Mitchel Keil

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Mitchel Keil
Professor
Office: 
(269) 276-3365
Location: 
F-222 Floyd Hall, Mail Stop 5336
Mailing address: 
Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5336 USA
Education: 
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990.
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, 1984.
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1978.
Teaching interests: 
  • Design for manufacturability.
  • Automated interference elimination in spatial mechanisms.
  • Design of packaging for shock isolation.
  • Automatic routing of flexible elements.
Bio: 

Research projects

  • Design of a mold distortion tester for foundry systems.
  • Characterization of materials for mechanical shock isolation.
  • Automatic Routing and dynamic simulation of brake hose.
  • Reverse engineering.
  • Vehicle simulation.