John Farris
biography :: conference marerials
John Farris is currently an assistant professor
in the Padnos School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University (GVSU).
He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at Lehigh University and his Doctorate
at the University of Rhode Island. He has seven years of college engineering
teaching experience as well as three years of industrial design experience.
His teaching interests lie in product design, first year design, design for
manufacture and assembly, and manufacturing processes. Dr. Farris is also involved
in the development and delivery of a graduate new product development course.
This interdisciplinary course brings together graduate students in engineering
and business to design and market innovative new products.