Our Ph.D AlumniThese are some of our PhD Alumni, that are involved in different areas of research. Please Click Here for more details on Ph.D in Industrial Engineering. |
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Yaser Al-Alawi, Ph.D |
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Email Address: | yasermix@yahoo.com | |
| Current Position: | Assistant Professor University of Bahrain |
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| Research Areas: |
Facilities Locations, Operations Research, and Simulation | ||
| Dissertation Title: | Capacitated and Uncapacitated Facilities Location-Allocation Problem with Sensitive Prices, Stochastic Demands, and Inventory [Abstract] | ||
| Graduation Date: | December 2005 | ||
Sang D. Choi, Ph.D., CPE |
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Email Address: | chois@uww.edu | |
| Current Position: | Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator Director, Center for Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Research Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety & Health University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
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| Research Areas: |
Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Construction Ergonomics, Systems Safety, Occupational Safety & Health, Productivity Improvement, Costs of Injury and Illness | ||
| Dissertation Title: | Psychophysically Derived Work Frequencies Associated with Roof Shingling Operations Involving Change in Grade [Abstract] | ||
| Graduation Date: | 2003 | ||
Kurt F. Hayden, Ph.D |
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Email Address: | Kurt.Hayden@fast-houston.com | |
| Current Position: | Vice President of Engineering and Technology Fenner Advanced Sealing Technologies FAST Group - Houston CDI Seals / EGC Plastics |
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| Research Areas: |
Robust injection molding process design, effective product and tool design, the thermal processing of plastic (from a tooling perspective) | ||
| Dissertation Title: | Determining The Probability of the Visual Detection of Sink Marks On Differently Textured Injection-Molded Products [Abstract] | ||
| Graduation Date: | December 2006 | ||
Anil R Kumar, Ph.D |
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Email Address: | anil.kumar@wmich.edu | |
| Research Areas: |
Product design, work measurement and analysis, work-related musculoskeletal disorders, low back injuries, time and motion study, and safety | ||
| Dissertation Title: | A study to investigate the relationship between a user’s thermal comfort and seat pan materials [Abstract] | ||
| Graduation Date: | June 2007 | ||
David J Meade, Ph.D |
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Email Address: | david.meade@wmich.edu | |
| Current Position: | Associate Professor Department of Manufacturing Engineering College of Engineering and Applied Science Western Michigan University |
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| Research Areas: | Facility Planning/Manufacturing Process design, Process and Financial Simulation, Economic Analysis, Lean Manufacturing | ||
| Dissertation Title: | Modeling the strategic impact of management accounting methods on the implementation of lean manufacturing [Abstract] | ||
| Graduation Date: | December 2004 | ||
Hardik Shah, Ph.D |
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Email Address: | hvshah_04@yahoo.com | |
| Current Position: | Supply Chain Business Analyst Nestle |
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| Research Areas: | Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain | ||
| Dissertation Title: | Robust Kanban Design for a Lean Supply Chain [Abstract] | ||
| Graduation Date: | June 2006 | ||
Jason S. Trahan, Ph.D |
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Email Address: | trahanj@hotmail.com | |
| Current Position: | Corporate Senior Quality Engineer Fabri-Kal Corporation |
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| Research Areas: |
Decision support systems, Plastics Technology | ||
| Dissertation Title: | Decision Support System in Product Development: A
Bayesian Network Approach for Injection Molded Products [Abstract] |
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| Graduation Date: | December 2006 | ||
Jai Thomas, Ph.D |
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Email Address: | jaithomas72@gmail.com | |
| Current Position: | Senior Engineer Caterpillar Inc. |
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| Research Areas: |
Optimization, Simulation, and Computer Aided Design | ||
| Dissertation Title: | Experimentally Reducing Preset and Hysteresis Effects in Creating a Non-Linear Model for Brake Hoses [Abstract] | ||
| Graduation Date: | December 2010 | ||