David A. Dornfeld is Professor of Mechanical Engineering, the Will C. Hall Family Chair in Engineering, and the Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Professor Dornfeld's expertise is in green manufacturing processes and systems, sustainable manufacturing, and precision manufacturing focusing on micro-scale, and nano and sub-nano processes. His research areas also include flexible manufacturing systems, signal processing and intelligent sensors for untended manufacturing.

Dave is Director of Berkeley's Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability ("LMAS"), where they model sustainable, environmentally-conscious manufacturing processes and systems. Research at LMAS is concerned with the analysis and improvement of manufacturing processes and the development of tools to analyze sustainability.

Professor Dornfeld received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, among others.

Back to team page.