Design of IoT based smart simulation environments for orthopedic surgical training, Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE 2018), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain, May 7 – 11 2018.
  31. Cecil, J., A Conceptual framework for supporting UAV based cyber physical weather monitoring activities, Proceedings of the 2018 Annual IEEE Systems Conference (SysCon), Vancouver, Canada, April 23-26, 2018.
  32. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., Pirela-Cruz, M., Multi-Platform Virtual Reality based Simulator Systems for Orthopedic Surgical Training, Proceedings of the 2018 Annual IEEE Systems Conference (SysCon), Vancouver, Canada, April 23-26, 2018.
  33. Krishnamurthy, R., Cecil, J., A next generation IoT framework for PCB assembly using cyber and physical resources, Proceedings of the 2018 Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), Vancouver, Canada, April 23-26, 2018.
  34. Dwivedi, P., Cline, D., Cecil Joe and Etemadpour, , Manual Assembly Training in Virtual Environments, Proceedings of 2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), Mumbai, India, 2018, pp. 395-399
  35. Cecil, J., Sweet-Darter, M., Cecil-Xavier, A., Exploring the use of Virtual Learning Environments to support science learning in autistic students, Proceedings of the 2017 Frontiers in Engineering FIE / IEEE conference, Indianapolis, Oct 18 – 20, 2017.
  36. Cecil, J., Cecil-Xavier, A., Gupta, A., Foundational Elements of Next Generation Cyber Physical and IoT Frameworks for Distributed Collaboration, Proceedings of the 2017 13th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2017), Xian, China, Aug 20 – 23.
  37. Krishnamurthy, R., Cecil, J., Perera, D., An Internet-of-Things based Framework for Collaborative Manufacturing, Proceedings of the 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Miami, Florida, Nov 3-9, 2017.
  38. Cecil, J., Cecil-Xavier, A., Krishnamurthy, R. Emergence of Next Generation IoT based Cyber-Physical Frameworks for collaborative manufacturing, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Society and Technology (ICIST) 2017, Zdravković, M., Konjović, Z., Trajanović, M. (Eds.), Kopaonik, Serbia, March 12-15, 2017, Vol.1, pp.251-256.
  39. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., Pirela-Cruz, M., Ramanathan, P., A Distributed Collaborative Simulation Environment for Orthopedic Surgical Training, Proceedings of 2017 Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), April 24-27, Montreal, Canada.
  40. Cecil, J., Gunda, R., Cecil-Xavier, A., A Next Generation Collaborative System for Micro Devices Assembly, Proceedings of 2017 Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), April 24-27, Montreal, Canada.
  41. Cecil, J., Gupta, A., Pirela-Cruz, M., Design of a Virtual Reality Based Simulation Environment and its Impact on Surgical Education, 2016 International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI), Seville, Spain, Nov 14-16, 2016.
  42. Cecil, J., Albuhamood, S., An Internet of Things based Cyber Physical Test Bed for Collaborative Manufacturing, Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Nov 11-17, Phoenix, AZ.
  43. Cecil, J., Impact of Innovative Research Experiences on pursuing graduate studies and research careers, 2016 International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI), Seville, Spain, Nov 14-16, 2016.
  44. Cecil, J., Albuhamood, S., An Integrated Collaborative Approach for Micro Devices Assembly, Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Enterprise Integration, Interoperability and Networking (EI2N), On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems Confederated International Conferences: OTM 2016 Workshops, Rhodes, Greece, Oct 24- 28, 2016, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Vol 10034, 57-64.
  45. Cecil, J., Raj Kumar, M. B., Gupta, A., Pirela-Cruz, M., Chan-Tin, E., Yu, J., Development of a Virtual Reality based Simulation Environment for Orthopedic Surgical Training, Proceedings of the Industry Case Studies Program, On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems Confederated International Conferences: OTM 2016 Workshops, Rhodes, Greece, Oct 24- 28, 2016, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Vol 10034, 206-214.
  46. Lu, Y., Cecil, J., Mayfield, B., Ramanathan, P., A next generation IoT based approach for collaborative manufacturing, Proceedings of the 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Anaheim, CA, May 2016.
  47. Lu, Y., Cecil, J., Zafar, Z. The creation of Collaborative Cyber Physical Environments for Micro Assembly, Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 13-19, 2015, Houston, Texas.
  48. Lu, Y., Cecil, J., An Internet of Things (IoT) based Cyber Physical Framework for Advanced Manufacturing, 2015 Industry Case Studies Workshop, held in conjunction with CooPIS 2020, Oct 4-9, Rhodes, Greece.
  49. Cecil, J., Lu, Y., Raj Kumar, M.B., A Virtual Reality based simulation framework for advanced manufacturing, Proceedings of the 2015 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, May 2015, Nashville, TN.
  50. Ramisetty,, Calyam, P., Cecil, J., Amit Rama Akula, Ronny Bazan Antequera, Ray Leto, Ontology Integration for Advanced Manufacturing Collaboration in Cloud Platforms, 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, May 11-15 2015, Ottawa, Canada.
  51. Cecil, J., P. Ramanathan. M. Cruz, and Raj Kumar, M.B., A Virtual Reality environment for orthopedic surgery, Proceedings of the 2014 EI2N workshop, Amantea, Calabria, Italy, Oct 29-30.
  52. Cecil, J., Ramanathan, P., Prakash, A., Pirela-Cruz, M., et al., Collaborative Virtual Environments for Orthopedic Surgery, Proceedings of the 9th annual IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE 2013), August 17 to 21, 2013, Madison, WI.
  53. Cecil, J., Pirela-Cruz, M., An information model for designing virtual environments for orthopedic surgery, Proceedings of the 2013 EI2N workshop, OTM Workshops, Graz, Austria. Vol 8186, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, page 218-227. Springer, (2013)
  54. Cecil, J., Ramanathan and Mwavita, M., Virtual Learning Environments in Engineering and STEM Education, 2013 Frontiers in Education (FIE)/IEEE Conference, Oct 23-26, 2013 Oklahoma City, OK.
  55. Cecil, J., Gunda, R., Calyam, P., Seetharam, S., A Next Generation Collaborative Framework for Advanced Manufacturing, Proceedings of the 9th annual IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE 2013), August 17 - 21, 2013, Madison, WI.
  56. Cecil, J., Information Centric Engineering (ICE) Frameworks for Advanced Manufacturing Enterprises, Proceedings of Industry Applications and Standard Initiatives for Cooperative Information Systems for Interoperable Infrastructure, OnTheMove Conferences, Sept 10, 2013, Graz, Austria.
  57. Berryman, P. Calyam, Cecil, J., G. Adams, D. Comer, “Advanced Manufacturing Use Cases and Early Results in GENI Infrastructure”, Proceedings of the Second GENI Research and Educational Experiment Workshop (GREE), 16th Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) Engineering Conference, Salt Lake City, March 19-21,2013.
  58. Gunda, R., Cecil, J., Calyam, and S. Kak, Information Centric Frameworks for Micro Assembly, International Workshop on Enterprise Integration, Interoperability and Networking + NSF Information Centric Engineering. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2011, Volume 7046/2011.
  59. Cecil, J., Gobinath, N., J. Long, H. Hartmann, A Semantic Framework for Distributed Nano assembly and engineering, presented at the 5th International Workshop on Enterprise Integration, Interoperability and Networking (EI2N’2010), Hersonissous, Crete, Greece October 27-28, 2010.
  60. Cecil, J., Huber, J., Gobinath, N., Jacques, J., A Virtual Factory Environment for micro assembly activities, presented at the 2010 CAD Conference, Dubai, UAE, June 21-25, 2010.
  61. Cecil, J., Pirela-Cruz, M., Information Model for a Virtual Surgical Environment, presentation at the 2010 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Cancun, Mexico, June 5 -9, 2010.
  62. Cecil, J., Gobinath, N., A Cyber Physical Test Bed for Collaborative Micro Assembly Engineering, presented at the Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS) 2010 conference, held in Chicago, May 17-21, 2010.
  63. Cecil, J., Pirela-Cruz, M., Development of an Information Model for Virtual Surgical Environments, Proceedings of the 2010 Tools and Methods in Competitive Engineering, Ancona, Italy, April 12-15, 2010.
  64. Cecil, J., Gobinath, N., Virtual Reality based Prototyping Techniques in Product and Process design, Proceedings of 2009 Computer Aided Design conference, Reno, Nevada, June 8-12, 2009
  65. Cecil, J., Modeling the Process of Creating Virtual Prototypes, Proceedings of 2009 Computer Aided Design conference, Reno, Nevada, June 8-12, 2009.
  66. Cecil, J., Gobinath, N., Kanchanapiboon, A., A Virtual Test Bed for PCB Assembly, the 2008 Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing conference, June 30 – July 2, Skovde, Sweden.
  67. Muthaiyan, A., Cecil, J., A Virtual Test bed for the assembly of satellites, CAD 2008, June 23-27, Orlando, FL.
  68. Boettner, S., Cecil, J., Jiao, Y., An Advanced Collaborative Framework for micro devices assembly, the 2007 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) Conference, Sept. 22-25, Scottsdale, AZ.
  69. Yang, R., Cecil, J., Zhang, L., A Semantic Web based Framework for Bio Cell Manipulation, the 2007 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) Conference, Sept. 22-25, Scottsdale, AZ.
  70. Cecil, J., Development of Curriculum in Micro Assembly and Nanomanufacturing, the 2007 ASME Congress, Nov. 11-16, Seattle, WA.
  71. Zhang, L., Cecil, J., Vasquez, D., Jones, J., Garner, B., Modeling of van der Waals Forces during the Assembly of Micro Devices, the 2006 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) Conference, October 8-10, Shanghai, China.
  72. Gobinath, N., Cecil, J., An Information Based Manufacturing framework for micro assembly, the 2006 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) Conference, October 8-10, Shanghai, China
  73. Zhang, L., Cecil, J., A Simulation framework for Cell Manipulation, the 2006 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) Conference, October 8-10, Shanghai, China
  74. Gobinath, N., Cecil, J., An Internet based framework for micro devices assembly, the ASME 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 10-13, 2006, Philadelphia, PA.
  75. Cecil, J., Gobinath, N., On the Foundations of an Information Based Manufacturing framework for Micro Devices Assembly: A discussion on related needs, issues and design of a framework for implementation, the First 1st CIRP-International Seminar on Assembly Systems, 15-17 November 2006, Stuttgart, Germany
  76. Gobinath, N., Cecil, J., Son, T., A Collaborative System to realize Virtual Enterprises using 3APL, Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies (DALT 2006), Future University, Hakodate, Japan, May 8, 2006.
  77. Bowers, J., Cecil, J., Internet based Frameworks / Infrastructures for Virtual Manufacturing Enterprises: A Literature Review, Proceedings of the 4th WSEAS International Conference on System Science and Simulation in Engineering, Tenerife, Canaries Islands, Spain, December 2005.
  78. Gobinath, N., Cecil, J., Investigation of a framework for collaboration across heterogeneous domains, Proceedings of the 2005 Annual ASME Congress, November 5-11, Orlando, FL 2005.
  79. Trivedi, A., Cecil, J., An Information Based Manufacturing framework for Nano assembly, Proceedings of the 4th WSEAS International Conference on System Science and Simulation in Engineering, Tenerife, Canaries Islands, Spain, December 2005.
  80. Cecil, J., Gobinath, N., A Semantic Web based Framework for Micro Devices Assembly, Proceedings of the 2005 Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing Conference, Bilbao, Spain, July 17-20, 2005.
  81. Vasquez, D., Cecil, J., Shashikanth, , Investigation of van der Waals Forces in the assembly of Micro Devices, Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 14-18 2005.
  82. Cecil, J., Gobinath, N., Mobile agent and semantic web based frameworks for the creation of virtual manufacturing enterprises, Proceedings of the 2004 ASME Annual Congress, Anaheim, CA, November 16 -19, 2004
  83. Cecil, J., Gobinath, N. VIRAM: A virtual reality environment for the assembly of micro devices, Proceedings of the 2004 ASME CIE (DETC) Conference, to be held in Salt Lake City, October 2004.
  84. Cecil, J., Micro and Nano Assembly, 2004 National Nanotechnology Initiative Grand Challenge Workshop, Palo Alto, CA, August 22-25, 2004 (paper was part of an overall Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET) subcommittee report submitted to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology PCAST).
  85. Cecil, J., Gobinath, N, Design of Virtual Prototyping Environments using an Information Modeling Language, Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC), Houston, TX, May 16-18, 2004.
  86. Cecil, J., Powell, D., Vasquez, D., An Integrated Virtual and Physical Environment to study the assembly of micro devices, Proceedings of the 2004 Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing Conference (FAIM), Toronto, Canada, July 12-14, 2004.
  87. Cecil, J., Powell, D., Assembly of Micro devices, Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC), Houston, TX, May 16-18, 2004.
  88. Cecil, J., Curriculum Innovation in Information Based Manufacturing, paper presented and published in the 2004 Annual American Society of Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, June 20-23, 2004.
  89. Banerjee, A., Cecil, J., 2003, A Decision Support Framework for Virtual Reality based Simulation, nominated for best paper award, Proceedings of the ASME International 23rd Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) conference, Chicago, September 2-6, 2003.
  90. Cecil, J., 2003, A Virtual Prototyping Environment for the Assembly of Nanosatellites, published in the Proceedings of the IIE Annual Research Conference, May 17-21, Portland, Oregon
  91. Cecil, J., 2003, An Internet based Framework for product development activities, published in the Proceedings of the IIE Annual Research Conference, May 17-21, Portland, Oregon.
  92. Rodriguez, C., Cecil, J., 2003, Virtual Teaming and Distributed collaborative activities involving Inter University student teams, published in the Proceedings of the IIE Annual Research Conference, May 17-21, Portland, Oregon.
  93. Cecil, J., Punal, M., 2003, Using an Information Modeling Approach in the Design and Development of VE based Systems published in the Proceedings of the IIE Annual Research Conference, May 17-21, Portland, Oregon.
  94. Cecil, J., 2002, DHARMAM: An University – Industry Partnership to enhance Manufacturing Engineering Education, Advanced Manufacturing Institute’s International Conference on University & Manufacturing Industry Collaboration, August 12-13, 2002, Kansas City, Missouri.
  95. Cecil, J., Kanchanapiboon, A., 2002, A Virtual Prototyping Framework for Electronics Manufacturing, Proceedings of the 2002 International Mechanical Engineering Congress, New Orleans, Nov. 17-22, 2002.
  96. Cecil, J., Kanchanapiboon, A., Kanda, P., Muthaiyan, A., ‘A Virtual Prototyping Test bed for Electronics Assembly, Proceedings of the 27th Annual IEEE International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) symposium, San Jose, July 17-18, 2002, pp.130-136.
  97. Cecil, J., ‘A Virtual Manufacturing Approach for Ship Design and Production’, Proceedings of the American International Ship Conference, New York, NY, Sept 9-11, 1997.
  98. Cecil, J., Erraguntla, M., ‘A Fuzzy Inferential Approach for the diagnosis of defects in reflow soldering’, Proceedings of the International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium held at La Jolla, CA, September 11-14, 1994.
  99. Mayer, R. J., Cecil, J., Phelps, D., ‘Using Function and Process Flow Models in Electronics Manufacturing’, Proceedings of the International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium held at La Jolla, CA, on September 11-14, 1994.
  100. Malave, C.O., Cecil, J., Hernandez, W., 'An Integrated Methodology For Electronic Assembly Planning', Proceedings of the International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium, September 1991, San Francisco, California, pp.218-221.
  101. Cecil, J., Srihari, K., Emerson, C.R., Real Time Process Planning for PCB Assembly, Proceedings of the International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium, September 1991, San Francisco, California, pp.240-243.
  102. Srihari, K., Cecil, J., Emerson, C.R., Application of Petri Nets in FMS Modeling, Analysis & Control, Proceedings of the Manufacturing International '90, Vol.2, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1990, pp.107-112
  103. Cecil, J., Invited Paper, Concurrent Engineering Strategies in Agile Manufacturing, the CALS Expo 96 International Conference and Symposium held at Long Beach, California on October 28-31, 1996 (hosted by the National Security Industries Association).
  104. Cecil, J., Invited paper, Fundamentals of Concurrent Engineering, Proceedings of the First Applied Concurrent Engineering 96 (ACE) conference (hosted by Concurrent Technologies Corporation CTC), Seattle, WA, November 5-7, 1996.
  105. Cecil, J., Towards an Intelligent Robot --- Robotic Vision, Proceedings - National Seminar on Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications’ (co-sponsored by IEEE, Computer Society of India and Rotary Club), India, January 29-31, 1988.
  106. Cecil, J., and Thomas, J. I., Design of an Intelligent Robot, Proceedings of the Mechanical Engineering Congress ’86, Calicut, India, August 14-16, 1986 (awarded the First Prize in the Technical Session on Robotics).

POSTERS AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS

  1. Cecil, J., NSF REU: research experiences in Information Centric Engineering and Extended Reality Modeling in Manufacturing, Smart Health, and Space Systems, Poster Presentation at 2022 NSF EEC Conference, Washington DC, Oct 2022.
  2. Cecil, J., Sam Kauffman, Aaron Cecil-Xavier, Avinash Gupta, Vern McKinney, Mary Sweet-Darter, Exploring Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) criteria in the design and assessment of Next Generation VR based education and training environments, 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (pp. 524-525). March 27- April 2, 2021.
  3. Hochberg, L., Lopez, A., Zimmer, N., Skinner, T., Murakonda, N., Gupta, A., Cecil, J., X-HAB: Exploring AR/VR Simulation-based Design Approaches to Study Design Alternatives for the Gateway and Lunar Mission, Poster Paper Presentation at the 2019 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, November 14-17, 2019, Madison, Wisconsin
  4. Gupta, A., Tapia, O., Cecil, J., Krishnamurthy, R., Exploring Simulation-based Design Approaches to Study Habitat Design Alternatives for the Lunar Mission, Poster Paper Presentation at the 2019 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, November 14-17, 2019, Madison, Wisconsin.
  5. Tapia, O., Lopez A., Gupta, A., Cecil, J., Krishnamurthy, R., Simulation based Design Environments in support of Automated Activities for the Moon Mission, Poster Presentation at the 2019 NSF EEC Conference, Oct 21-23, 2019, Arlington, VA
  6. Cecil, J., Albuhamood, S., Gupta, A., A Virtual Reality based Internet-of-Things (IoT) Framework for Micro Devices Assembly", poster at VRST '17: 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Nov 8 – 10, 2017.
  7. Cecil, J., Zhang, L., He, J., and Cruz, M., A Test Bed for bio cell manipulation, Poster at AFM Bio Medical Conference, Barcelona, Spain, April 19-21, 2007.
  8. Cecil, J., Gripping and Assembly of micro devices, NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, St. Louis, MO, July 24-27, 2006
  9. Cecil, J., Seminar Presentation on ‘Information Based Manufacturing’, Swiss Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, July 22 2005.
  10. Cecil, J., Poster Presentations (3 posters related to micro assembly, nano technology and REU site projects), 2005 Annual National Science Foundation Grantees conference, Scottsdale, AZ, January 3-6, 2005.
  11. Cecil, J., Poster Presentations (2 posters related to collaborative manufacturing and REU site projects), 2005 Annual National Science Foundation Engineering Education Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, January 3-6, 2005.
  12. Cecil, J., Poster Presentations (2 posters related to collaborative manufacturing and IT in manufacturing projects), 2004 Annual National Science Foundation Grantees conference, Dallas, TX, January 5-8, 2004
  13. Cecil, J., Gobinath, N., Information models and virtual prototyping in nanomanufacturing, extended abstract published in the Proceedings and a poster presented at the NANO2004, ASME Integrated Nanosystems & Nanotechnology Showcase, September 22-24, 2004 Pasadena, CA
  14. Cecil, J., Poster Presentations (2 posters related to collaborative manufacturing and IT in manufacturing projects), 2005 Annual National Science Foundation Grantees conference, Birmingham, January 6-9, 2003
  15. Cecil, J., Invited Paper, EDI and the EC Revolution, Houston National Electronic Commerce Conference Houston, TX, August 25-26, 1996.
  16. Cecil, J., Paper Presentation, Towards Better Interaction with the Environment - Robotic Manipulators, Vision and Motion, Proceedings - Society of Electrical and Electronics Engineers & Institution of Engineers, Madras, India, April 4-5, 1988.
  17. Cecil, J., Paper Presentation, Acquisition of work pieces using Robot Vision, Proceedings - Society of Production and Industrial Engineers Conference on New Dimensions in Manufacturing Systems, Madras, India, March 24-25, 1988 (Best Paper Award).
  18. Cecil, J., Paper Presentation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence - Research and Developments, Proceedings - Third National Convention of Computer Society of India, Tiruchirapalli, India, January 29-31, 1988 (Best Authored Paper Award).
  19. Cecil, J., Paper Presentation, Vision for Path Planning and Manipulation, Proceedings - Society of Mechanical Engineers Conference on Applications of Microprocessors in the field of Mechanical Engineering, Madras, India, March 12-13, 1987 (awarded the Second Prize)
  20. Cecil, J., Paper Presentation, Computer Vision Aided Robot, Proceedings - Society of Mechanical Engineers Conference on New Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Madras, India, March 13-14, 1986 (awarded the Second Prize - Technical Session on Robotics).
  21. Cecil, J., Invited seminar speaker on ‘Electronic Commerce and Simulation Based Design’ at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) meeting on October 10 1996 in Houston.

INVITED KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS/SPEECH AT CONFERENCES

  1. Keynote (Plenary) address titled ‘Current Cyber Revolution: Emerging Trends’, 2nd World Summit on Advances in Science Engineering and Technology, Indianapolis, October 3 to 5, 2019.
  2. Keynote (Plenary) address titled ‘Current Cyber Technology Revolution: Trends, Promises and Pitfalls’ the Twelfth International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE 2018), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain, May 7 – 11 2018.
  3. Keynote (Plenary) address titled ‘Digital Technologies and the Next Internet: The basis for the next Cyber Learning Revolution’, Joint International Conference on Engineering Education & International Conference on Information Technology, Riga, Latvia, June 2014.

INVITED SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

  1. A Smart Manufacturing Framework for the Assembly of Micro devices, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers - Campus d'Aix-en-Provence, ENSAM, Provence, France, June 3 2019.
  2. Internet-of-Things and Cyber Physical Frameworks in Manufacturing and Bio Medical Contexts, Department of Mechanism Theory and Dynamics of Machines, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, Nov 13 2017.
  3. Design of a Virtual Surgical Environment for Orthopedic Surgery, Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Kyushu, Japan, August 2017.
  4. IoT Frameworks for the Assembly of Micro Devices, Invited Seminar, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, June 2016.
  5. Virtual Prototyping and Cyber Physical Frameworks for Distributed Collaboration, invited seminar, Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, March 2016.
  6. Next Generation ICE Frameworks for Collaborative Manufacturing, Invited Seminar, Computer Science Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, February 2016.
  7. A Cyber Physical Test Bed for Micro Devices Assembly, Invited Seminar, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) Wuhan, June 2016.
  8. Collaborative Environments and Cyber Physical Frameworks in Engineering and Space Systems, Invited Seminar, NASA JSC, Houston, Oct 2016.
  9. Next Generation Virtual Prototyping Methods for Agile Manufacturing, Invited Seminar, Design Engineering department, University of Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen, October 2016
  10. Smart Technologies and the Next Internet: The basis for the Next Cyber Revolution, Automation Society, Oklahoma State University, September 2015.
  11. SENAS: A Smart City Educational Network for Autistic Students, Smart Cities Summit, Washington DC, May 2015.
  12. Cyber Physical Frameworks for Advanced Manufacturing, Mini Symposium on Emerging Trends in Design, Manufacturing and Service Systems, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), Aix-En-Provence, France, May 2015.
  13. Information Centric Engineering (ICE) Frameworks for Manufacturing and Bio Medical Systems, Computer Science Department, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany, May 2015.
  14. Virtual Prototyping and Digital Mock-up Design Techniques in the Design of Space Habitats, Invited Seminar Presentation, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, March 2015.
  15. Information Centric Engineering frameworks for Collaborative Manufacturing, Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany, June 2013.
  16. Information Centric Engineering frameworks for Manufacturing, Invited Seminar, Mechanical Engineering department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, October 2011.
  17. Virtual Prototyping Approaches for Space Systems Design, NASA JPL, Pasadena, CA, July 2011.
  18. Information Centric Processes and the advent of Information Centric Engineering, Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, July 2011.
  19. Information Centric Methods for Agile Manufacturing, Ecole Superieure D'informatique Et Applications De Lorraine (ESIAL), Nancy, France, June 2010
  20. Design of Virtual Prototyping Techniques for the Assembly of Micro Assembly Techniques, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, March 2010.
  21. Virtual Manufacturing frameworks for Satellite Assembly, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea, March 2010.
  22. Virtual Prototyping in support of Agile Manufacturing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, Aug 2008.
  23. Virtual Prototyping Methods in Advanced Manufacturing, University of Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen, Aug 2008.
  24. An Integrated Virtual – Physical Approach for the rapid assembly of Micro Devices, Invited Seminar Presentation, Swiss Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, May 2008.
  25. Information Based Manufacturing Frameworks for Micro and Nano Assembly, University of Tokyo, Feb 2007.
  26. Information Centric Techniques for Manufacturing, Nagoya University, July 2007
  27. Information based Manufacturing Techniques for Collaborative Manufacturing, College of Engineering, Anna University, Guindy, Madras, India, June 2007
  28. Information Based Manufacturing Frameworks, Invited Seminar Presentation, Swiss Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, July 2005.
  29. Virtual Reality based Learning Environments, RASEM Squared Conference, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, October 2004.
  30. Assembly of Micro Devices, Workshop on Parallel Assembly as an Enabling Military Technology, Lansdowne, VA, June 2004.
  31. Micro and Nano Assembly, National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Workshop Series (organized by NASA), Palo Alto, CA, August 2004.
  32. Virtual Prototyping and Information Based Manufacturing methods for the assembly of small satellites, University of Missouri at Rolla, Rolla, MO, September 2000.
  33. Design of a Virtual Reality based environment for the Assembly of Printed Circuit Boards, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT, August 1998.
  34. Cyber based Planning approach for Printed Circuit Boards Assembly, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Houston, Houston, TX, April1998.
  35. EDI and Electronic Commerce, Invited Seminar Presentation, Industrial Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, March 1996.
  36. Invited Paper, Electronic Data Interchange for the Virtual Business Environment, National EDI Conference, Houston, April 10 1996.
GRADUATE ADVISORS
  • D Studies: Dr. Richard Mayer, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840
    • Dissertation Summary: A three phased integrated approach to Computer Aided Fixture Design was developed as a link between CAD and CAM activities; an information based functional model was proposed as the basis for the design and development of this approach. A prototype software system was implemented, to demonstrate feasibility of integrated approach which designed modular fixtures for prismatic parts.
  • MS Studies: Dr. K. Srihari, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13901.
    • MS Thesis Summary: A Blackboard based approach to design a Knowledge based System to accomplish assembly planning activities in Printed Circuit Board assembly was investigated and implemented.

AWARDS

  • Awarded the Holistic Science Prize by the Department of Mathematics, Oklahoma State University, 2023, in recognition of innovative multidisciplinary research activities
  • Recognized by Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) in 2021 as one of most influential academics in smart manufacturing globally (top 20)
  • 2020 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)
  • Outstanding Faculty Award in Recognition of Excellence in the Advancement of Land Grant Mission of Oklahoma State University, 2014
  • Outstanding LSAMP Mentor Award, Oklahoma State University, 2013
  • National Technical Innovation Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2015
  • ASME Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015
  • 2017 Best Demo Award for STEM Learning, STEM Fair, Will Rogers Elementary School, February 2017.
  • Member of Second Prize Team award, OSU President’s Cup for Creative Interdisciplinarity for Program in Space Engineering and Architecture, 2013 (other faculty team members included: Jamey Jacob (lead), Steven Ohara (Architecture)
  • Riata Faculty Fellow, OSU’s School of Entrepreneurship, 2012 - 2015
  • Cecil, J., Ramanathan, P., Tech Demo Award, 2ndRunner-Up Award, A Cyber Physical Test Bed for Advanced Manufacturing, GENI GEC 24 Conference, Mar 8-9, 2016, Tempe, Arizona 
  • Cecil, J., Ramanathan, P., Tech Demo Award, 2ndRunner-Up Award, US Ignite/GENI: A Cyber Physical Test Bed for Micro Devices Assembly, GENI and US Ignite Conference, March 2013, Washington, D.C.

Service Activities (including serving on UNIVERSITY & PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEES, AND PROPOSALS, JOURNAL/CONFERENCE PAPER reviewer)

  • Associate Editor, IEEE Robotics and Automation-Letters (RA-L), 2018-202
  • Guest Editor, Sensors Journal, in progress, Virtual Reality based approaches in Manufacturing (publication in 2023)
  • Research Advisor & Committee Chair to graduate students; recent advisees include Sadiq Albuhamood, Vinod Basalalli, Raviteja Gunda, Bharathi Rajkumar, Anusha Singh
  • Undergraduate Research Advisor and Mentor, REU and LSAMP programs:

Recent REU advisees include Austin Vannoy, Joseph Tyler, Hai Huynh, Isaiah Wallace; recent LSAMP advisees include Kelvin Leu, Zak Zafar, CJ Williams, Jamere King

  • Faculty Council, OSU CEAT’s Representative, elected May 2014 for 3 year term
  • Computer Science department representative to College of Arts and Sciences’ Faculty Council, Spring 2017 - present
  • Advisor, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), 2012 – 2016
  • Standing member of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Technical Committee (TC) 5.3 Enterprise Integration and Networking
  • Director / Coordinator of the Soaring Eagle program (2001 – present):

This is an outreach and mentoring program aimed at providing STEM workshops for K-12 students and RET activities for school teachers with a goal of providing an early introduction to STEM for school students using Virtual Reality tools and technologies; these workshops are held during fall/spring semesters and during summer semesters. Typical duration is 2 to 3 hours. Around 1500 K-12 students have participated in these workshops since 2001.

  • Member, Oklahoma State University Faculty Council (College of Engineering representative, 2014-2016)
  • Member, OSU CEAT Task Force for Promotion and Tenure, Fall 2014
  • Member, OSU CEAT Course Oversight Committee, 2012 – Spring 2016
  • Member, CEAT Alternative Learning Format Task Force, 2012
  • Program Chair, Materials Handling Engineering Division, ASME (2006 – 2011)
  • Member of the Faculty Senate at NMSU and the departmental representative on the College of Engineering’s Dean Committee for Faculty Performance Evaluation
  • Reviewer, Journal papers: IEEE Journal of Robotics & Automation, IEEE Industrial Informatics, ASME/ACM Journal of Computing and Information Science In Engineering, SME Journal of Manufacturing Systems, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Transactions
  • Reviewer, Conference Papers: IEEE CASE, IEEE VR, IEEE SysCon, ACM VRST, IMECE ASME Annual Congress, IIE IERC Conference, OTM/EI2N Workshop (among others)
  • Reviewer of NSF proposals (Civil Mechanical Manufacturing Innovation, CISE and SBIR / STTR, 2001 - present)

SESSION AND SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZER AT CONFERENCES

  • Main Organizer and Program Chair of First NSF Information Centric Engineering (ICE) workshop held in conjunction with EI2N 2011, Hersonissos, Greece, Sept 8 -11, 2011 (funded by NSF CMMI)
  • Program Chair, Houston National Electronics Commerce Conference, August 14-16, 1996 (co-hosted with the University of Houston)
  • Chair, Material Handling Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007- 2010.
  • Former Programs Chair, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) – Houston Chapter, 1996
  • Co-organizer (and a Program Co-Chair) for International Workshop on Enterprise Integration, Interoperability and Networking) organized as part of an international conference (On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems) in 2012 and 2013.
  • Co-Organizer of Track on Industrial Applications of Enterprise Models and Integration (EM&I) for the 2014 IFAC Congress (held in South Africa in Aug 2014)
  • Topic Organizer, Symposium and Session Chairs (Digital Manufacturing and ICE topics) at IMECE ASME Annual Congress (1999, 2005, 2008 – 2016)
  • Session Co-Chair (Biomedical Systems) at 2016 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) and Track Chair (Information Based Manufacturing) at 2007 and 2008 IEEE CASE conferences.
  • Session Moderator at the 2005 and 2006 Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing Conferences (Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and Next Generation Manufacturing Systems sessions respectively)
  • Session Chair, IT in Manufacturing, 2004 Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, May 17-21, Portland, OR.
  • Session Co-Chair, Training and Education In VR and Manufacturing, Industrial Virtual Reality: Manufacturing and Design Tool for the Next Millennium, NIST-ASME Industrial Virtual Reality Symposium, University of Illinois at Chicago, Nov. 1-2, 1999
  • Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • IIE Student Chapter Co-Advisor, NMSU chapter (2001 – spring 2005)
  • IIE Student Chapter Advisor, NMSU chapter (2014 – 2016)
  • Volunteer, Desert Hills Elementary School, Las Cruces, NM (2005-2008)

SYNERGESTIC ACTIVITIES

  • Virtual Learning Environments for helping autistic and minority students learn STEM

Pioneered the creation of intuitive 3D Virtual Reality based learning for helping engineering/computer science students learn basic and advanced concepts outside of the classroom; working with autism therapists and psychologists, created a new thrust on helping autistic students learn STEM through haptic and VR/MR based mediums.

  • Coordinator of the Soaring Eagle and MIME programs

Soaring Eagle is an outreach and mentoring program aimed at providing engineering workshops for K-12 students with an emphasis on encouraging minorities and women to STEM careers; it also provides Research experiences for school teachers with a goal of providing an early introduction to engineering for school students; Coordinator of the Minorities in Manufacturing Engineering (MIME) and Women in Computing initiatives, which offers Virtual Reality workshops to students (grades 4-12) with a focus on encouraging minority students (Women, African American, Native American, Hispanic, Children with Autism) towards STEM careers

  • Former Faculty Advisor, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE): Interactions with NSBE student members and participation in national conferences; fosters encouragement of undergraduate minority students to research activities and graduate programs.
  • Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students:

Mentor STEM majors including minority students and students with physical and learning disabilities with a view towards encouraging them to graduate research careers in IT/virtual engineering; areas of research deals with information centric engineering (ICE) topics including creation of VR based simulation environments for various process domains. Mentees are exposed to research and industry project experiences including preparation for job/ internship interviews, preparation for GRE, help with applying for graduate school, polishing up resumes and helping initiate contact with industry.

  • Next Generation Training Environments and Frameworks in Smart Health
    • Collaborations with university and hospital partners to create next generation ultrafast networks for training orthopedic surgeons using Virtual Reality based environments. Milestone achieved in 2013 in design and implementation of first cyber physical environment for collaborative medical training of surgeons using Next Generation Internet principles.
    • Working with nurses and doctors to deal with covid pandemic by building 3D Virtual Reality/Mixed Reality training environments to help new nurses get trained to perform tests as well as treat patients in a safe and effective manner during this covid pandemic
  • Next Generation Frameworks in Smart Health:

Collaborations with Dr. P. Ramanathan (Wisconsin Madison) and Dr. Miguel Pirela Cruz (Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, El Paso) as part of NSF Project to create next generation ultrafast networks for training orthopedic surgeons using Virtual Reality based environments. Milestone achieved in 2013 in design and implementation of first cyber physical environment for collaborative medical training of surgeons using Next Generation Internet principles.

  • Coordinator of the Soaring Eagle and MIME programs

Soaring Eagle is an outreach and mentoring program aimed at providing engineering workshops for K-12 students with an emphasis on encouraging minorities and women to STEM careers; it also provides Research experiences for school teachers with a goal of providing an early introduction to engineering for school students; Coordinator of the Minorities in Manufacturing Engineering (MIME) and Women in Computing initiatives, which offers Virtual Reality workshops to students (grades 4-12) with a focus on encouraging minority students (Women, African American, Native American, Hispanic, Children with Autism) towards STEM careers

  • Former Faculty Advisor, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE): Interactions with NSBE student members and participation in national conferences; fosters encouragement of undergraduate minority students to research activities and graduate programs.
  • Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students:

Mentor STEM majors including minority students and students with physical and learning disabilities with a view towards encouraging them to graduate research careers in IT/virtual engineering; areas of research deals with information centric engineering (ICE) topics including creation of VR based simulation environments for various process domains. Mentees are exposed to research and industry project experiences including preparation for job/ internship interviews, preparation for GRE, help with applying for graduate school, polishing up resumes and helping initiate contact with industry.

  • US Ignite Project in Cyber Manufacturing (2015-2020)

Demonstrated the feasibility of next generation computer networks to (a) support cyber physical activities in collaborative manufacturing involving cyber-physical resources and supporting Virtual Reality/ haptic interfaces; these demonstrations were the first recorded demonstrations of cyber physical system design and implementation using Software Defined Networking principles for advanced manufacturing; recognized for this and other achievements by the IIE Technological Innovation award.

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