Manufacturing and Automation Technology

Manufacturing and Automation Technology provides thorough coverage of manufacturing as it relates to the Standards for Technological Literacy. This text covers both manufacturing processes and management technology. Students apply the text content to create a real-world enterprise in which they determine the management, create the products, and prepare the financial reports. Also included are new green manufacturing links that feature green processes and techniques applied in manufacturing.

Dr. R. Thomas Wright is one of the leading figures in technology education curriculum development in the United States. He is the author or coauthor of many Goodheart-Willcox technology textbooks. Dr. Wright is the author of Manufacturing and Automation Technology, Processes of Manufacturing, and Technology & Engineering. He is the coauthor of Exploring Design, Technology, & Engineering with Dr. Ryan A. Brown.

Dr. Wright has served the profession through many professional offices. These offices include President of the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) and President of the Council on Technology Teacher Education (CTTE). His work has been recognized through the ITEEA Academy of Fellows award and Award of Distinction, the CTTE Technology Teacher Educator of the Year, the Epsilon Pi Tau Laureate Citation and Distinguished Service Citation, the Sagamore of the Wabash Award from the Governor of Indiana, the Bellringer Award from the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Ball State University Faculty of the Year Award and George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professorship, and the EEA-Ship Citation.

Dr. Wright’s educational background includes a bachelor’s degree from Stout State University, a master’s degree from Ball State University, and a doctoral degree from the University of Maryland. His teaching experience consists of three years as a junior high instructor in California and 37 years as a university instructor at Ball State University. In addition, Dr. Wright has also been a visiting professor at Colorado State University, Oregon State University, and Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia.

 

Mike Berkeihiser has written numerous journal articles for Technology and Engineering Teacher and the TEEAP Journal and has presented at many conferences. Mike teaches engineering design, architectural design, and electronics at Unionville High School in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Unionville’s technology education department won ITEEA and TEEAP Program Excellence Awards in 2009.

Mr. Berkeihiser’s educational background includes a bachelor’s degree from Millersville University and a master’s degree from Ball State University.