Using the expert system she developed, Denise Stilling, Mechanical Engineering graduate student, compares an actual with a desired diving performance.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Denise Stilling earned three degrees from the University of Saskatchewan – a BE, MSC and PhD. Dr. Stilling’s research interests include: Value-added product and manufacturing research and development from agricultural fiber and reclaimed material; Engineering management including principles of lean manufacturing, JIT, agile manufacturing, operational management, etc.; Human Factors Engineering including ergonomics, safety design, procedures, etc.; and applied mechanical engineering analysis and design including biomechanics, vibration control, structural analysis, strength of materials, instrumentation, chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics, manufacturing processes, Dr. Stilling’s research experience in artificial intelligence includes applications in knowledge based expert systems, artificial neural networks, wavelets, etc. Dr. Stilling is currently an Associate Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering, University of Regina (2021).