Bio:
Dr. Nathan W. Hartman is the Dauch Family Professor of Advanced Manufacturing in the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University, Director of the Digital Enterprise Center, and Director of the Indiana Manufacturing Competitiveness Center (IN-MaC) at West Lafayette. Professor Hartman’s research areas focus on the digital transformation of the manufacturing enterprise; tools and methods for model-based definition creation and use in design, production, and sustainment environments; and data interoperability and standards. Funding for his research has come from a variety of sources, such as NSF, DoD, DoE, the MxD and CyManII federal manufacturing institutes, NIST, and the federally-funded projects for hypersonics and energetic materials at Purdue, as well as industrial partners at Rolls Royce, Cummins, Boeing, GM, Ford Motor Company, Collins Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Textron, Gulfstream, Procter & Gamble, GM, Honda, and others. Professor Hartman has served on various national and international standards development committees related to digital methods and tools supporting product lifecycle data interoperability. Prior to his time at Purdue University, Professor Hartman worked in industry for over eight years at Fairfield Manufacturing, Caterpillar, and Rand Worldwide. Professor Hartman holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Purdue University and a Doctorate from North Carolina State University.