Nelson A. Granda, Ph.D

Experience

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  University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

  Jun 2007 - Feb 2008

  TA- Lab Instructor

  Instructed undergraduate students in the control process course and assisted them with their projects. Evaluated work in electric circuits, PLC, and basic programming of Human Machine Interface (HMI). Managed and supervised the control process laboratory

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  Serena-USA

  Feb 2008 - Dec 2008

  Field Engineer

  Performed maintenance and quality control on Gamesa power generator wind turbines using mechanical and electronic specialized tools.

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  Infotech Aerospace Services Puerto Rico

  Jan 2009 - May 2012

  System Specialist II

  Performed different roles as an Electrical Engineering SME on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Load Management systems.System Engineer Lead for FAA certification.QA inspector for internal processes.

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  University of Tennessee

  Jan 2014 - Aug 2017

  Member of the Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain Engineering ( LTSE) Lab. Instructor of record for the following courses:IE401 Lab- Laboratory for Facilities Planning and Material Handling - Spring 2014IE402 - Production System Planning and Control - Fall 2014 & 2015IE202 - Work Measurement and Introduction to Manufacturing Processes - Spring 2015

  • GRA and PhD student

    Jun 2012 - Aug 2017

  • Instructor

    Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
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  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Mar 2015 - Jun 2017

  Intern

  Work as an intern in the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) of the Oak Ridge National Lab. Develop energy efficiency models used on Additive Manufacturing processes to create Life Cycle assessments(LCA). The LCA is created by understanding the supply chain needed to produce any product via AM.

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  Western Carolina University

  Jan 2017 - Jul 2023

  Assistant Professor

  Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering + Technology. Teaching: Lean Six Sigma | Engineering Economics | Sustainable Systems | Fluid Power | Automation and Controls | Reliability and Maintainability | Eng. Practices and PrinciplesCommittees: Council on Diversity and Inclusion | Blue Ribbon Task Force on Inclusive Excellence | Intercultural Affairs Advisory Board Chair | SAI Task Force | SET & CET Curriculum | IISE Sustainable Development Division Leadership.

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  North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

  Aug 2023 - now

  Faculty Applied Engineering Technology

  Faculty member of the Applied Engineering Technology Department at the College of Science and Technology of The North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. Research focus: Sustainability Systems, Sustainability Engineering Education, LifeCycle Assessment, TechnoEconomic Analysis & Social Sustainable Development.

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  National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  Jun 2024 - now

  Faculty-Applied Clean Energy Sciences (FACES) Visiting Faculty Program

  Visiting Faculty with the FACES program of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Justice and Equity, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. As a member of the first cohort of The FACES program I’ll be collaborating and learning from the brightest scientists and engineers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL.