Gregory C. Causey
gcc@po.cwru.edu
http://dora.eeap.cwru.edu/gcc

Home Address:
3930 Ridgeview Rd.
Richfield, Ohio  44286
(330)-659-6405

Work Address:
Case Western Reserve University
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
10900 Euclid Ave.,  Cleveland, Ohio  44106
(216)-368-4851


OBJECTIVE

To obtain a full time position which enables me to fully utilize my
multi-disciplinary background in mechanical engineering and computer
science. Specific areas of experience include robotics, flexible
automation, system programming, system integration, and embedded
control. Interests include the design, construction, and programming
of electro-mechanical systems; the design and development of
object-oriented software; networked applications for user interaction
and control; and networked, distributed control architectures for
industrial systems.


SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
Post-Doctoral Associate    1999 - Present
Case Western Reserve University
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Center for Automation and Intelligent Systems Research (CAISR)
-Designed and implemented a distributed, object-oriented controller
 for a high-speed parts feeding system using C, C++, Java, and
 V+. Created on-line and hard-copy documentation for the software.
-Designed and constructed a second generation high-speed, flexible
 parts feeding system.
-Published and presented papers at international conferences dealing
 with flexible parts feeding systems.
-Completed a Masters Degree in Computer Science concentrating in the
 area of object-oriented machine control architectures.
-Designed and oversaw the construction and programming of a robotic
 testbed for studying the flight control schemes used by moths
 (Tobacco Hornworm moth).
-Research into the theory, control, and modeling of flexible parts
 feeding systems.

System Administrator (Part-time)    1998 - Present
Case Western Reserve University, CAISR
-General system administration tasks on a mixture of Sun workstations,
 PC's, and single board computers running SunOS, Solaris, Linux, and
 Windows NT, VxWorks, QNX, and LynxOS.
-Spear-headed the implementation of secure access to lab resources.
-Remote login access via OpenSSL and OpenSSH.
-Secure mail access using POP3S and stunnel.
-Removal of all insecure/unnecessary services on lab computers.


Staff Engineer    10/2000 - 10/2001
Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
Advanced Equipment Technology Group 
-Designed a mechanical interface between production modules and
 product transport enabling the rapid replacement of failing hardware
 and off-line module set-up and calibration.
-Performed all design work using SDRC I-DEAS solid modeling software.

Research Assistant    1994 - 1998
Case Western Reserve University 
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, CAISR
-Industry sponsored, agile manufacturing research project utilizing a
 number of Adept SCARA robots, machine vision, flexible part feeders,
 object-oriented software, and real-time processing.
-Assembly team leader responsible for all mechanical aspects of the
 project. Design and implementation of: the workcell; assembly
 hardware; flexible parts feeders; grippers; interchangeable assembly
 stations.
-Implemented a controller (using C++ and V+) for the flexible parts
 feeders by modifying existing workcell software and merging it with
 additional feeder specific software.


SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Computer
 Programming:
 -Object-oriented software design
 -Distributed, embedded machine control
 -Real-time programming (under VxWorks)
 -Client-Server network applications, Socket  programming
 -Vision system programming (Matrox, Adept, Imaging Technologies)
 -Robot programming, Network-based robot motion server
 -General workcell control
 -Platform independent remote user interface for machine control.
 -Data manipulation
 -CNC Lathe, Vertical Machining Center (G code)

 Languages:
 -C/C++
 -Java
 -V+ (Adept Robotic language)
 -Familiar with: Perl, Postscript, Matlab, FORTRAN, Shell Scripting,
  XWindows GUI, G Code

 Development Environments:
 -MS Visual C++ (6.0)
 -GCC/GDB (GNUtools)
 -Tornado (VxWorks)

 OS Experience:
 -Linux
 -Win NT/XP
 -Solaris
 -VxWorks
 -QNX
 -LynxOS

 Networking:
 -(TCP/UDP)/IP
 -Ethernet
 -Microsoft Windows Networking (SMB)

 Packages / Applications:
 -MS Office
 -Matlab
 -Mathematica
 -MS Visual C++ (6.0)
 -I-DEAS Solid Modeling
 -Autocad
 -Doxygen
 -X Windows
 -KDE

Project Management
 Managed multiple projects with senior undergraduate and graduate
 students.
 -Remote Control of an Intelledex 605T 5-Axis Robot from a Web Page.
 -Neural Network for Vision Recognition on a Flexible Parts Feeder
 -Characterization of Individual Part Throughput Behaviors of the
  Agile Feeding System
 -Vision Systems for Monitoring Mechanical Wear
 -A Robotic Test-bed for Studying the Flight Control Behavior of
  Tobacco Hornworm Moths

Mechanical Design
 -2D & 3D design of mechanical components
 -Robot gripper design
 -Mechanisms
 -Reconfigurable automation components


EDUCATION
Case Western Reserve University    Cleveland,  Ohio
 Master of Science    Computer Science
 January, 2002    GPA: 4.0
 Thesis: ``An Object-Oriented Software Architecture for the Control of
 Flexible Parts Feeding Systems'' (Available on web site)

 Doctor of Philosophy    Mechanical Engineering
 January, 1999    GPA: 3.87
 Dissertation: ``Elements of Agility in Manufacturing'' (Available on
 web site)

 Master of Science    Mechanical Engineering
 August, 1993    GPA: 3.9
 Thesis: ``Testing of Vibration Damping Bindings used on Alpine Ski
 Equipment'' (Available on web site)

 Bachelor of Science    Mechanical Engineering    May, 1991


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
-G.C. Causey. ``An Object-Oriented Software Architecture for the
 Control of Flexible Parts Feeding Systems.'' M.S. Thesis, Dept. of
 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve
 University, Jan 2002.
-G.C. Causey. ``An Object-Oriented Controller Architecture for
 Flexible Parts Feeding Systems.'' CAISR Technical Report Number
 TR01-003, 2001.
-M.S. Branicky, G.C. Causey, and R.D. Quinn. ``Modeling and throughput
 prediction for flexible parts feeders.'' Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on
 Robotics and Automation, pp. 154-161, San Francisco, CA, April 2000.
-M.S. Branicky, G.C. Causey, and R.D. Quinn. ``Toward a science of
 flexible feeding.'' Proc. IEEE/ASME Intl. Conf. on Advanced
 Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 380-385, Atlanta, GA, Sept. 1999.
-G.C. Causey, R.D. Quinn, and M.S. Branicky. ``Testing and analysis of
 a flexible feeding system.'' Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and
 Automation, pp. 2564-2571, Detroit, MI, 10-15 May 1999.
-G.C. Causey. "Elements of Agility in
 Manufacturing". Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace
 Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, January 1999.


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
National Society of Professional Engineers (passed the EIT exam).

Co-Chair: Flexible Parts Feeding and Fixturing: From Research to the
Factory Floor Workshop at the 2000 IEEE International Conference on
Robotics and Automation, San Francisco CA


COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Treasurer    Bible Baptist Church    Bedford, Ohio

Created: June 27, 2002