Michael. R. Duffey
Associate Professor
Dept. of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science
The George Washington University
Washington, DC. 20052
(202) 994-7173
duffey@gwu.edu


Mike Duffey joined the faculty of GWU in 1992 and he was granted tenure as an Associate Professor in 1998.  He holds a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1992). His research and teaching interests include engineering economics, systems design, and related methodologies and computer tools.  His research projects have been sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Navy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and other government agencies and private companies.  He received a M.S. in Manufacturing (1987) and B.S. in Physics (1985, cum laude) from the University of Massachusetts, and a B.A. in History (1982) from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.

Classes taught include: EMSE 260  and EMSE 160 (Engineering Economics); EMSE 261 (Economic Analysis in Engineering Planning); EMSE 283 (Systems Engineering); EMSE 257 (Production Design); and EMSE 297 (Problems in Engineering Management)

 In addition to his academic career, he has worked professionally as an engineering consultant, journalist, and as a merchant seaman.  His hobbies include music (from traditional Irish to experimental musical instruments), hiking, and the ancient game of go.

Some of his papers in both refereed journals/proceedings and popular publications are referenced below.



“Scrap Tires to Crumb Rubber: Feasibility Analysis for Processing Facilities,” N. Sungthonpagasit and M.R. Duffey.  Journal of Resources, Recycling, and Conservation, vol 40, no. 4, pp 281-299, March 2004.

“A Proposed Design Competition for Solar Thermal Music,” M.R. Duffey, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the American Solar Energy Society, July 9-14th, 2004.

“A Model for Effective Implementation of Earned Value Management Methodology,” E. H. Kim, M.R. Duffey and W. Wells,  International Journal of Project Management.  vol. 21, no., July 2003.

“Crumb Rubber Market and Production Issues for Processing Facilities,” N. Sungthonpagasit and M.R. Duffey. Proceedings of the Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC 2003), Society of Plastics Engineers, Environmental Division, Detroit, MI. February 26-27, 2003.

“Sizing Up the Crumb Rubber Market,” N. Sungthonpagasit and M.R. Duffey.  Resource Recycling magazine, April 2003.

“Design for Tolerance of Electro-Mechanical Assemblies: An Integrated Approach,” R. Sudarsan, Y. Narahari, K. Lyons, M. Duffey,  and R. Sriram. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 15, No. 6, December 1999.

“Risk Analysis for Large Engineering Projects: Modeling Cost Uncertainty for Ship Production Activities,” M.R. Duffey and J.R. van Dorp,  Journal of Engineering Valuation and Cost Analysis, Vol. 2, pp. 285-301, 1999.

“Statistical Dependence in Risk Analysis for Project Networks Using the Monte Carlo Method,” J. R. van Dorp and M.R. Duffey, International Journal of Production Economics. Vol. 58, pp. 17-29, 1999.
 
"Conference Report-NIST Workshop on Process Information Technology: From Research to Industry," Moncarz, H. T., Schlenoff, C., Gruninger, M., Duffey, M., Knutilla, A., Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Volume 103, Number 5, pp. 519-527, September-October 1998.

“Functional Requirements for Methods to Support Early-Stage Space Mission Design,” R.C. Anderson, M.R. Duffey, and K.W. Lyons, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, Middlesbrough, UK. Begell House, ISBN 1-56700-089-4, June 25-27, 1997.

“Economic Feasibility for Production Design: Recent Teaching Experiences,” M.R. Duffey, M. McDermott and R. C. Anderson, Proceedings of the 1997 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Milwaukee, WI, June 15-18, 1997.

“Design Infrastructure in Shipbuilding and Other Heavy Industries,” P. Koenig, M. Duffey, D.W. Rosen, and P. Singh, Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers  (SNAME), vol. 104., 1996.

"Requirements, Methods and Research Issues for Modeling the Product Realization Process," K. W. Lyons and M.R. Duffey, chapter in Re-engineering the Enterprise, Edited by Jim Browne and David O'Sullivan.  Chapman & Hall, ISBN 0-412-64260-3, 1996.

“Building Education/Industry Relationships: Assembly-Based Manufacturing for the Next Generation of Solar Products,” Joseph McCabe and M.R. Duffey, Solar Today, vol. 10, no. 5, September/October 1996.

"Managing the Product Realization Process: A Model for Aggregate Cost and Time-to-Market Evaluation," M.R. Duffey and  J.R. Dixon, Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, London, UK no. 1, vol. 1, 1993.

"Knowledge-Based Design of Progressive Stamping Dies," M.R. Duffey and Q. Sun, Journal of Material Processing, vol. 28, no. 1-2, Sept. 1991.

"A Program of Research in Mechanical Design: Computer-Based Models and Representations," J.R. Dixon and M.R. Duffey, Mechanism and Machine Theory, Elmsford, NY, vol. 25, no. 3, 1990.

"The Neglect of Engineering Design," J.R. Dixon and M.R. Duffey, California Management Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Berkeley, CA, Winter 1990.

"A Case Study in Geometric and Topological Reasoning for Mechanical Design", M.R. Duffey and J.R. Dixon, Computer-Aided Design, vol. 20, no. 10, Surrey, UK, December 1988.

"A Proposed Taxonomy of Mechanical Design Problems," J.R. Dixon, M.R. Duffey, R. Irani, K. Meunier, and M. Orelup, Proceedings of the ASME Computers in Engineering Conference, San Francisco, CA July 31-August 3, 1988.

"Designing with Computers," M.R. Duffey, Sculpture Magazine  (guest editor for special CAD issue), Washington, DC,  July/August 1988.

"Quality Is Not Accidental  - It's Designed," J.R. Dixon and M.R. Duffey, New York Times, June 26, 1988.

"Los Alamos and the Making of the Atomic Bomb,"  M.R. Duffey, The People's Almanac II, ed. Irving Wallace, New York City, Doubleday, 1979.