 He joined the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee as a Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering in 1986, and is currently Wisconsin Distinguished Professor and Director, UWM Center for Composites.Tenured Full Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Founder and Director of Research of Laboratories for Foundry, Solidification, and Tribology at UWM, and UWM Center for Composites and UWM Center for Advanced Materials Manufacturer, Appointed professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UWM in 2010 and in Biomedical Engineering (In addition to materials)
Developed new courses on solidification, composites, and metal casting.