Z.O. (Rob) Hovsapian, Florida State University
g8 Solutions, Inc.

Professional Experience

Program Manager /Faculty
Center for Advanced Power Systems
Florida State University
March 2003 – present

• Electric Ship Research and Development Consortium (ESRDC) for US Navy Office of Naval Research project at FSU.

Founder/Chairman of the Board
g8 Solutions Inc.
Menlo Park, CA 94026
January 2003 – present

• G8 Solutions is an International organization, pairing new and emerging companies with the talent, and resources they need on global level, enabling businesses to jump into markets quickly and effectively.
  

Program Manager

• Northrop-Grumman Mission Systems
  Albuquerque, NM
  (TRW – System Integration Group )
  October 1999-March 2003
• Chartered Semiconductor - Singapore –
  Development and implementation of a manufacturing execution system, for a new startup, of a 300-millimeter semiconductor FAB in Singapore.
• Motorola – MOS17 FAB - Tianjin China–
  Development of equipment manufacturing system for a new startup semiconductor FAB in the US and deploying them in Tianjin, China.
• Silterra - Penang Malaysia –
  Software development team. Cloned a Manufacturing Execution System (MES from LSI Inc.
  (semiconductor FAB) to a FAB in Penang Malaysia (Silterra)
  

IPT Leader (CIM Manager)– Computer Integrated Manufacturing Manager
Northrop-Grumman Mission Systems
San Diego, CA
(TRW – Avionics & Surveillance Group)
October 1994-October 1999

• F22 CNI Project, - IPT leader responsible for the design, development and implementation of a flexible Lean manufacturing CIM/MES system at an automotive site for USAF-F22. Integrating the MES system between two geographically distributed manufacturing sites and integrating them with an engineering PDM and two separate ERP systems SAP and JIT. The project won 1998 TRW Tim Hannemann quality award for significant process improvement of the year
• System Architect – WRALC for a Lean Sustainment Integration and (Advance Overhaul & Repair Capabilities for Aging Subsystems (AORCAS) Projects.
  

MIS / CIM Manager
GENERAL DYNAMICS
Tallahassee, FL
April 1989-October 1994

• Responsible for the development, deployment and operation of a highly automated circuit card line with 70 stations using CELLMANII. It was tightly integrated with a VAX/ORACLE
  based Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Engineering PDM, and Corporate ERP
  system. The project won the "Manufacturing Excellence Award of 1991".
  Project lead for Paperless Graphical Work Instruction System, Electronic Quality Management System, On-line Documentation System, ERP migration and Integration, ORACLE upgrade and various other plant wide projects.
• Responsible for the development and the implementation, of a highly integrated CIM / MES system for a circuit card manufacturing line.
  

Teaching Assistant
Mechanical Engineering Dept.
Florida State University
August 1987-April 1989

• Assisted in teaching undergraduate courses in Mechanical Engineering at various levels.
  Courses taught included: Thermodynamics, Mechanism Design, Heat Transfer, Dynamics
  and CAD/CAM. As lab assistant, maintained the Robotics and the CAD/CAM labs.

Professional Memberships

• PI TAU SIGMA - National Honorary Mechanical Engineering
• PI ETA SIGMA - Freshman Honor Society, University of Alabama.
• TAU ETA SIGMA - Scholastic Honorary, College of Engineering
• Golden Key National Honor Society.
• Galouste Glubenkian Scholarship.
• CFO, Amonr’e Inc., 1997-1999
  Member of IEEE
  Member & Section Executive Committee of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  CFO, Amonr’e Inc., 1997-1999
  Member, Board of Directors, Amonr’e Inc.,1994- 2002
  

Awards

• TRW Tim Hannemann Quality Award. This award was granted for significant process
  improvement of the year to the F22 CNI Project Team, 1998
  
• "Manufacturing Excellence Award of 1991" for the development, deployment and operation
  of a highly automated circuit card line with 70 stations using CELLMANII, 1991
  

Publications

• “The Design and Control of a Micron-Accuracy Robot Arm
  . Z. Rob (Ossib) Hovsapian and Dr. P.J. Hollis
  21st Southeastern Symposium on System Theory by IEEE. March 1989. Tallahassee, Florida.
• “Design of a Lightweight High Precision Robot ARM”
  Z. Rob (Ossib) Hovsapian and Dr. P.J. Hollis
  The Second Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics. May 1989, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.
  “Non-intrusive Integration of CIM Upgrades”
  Rob Hovsapian, TRW Avionics System Division
  Mary Kinsella, AF Wright Laboratory Man Tech Directorate
  Ref. Number: MI-CIM-LL001
  Date: 16 Oct. 1995
  http://www.ml.afrl.af.mil/mpcl/documents.html
• “CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) High Level Design Documentation”
  Rob Hovsapian, TRW Avionics System Division
  Ref. Number: MI-CIM-LL002
  16 July 1996
  http://www.ml.afrl.af.mil/mpcl/documents.html
• “Military Products from Commercial Lines CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing)System Integration”
  Rob Hovsapian, TRW Avionics System Division
  Ref. Number: MI-CIM-LL004
  11 November 1996
  http://www.ml.afrl.af.mil/mpcl/documents.html
  “Military Products from Commercial Lines: The Quality Model”
  Rob Hovsapian, TRW Avionics System Division
  Ref. Number: MI-CIM-LL005
  Nov. 1998
  http://www.ml.afrl.af.mil/mpcl/documents.html
• “Military Products from Commercial Lines: Product Data Management (PDM)”
  Rob Hovsapian And Mark Myers, TRW Avionics System Division
  Ref. Number: MI-CIM-LL003
  Nov. 1998
  http://www.ml.afrl.af.mil/mpcl/documents.htmL
• “Spherical Photovoltaic Cells – A Constructal Approach to their Optimization”
  A.M. Morega, J.C. Ordonez, A.P. Negoias* and R. Hovsapian
  POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bucharest, Romania Florida State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tallahassee, FL, USA
  10th International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Equipment OPTIM ‘06
  May 18-20, 2006, Moeciu-Braşov, Romania
• “The CAPS-SNL Power System Security Testbed”
  J. Tang (*), R.Hovsapian(*), M.Sloderbeck(*), J.Langston(*), R.Meeker(*), P.G. M. Laren(*),D.Becker(+), B.Richardson(+), M.Baca(+), J.Trent(+), Z.Hartley(+), R.Parks(+), S.Smith(+)
  (*)Center for Advanced Power Systems, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL ,USA
  (+)Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
  CRIS, Third International Conference on Critical Infrastructures, Alexandria, VA, September 2000
• “Thermodynamic Analysis of 5 MW Dynamometer Set to Simulate Ship Propolsion and Propolsion Load of an Electrical Ship”
  Rob Hovsapian1 ,J.C. Ordonez1,J.V.C. Vargas2,P.G. McLaren1
  1 Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Advanced Power Systems, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL..
  2 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Federal do Paraná, C.P. 19011, Curitiba, PR 81531-990, Brazil. The Brazilian Congress of Thermal Engineering and Sciences-ENCIT 06
  A.M. Morega*,J.C. Ordonez**,P.A. Negoias*,M. Morega,*and Rob Hovsapian**
  *Politehnica Universoty of Bucharest, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
  **Florida State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tallahassee, FL, USA
  COMSOL Conference Prague October 2006
  

Education

• Florida State University, work in progress for Ph.D in mechanical engineering, 2004-present
• Florida State University, Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 1988
  University of Alabama, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 1986
• Gadsden State J. College, Associate of Science, Science, 1983