• Mail: Department of Engineering, Colorado State University-Pueblo,
• 2200 Bonforte Blvd.,  Pueblo, Colorado 81001-4901 USA
• Email: n.jaksic@colostate-pueblo.edu
• Voice: (719) 549 2112
• Fax: (719) 549 2519

• 2004-present: Associate Professor, Department of Engineering, Colorado State University-Pueblo.
• 2000-2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, Colorado State University-Pueblo.
• 1997-2000: Associate Professor, DeVry University, Columbus, OH.
• 1995-1997: Graduate Teaching Associate, Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
• 1994-1997: Assistant Professor, DeVry Institute of Technology, Columbus, OH.
• 1992-1994: Adjunct/Part-time instructor, DeVry Institute of Technology, Columbus, OH.
• 1989-1990: Graduate Research Associate, Geology Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
• 1988-1989: Graduate Research Associate, Instruction and Research Computer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
• 1985-1988: Graduate Research Associate, Electrical Engineering Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

Industrial, Business, and Governmental Positions:

• 1995-96, Consultant to Health Care Logistics, Circleville, OH.
• 1994-95, Consultant to Computer and Information Sciences Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
• 1992-94, Consultant to Banc One Services Corporation, Columbus, OH.

Awards and Honors:

• IEEE, Senior Member.
• SME, Senior Member.
• SME Robotics Competition, First Prize in Robotics Sumo Competition, Michigan 1995.

Refereed Journal Articles:

1. N. Jaksic, G. Maul, “Flexible Air-Jet Tooling for Vibratory Bowl Feeder Systems,” International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 14, No 3. pp. 227-248, July 2002.
   
2. N. Jaksic, G. Maul, “Development of a Model for Part Reorientation in Vibratory Bowl Feeders with Active Air Jet Tooling”, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 17/1-2, pp. 145-149, 2001.
   
3. G. Maul, N. Jaksic, “Sensor-Based Solution to Contiguous and Overlapping Parts in Vibratory Bowl Feeders”, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 13, No. 13, pp. 190-195, 1994.
   
4. V. Potkonjak, N. Jaksic, "A Contribution to Computer-Aided Choice of DC Motors for Manipulation Robots," Robotica, UK, pp. 37-41, Jan. - Mar. 1986. 

Other Refereed Articles:

1. N. Jaksic, “Improving Self-Efficacy in Engineering Students using PLC Based Traffic Light Experiments,” 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings, Montreal, Canada, June 17-19, 2002.
   
2. N. Jaksic, G. Maul, “Orienting Parts in a Plane Parallel to the Bowl Wall in Vibratory Bowl Feeders with Active Air Jet Tooling,” Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference Proceedings, Dallas, Texas, May 20-22, 2001.
   
3. N. Jaksic, G. Maul, “Orienting Parts in a Plane Normal to the Track and the Bowl Wall of a Vibratory Bowl Feeder with Active Air-jet Tooling”, Fifth International Conference on Engineering Design and Automation Proceedings, pp. 97-102, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 5-8, 2001.
   
4. N. Jaksic, G. Maul, “Empirical Study of Air-Jet Forces in Active Vibratory Bowl Feeder Tooling”, Fourth International Conference on Engineering Design and Automation Proceedings, pp. 321-326, Orlando, Florida, July 24-26, 2000.
   
5. G. Maul, N. Jaksic, “Active Air Jet Tooling for Vibratory Bowl Feeders”,
   Second International Conference on Engineering Design and Automation Proceedings, Hawaii, August 1998.

Proceedings And Other Publications:

1. N. Jaksic, “High-Speed Smooth Cyclical Motion of a Hydraulic Cylinder,” 12^th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing 2002, Proceedings, pp. 846-857, Dresden, Germany, July 15-17, 2002.
   
2. N. Jaksic, “Generating Smooth Cyclical Motion for a Hydraulic Cylinder,” 11^th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing Proceedings, Vol. 1, pp. 167-176, Dublin, Ireland, July 16-18, 2001.
   
3. N. Jaksic, G. Maul, “Modeling and Control of an Air-Jet Based Vibratory Bowl Feeder Orienting System”, 10^th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing Proceedings, Vol. 2, pp. 1066-1073, Maryland, June 26-28, 2000.