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, 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 2021-2022
Raymond Smith III
East Carolina University
Interests: Simulation modeling and optimization methodologies with applications to healthcare, public health, supply chain, information systems, logistics, sustainability, and other industrial and service systems
Assistant Professor
PROGRAM CHAIR
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
ASSISTANT PROGRAM CHAIR
McKenzie Landrum
University of Florida
Interests: Industrial quality control, Decision support systems, Lean Production Systems, Engineering Education
Instructional Assistant Professor
Secretary/Treasurer
Sima Sabahi
University of Florida
Interests: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Quality Control, Engineering Education, Faculty Professional Development
Instructional Assistant Professor
PAST CHAIR 2021-2022
Ebisa Wollega
Colorado State University, Pueblo
Interests: Large scale optimization, machine learning, and engineering education
Associate Professor of Engineering
DIRECTOR
2020-2022
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
2021-2023
Paul Lynch
Penn State University Erie, The Behrend College
Interests: Metal Casting, Manufacturing Systems, Manufacturing Processes, Engineering Economy, Engineering Education
Associate Professor
DIRECTOR
2020-2022
Tish Pohl
University of Arkansas
Interests: Facility Logistics, Engineering Economy, and Engineering Education
Teaching Associate Professor
DIRECTOR
2021-2023
Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia
Colorado State University – Pueblo
Interests: Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems, Energy, Manufacturing, Health Care, Optimization, Heuristics, Algorithms, Hybrid Methods
Associate 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
Chell Roberts
University of San Diego
Interests: Designing Innovative Engineering Curricular Programs
Dean, Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering