Manufacturing system and process improvements is the common theme of Dr. Frank Peters’ research work. He has worked with a variety of industries to develop solutions to improve quality and deliverability. Specific examples in the metalcasting field include heat treatment control and optimization, rapid patternmaking, decreasing product variability, and reducing the measurement error associated with visual inspection. Recent work in the wind energy industry includes semi-automated fabric layup for wind turbine blades. Other areas of interest include dimensional variability of products, metrology and fixturing.