Officers

The Industrial Engineering Division has an active board of officers. The officer rotation officially begins as Secretary/Treasurer upon election.  The first year is spent reviewing division bylaws, the operating manual and website.  Minutes are received from the previous secretary/treasurer and distributed during the annual meeting. Minutes are taken during the meeting and passed to the newly elected officer.

CHAIR

Thomas Omwando

Simpson University

Interests: Decision Support Systems, Sustainable Manufacturing and Energy Systems, Energy Management, Quality Control & Assurance, Entrepreneurial mindset, Generative AI in Education, and Engineering Education

Chair and Associate Professor of Engineering

PROGRAM CHAIR

Sanaz Motamedi

University of Indianapolis

Interests: Human-Systems Engineering and Data Analytics, Human-Automation Interaction, and Engineering Education

Research Assistant Professor and Associate Director Britelab.

ASSISTANT PROGRAM CHAIR

Megan Hammond

University of Indianapolis

Interests: Cluster Analysis, Anomaly Detection, Human Centered Design, and Engineering Education

Assistant Professor

SECRETARY/TREASURER

Vettrivel Gnaneswaran

University of Wisconsin Platteville

Interests: Biomechanics, Statistics, Quality Control, Supply Chain, Engineering Management, and Engineering Education

Associate Professor

PAST CHAIR 2024-2025

McKenzie Landrum

University of Florida

Interests: Industrial quality control, Decision support systems, Lean Production Systems, and Engineering Education

Instructional Assistant Professor

DIRECTOR

2024-2026

Lisa Bosman

Purdue University

Interests: Decision Support Systems: Solar energy performance, valuation, and management, STEM Education: Entrepreneurial mindset, energy education, interdisciplinary education, and faculty professional development

Associate Professor

DIRECTOR

2023-2025

Paul Lynch

Penn State University Erie, The Behrend College

Interests: Metal Casting, Manufacturing Systems, Manufacturing Processes, Engineering Economy, Engineering Education

Associate Professor

DIRECTOR

2022-2024

Tish Pohl

University of Arkansas

Interests: Facility Logistics, Engineering Economy, and Engineering Education

Teaching Associate Professor

DIRECTOR

2023-2025

Raymond Smith III

East Carolina University

Interests: Decision Support Systems, Modeling and Simulation Analysis, Data analytics, Health Systems, Sustainability, Engineering Economy, and Engineering Education

Assistant Professor

DIVERSITY COMMISSION (CDEI) DELEGATE

Janice Mejia

Northwestern University

Interests: Mixed methods research in engineering education, curriculum assessment and development, and engineering identity.

Associate Professor of Instruction

P12 COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE

Justin Kile

Quinnipiac University

Interests: Engineering Economics, Project Management

Dean and Professor

WEBMASTER

Lawrence Whitman

Kennesaw State University

Interests: Inventory Management, Production/ Operations Management, Production Planning, Logistics, Optimization, Lean Manufacturing, Simulation Modeling

Dean and Professor

PIC CHAIR

Katy Colbry

Michigan State University

Interests: Engineering Workforce, Graduate Student Success, and Engineering Education

Assistant Dean, Graduate Studies, College of Engineering