David Bowen, Ph.D. Faculty Profile

David  Bowen, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Engineering

Dr. David Bowen earned B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from UC Berkeley, where he later served as visiting faculty and conducted research as part of the Competitive Semiconductor Manufacturing Program. He taught MBA Operations Management courses at the University of San Francisco and St. Mary's College of Moraga. He founded BOPTIMAL Enterprises consulting firm and was the corporate-wide Education and Training Manager for TEFEN Ltd., an International Industrial Engineering consulting firm. His consulting experience includes projects for State and Federal government agencies as well as private industry. Dr. Bowen has expertise in the following areas: Engineering Education; Creating, Training and Facilitating Improvement Teams; Capacity Modeling; Cycle-time reduction; Overall Equipment Effectiveness; Human Factors Engineering; Engineering Economic Analysis; Mathematical Modeling and Optimization; Process Reengineering; and Sustainable Development.  He has international experience in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, including teaching, consulting, conducting research, and academic accreditation evaluation. He has served as a US Peace Corps Volunteer, a private consultant, a university researcher, an outside accreditor, a representative to The National Council on Science and the Environment's Council of Environmental Deans and Directors, an Encore Service Volunteer and a Faculty Fulbright Scholar.

Spring Semester 2024
Course #SecCourse TitleDaysFromToLocationCampus
ENGR 20001Intro to Engineering & DesignM10:00AM11:40AMVBT-0134Hayward Campus
ENGR 2001AIntro to Engineering & DesignW10:00AM11:40AMVBT-0223Hayward Campus
ENGR 67001Design Mgmt Human Work SystemsW6:00PM9:00PMVBT-0137Hayward Campus
INDE 43001Design of Work SystemsMW12:00PM1:40PMVBT-0134Hayward Campus
INDE 49201Senior DesignM2:00PM5:40PMVBT-0134Hayward Campus