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
McKenzie Landrum
University of Florida
Interests: Industrial quality control, Decision support systems, Lean Production Systems, and Engineering Education
Instructional Assistant Professor
PROGRAM CHAIR
Thomas Omwando
Simpson University
Interests: Decision Support Systems, Sustainable Manufacturing and Energy Systems, Energy Management, Quality Control & Assurance, Regulatory Compliance, and Engineering Education
Assistant Professor
ASSISTANT PROGRAM CHAIR
Vacant
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Megan Hammond
University of Indianapolis
Interests: Cluster Analysis, Anomaly Detection, Human Centered Design, and Engineering Education
Assistant Professor
PAST CHAIR 2023-2024
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
Assistant Professor
DIRECTOR
2022-2024
Rick Olson
University of San Diego
Interests: Applied Operations Research, Engineering Education, Improving Diversity of the Profession, Socio-Technical Aspects of Engineering
Associate Dean & 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
Karen Bursic
University of Pittsburgh
Interests: Engineering Economics, Probability and Statistics, Engineering Computing, Engineering and Project Management, Engineering Education
Professor and Undergraduate Program Director
P12 COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE
Justin Kile
Quinnipiac University
Interests: Engineering Economics, Project Management
Dean and Professor
WEBMASTER
Lawrence Whitman
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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