James (Jim) Heise
Email: jheise@iastate.edu
Phone: 515-294-3857
Title(s):
Distinguished Professor of Practice
Mechanical Engineering
Office
1243 Hoover Hall
528 Bissell Rd.
Ames, IA 50012
Information
Professional Experience
Twenty-five years experience as Engineering Manager and Design Engineer with the following companies: John Deere Corporation; General Motors Corporation; Hydrotile Machinery Company; Omega Cabinets, Ltd; Square D Company; Maytag Corporation; Whirlpool Corporation; Blackhawk Engineering; H&H Machine Tool Company.
Jim currently serves as design project coordinator for the Mechanical Engineering Capstone Senior Design Program (see https://www.me.iastate.edu/current-students/capstone/).
NOTE: Professor Heise only instructs undergraduate courses. He does not mentor graduate-level candidates. Please direct you inquiries for graduate studies to Dr. Pranav Shrotriya.
Education
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University
- AS, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Hawkeye Community College
Interest Areas
- Product Design Engineering
- Project Management
- Design for Lean Sigma / Six Sigma
- Design for Lean Sigma / Six Sigma
- Transportation design / Vehicle Dynamics
- Human/Product Interface Design
- SAE Design Competition Series
- NASA Robotic Mining Competition
- Lunar/Mars surface systems for mining and exploration