DAVID EDWARD FLY, P.E.
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT
328 Fryklund Hall
Menomonie, WI 54751
E-mail: flyd@uwstout.edu
Tel: 715-232-5041
Personal Summary
David is a professional engineer specializing in manufacturing processes. He is currently teaching Mechanics of Materials, Electricity/Electronics Fundamentals, and System Simulation. An apprentice journeyman before college, his strengths are the practical applications of engineering as used for structures, manufacturing processes, machinery, and operations. His current interests are 3D printing, hybrid composites, finite element analysis, design, applied statistics, and intellectual property. He has owned and operated an engineering company, designed machines and fixtures, worked with Chinese engineers, and commercialized patented technology.
Educational Background
Ph.D. Candidate, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University
2015
Dissertation (in progress): Additive Manufactured Hybrid Composites as a Lightweight Material.
ME. Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Auburn University
1994
Thesis: Laser Heat Treatment of Low Carbon Steel to Examine the Effect on Fatigue Life from Residual Compressive Stresses at the Surface.
MS. Agricultural Engineering, Auburn University
1992
Thesis: Machine Vision System to Measure Pine Seedlings.
BS. Agricultural Engineering, VA Polytechnic Institute & State University
1989
Journeyman of Machinery Installation, Virginia Apprenticeship Council
1984
Personal Interests
Outdoor Recreation
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Canoeing
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Hiking and camping
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Hunting and fishing
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Dunn County Fish and Game Club
Family and Community Service
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Backyard projects, cookouts, gardening, landscaping
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Hosting bon-fires
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Time with the kids
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Special Olympics Wisconsin fund raising
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Service projects at our local public rifle range
Memberships
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Advised the Student Chapter at UW-Stout for three years.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Attend ASME meetings or plant tours in St. Paul occasionally.
Taken students on dozens of plant tours.
2010 - present
2010 - present