David Alan Dornfeld

David A. Dornfeld
Born3 August 1948
Horicon, WI
Died27 March 2016
Georgetown, CA
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Known forBurr formation research, Acoustic Emission in metalworking processes, Precision and Sustainable Manufacturing, including energy use in manufacturing
Scientific career
FieldsManufacturing processes research
Doctoral advisorShien-Ming (Sam) Wu

David Alan Dornfeld was a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California-Berkeley, CA from 1977 until his death in 2016. From 2010 until 2015, Dornfeld served as chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department. At the time of his death, he was the founding director of the campus’s Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation.