Industrial Experience

Hulya Julie Yazici, PhD.  

PROJECT MANAGER- COORDINATOR 1996- 1999

Inco Ltd. Mines Research Sudbury, Ontario Canada

- Responsible for the planning, organization and coordination of the Strategic Mine Simulator project: simulation of mine development/production processes using Automod including activity based cost analysis and mineral economics

- Mine equipment reliability analysis studies, data monitoring systems, life cycle cost analysis

QUALITY PLANNING SPECIALIST 1993-1996

Arcelik A.S. Inc.(Electric Home Appliance Manufacturer) Istanbul

Responsible for the following projects:

- Implementation of simultaneous engineering techniques in product development, such as QFD, Value Engineering, F.M.E.A, Reliability Eng. thru self managed teams

- Reengineering of the new product development process, process mapping, analysis, design review procedures for product development

- Statistical Process Control and Capability studies of plastics injection molding / extrusion, paint processes using SAS

-TQM training program for work force and management

- Modelling the organizational communication system and information technology requirements, survey design, analysis and presentation to top management

RESEARCHER/CONSULTANT 1990-1991

John Deere and Company, Moline Illinois; Intelligent Systems Center, University of Missouri-Rolla

- Worked in the joint industry-academia project for the development of a knowledge-based system for process planning and control using NEXPERT OBJECT at Sun Workstation.

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL CONSULTANT 1988-1990

Can-Tex Industries, Plastic Pipe Division of Harsco Corporation Rolla, Missouri

- Worked on the problems related to the low strength of conduit pipes; collected and analyzed data, established a statistical process control plan based on process improvement techniques and trained the plant workers for using those techniques.

Schwitzer U.S. Inc, Summer 1991

Rolla, Missouri

- Worked on the application of experimental design techniques for problem diagnosis and process improvement.

RESEARCHER/COORDINATOR 1992-93

IBM Corporation, Portland Oregon

- Coordinated the initial stage of a joint group decision support system project to establish an academia-industry partnership.

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER

CR Industries, Eldon, Missouri Summer 1990

-Worked in time study and work measurements for production planning.

MINING ENGINEER, Internship Fall 1983

Coban Coal Industries Grant Gediz, Turkey

Coal Institute of Spain Oviedo, Spain

- Experimented coking of Turkish lignite coal in a series of laboratory experiments.

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