Dr. Ahmad Elshennawy
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Dr. Ahmad Elshennawy Professor
email: ahmade@mail.ucf.edu / room: Engr. II 430
phone: 407.823.5742 / fax: 407.823.3413
Education
 

Ph.D. - Industrial Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 1987.

M. Eng. - Industrial Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 1982.

MS -Production Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1978.

BS - Production Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1974.

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Interests
 
  • Quality Management: ISO 9000, Six Sigma Quality, Lean Six-Sigma
  • Manufacturing Systems: Lean Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Systems
  • Precision Metrology: Machine Tool Metrology, Coordinate Measuring Machines
  • Process Improvement: Statistical Process Control, Reliability and Maintainability
  • Housing Constructability: Modular Homebuilding, Advanced Production Technologies, Quality Improvement

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Honors and Awards
 
  • Fellow, American Society for Quality (ASQ)
  • Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honor Society
  • Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
  • The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
  • Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

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Certifications
 
  • CSSMBB - Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, 2004, The Harrington Institute, USA
  • CQE - Certified Quality Engineer, 1981, Certificate No. 8666, ASQ
  • CRE - Certified Reliability Engineer, 1989, Certificate No. 2659, ASQ

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Books
 
  1. Schrader, G. F., and Elshennawy, A. K., 2000, Manufacturing Processes and Materials, Fourth Edition, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, Michigan.
  2. Benbow, Berger, Elshennawy, and Walker, 2006, The Certified Quality Engineer’s Handbook, Second Edition, ASQ Quality Press, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  3. Benbow, Berger, Elshennawy, and Walker, 2001, The Certified Quality Engineer’s Handbook, ASQ Quality Press, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  4. Benbow, Elshennawy, and Walker, 2002, The Certified Quality Technician Handbook, Second Edition, ASQ Quality Press, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Publication Date: December 2002.
  5. Schrader, G. F., and Elshennawy, A. K., Forthcoming (2006), Manufacturing Processes and Materials, Fifth Edition, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, Michigan.

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Recent Publications
 
  1. Elshennawy, A. K., Quality in the New Age and the Body of Knowledge for Quality Engineers, International Journal of Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, Vol. 15, No. 5, 2004
  2. Furterer, S. and Elshennawy, A.K., Implementation of TQM and Lean Six Sigma Tools in Local Government, International Journal of Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, Vol. 16, No. 10, 2005
  3. Weheba, G. and Elshennawy, A. K., 2004, A Revised Model for the Cost of Quality, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Emerald Journals, UK.
  4. Aly, N., and Elshennawy, A. K., 2003, World Class Production and Operations Management, California Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 138-146
  5. Elshennawy, A. K., I, Nahmens, and M. Mullens, Quality-Based Incentive Schemes for Modular Homebuilding, Proceedings of the 2004 Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC), May 15-19, 2004
  6. Nahmens,I, Elshennawy, A. K., and M. Mullens, Customer Satisfaction in Homebuilding, Proceedings of the 2004 Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC), May 15-19, 2004
  7. Voehl, F., A. K. Elshennawy, and N.  Aly, Six Sigma Quality and Change Management, The 14th International CIRP Design Seminar, May 15-18, Cairo, Egyupt
  8. Furterer, S. and A. K. Elshennawy, Applying Lean Six Sigma to Local Government, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Productivity and Quality Research (ICPQR 2004), February 15-19, 2004, Miami, Florida
  9. Elshennawy, A. K., M. Mullens, and I. Nahmens, 2004, A Framework for Improving Quality in Modular Homebuilding, Submitted to the International Journal of Total Quality Management and Business Excellence (In Review)
  10. Elshennawy, A. K. M. Mullens, and I, Nahmens, 2002, Quality Improvement in the Modular Housing Industry, Proceedings of the 2002 Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC), May 19-22, 2002
  11. Elshennawy, A. K., 2001, Race to the Future: The Creation of Quality, Proceedings of the 2001 Production Engineering, Design, and Control Conference (PEDAC), February 13-15, 2001.

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