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Bill Hauser

Adjunct Assistant Professor

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730 Commonwealth Avenue, Rm 219
617.358.0663
E-mail (@bu.edu): wmhauser


Areas of Interest:

Dr. Hauser began his professional career with the Western Electric Company where he designed parts handling machinery for assembly of electromechanical components. Upon completion of his doctorate in mechanical engineering, he joined AT&T Bell Laboratories where he worked initially on tools and systems for installing, monitoring, and maintaining telephones outside of the plant. He has been a department director for the design of telephone transmission equipment and has led cross-organizational teams developing processes and standards for new product introduction. At Boston University he teaches courses at the interface of engineering and business, in particular, how the market in which a company operates determines the manufacturing competencies required of the firm. His research focuses on economic and business models fpr companies in remanufacturing.

Publications:

(With Robert T. Lund) The Remanufacturing Industry: Anatomy of a Giant. Boston University, June 2003, 179 pp.