Researcher

Prior to coming to Purdue, Dr. Deshmukh was the Rockwell International Professor and director of the Institute for Manufacturing Systems at Texas A&M University. He was a professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 2004-2007, and served as a program director in the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Engineering Directorate and the Office of Cyberinfrastructure. He is a fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, has received the NSF Director’s Award for Collaborative Integration, the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award and the Milton C. Shaw Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and was a Lilly Teaching Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.