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Pedro Resto, Ph.D.
Professor
Office:
II-103, Res 3-B
Tel. No.:
787-832-4040
Ext. No.:
3081, 2999, (787)464-3163
Home Page:
EMail:
presto@ece.uprm.edu
Curriculum Vitae:
N/A
Pedro Resto is Professor in the IE Department and serves as lead for the UPR-M Model Factory manufacturing activities. He also serves as director of UPR-M's Office of Continuous Improvement and Assessment and facilitator in strategic planning and deployment for the Campus.
He spent over ten years in Hewlett-Packard's Computer Systems and Inkjet cartridge manufacturing. He also spent over four years at North Carolina State University, contributing in NCSU's support of the state's small and medium-size manufacturing companies.
His current interests include methodologies for new product and technology development, interdisciplinary entrepreneurship initiatives, and support of local industry towards operational excellence.
Research interest: - Active in the following areas
- Technology integration in mfg
- Concurrent Eng
- Quality Management
- Education
- Manufacturing
- Simulation
- Experience in the following areas
- Queueing Theory
- Reliability & Maintainability
- Lean Manufacturing
- Math Modeling
- Network Flows
- Optimization
- Organizational Design
- Complex Systems Analysis (SD & ABM)
- Statistical Quality Control
- Technology Management
- Math Programming
- Production Scheduling
- Design of Experiments
- Interested in the following areas
- Real time Process Control
- Stochastic Processes
- Supply-Chain Management
- Multivariate Analysis
- Real-time Data Collection
- Stochastic Opt. & Control
- Information Systems
- Neural Networks
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- Works in Print
- Refereed Journal Articles
- "A Collaborative Methodology for the Generalized Assembly Line Balancing Problem"; M. Irizarry, M. Padron, P. Resto, H. Mejia; pending publication.
- "Heuristic Method for Production Scheduling with Capacity and Changeover Considerations"; J. Muñoz, M. Padron, P. Resto; pending publication.
- Grants and Contracts
- Funded External Grants and Contracts
- Honeywell Aerospace Puerto Rico ($72,405.)
DFM Support to Honeywell DSES - Glendale (2007) - Electro Biology, Inc. Guaynabo ($135,000.)
UPRM Model Factory / PCA Manufacturing (2005)
- Scholarly and Creative Activities
- Completed Graduate Thesis as major professor
- Completed Graduate Projects as major professor
- Fernando Souto Melgar (2007) "Deployment of a Quality System for a Small Business in Alignment with the Medical Device Sector"
- Liliana Martinez Ulloa (2007) "Modelo para la Definición de Rutas de Recogido de Aceite Usado de Cocina en Puerto Rico, para la Elaboración de Biodiesel"
- Benjamín Salomón (2004) "Capillary Underfill Manufacturing Development and Characterization for 2nd Level Electronic Interconnect Processes"
- Jorge L. Irizarry Dominicci (1985) "Uso de Redes y Programación Lineal para la Asignación de Recursos con el Propósito de Reducir el Tiempo de Duración de Proyectos"
- Angela Anaya Salazar () "Análisis de Viabilidad Económica de un Producto Derivado de la Seta Pleurotus Pulmonarius"
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