Prof. Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown received his degrees from the University of Vermont. He was most fortunate to be coached by Mickey Cochran and advised by Branimir von Turkovich for his MS on fracture testing and PhD on metal cutting. Before coming to WPI in 1989, he worked on mechanical metallurgy, surface metrology, and ski equipment at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), and he worked on product and process development at Atlas Copco’s European research center (CERAC). At WPI, he started the Surface Metrology Lab, Haas Technical Education Center for CNC machining, and the Sports Engineering Lab. He has developed two graduate courses, Axiomatic Design of Manufacturing Processes and Surface Metrology, and undergraduate courses on manufacturing engineering and the technology of alpine skiing. He also researches, publishes, lectures, and consults for industry on axiomatic design, surface metrology, and sports engineering.