Background
Beaman, Joseph J. was born on June 19, 1950 in Humboldt, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph Jefferson Beaman and Irene Mary Barker.
researcher Mechanical engineering educator
Beaman, Joseph J. was born on June 19, 1950 in Humboldt, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph Jefferson Beaman and Irene Mary Barker.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with high honors, University Texas, 1972; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University Texas, 1975; Doctor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979.
Associate engineer, International Business Machines Corporation, Austin, Texas, 1974-1975;
senior associate engineer, International Business Machines Corporation, Austin, Texas, 1975;
teaching assistant, University Texas, Austin, 1971-1974;
associate professor, University Texas, Austin, 1979-1989;
professor, University Texas, Austin, since 1989;
Andersen consulting endowed professorship in manufacturing system engineering, University Texas, Austin, since 1991;
instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1978;
visiting assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979. Consultant Delta Drilling Company, Austin, Texas, 1980-1981, Bendix Corporation, Austin, Texas, 1982, SCEEE, Austin, Texas, 1982, General Motors, Austin, Texas, 1986-1987, Rockwell, Austin, Texas, 1993-1994, Diploma in Tropical Medicine Corporation, Austin, Texas, since 1989, founder, board directors, chief advisory advanced development. Consultant General Electric Corporation, Austin, Texas, since 1993, Sandia, Austin, Texas, since 1993.
Visiting research scientist, International Business Machines Corporation, Watson, 1986. Executive Committee Dynamic Sys. & Design, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Austin, Texas, since 1993.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, (chairman technical division 1994-1995, Executive Committee dynamic system and control division), Texas Society Professional Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Married Lisa Ellen Trottier Beaman, May 25, 1979. Children: Justin, Charles, Clark.