PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Focusing on Complex Systems & Networks


Production Systems are not just for manufacturing. If something is put through a process or system, it is a production system. This could be patient flow in a healthcare setting, building supply chain resiliency, logistics, or how information is disseminated. The Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering was built on the trailblazing work of Alan Pritsker in discrete event simulations, Moshe Barash in manufacturing processes, W. Dale Compton in healthcare systems, and James Solberg in intelligent manufacturing systems.

Today, in this global and highly integrated world, production systems work is more relevant than ever. Now it is our turn to carry the banner. Join us on this persistent pursuit of preeminence.

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Faculty

Team

Stephan Biller

Harold T. Amrine Distinguished Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business Director of Dauch Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises
Research Interests

Digital-Industrial Strategy

Business and Financial Models

Resilient and Sustainable Manufacturing & Supply Chains

Production Systems

Operations Management

Enterprise Systems

Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, AIoT

Digital transformation, Digital Twins

Innovation Commercialization & Go-to-Market @Scale

Hua Cai

Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Courtesy Appointment in Materials Engineering
Research Interests

Materials Processing

Microsystems Technology

Nanostructured Materials

Melba M Crawford

Professor, Courtesy Appointment in Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Methods in statistical pattern recognition for high dimensional data analysis

Data fusion techniques for multisensor problems

Multiresolution methods in image analysis

Knowledge transfer in data mining

Nga Hin Ben Fong

Associate Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Joint Appointment with Civil Engineering
Research Interests

Cyber-Physical Systems and Industry 4.0

IoT touch-screen devices smart sensors and Cloud services

Management of industrial monitoring system and AI/ML data analytics

Innovations in Experiential Learning and Professional Development practice

Global Technology Product Management

Syed Ahmad Helmi

Professor of Engineering Practice, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Joint Appointment with School of Engineering Education
Research Interests

Operations and Supply Chain Strategy

Smart Manufacturing and Process Optimization

Digital Twin and Predictive Simulation (Discrete Events and System Dynamics

Engineering Learning Innovation and Pedagogy

Reem Khir

Assistant Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Complex Systems

Logistics and transportation planning

Supply chain analytics

System modeling and optimization

Robust and stochastic optimization

Machine learning for constrained optimization

Nan Kong

Assistant Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Stochastic integer programming/Markov decision processes/global optimization under uncertainty

System design, resource allocation, workforce scheduling in healthcare and supply chain applications

Computational modeling and optimization of disease prevention and control

Electronic health record and insurance claims data analysis

Seokcheon Lee

Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Distributed Control

Supply chain management

Computer/Communication networks

Sensor networks/Ubiquitous systems

Service systems

Shimon Nof

Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Director, PRISM Center
Research Interests

Collaborative robotics, e-Work, and e-Business systems

Decision support networks for integrated production and service systems

Automation of nano and micro sensor networks

ESystems security, integrity, and assurance

Sivaranjani Seetharaman

Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Safety engineering

Hazard Communication and Decision Support Systems

J Shanthikumar

Richard E. Dauch Chair in Manufacturing and Operations Management;
Courtesy Appointment in Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Production system modeling and analysis

Queueing theory and applications

Reliability and probability theory

Scheduling and sequencing

Simulation methodology

Stochastic processes and modeling

Yu She

Assistant Professor Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Robotics

Mechanism Design

Tactile Perception

Young-Jun Son

James J. Solberg Head;
Ransburg Professor Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Real-time Control of Smart Factory and Extended Enterprises via Digital-Twin

Modeling Human Decision-Making (Extended Belief-Desire-Intention Model)

Multi-paradigm Simulations (agent, discrete event, system dynamics, virtual reality)

Modeling and Control of Emerging Applications (Emergency Evacuation, Healthcare, UAV/UGV Coordination, Social Network)

Juan Wachs

James H. and Barbara H. Greene Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Machine and computer vision

Robotics

Tele-operations

Human Computer Interaction

Assistive technologies and Health support systems

Yuehwern Yih

Tompkins Professor Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Director of Smart Systems and Operations Laboratory;
Director of LASER PULSE Consortium
Research Interests

Design, monitor, and control of complex systems

Behavior-based dynamic control

Process/system model, analysis, and improvement

Machine learning and artificial intelligence

Healthcare system re-engineering

Zhe "Jimmy" Zhang

Assistant Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Stochastic Optimization

Distributed Optimization

Machine Learning

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