
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.