Ullman - 1 DAVID GORDON ULLMAN 621 Aeronca St. Independence, OR 97351 541-760-2338 ullman@davidullman.com EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, March 1978. Research Topic: A Variable Inertia Flywheel as an Energy Storage System Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1970 Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, Co-operative Education Program, University of Cincinnati, 1968. EXPERIENCE Decision Architect (2013 present) Enterprise Architecture Principals, Washington DC Decision-making methods development and consultation. TOGAF and Decision Architecture training. Consultant and Machine Design Process Expert (2002 present) David Ullman LLC., Independence Oregon Mechanical design process assistance and decision-making methods development. Chief Scientist (2010 2013) President (January 2002-2010), Director of Decision Product Development (February 1998-January 2002) Robust Decisions Inc., Corvallis Oregon Develop software tools to support decision management. Initial funding of over $1M from NSF and Department of Defense Small Business Initiation Grant. Initial customers included HP, Boeing, Parker- Hanifin, and Harley Davidson. Professor (Associate Professor, 1984-92, tenured September 1988, Full Professor 1992, Emeritus 2001) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Responsible for graduate and undergraduate courses in Mechanical Design and Computer Aided Design. Established Design Process Research Group funded by NSF, Schlumberger, Tektronix, SDRC and Hewlett Packard. Performed seminal research in how designers develop new products. Additional research in mechanical power transmission and energy storage. Responsible for the funding and development of the School of Engineering's Computer Aided Design (CAD) Facility. Responsible for bringing industrial design problems into the classroom as a major teaching tool. Sabbatical leave 9/91-8/92 at the University of Twente, the Netherlands; University of Trondheim, Norway: and Cambridge University, U.K. Vice President, Chairman of the Board, Design Lead (1994-2001; President/CEO, 1992-94) BikeE Corporation, Corvallis Oregon. Founder and first president of recumbent bicycle manufacturing company. Developed products, financing and business plan. Sales in 2000 of $6M with twenty employees. Recruited new president and CEO in 1994. Continued active involvement in new product development and board direction. Manager of Engineering Design (June 1982 - January 1984) Oxygen Enrichment Company, Schenectady, New York. Responsible for Research and Development of new products in the gas separation membrane and
Ullman - 2 respiratory care markets. Directed engineering staff of 10 while technically responsible as Chief Engineer. Responsible for budget, schedules, and all levels of personnel action. Interacted closely with marketing and company officers to develop new product lines. Technical expertise demonstrated in the areas of fluid and thermal systems modeling, materials and processes, product design and the design of manufacturing equipment. Visiting Associate Professor (July 1981 - June 1982) Center for Interactive Computer Graphics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Managed academic services in the Interactive Computer Graphics Center. Organized academic software library under a data base management system. Assisted faculty in the development of software utilizing interacting graphics for Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Instruction (CAI). Developed an Interactive Graphic Computer simulation of heating in electronic equipment, utilizing empirical data and Finite Difference Modeling of convective heat transfer. Assistant Professor (September 1977 - June 1981), Adjunct Professor (June 1981 - June 1984) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Union College, Schenectady, New York. Lecture responsibility in Machine Design, System Dynamics, Mechanics and Computer Utilization. Performed Department of Energy funded research in Variable Inertia Flywheel energy storage 1978-80. Directed student projects, included bobsled design and construction for the 1980 Olympics, hybrid-electric vehicle design and construction, and recumbent bicycle design and construction. Teaching Associate (September 1974 - September 1977) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Lecture responsibility for undergraduate courses in Machine Design, Systems Dynamics, Measurement Systems, Dynamic Analysis and Feedback Control, and Computer Utilization. Systems Analyst (June 1973 - September 1977, part-time after September, 1974) Battelle-Columbus Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio. Investigated potential STOL aircraft transport operation. Established an algorithm for evaluating the potential impact on the United States of foreign energy technology development Project Engineer (June 1970 - June 1973) Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. Performed research and developmental studies on advanced aircraft dynamics, human operator and automatic control. Responsible for contract initiation, evaluation and management. Junior Engineer (June 1968 - November 1968) Co-operative Education Student (June 1963-June 1968) Naval ship R & D Center (formerly the David Taylor Model Basin), Washington, D.C. Evaluated trajectories and performed dynamic transonic wind tunnel tests on air launched weapons. Designed and constructed an in-tunnel launcher for free flight wind tunnel testing. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES American Society of Mechanical Engineers: Life Fellow, 2012 Fellow, 1993 Member, 1976-present Willamette Valley Section: Chairman, 1987-1988 Vice Chairman, 1986-1987 Secretary, 1985-1986 Treasurer, 1984-1985
Ullman - 3 Design Theory and Methodology Technical Committee of the Design Division: Organizer, 1987 Chairman, 1987-1990 Annual Conference Chairman, 1989, 1990 Ex-officio Chairman, 1990-present American Society for Engineering Education: Member, 1976-present Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award, 1978 Society of Automotive Engineers: Oregon State University Student Section Advisor, 1984-1986 OSU Awards: Austin-Paul Engineering Faculty Award, 1989 Reviewer for: ASME Journal of Mechanical Design National Science Foundation ASME Journal of Mechanism and Machine Theory Short Courses Taught Robust Design Using Taguchi Methods December 2003, Novellus, Portland OR January 1999, Freightliner Corp, Portland OR October 1998, Lucent Technologies, Denver, CO February 1998, Sequent Computers, Portland, OR September 1997, Public Course, Portland, OR Short Courses Taught Modern Design Methods for Engineers May August 2014, LAM, Portland, OR, November 2002, Novellus, Portland OR February 1999, Lucent Technologies, Indian Hills IL August 1998, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, NJ August 1998, Lucent Technologies, Indian Hill, Il June 1998, Lucent Technologies, Denver, CO March 1998, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, NJ Short Courses Taught Quality Function Deployment October 1997, Public Course, Portland, OR Short Courses Taught - "Improving the Productivity of the Mechanical Design Process": December 1990, Schlumberger Laboratory for Computer Science, Austin, TX June 1990, Kodak, Rochester, NY March 1990, ASME, Philadelphia, PA September 1989, Kodak, Rochester, NY November 1988, ASME, Philadelphia, PA Short Courses Taught - "An Aid in Assessment of Your Concurrent Capabilities": November 1994, ASME, Orlando FL. March 1994, ASME Design Show, Chicago, IL. November 1993, Brudi Corp, Ridgeview WA. PATENTS Distributed Electric Ducted Fan Wing, Provisional Application January 2016 Multi-Function Searching And Search-Related Tools And Techniques For Improved Search Results And Enhanced Analysis And Decision-Making, Applied Jan 2012 E-Commerce Solutions Implementing Multi-Function Searching And Search-Related Tools And Techniques, Applied Jan 2012 Multi-Function Matching Engines Implementing Improved Searching And Search-Related Tools And Techniques, Applied Jan 2012 Advanced Filtering Mechanism Tools And Techniques, Applied Jan 2012 Improved Enterprise Architecture Searching And Search-Related Tools And Techniques, Applied Jan 2012
Ullman - 4 Business Intelligence And Customer Relationship Management Tools And Techniques, Applied Jan 2012 General Decision-Making Support Method and System, U.S. Patent # 6,631,362, Ullman, D.G. and D Ambrosio B., October 2003, Assignee Robust Decisions Inc. Recumbent Bicycle Frame, Patent No. D411,970, Ullman, D. G., Atwood, P. A.; July 99; Assignee, BikeE Corp. Recumbent Bicycle, Patent No. D393,235, Ullman, D. G., Atwood, P. A.; Apr 98; Assignee, BikeE Corp. Recumbent Bicycle; Patent No. 5,509,678; Ullman, D. G., Atwood, P. A.; Apr 96; Assignnee, BikeE Corp. Securement System for a Rollable Mobility Aid; U.S. Patent No. 5,344,265, Canadian Patent No. 2,077,879; Ullman, D.G., Hunter-Zaworski, K., Herling, D., Clark G., Zaworski J.; Sept. 1994; Assignee, Oregon State University. PUBLICATIONS Books Ullman, D.G., The Mechanical Design Process, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1992, 5th Edition 2016. Ullman, D.G. Making Robust Decisions, Trafford Publishing, 2006. Ullman D.G., 12 Steps to Robust Decisions, Trafford, 2001. Cross, N., Christiaans, H. and Dorst, K., Analyzing Design Activity, John Wiley and Sons, 1996. (Contributed a chapter on protocol analysis). Waldron, M., Mechanical Engineering: Design Theory and Methodology, Springer Verlag, 1994. (Contributed a chapter on team argumentation). Carter, D.E. and Baker, B.S., Concurrent Engineering: The Product Development Environment for the 1990s, Mentor Graphics, 1991. (Contributed to Chapter 2 and total organization of the book.) Ullman, D.G., Mechanical Design Failure Analysis, Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY, September 1986. Case Studies (in support of The Mecanical Design Process, 5 th edition 2016) Idea to Product in One Day A Soft Ride at BikeE Multi-duty PC Boards at Sound Devices Spiral Product Development at Syncromatics From Constraints to Components at Marin Bicycles Reinventing the See-Saw at BigToys Unsticking a concept at MAGICWheels Achieving a single truth at Eclipse Designing a Hybrid Car at BMW Designing with Mushrooms at Ecovative Supporting Life in Space at NASA All Hot And Nowhere To Go at Chart Industries Redesigning the Ceiling Fan at the Florida Solar Energy Center GE Scans Your Body Refereed Journal Papers Ullman D.G, What Is Decision Architecture And Why Is It Important to Making Agile, Acquisition, Gap Resolution and Other EA Decisions, submitted to EA Journal Aug 2015 Ullman D.G. Decision Architecture in EA Standards and Agile Programming, submitted EA Journal Aug 2015 Ullman D.G., Decisions of the 3 rd Kind, Insight: Special Issue; Systems of the 3 rd Kind, July 2012, Volume 15, Issue 2, pp 21 Ullman D. G. and R. Ast, Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) Based Decisions, MORS, Phalanx, Vol 44, No 3, Sept 2011, pp 24. Barrientos F, I Tumer, and D.G. Ullman, Modeling Uncertainty Reduction in Concurrent Engineering Design Teams, 2007 ASME Design Technical Conference, Las Vegas, Sept 2007 Ullman D. G. OO-OO-OO! The Sound of a Broken OODA Loop Crosstalk, April 2007, pp22-26
Ullman - 5 Ullman D.G. and B.P. Spiegel, Trade Studies with Uncertain Information, Sixteenth Annual International Symposium of the International Council On Systems Engineering (INCOSE), July 2006. Lindley M.W., S.C. Schlegel, M.Muranami, D.G. Ullman Metrics for the Product Development Process: Methodology, Description and Case Studies at Industrial Partners, submitted to Research in Engineering Design, Feb 2002. Ullman D.G., D. Herling and B. D'Ambrosio, What to do Next: Letting the Problem Status Determine the Course of Action, Research in Engineering Design, 1997 (9), pp 214-227. Shortened version in Volume 2 of the proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED97, Tampere, Finland, Aug 1997, pp 93-99. Ullman D. G. and B. D'Ambrosio, "A Taxonomy for Engineering Decision Support Systems", Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design and Manufacture, AI EDAM, #9, 1995, pp 427-438. Wood, S. L. and D.G. Ullman, "The Functions of Plastic Injection Molding Features", Design Studies, Vol 17, No 2, April 1966, pp 201-213. Hwang T-S. And D.G. Ullman, Recognize Features from Freehand Sketches, Computers in Engineering, Vol 1, 1994, pp 67-78. Nagy, R.L., D.G. Ullman, "A Data Representation for Collaborative Mechanical Design," Research in Engineering Design, Vol. 3, No. 4, 1992, pp. 233-242. McGinnis, B., D.G. Ullman, "The Evolution of Commitments in the Design of a Component," Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 144, March 1992, pp. 1-7. Ullman, D.G., "A Taxonomy for the Mechanical Design Process," Research in Engineering Design, Vol. 3, 1992, pp. 179-189. Ullman, D.G., "The Status of Design Theory Research in the United States," Design Studies, Vol. 12, No. 4, October 1991, pp. 204-208. Stauffer, L.A., D.G. Ullman, "Fundamental Processes of Mechanical Designers Based on Empirical Data," Journal of Engineering Design, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1991, pp. 113-126. Kuffner, T., D.G. Ullman, "The Information Requests of Mechanical Design Engineers," Design Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1, January 1991, pp. 42-50. Hwang, T.S., D.G. Ullman, "The Design Capture System: Capturing Back-of-the-Envelope Sketches," Journal of Engineering Design, Vol. 1, No. 4, 1990, pp. 339-353. Ullman, D.G., S. Wood, D. Craig, "The Importance of Drawing in the Mechanical Design Process," Computers and Graphics, Special Issue on Features and Geometric Reasoning, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1990, pp. 263-274. Lim, K.H., D.G. Ullman, "Optimal Design of Traction Drive Continuously Variable Transmissions," Journal of Mechanisms, Transmissions, and Automation in Design, Vol. 11, June 1989, pp. 264-269. Ullman, D.G., T.G. Dietterich, L. Stauffer, "A Model of the Mechanical Design Process Based on Empirical Data," Academic Press, Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, 2(1), 1988, pp. 33-52. Stauffer, L., D.G. Ullman, "A Comparison of the Results of Empirical Studies into the Mechanical Design Process," Design Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, Butterworths Ltd., April 1988. Ullman, D.G., T.G. Dietterich, "Toward Expert CAD," ASME, Computers in Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 3, Nov.-Dec. 1987, pp. 56-70. Ullman, D.G., T.G. Dietterich, "Mechanical Design Methodology: Implications on Future Developments of Computer-Aided Design and Knowledge based Systems. Engineering With Computers, No. 2, 1987, pp. 21-29. Ullman, D.G., "An Introduction to the Variable Inertia Flywheel (VIF)," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol 46, No. 1, March 1979, pp. 186-190. Refereed Proceedings Ullman D. G. and B. D Ambrosio, An Introduction to the Consensus Model of Engineering Design Decision Making, ASME 1998 Proceeding of the Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Sept 1998, Atlanta. Stetter R. And D.G. Ullman, Team Roles in Mechanical Design, ASME 1996 Design Engineering Technical, Sept 1996, Claremont CA.
Ullman - 6 D'Ambrosio, B. And D.G. Ullman, Decision Problem Representation for Collaborative Design. In working Notes of the Workshop on Building Probabilistic Models, IJCAI 95, Montreal, pp17-22. Ullman D.G. and B. D'Ambrosio, "A Taxonomy for Classifying Engineering Decision Problems and Support Systems", ASME 1995 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Vol 2, 1995, pp 627-637. Ullman D.G. and B. D'Ambrosio, "A Proposed Taxonomy for Engineering Decision Support", International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED95, Praha, Czech Republic, Sept 95, pp 611-616. Herling, D., Ullman, D. G., and B. D'Ambrosio, "Engineering Decision Support System (EDSS), ASME 1995 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Vol 2, 1995, pp 619-626. Ullman, D.G. and D. Herling, "Computer Support for Design Team Decisions", Effizienter entwickeln und konstruieren - Wege zu besseren Losηngen, Munich, March 1995, and Proceedings of the 1995 International Workshop: AI System Support for Conceptual Design, Ambleside U.K. March 1995. Herling D. and D.G. Ullman, "Engineering Decison Support System", International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED95, Praha, Czech Republic, Sept 95, pp 714-715. Ullman, D. G. and R. Paasch, "Issues Critical to the Development of Design History, Design Rationale and Design Intent Systems", ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, DTM94, Minneapolis, Sept 1994, pp 249-258. Hwang,T.S., Ullman, D.G. "Recognizing Features From Freehand Sketches" Computer in Engineering - Proceedings of The 1994 ASME International Conference and Exhibition, Volume 1, pp 67-78. Hunter-Zaworski K.M. and D.G. Ullman, " Mechanics of Mobility Aid Securement and Restraint on Public Transportation Vehicles", Transportation Research Record #1378, National Academy Press, Washington D.C., 1993. Ullman, D.G., "A New View on Function Modeling", Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, The Hague, August 17, 1993, pp 21-28. Ullman, D.G., "The Evolution of Function and Behavior During Mechanical Design", Proceedings of the ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, DE-Vol.53, September 1993, pp 91-103. Ullman, D.G., "The Status of Design Theory Research in the United States," Proceedings of the International Design Engineering Conference, Zurich, September 1992, pp 794-802. Ullman, D.G., "The Foundations of the Modern Design Environment: An Imaginary Retrospective, Proceedings of the Workshop on Research in Design Thinking, Delft University, Delft, the Netherlands, May 1991, published as Research in Design Thinking, Delft University Press, 1992, pp 61-74. Nagy, R.L., D.G. Ullman, "A Knowledge Base Data Representation for Collaborative Mechanical Design," 3rd Design Theory and Methodology Conference, September 1991. Ullman, D.G., "Design Histories: Archiving the Evolution of Product," Proceedings of the DARPA Workshop on Manufacturing, Salt Lake City, February 1991. Kuffner, T., D.G. Ullman, "The Information Requests of Mechanical Design Engineers," 1990 Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Chicago, September 1990, pp. 167-174. Chen, A., B. McGinnis, D.G. Ullman, "Design History Knowledge Representation and Its Basic Implementation," 1990 Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Chicago, September 1990, pp. 175-184. Hwang, T.S., D.G. Ullman, "The Design Capture System: Capturing Back-Of-The-Envelope Sketches," International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 90), Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, August 1990, pp. 893-903. Ullman, D.G., "A Taxonomy of the Mechanical Design Process," Proceedings of ASME Conference on Mechanical Design Theory and Methodology, Montreal, September 1989, pp. 23-36. McGinnis, B., D.G. Ullman, "The Evolution of Commitments in the Design of a Component," International Conference on Engineering Design, Harrogate UK, August 1989, pp. 467-495. Ullman, D.G., S. Wood, D. Craig, "The Importance of Drawing in the Mechanical Design Process," 1989 NSF Engineering Design Research Conference, June 11-14, 1989, pp. 31-52, to be published in Computers and Graphics, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1990. Ullman, D.G., T.G. Dietterich, L. Stauffer, "A Model of the Mechanical Design Process Based on Empirical Data: A Summary," Artificial Intelligence in Engineering: Design, Edited by J.S. Gero, Elsevier, Palo Alto, August 1988, pp. 193-215. Tikerpuu, J., D.G. Ullman, "Data Representations for Mechanical Design Based on Empirical Data,"
Ullman - 7 International Computers in Engineering Conference, San Francisco, August 1988, pp. 245-254. Stauffer, L., D.G. Ullman, T.G. Dietterich, "Protocol Analysis of Mechanical Engineering Design," Proceedings of the 1987 International Conference on Engineering Design, WDK 13, Boston, MA, August 1987, pp. 68-73. Dietterich, T.G., D.G. Ullman, "FORLOG: A Logic-Based Architecture for Design," IFIP WG 5.2 Working Conference on Expert Systems in Computer-Aided Design, Sydney, Australia, February 1987, Expert Systems in Computer-Aided Design, J.S. Gero, (ed.), North Holland, Amsterdam, 1987, pp. 1-24. Ullman, D.G., L. Stauffer, T.G. Dietterich, "Preliminary Results on an Experimental Study of Mechanical Design," Proceedings of the NSF Workshop on Design Theory and Methodology, February 1987, Oakland, CA, pp. 145-188. Ullman, D.G., T.G. Dietterich, "Mechanical Design Methodology: Implications on Future Developments of Computer-Aided Design," Computers in Engineering, ASME, Vol. 1, May 1986, pp. 173-180. Dietterich, T.G., D.G. Ullman, "Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Design," Northcon Conference Proceedings, Portland, OR, October 1985. Ullman, D.G., "The Accelerating Flywheel," Proceedings of the 1980 Flywheel Energy Technology Symposium, October 26-30, 1980, Scottsdale, AZ, pp. 218-223. Ullman, D.G., "Engineering a New Generation Bobsled," ASME 79-DE-E-5, December 1979, and featured presentation at the Eastern Design Engineering Show and Conference, Boston, December 1979. Ullman, D.G., "The Variable Inertia Flywheel (VIF), An Introduction to its Potential," Proceedings of the Flywheel Technology, Luray, VA, October 1977, pp. 182-188. Other Publications Ullman D. G. The Use Of Vortex Generators To Enhance Pusher Aircraft Cooling, Kitplanes, Sept 2015. Ullman D. G., The Electric Powered Aircraft: Technical Challenges, EAA Experimenter, May 2010. Ullman D. G. Hear the Hum? An introduction to Electric Airplanes, KitPlanes, Nov. 2009. Wright, A. L. and D. G. Ullman, "Pressing Problems with Clamps", Industrial Vehicle Technology, UK & International Press, Surrey, UK, 1995, pp 147-151. Ullman, D.G., "Less Fudging on Fudge Factors," Machine Design, Penton Press, Cleveland, pp. 107-111, Oct. 9, 1986. Ullman, D.G., "Interactive Thermal Analysis Methodology, Air Flow Analysis," contract report to IBM, Kingston, New York, May 1982. Ullman, D.G., "Maintaining a First Rate Faculty:The Base Data," Engineering Education, ASEE, pp. 690-699, April 1981. Ullman, D.G., "The Problem of Maintaining a Quality Faculty: Base Data for Program Consideration," Proceedings of the 1980 Annual Conference, pp. 110-119, ASEE, June 1980. Ullman, D.G. and J. Corey, "Preliminary Development of the Band Type Variable Inertia Flywheel (BVIF), SAND 79-7089, Sandia National Laboratories, November 1979. Ullman, D.G., "A Variable Inertia Flywheel as an Energy Storage System," Ph.D. Dissertation for Ohio State University, March, 1978. Ullman, D.G., "Procedure for the Identification of Important Foreign Energy Technologies," A Report to the Central Intelligence Agency by the Battelle Memorial Institute, June 1975. Ullman, D.G., Impacts of Potential 1980's Aviation Technology on the Capacity of Existing Airports, DOT- TSC-FAA-AV-75-1, March 1975. Ullman, D.G., Validation of Handling Qualities Degradation Probabilities of MIL-F-008785 B (USAF) Using F-4C AFM 66-1 Maintenance Data, AFFDL/FGCj-TM-71-7, August 1971. Ullman, D.G., Preliminary Stabilities of Conformal Weapon Shapes, Naval Ship Research and Development Center, TN A1 44, August 1967. Rev. 1/2016