Biography:

Education:
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University 1996
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Oakland University 1982
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, General Motors Institute 1976

Professional Experience:
Director, Manufacturing Research Center, Western Michigan University, 2003-
Chair, Manufacturing Engineering Department, College of Engineering, WMU, 2003-
Professor of Manufacturing Engineering, WMU, 2003-
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UNC Charlotte 2003
Profesor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology, UNC Charlotte (1997 - 2002)
Asscoiate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology, UNC Charlotte (1992 - 1997)
Department Co-op Coordinator
Manufacturing Program Coordinator 
Assistant Professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology, UNC Charlotte (1986 - 1992)
Faculty Associate for Labratory Instruction, UNC Charlotte (1984 - 1986)
Senior Engineer, Mahasco Corporation (1981 - 1984)
Engineer, Hoyem-Bassco Associates, Inc. (1979 - 1981)
Research & Laboratory Assistant, Okland University (1978 - 1979)
Process Engineer, General Motors Corporation (1975 - 1977)
Manufacturing Co-op Student, General Motors Corporation (1971 - 1977)

Publications:
"High Pressure Phase Transformation of Silicon Nitride", 2003 (accepted for publication, Appl. Phys. Lett.), J. Patten, Robert Nemanich, Jennifer Huenin, et al. 
"Study of Ductile Machining of Silicon Nitride", 2001, T.G. Kumbera, J.A. Patten, H.P. Cherukuri, C.J. Brand, T.D. Marusich, Int. J. of Machining Science and Technology, Vol.5, No. 3, 341-352. 
"Extreme Negative Rake Angle Technique for Single Point Diamond Nano-Cutting of Silicon", 2001, Precision Engineering, J.A. Patten, W. Gao, Vol.25, No.2, 165-167. 
"On the Development of Surface Temperatures in Precision Single-point Diamond Abrasion of Semi-conductors", 1997, H. A. Abdel-Aal, S.T. Smith, J.A. Patten, Int. Comm. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol. 24, No. 8, pp. 1131-1140. 
"Thermal Imaging with Near-Field Microscope", 1997, B.D. Boudreau, J. Raya, R. Hocken, S. Patterson, and J. Patten. Rev. Sci. Inst. Vol. 68, pp. 3096-3098. 
"High Pressure Phase Transformation Analysis and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Single Point Diamond Turning of Germanium", 1996,  J.A. Patten. PhD Dissertation, NCSU. 
"Origins of the Ductile Regime in Single-Point Diamond Turning of Semiconductors", 1995, J.C. Morris, D.L. Callahan, J. Kulik, J.A. Patten, R.O. Scattergood, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 78 [8] 2015-20. 
"Automatic Vision Inspection and Measurement System for External Screw Threads", 1994, Randal J.Hunsicker, John Patten, Alton Ledford, Cathie Ferman, Michael Allen, Clark Ellis, Journal of Manufactufing Systems, Vol. 13, No 5, p. 370-384.
"Numerical Simulations of Ductile Machining of Silicon Nitride with a Cutting Tool of Defined GeometryKumbera", 2001, T.G, Cherukuri, H.P, Patten, J.A, Brand, C.J, Marusich, T.D. Proceedings of the 4th CIRP International Workshop on Modeling of Machining Operations at TUDelft, pp 7-10. 
"Numerical Simulations of Ductile Machining of Silicon NitrideKumbera", 2001, T.G, Cherukuri, H.P, Patten, J.A, Brand, C.J, Marusich, T.D. Proceeedings of the 16th ASPE Annual Meeting, Washington DC, pp 98-101. 
"Study of Ductile Machining of Silicon NitrideKumbera", 2001, T.G, Cherukuri, H.P, Patten, J.A, Brand, C.J, Marusich, T.D. Journal for Machining Science and Technology, V5/3:341-352. 
"Machining Force Analysis for Ductile Machining of Silicon NitrideKumbera", 2001, T.G, Cherukuri, H.P, Patten, J.A, Brand, C.J, Marusich, T.D. accepted to the 5th CIRP International Workshop on Modeling of Machining Operations at Purdue University, May 2002. 

Recent Publications/Presentations:

Type	Date	Title	Author	Journal/Conference	Page
Paper	2006	Single Point Diamond Turning of CVD coated Silicon Carbide	John Patten and Bis Bhatt	ASME MSEC 2006	0
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Thesis	2006	Single Point Diamond Turning of CVD coated Silicon Carbide	John Patten, Biswarup Bhattacharya, Jerry Jacob	ASME MSEC 2006
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Presentation	2006/4/20	Ductile Regime nanomachining of Silicon Carbide	John Patten	University of Wisconsin - Platteville
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Presentation	2006/0/0	Nugget	John Patten	2006
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	2006	2006 HPPT Workshop	John Patten	NSF FRG HPPT Workshop
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