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

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