K.P. Rajurkar, Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the College of Engineering and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan Technological University in 1978 and 1982, respectively.  Dr. Rajurkar is the founder and Director of the Center for Nontraditional Manufacturing Research and Professor of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering. Currently he is the interim Chair of the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering department. He has also served as the Interim Associate Dean for Research of the College of Engineering and Technology (2005-2006). He served as Program Director of Manufacturing Machines and Equipment at the National Science Foundation (1999-2002). He was Chairman of the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Graduate Program of the College of Engineering and Technology (1988-99). Dr. Rajurkar is a Fellow of ASME, SME and International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP). Dr. Rajurkar served as a Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the NAMRI/SME. He was President of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute of SME in 1998-1999. Currently he is the ASME Manufacturing Technical Group Leader (previously called Vice President-Manufacturing) for three years (2005-2008).
Dr. Rajurkar has more than 100 refereed publications and nearly 100 technically edited papers which were published in conference proceedings. His research has been supported by NSF, NIST/ATP, DOD, GEAE, Extrude Hone, Brush Wellman, Cummins Engines, NCMS, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan), Trans Tec Inc. (England), State of Nebraska, and other sponsors. He has received College of Engineering and Technology Awards for research, teaching and service. He also has received the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award for a paper on Pulse Electrochemical Machining. Recently he has also received the 2005 Charles F. Carter Jr. Advancing Manufacturing Award from the Association of Manufacturing Technology. He is a co-inventor for a U.S. patent on cryogenically cooled tool machining
Dr. Rajurkar's areas of teaching experience include undergraduate and graduate courses in Manufacturing Methods and Processes, Metal Cutting Theory and Practice, Nontraditional Manufacturing Methods, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Numerical Control and Automation, Robotics, Applied Operation Research, Production Planning, Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Materials, Statistical Experimental Design, and Data Dependent Systems.  krajurkar1@unl.edu