Devi K. Kalla, Ph.D.
Address:
E-mail:
10700 E Dartmouth Ave, # CC 202
Denver, CO, 80014
[email protected], [email protected]
Office:
Cell:
(303) 556 2977
(316) 518 0376
EDUCATION
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Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Wichita State University, Kansas, August, 2008
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Dissertation Title: Committee Neural Network Force prediction Model in Milling of Fiber
Reinforced Polymer composites.
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M.S., Engineering Technology, West Texas A&M University, Texas, August, 2004.
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Project Title: Cost of Quality in Production Outsourcing.
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Mangalore University, India, May, 2001.
 Project Title: CAM Less IC Engine using AUTO CAD simulation.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
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Metropolitan State College of Denver
(7/2011 to Present)
 Position: Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology Program
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Mission: Teaching classes in mechanical and manufacturing field
 Job Detail: Teaching, advising students, being active in engineering technology professional
societies and activities, engaging in professional development, applying current technical computer
language/software and using other technologies in the classroom, updating manufacturing
curriculum, working cooperatively with diverse groups, and performing other duties as assigned by
the Chair. Courses taught are Technical Drawing, Manufacturing Processes, Manufacturing
Analysis, N/C Part Programming.
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Wichita State University
(8/2008 to 6/2011)
 Position: Postdoctoral Research Assistant
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Mission: Producing life-cycle databases of heuristics that will describe manufacturing unit
processes needed to evaluate the environmental impact of manufacturing wind-generation devices
and related systems.
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Job Detail: Prepared taxonomy of 300 unit manufacturing processes and produced life-cycle
databases for some manufacturing unit processes. The life-cycle database would have an immediate
impact on lowering the cost and improving the efficiency of achieving life-cycle and sustainability
improvements in a scientific basis.
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Wichita State University
 Position: Instructor/ Lecturer
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Mission: Teaching classes for both undergraduate and graduate students.
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Job Detail: Teaching Composite Materials Manufacturing and Machining Techniques. Developed
and conducted tutorials for CAD/CAM and machining software. Conducted CNC machining labs
for HAAS VF machining centers and lathes. Teaching Engineering graphics as a tool for
communicating design ideas while utilizing computer software as the drawing instrument. CAD
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software used are CATIA V5 and Pro/E. Covering topics on Sketcher, Part Design, Drafting,
Assembly, Sheet metal design, Wire frame and Surface Design.
(8/2004 to 8/2008)
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Position: Graduate Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant
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Graduate Projects: Worked on an aircraft industry sponsored project - ‘Effect of defect’ on the
material properties of the carbon/epoxy test panels. Modeled unique interaction between fiber and
matrix to accurately predict delamination.
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Performed edge trimming and drilling on composites to see the effect of fiber orientation and
machining conditions on cutting forces and surface quality and analyzed drilling quality based on
thrust & torque, roundness, roughness, hole oversize & damaged area. Achieved best machining
conditions which was quintessential in getting new projects and funds.
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Conducted energy consumption analysis and recommended ways to reduce environmental effects
by performing life cycle assessment. Implemented techniques of lean and green manufacturing on
the shop floor at Advanced Industries, Wichita.
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Teaching assistant: Engineering Graphics (IME 222), Manufacturing Tools (IME 558) and Metal
Machining – Theory and Applications (IME 768)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
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LEAN IMPLEMENTATION AT THAYER AEROSPACE, WICHITA, KS
(05/07 to 08/07)
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Position: Summer Intern
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Developed AS-IS map to identify operation sequence, cycle, lead time; developed TO-BE map
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Calculated takt time from demand, available capacity; implemented lean techniques to reduce
cycle time, lead time and produce to takt time: meeting customer demand
PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Book Chapters
1.
Devi Kalla, Jamal S. Ahmad and Janet Twomey, (2012), “ANN utilization in modeling of machining of fiber
reinforced composites,” Fiber reinforced composites, George Cheng, ed., NOVA Science Publications, NY,
USA. ISBN: 978-1-61470-303-7
2.
Devi K Kalla, PS Dhanasekaran, (2012), “Milling of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites,” Milling:
Operations, Applications and Industrial Effects, Lucas P. Durand, ed., Science Publishers, USA. ISBN: 9781-61470-903-9
Journal Articles
1.
Devi Kalla, Jamal Sheikh-Ahmad and Janet Twomey, “Prediction of Cutting forces in Helical End
Milling Fiber Reinforced Polymers,” International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 50 (10),
pp. 882-891, 2010. doi:10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2010.06.005
2.
Jamal S Ahmad, Janet Twomey, Devi Kalla, and P.Lodhia “Multiple Regression and Committee Neural
Network Force Prediction Models in Milling FRP,” Machining of Science and Technology Journal, 11:3, pp.
391-412, 2007. doi: 10.1080/10910340701554873
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Devi Kalla, Zhang, Bangwei, Asmatulu, R., Puttagounder, D. (2012). "Current Research Trends in
Abrasive Waterjet Machining of Fiber Reinforced Composites". Materials Science Forum, 713, pp. 3742. Transactions tech publications, Switzerland. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.713.37
4.
Devi K. Kalla, Aaron Brown and Nahusha Kumar. (2012) “Optimal Selection of Artificial Neural
Network Parameters with Design of Experiments: An Application in Modeling Milling of Carbon Fiber
Reinforced Composites”, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research (IJCIR), Vol 8
(2), pp. 119-131. ISSN: 0973-1873.
Papers submitted
5.
Zhang, B., Patlolla, V., Puttagounder, D., Kalla, D., Asmatulu, R. "Graphene and ITO polymeric
Nanocomposite films: A systematic study on galvanic corrosion of Al/Cu meshes with carbon fibers and
potential improvements". International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology ( final Review).
6.
D. Kalla, M. Overcash, and J. Twomey, “Verification and Refinement of Unit Process Life Cycle
Inventories for Product Manufacturing Analysis”, Journal of Manufacturing Systems (final Review).
Working Papers
7.
Janet Twomey, Devi Kalla and Jamal S Ahmad, “Bootstrapped Committee Networks for Sparse Data
Manufacturing Problems,” in preparation.
8.
Devi Kalla, Janet Twomey and Jamal Sheikh-Ahmad, “Comprehensive ANN for prediction model in
milling of carbon fiber reinforced polymers,” were planning to submit to International Journal of
Machine Tools and Manufacture.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
1.
Devi Kalla, Prashant Lodhia, Janet Twomey and Jamal Sheikh-Ahmad, 2005, “CN Force Predication
Model in Milling of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers,” Intelligent Systems in Design and
Manufacturing VI, Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 5999. pp. 255-266
2.
Devi Kalla and Janet Twomey, 2006, “Committee Network force prediction model in milling of carbon
fiber reinforced polymers,” In Proceedings: 2nd Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and
Scholarly Projects. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University, pp.54-55, 2006.
3.
Michael Overcash, Janet Twomey and Devi Kalla, 2009, “Unit Process Life Cycle Inventory for Product
Manufacturing Operations,” Proceeding of the 2009 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering
Conference, ASME, 1, pp. 49-55, October 4-7. West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
4.
Devi Kalla, 2010, “Effect of machining parameters on surface roughness in unidirectional and fabric
woven fiber reinforced polymers,” SAMPE conference, 42nd ISTC, Salt lake city, UTAH, USA.
5.
F. Abedin and D. Kalla 2010, “Heat affected zone (HAZ) in Laser Machining,” Proceeding: 6th Annual
Symposium: Graduate Research and Scholarly projects. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University, 63-64.
6.
P.S. Dhanasekaran Devi. K. Kalla, , and Nito Yoda, 2010, “Recent Advances in Cutting Tool Materials
and Tool Coatings for Machining Composite Materials,” 2010 Tooling for composites conference,
Society of Manufacturing Engineers, TP10PUB115, UTAH, USA.
7.
D. Kalla and F. Abedin, 2010, “Effect of parameters on surface roughness of carbon fiber reinforced
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polymer,” SAMPE conference, 42nd ISTC, Salt lake city, UT.
8.
Devi Kalla, PS Dhanasekaran, and R. Asmatulu, 2011, “Investigative study on machinability aspects of
fiber reinforced composite machining using statistical analysis (ANOVA)”, Composites Manufacturing
2011 Conference & Exhibits, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, April 12-14, 2011, Dayton, OH.
9.
Devi Kalla, S. Corocran, M. Overcash and J. Twomey, 2011, “Energy Consumption in Discrete Part
Production,” Proceeding of the 2011 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference,
ASME, Volume 1, pp. 669-675, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
10. PS. Dhanasekaran, Devi Kalla and R. Asmatulu, 2011, “Human safety problems in industrial machining
of composite materials”, Composites Manufacturing 2011 Conference & Exhibits, Society of
Manufacturing Engineers, Apr 12-14, Dayton, OH, USA.
11. Devi Kalla, R. Asmatulu and PS. Dhanasekaran, 2011, “New Progress in Damage Evaluation and repair
of Fiber Reinforced Composites”, SAMPE 2011 – Long Beach, CA, May 23-26.
12. PS. Dhanasekaran, Devi Kalla and R. Asmatulu, 2011, “Sustainability in Nanomanufacturing: Status
and Vision for the Future”, Proceeding of the 2011 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering
Conference, ASME, volume 2, pp. 585-590, June 13-17, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
13. D. Kalla, K. Nahusha and PS. Dhanasekaran, 2011, “Optimization of Cutting Forces in End Milling of
CFRP composites using Response Surfaces and Desirability Function Approach”, SAMPE 2011 – Long
Beach, CA, May 23-26.
14. D. Kalla, J.S. Ahmad and J. Twomey, 2011, “Artificial Neural Network utilization in Modeling of
machining composites”, SAMPE 2011 – Long Beach, CA, May 23-26.
15. A.S.Jahromi, G. Gudimani, D. Kalla and B. Bahr, 2011, “Effect of High RPM Machining and Fiber
Orientation on Subsurface Damage in Machining of Unidirectional Composites”, SAMPE 2011 – Long
Beach, CA, USA.
16. Devi Kalla, PS. Dhanasekaran and R. Asmatulu, 2011, “Abrasive Waterjet machining of Fiber
Reinforced Composites, 4th Manufacturing Engineering Society of International Conference, MESIC,
Spain.
17. B. Zhang, PS. Dhanasekaran, D. Kalla and R. Asmatulu, and, 2011, “Development of highly conductive
polymeric nanocomposite films on the surface of composites against lightening strikes”, SAMPE 2011
– Fort worth, Texas, USA.
18. PS. Dhanasekaran, D. Kalla and R. Asmatulu, 2011, “Advances and Challenges in Manufacturing and
Processing of Polymeric Nanocomposites”, SAMPE 2011 – Fort worth, Texas, USA.
19. B. Zhang, H.Misak, PS. Dhanasekaran, D. Kalla and R. Asmatulu, 2011, “Environmental Impacts of
Nanotechnology and its Products”, 2011 ASEE Midwest Section Annual Conference Technical Session
Schedule Lake Point Conference Center, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas.
20. D. Kalla, PS. Dhanasekaran, B. Zhang, and R. Asmatulu, 2011“Sustainability of Fiber reinforced
composites: Status and vision for the future”, ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering
Congress, Denver, Colorado, Nov 11-17.
21. Kalla, D., Brown, A. (2012) "Infusing A Sustainable Green Manufacturing Course into
Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering Technology Program". ASEE Annual Conference and
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Exposition. asee.org
22. Kalla, D., Brown, A. "New Trends and Developments in Direct Digital Manufacturing". ASME 2012
International Symposium on Flexible Automation. asme.org
Other Publications, Reports, Posters
1.
Devi Kalla and Larry Whitman, “Fundamentals of Engineering Graphics Using CATIA V5,” manual for
IME 222 for spring 2006 - Present classes at Wichita State University.
2.
Drake, R., Yildirim, M.B., Twomey, J.T., and Lodhia, P., 2006, “Data collection framework on energy
consumption in manufacturing,” Institute of industrial engineering research conference, Orlando, FL, 5/2124/2006 (assisted with research and manuscript preparations).
3.
F. Abedin and D. Kalla, 2010, “Review on heat affected zone (HAZ) in laser machining composites,”
6th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University.
4.
Devi Kalla, Janet Twomey and Michael Overcash, “Prepared the generic format for the manufacturing
unit process heuristics, established the large scale taxonomy of manufacturing unit processes, and preparing
in-depth reports on several of these heuristics”. (http://cratel.wichita.edu/uplci/)
5.
S. Corcoran, J. Twomey and M. Overcash, “Energy inventory of a turret punch in a production setting,”
2010 international symposium on flexible automation, July 12-14, Tokyo, Japan (assisted with research and
manuscript preparations).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES
Editor (Journal)
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Editor-in-chief for International Journal of Mechanical and Material Sciences Research
(IJMMSR) (http://www.ripublication.com/ijmmsr.htm).
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Editorial board member of International Journal of Material Science and Technology
(IJMST) (http://www.ripublication.com/ijmst.htm)
Symposium Organizer/Co-Organizer
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Sustainability of Products and Processes, in Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference at
ASME MSEC-2013 in University of Wisconsin-Madison (accepted)
Session Chair and Co-chair
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Session chair, Materials Issues in Additive Manufacturing -International Symposium on Flexible
Automation Conference, 2012
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Session chair, Sustainable Nanomanufacturing -International Manufacturing Science and
Engineering Conference, 2011
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Session co-chair, Energy manufacturing - International Manufacturing Science and Engineering
Conference 2011
Reviewer
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Journals
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Machining Science and Technology. (reviewed 1 paper)
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International Journal of Machine tools and Manufacture. (reviewed 2 papers)
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Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. (reviewed 4 papers)
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Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering
Manufacture (reviewed 2 papers)
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International Journal of Machining and Machinability. (reviewed 2 papers)
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Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process
Mechanical Engineering (reviewed 1 paper)
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Materials and Manufacturing Processes. (reviewed 1 paper)
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Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace
Engineering (reviewed 1 paper)
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Journal of Manufacturing Processes (reviewed 2 paper)
International Conferences
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ASME International Conference on Materials and Processing 2011(ICM&P).(reviewed 1
paper)
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International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference 2011 (MSEC) (reviewed
1 paper)
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International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Reviewer, Conference Paper, St Louis,
Missouri, United States 2012. (reviewed 2 papers)
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International Design Engineering Technical Conferences 2011, Reviewer, Conference
Paper (reviewed 1 paper)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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Member: Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME).
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Member: Society of Photo-optical instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
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Member: American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
TRAINING
Profession in Mechanical CAD, Central Institute of tool Design, India
 Parametric and feature based modeling using Pro/E, CATIA and Solid works. Creating
subassemblies and exploded views from 2D views and sections from 3D models. Extracting BOM
tables in drawing. Creating different types of sheet metal walls using bend and form features in Pro/E.
Import and Export models to FEA software.
 FEM/FEA analysis in ANSYS and ABACUS. Exporting models from Pro/E, CATIA V5 and
Solid works. Learnt the process of meshing geometry, applying boundary conditions and performing
various analyses like linear static, vibration and buckling. Post processing including color-coded
contouring and identifying hot spots.
PRESENTATIONS, SEMINARS and WORKSHOPS
 “CN force prediction model in milling of carbon fiber reinforced polymers”, Kalla, D. SPIE Optics
East 2005, Boston MA, Oct 24-26.
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“LCA for the design of sustainable bio-material products,” Plant-Based Biomaterials by design
Symposium, Jan 27, 2006, Kansas State University.
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 Center for Sustainable Engineering Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA, July 13-14, 2009.
 NSF proposal writing workshop, 2010, Lincoln, Nebraska.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2nd winner award for Adem Calik computational award in 2006, Wichita state university
1st place award in the open house sponsored by IIE, Wichita state university, KS, 2007.
Travel award for SPIE Conference /’05, Boston, USA (sponsored by SGA)
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WSU Graduate Student Council Travel Grant (2005, 2007)
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Amarillo Gear Company scholarship (2003), West Texas A&M University, TX.
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Engineering-Engineering Tech scholarship (2004), West Texas A&M University, TX.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Conventional and non-conventional machining of metals and composites, environmentally
conscious manufacturing, green manufacturing/Sustainable Engineering,
energy efficient
manufacturing processes and automated design and product development.
TEACHING INTERESTS
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Engineering Graphics, Machining of metals and composites, Manufacturing processes, Composite
Manufacturing, Engineering Economy, FEA, Automated Manufacturing, CIM, CAD/CAM and
CNC machining, Probability and Statistics.
COMPUTER SKILLS
I have experience and expertise in using the following computational tools
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CAD/CAM: Pro/Engineer, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks and CATIA V5
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Engineering Design and Analysis, FEA
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MATLAB, LabView, and MATHEMATICA
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Programming: C/C++, Java, BASIC family, HTML, Python and Perl (1yr)
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PC, Unix, Mac, Hardware and Massively parallel systems (MPI and SMP) experience
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HyperMesh 9.0, Patran 2.1, ANSYS, ABAQUS 6.9-2,
OTHER SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
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Mastercam / CNC Mill / Lathe / Vertical Mill/CNC Turning experience
Composite Manufacturing and Machining
Fiberglass Polymer construction
Injection Molding Process