Joseph P. Greene, jpgreene@csuchico.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0789
Ph.D. - Chemical
Engineering (1993) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
M.S. - Chemical
Engineering (1988) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
B.S. - Chemical
Engineering (1984) Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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Post
consumer recycled plastics
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Natural
fiber reinforcements and fillers for thermoplastic materials
· Biodegradable plastics
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Plastic
tooling manufacturing
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Nanocomposite
materials for polymer materials
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·
Introduction
to Plastics |
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Polymer
Processing |
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Polymer
Materials |
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Polymer
Flow Analysis |
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·
Introduction
to Polymer Composites |
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Materials
and Quality Testing |
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·
Design
for Manufacturing with CAD |
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Polymer
Design and Tooling |
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Solids
Modeling in Manufacturing |
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Design of
Experiments with Taguchi Analysis |
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Strength
of Materials |
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Fluids
Engineering |
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Granite
Rock Company Research Grant, “Material Characterization with Milled Metallic
Granite Fines for Thermoplastic, Rubber, and Thermoset Composites”
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SME
Educational Grant Research Initiation, “Polymer Manufacturing of Nanocomposites
for HDPE, LDPE and Polycarbonate Plastics”
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Granite
Rock Company Research Grant, “Thermoplastic Composites with Granite Dust”
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CSU Faculty Professional Development
Grants for Assistant & Associate Professors
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CSU Summer
Research Scholar
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2002, SPE
Education Chair for the 2002 SPE ANTEC Conference, San Francisco, CA,
· 2001 to present SPE Education Chair for the Golden Gate Section of Society of Plastics Engineers
·
Interlocking
Modular Tubular Pallet, Patent Pending, 2002
·
Energy
Absorbing Device (U.S. Patent No. 5,746,419) May, 1998
·
7 General
Motors Registered Inventions including Thermoplastic
Powder Binder Materials, Aqueous
Powder Binder Materials, Permeability
Measurement Device, Carbon Fiber
Chopper Gun, Glass Fiber Chopper Gun,
Shear Edge Preform Tool Design, and Thermoset Foam Energy Absorbers
Associate
Professor (August 1998 – Present)
Director of
Polymer Manufacturing (February 1999 – Present)
Responsible for
education and curriculum of the polymer manufacturing, computer-aided design,
and materials courses for undergraduate education.
Responsible for
development of polymer lab by updating the plastic and composite manufacturing
equipment with industrial donations and funds from research contracts.
Industrial donations during 1998 and 2003 are valued at $400,000.
Responsible for
creating research proposals and sponsored projects through industrial sponsors,
governmental agencies, and industrial funding agencies. Total sponsored
projects during 1998 and 2003 are valued at $60,000.
Responsible for
serving on academic committees, including scholarship committee (Chair), Center
for Manufacturing Excellence, curriculum committee, and faculty advisor for the
CSU, Chico Society of Plastic Engineers and the CSU, Chico Society of
Automotive Engineers student clubs.
May 1984 –
August 1998 General Motors Corporation
Senior
Project Engineer (1996
to 1998)
Managed a 6-person, software-development team that provided CAD software programs in the Unigraphics design system.
Senior
Research Engineer (1993
to 1996)
Developed
the materials and processes of thermoplastic and thermoset systems, including
urethane Liquid Composite Molding (LCM), Structural Reaction Injection Molding
(SRIM), Resin Transfer Molding (RTM), and compression molding of Glass Mat
Thermoplastic (GMT) and Bulk Molding Compound (BMC) materials.
Sr. Manufacturing Engineer (1988-1993) Managed a composites
development team that developed polymer composite bumper beams for vehicle
production programs.
Manufacturing
Engineer (1984-1988)
Developed Polyurea Reaction Injection Molding (RIM) and thermoplastic materials
for body panel applications.
1.
“Tensile
Properties of PE Clay Nanocomposites Via Taguchi Based Design of Experiments”,
SPE ANTEC Proceedings, III, 3594 (2002)
2.
“Material
Characterization of LDPE Composites Reinforced with Granite Fines”, SPE ANTEC
Proceedings, III, 3604 (2002)
3. “Taguchi Based Design of Experiments of
HDPE and Granite Fines”, SPE ANTEC Proceedings, III, 3654 (2002)
4.
“Injection-Compression of Liquid Composite Molding,” K.
Han, J. Ni, J. Toth, L.J. Lee and J. Greene, Polymer Composites, 19(4), 487-496
(1998)
5.
”Numerical
Analysis of Injection Molding of Glass-Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics: Part 2
-Fiber Orientation, ” Polymer Science and
Engineering, 37 No.6, 1019 (1997).
6.
”Numerical Analysis of Injection Molding of
Glass-Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics: Part 1 -Injection Pressures and Flow," Polymer Science and Engineering, 37, 590 (1997).
7.
”Improving
the Stiffness Performance of Glass Mat Thermoplastic Composite Bumper Beams
using Bi- and Uni-Directional Thermoplastic Composites, ” Proceedings of the Society of Automotive Engineering, SAE
Conference, Detroit, MI, February 1997
8.
”Increasing
the Rigidity of Thermoplastic Bulk Molding Compound Composite Bumper Beams
using Oriented Comingled Composite Sheets,” Proceedings
of the Society of Automotive Engineering, SAE Conference, Detroit, MI ,
February 1997
1.
“Tensile
Properties of PE Clay Nanocomposites Via Taguchi Based Design of Experiments”,
SPE ANTEC Conference, May 2002
2.
“Material
Characterization of LDPE Composites Reinforced with Granite Fines”, SPE ANTEC
Conference, May 2002
3.
“Taguchi
Based Design of Experiments of HDPE and Granite Fines”, SPE ANTEC
Conference, May 2002
4.
“Rapid
Prototype at CSU, Chico”, Society of Plastics Engineers West Coast Conference,
April 2002
5.
“Design of
Experiments for Injection Molding”, Society of Plastics Engineers West Coast
Conference, April 2001
6.
“Plastic
Tooling at CSU, Chico”, Society of Plastics Engineers West Coast Conference,
April 2000
7.
“Polymer
Flow Analysis”, Society of Plastics Engineers Bay Area Conference, May 1999
8.
“Polymer
Flow Analysis”, CSU Chico Flow Analysis Seminar, CSU Chico, Chico, CA, June 10,
11, and 12, 1999
9.
"Improving
the Stiffness Performance of Glass Mat Thermoplastic Composite Bumper Beams
using Bi- and Uni-Directional Thermoplastic Composites,” The International
Society of - Automotive Engineering Conference, Detroit, MI, February 1997
10. ”Increasing the Rigidity of Thermoplastic
Bulk Molding Compound Composite Bumper Beams using Oriented Comingled Composite
Sheets,” The International Society of Automotive Engineering Conference,
Detroit, MI, February 1997