FACULTY
Department of Industrial Engineering Texas Tech University
Faculty in the Department of Industrial Engineering have diverse teaching and research interests: high-tech manufacturing, including robotics and automation; ergonomics, including biomechanics; work physiology; and the design of human machine systems. Students benefit from contact with the following industrial engineering faculty members:
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Mario G. Beruvides,Ph.D., P.E.; Professor Research Interests: Management of technology, engineering management, white-collar/knowledge performance measurement, production and quality systems engineering, and applied ergonomics. |
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Jennifer A. Farris , Ph.D.; Assistant Professor Research Interests: Lean manufacturing; teams; performance measurement; product development; design and management of engineering, service and healthcare operations. |
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John E. Kobza, Ph.D., P.E.; Professor Research Interests: Operations research,system performance modeling, quality, probability modeling,statistics. |
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Timothy I. Matis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Research Interests: Operations research, stochastic processes, queueing theory, ad-hoc communication networks, conceptual learning theories and virtual learning environments. |
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Patrick E. Patterson, Ph.D., P.E., Professor and Chair Research Interests: Biomechanics, Physical Ergonomics, Cognitive Ergonomics, Computational Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, Project Management, Rehabilitation Engineering, Website Design and e-Commerce, and Work Methods and Design |
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Iris V. Rivero, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor Research Interests: Design, fabrication, and statistical characterization of nanomaterials/composites, carbon nanotubes: fabrication and macro-applications, NDT: X-ray Diffraction, fatigue/failure analysis, modeling of residual stresses in aerospace and automotive materials. |
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James L. Simonton, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor Research Interests: Systems and engineering management, engineering economics, textile engineering, facilities engineering and manufacturing management |
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James L. Smith, Ph.D., P.E., CPE; Professor Research Interests: Occupational ergonomics including work physiology, biomechanics, workplace design, manual materials handling, anthropometry, and human strength assessment. |
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Milton L. Smith, Ph.D., P.E.; Professor Research Interests: Production scheduling and control including sequencing and scheduling algorithms, simulation modeling of manufacturing systems, design and evaluation of production systems, and impact testing of materials including hail and explosive propelled objects. |
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Jeffrey C. Woldstad, Ph.D., P.E.; Professor Research Interests: Human factors engineering/ergonomics; occupational biomechanics; human reliability and safety; engineering statistics. |
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Shiren (Edward) Wang , Ph.D.; Assistant Professor Research Interests: Nano-manufacturing; synthesis, assembly and characterization of one-dimensional nanomaterials; design and manufacturing of polymer composites and functional materials; nanostructured materials for solar cell applications; modeling and simulation for manufacturing process and system. |
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David A. Wyrick , Ph.D., P.E.; Professor and Bryan Pearce Bagley Regents Chair Research Interests: Asset management, engineering learning, entrepreneurship, and effective management of technology
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Hong-Chao Zhang, Ph.D., P.E.; Professor Research Interests: Computer-aided manufacturing, including CIM, CAPP, CAD/CAM, FMS, knowledge engineering and expert systems, production simulation, MRP I and II, and concurrent engineering design. |












