APM Program

Alumni Professors of Manufacturing

The Alumni Professors of Manufacturing (APM) program, formerly know as The Future Professors of Manufacturing (FPM), is an interdisciplinary program designed to prepare select individuals with industry experience for academic careers. The program has developed a cadre of talented professors who have created advanced manufacturing programs at universities across the United States that educate the manufacturing graduates needed by industry in the 21st century.

"The FPM program was the perfect complement to my industrial experience. Through it, I was able to study aspects of manufacturing that I had little contact with in my previous career. I was also given the opportunity and the analytical tools to analyze the problems that I had faced every day on the shop floor and in meeting rooms."

James R. Bradley, Ph.D.
IEEM '96, FPM '96
Assistant Professor
Operations Management and Manufacturing
Johnson Graduate School of Management
Cornell University

With the graduation of the final Stanford students in 2005, the APM program is completed Phase I of its ten-year plan to produce 35 manufacturing oriented academics for American universities. Twenty six graduates are now employed as professors at 24 institutions in the United States. See [Alumni Professors of Manufacturing] for complete list of graduates.

Phase II of the APM program consists of the formation of an interactive alumni community committed to sharing information on the development of successful academic careers and the formation of new forms of
curriculum, instruction, and research in all areas of manufacturing.

Phase II Activities

Manufacturing Education Workshops held every other year at Stanford.

Organized by AIM and the Alumni Professors of Manufacturing participants, these biannual workshops explore topics on how to prepare for, find, and succeed at academic careers in manufacturing education and research.

Visits to manufacturing industry and university sites around the world.

Every other year participants visit manufacturing industry and university sites in specific locations to assess best practices and establish collaborations for further research. Recent visits have included trips to Japan, the U.S. Southwest, and China.

2005 Alumni Professors of Manufacturing China Study Trip

Tomorrow's Professor Listserve with twice weekly postings on topics in the following categories:

Tomorrow's Academy

Tomorrow's Graduate Students and Postdocs

Tomorrow's Academic Careers

Tomorrow's Teaching and Learning

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The listserve is open to everyone with interests in higher education. More information can be found at:

Alumni Professors of Manufacturing

The listserve is open to everyone with interests in higher education. More information can be found at:

http://sll.stanford.edu/projects/tomprof/newtomprof/index.shtml

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