Faculty Profiles

Timothy Hinds
Academic Specialist
Research Interests
  • mechanical design
  • mechanics
Research Biography

Primary responsibility is teaching of mechanical engineering undergraduate courses. Currently lead instructor in development of two new college-level, first year courses in engineering design and modeling. Also teach courses in mechanical design, engineering communication, mechanics, computational tools and manufacturing processes. Advise senior engineering student teams working on industrially sponsored capstone design projects. Also teach senior-level undergraduate international design project class where MSU teams collaborate with students at several other universities located around the world.

Selected Publications
  • S. Melnyk (lead author), R. Sroufe, F. Montabon, and T. Hinds, "Green MRP: Identifying the Material and Environmental Impacts of Production Schedules," International Journal of Production Research, 2001, Vol. 39, No. 8, pp. 1559-1573.
  • J. Lloyd (lead author), T. Hinds, K. David, M. Chung, M. Gonzalez and D. Timmer, "INTEnD: A Dispersed, Virtual Engineering Design Team Approach to Globalize Engineering Education," Journal of Design Research, Delft University Press, volume 4, issue 4, 2005.
Selected Achievements and Awards
  • Michigan State University Distinguished Academic Staff Award, 2007