Pakkala, John

Lecturer

Office: 13-260F
Email: jpakkala@calpoly.edu


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Control systems, signal processing, vehicle dynamics and crash reconstruction, manufacturing engineering.

EDUCATION

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Michigan Technological University

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University

Apprenticeship in Special Machine Design, U.S. Dept of Labor

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Program Director of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Graduate Academic Advisor and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University

Visiting Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Technische Hochschule Lübeck (Germany)

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

More than two decades designing and supervising the construction of tools, special machines, and automation equipment in the automotive, aircraft, and defense industries.