David (Dave) Paul Sly

Title(s):

Teaching Professor
Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Director, Start Something in College of Engineering

Office

3015 Black Engr.
2529 Union Dr.
Ames, IA 500112030

Information

Education

  • PhD, Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, 2004
  • MBA, Marketing, Iowa State University, 1994
  • MS, Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, 1990
  • BS, Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, 1985

Interest Areas

Dave Sly’s research examines the integrated planning and analysis of products and their corresponding manufacturing processes in discrete part machining and assembly based organizations. Dr. Sly focuses on the manufacturing process management (MPM) component of this workflow which typically sits between product data management (PDM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. In this capacity, Dr. Sly studies the workflow and data based relationships between common process engineering tasks, such as Time Estimation, Ergonomics Assessment/Analysis, Assembly Line Balancing, Factory/Workplace Design, Product Flow Analysis, and Work Instruction Authoring/Deployment. Dr. Sly is President of Proplanner, which is an MPM software firm located at the ISU Research Park. Proplanner sells an MPM framework consisting of several integrated process engineering applications for use by medium to large discrete manufacturers. The Proplanner process engineering suite is developed in the Microsoft.NET environment and is concurrently deployable via LAN and the Internet. Dr. Sly is also developing and executing the new Sales Engineering courses and proposed Minor within the IMSE department. In this capacity, he develops lecture materials and in-class workshops for the on-campus and distance education students.

Publications

  • Kirpes, Carl, Sly, Dave, Hu, Guiping, “Applied Research on Electronic Documentation and 3D Product Model Deployment to Production and Assembly Processes.”, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering – Applied System Innovation, In Review

     

  • Kirpes, Carl, Hu, Guiping, Sly, Dave, “The 3D Product Model Research Evolution and Future Trends: A Systematic Literature Review.”, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering – Applied System Innovation, In Review

     

  • Kirpes, Carl, Sly, Dave, Hu, Guiping, “Quantitative Model for the Value of the 3D Product Model Use in Production Processes”, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering – Applied System Innovation, Nov 2021

     

  • Sly, Baumblauskas, Carberry, “Selling Technical Sales to Engineering Learners”, (Spring 2017), Advances in Engineering Education (AEE) 6(1).

     

  • Sly, Dave, March 2011, “Handling Material Problems As They Arise”, Cutting Tool Engineering, pp 30.

     

  • Sly, Peters, Baumblauskas, “Development of a Sales Program”, IIE Innovations in Curriculum Competition, May 2011

     

  • McLean, C., F. Riddick, D. P. Sly, and S. Moorthy. 2001. Manufacturing simulation and visualization: a discussion plan for NISTs assumption of SDX standardization activities. MEL/NIST.

     

  • Sly, D. P. 1999. Sim factors. Computer Graphics World.

     

  • Sly, D. P. May 1996. Using CAD for space planning and asset management. Industrial Engineering Solutions, 36-44.

     

  • Sly, D. P., M. Benoit, and E. Grajo. 1996. Layout design and analysis software. Industrial Engineering Solutions, 18-24.

     

  • Sly, D. P. 1995. Automatic optimal route flows in AutoCAD. Industrial Engineering Solutions.

     

  • Sly, D. P. 1995. Issues and techniques for using CAD to draw factory layouts. Industrial Engineering Solutions.

     

  • Sly, D. P. August 1995. Computerized facilities design and management: a survey of factory layout design and analysis software. Industrial Engineering Solutions, 43-51.

     

  • Sly, D. P. 1995. Material flow analysis and space planning of automotive manufacturing plants. Automotive Manufacturing International.

     

  • Sly, D. P. 1994. New s-curve analysis capability improves design by over 50%. Industrial Engineering Solutions.

     

  • Sly, D. P. 1993. Fairtron scores big with new cabinet production layout rede ign. Industrial Engineering, 3, 34-36.

     

  • Sly, D. P. 1990. Plant layout and material handling analysis using interactive graphics. Industrial Engineering, 6.

Primary Strategic Research Area

Engineering Education

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