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Dr. M. AFFAN BADAR


ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Coordinator, BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology Program

 

Email: mbadar@indstate.edu

 

Office: Myers Technology Center, 201E

 

Phone: (812) 237-3982

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

  • University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK), Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, 2002

  • King Fahd Univ. of Petroleum & Minerals (Saudi Arabia), M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1993

  • Aligarh Muslim University (India), M.S., Industrial Engineering, 1990

  • Aligarh Muslim University (India), B.S. (Hons), Mechanical Engineering 1988.

CLASSES TAUGHT   

MET 812 Reliability, Maintainability, and Serviceability
COT 703 Adv Statistical Analysis in Technology
MET 679 Problems in IMT
MET 605 Adv. Economic Analysis for Technology
MET 413/513 Applications and Gaging of GD&T
MET 409/509 Senior/Research Project in Industrial Technology
MET 406 Strength of Materials
MET 405/505 Economic Analysis for Engineering & Technology
MET 337 Thermo Systems
MET 333 Power Systems
MET 306 Applied Mechanisms
MET 302 Applied Statics
MET 215 Graphic Analysis
MET 130 Intro to Engineering and Technology
MET 103 Intro to Technical Graphics with CAD
 

EXPERIENCE:

Dr. Badar joined the Indiana State University (ISU) as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2002. He received tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor in Fall 2008. Since Fall 2007, he has been the coordinator of the BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology program. Also, he has been the Assistant Director of the ISU Center of Systems Modeling and Simulation since 2004. He teaches courses for the BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology and MS and PhD in Tech Management programs. Before joining ISU, he had taught at the Univ. of Oklahoma for two years as a PhD candidate in Industrial Engineering and at K.F. Univ. of Petroleum and Minerals for two and a half years as a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. He had also worked in industry as a mechanical design engineer and manufacturing engineering intern. He is a member of ASME, IIE, SME, and ATMAE.

Dr. Badar has published more than 25 articles in refereed journals and proceedings in the areas of coordinate metrology, lean manufacturing, health care, supply chain, energy system design, failure analysis, stochastic modeling, and reliability. The publication also includes a chapter in the Taylor & Francis Handbook of ISE (2006). He has received funding from ISU(Lilly Foundation), NATO, Union Hospital, Columbia House, Tredegar Film Products, Terre Haute Innovation Alliance (grant approved, award pending), etc.

Dr. Badar has served as the director of the IIE Engineering Economy Division (EED) since 2005 through 2007. In 2005, as the EED program chair and a member of the IIE Annual Research Conference (IERC) Organizing Committee, he organized engineering economics sessions. He is also a faculty co-advisor for the SME Student Chapter at ISU since Mar 2005. Further, he is serving as a reviewer for different journals and conferences.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Electronics, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering Technology
College of Technology
Indiana State University
650 Cherry St., Suite TC 201
Terre Haute, IN 47809
Phone: (812) 237-3982
Fax: (812) 237-4527
E-mail: mbadar@indstate.edu