Robert Caven

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Mr. Robert Caven Jr.

Lecturer

Rayen School of Engineering

Moser Hall 2025

phone: (330) 941-1750

rwcaven@ysu.edu

Bio

Worked at Aptiv (formerly, Delphi; formerly, Packard Electric Div. of General Motors) from 1979 - 2019 as a Project Engineer, Senior Project Engineer, and Senior Test Engineer. Part-time faculty in Electrical Engineering Technology (1985-89) and Electrical Engineering (2007 - 2019). Full-time Lecturer 2020-present. Gallery volunteer at National Museum of US Air Force (2016-present).

Teaching Interests

Electrical Engineering; Engineering Statistics

  • 1989

    MS, Electrical Engineering

    Youngstown State University

    Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Modeling of Electrical Contacts"

  • 1984

    Other, Electrical Engineering

    Kettering University

    Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Modeling of Electrical Conacts"

  • 2012

    Delphi Technologies Inc.

    U.S. Patent 8,224,623

    Method to determine a quality acceptance criterion using force signatures. (Not associated with my employment at YSU).

  • 2020 -

    Youngstown State University

    Lecturer (full-time)

  • 2008 - 2019

    APTIV (formerly, Delphi; formerly, Packard Electric Division of GM)

    Senior Test Engineer

  • 1996 - 2007

    Delphi Corp. (currently APTIV)

    Senior Quality Engineer

  • 1985 - 2019

    Youngstown State University

    Part-time faculty

  • 1984 - 1995

    Delphi Corp. (formerly, Packard Electric Div, GM)

    Project Engineer

  • 2016 - present

    Volunteer
    National Museum of the US Air Force

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Senior Engineer at Aptiv/Delphi/Packard Electric, focus on Quality Engineering, Engineering Statistics, and Problem Solving (through 2019). Part-time faculty at YSU (2011 - 2019). MSEE Youngstown State University (1989); BEE Kettering University (1984)

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