Robert H. Todd is a professor of mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

 (BYU) and a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education

American Society for Engineering Education

The American Society for Engineering Education is a non-profit member association, founded in 1893, dedicated to promoting and improving engineering and engineering technology education....

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Biography

Todd holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

. He had previously received a bachelors degree from California State University, Northridge

California State University, Northridge

California State University, Northridge is a public university in Northridge, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, United States....

 and an MS from Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

. Todd began his career by teaching at Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) for eight years. After this he worked for ten years in senior technical and management positions for General Motors

General Motors

General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...

 and Michelin

Michelin

Michelin is a tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France. It is one of the two largest tyre manufacturers in the world along with Bridgestone. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the BFGoodrich, Kleber, Riken, Kormoran and Uniroyal tyre brands...

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He then joined the faculty of BYU in 1989. He developed BYU's mechanical engineering capstone program which was begun in 1990. Among other assignments at BYU, Todd has served as the coach of the Formula SAE

Formula SAE

Formula SAE is a student design competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers . The competition was started back in 1978 and was originally called SAE Mini Indy.-Concept:...

 racing team.

Todd wrote the Manufacturing Processes Reference Guide along with Dell K. Allen

Dell K. Allen

Dell K. Allen was for many years a professor of manufacturing engineering at Brigham Young University . The Society of Manufacturing Engineers named their Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award after him....

 and Leo Alting. He has written papers on the capstone project primarily with Spencer P. Magleby and Carl D. Sorenson.

Sources

• Announcement of Todd being made an ASEE fellow
• BYU bio of Todd
• Alibiris listing of books by Todd
• scientific commons listing for Todd

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