Paul Cohen
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Phone: 919.513.0366
- Email: pcohen@ncsu.edu
- Office: 4357 Fitts-Woolard Hall
Paul Cohen He has worked industrially at Battelle Memorial Institute and the Wanskuck Co. performing metalworking research. His work has focused on the modeling of plastic deformation processes, development of new tooling materials and tribology. His more recent research has examined properties and processes at the nano-scale. He has served in leadership roles in industry-based university research centers, published over 100 papers and served in editorial positions for leading journals. He has won numerous awards from the Institute of Industrial Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education and National Science Foundation.
Research Interests
Cohen’s interests include multi-scale materials processing and biomedical manufacturing.
Honors and Awards
- 2022 | C.A. Anderson Outstanding Faculty in Industrial Engineering Award, NC State ISE
- 2021 | Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
- 2021 | Outstanding Service Award, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Manufacturing & Design Division
- 2015 | Captain of Academia Award, ISE Advisory Board
- Fellow, Institute of Industrial Engineers
- Outstanding Young Industrial Engineer Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers
- Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, SME
Education
| Degree | Program | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Systems Engineering | Ohio State University | 1982 |
| MSIE | Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering | Ohio State University | |
| BSIE | Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering | University of Rhode Island |
Discover more about Paul Cohen
- Cohen’s Caring Earns Him Distinguished Educator Award
- How I Spent my Pandemic
- Dr. Paul Cohen talks ISE past, present and future at an alumni networking luncheon in Charlotte
- ISE/CCNC Interview with News 14
- Improving NC’s Healthcare Systems
- ISE Talks with Industry Week
- ISE Team Lands on Cover of IE Magazine
Publications
- Automating the Search and Discovery of Manufacturing Service Providers to Enable a Digital Supply Chain Network
- Starly, B., Cohen, P., & Raman, S. (2020), SMART AND SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, 4(3), 276–280. https://doi.org/10.1520/SSMS20200061
- Provisioned Data Distribution for Intelligent Manufacturing via Fog Computing
- Sherlekar, R., Starly, B., & Cohen, P. H. (2019), 47TH SME NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING RESEARCH CONFERENCE (NAMRC 47), Vol. 34, pp. 893–902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.06.158
- Characterization and Modeling of Catalyst-free Carbon-Assisted Synthesis of ZnO Nanowires
- Kong, X., Wei, C., Zhu, Y., Cohen, P., & Dong, J. (2018), JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, 32, 438–444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2018.03.018
- Development and Characterization of Ultrasonic Vibration Assisted Nanomachining Process for Three-Dimensional Nanofabrication
- Deng, J., Dong, J., & Cohen, P. H. (2018), IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NANOTECHNOLOGY, 17(3), 559–566. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnano.2018.2826841
- Modeling of Catalyst-free Growth Process of ZnO Nanowires
- Kong, X., Wei, C., Zhu, Y., Cohen, P., & Dong, J. (2018), Procedia Manufacturing, 26, 349–358. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PROMFG.2018.07.043
- Rapid Fabrication and Characterization of SERS Substrates
- Deng, J., Dong, J., & Cohen, P. (2018), Procedia Manufacturing, 26, 580–586. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PROMFG.2018.07.068
- Reverse auction mechanism design for the acquisition of prototyping services in a manufacturing-as-a-service marketplace
- Pahwa, D., Starly, B., & Cohen, P. (2018), JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, 48, 134–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2018.05.005
- A flexible data schema and system architecture for the virtualization of manufacturing machines (VMM)
- Angrish, A., Starly, B., Lee, Y.-S., & Cohen, P. H. (2017), Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 45, 236–247. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JMSY.2017.10.003
- Modeling of the dynamic machining force of vibration-assisted nanomachining process
- Kong, X. C., Dong, J., & Cohen, P. (2017), Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 28, 101–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2017.05.028
- Particle learning in online tool wear diagnosis and prognosis
- Zhang, J., Starly, B., Cai, Y., Cohen, P. H., & Lee, Y.-S. (2017), JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, 28, 457–463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2017.04.012
