Dr. Tuncay Kamas is a mechanical engineer with about 18 years of academic and industrial R&D experience. He holds a PhD from the University of South Carolina and an MS from Clemson University. In industry he has worked as an R&D engineer and project development manager for machine tool, automotive and defense manufacturers, taking new products from quotation and design through production, quality planning and delivery. He has led R&D teams, managed nine funded R&D projects, and works daily with FMEA, control plans, GD&T and supplier quality. He teaches APQP the way it happens on the shop floor: one real part, one document chain.