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LIAISON COMMITTEE
The Arkansas Academy of Industrial Engineering was founded in 1986 to recognize the achievements of University of Arkansas industrial engineering graduates and to provide continuing guidance and support to the Department of Industrial Engineering. The Academy also provides its members with the opportunity to nurture the organization that played an important role in their professional growth and development. Academy members provide tremendous financial resources that endow many scholarships for industrial engineering students.
The A.A.I.E. organizes a Liaison Committee that serves as an advisory board and meets annually to evaluate the department. The committee is comprised of accomplished professionals from academia, business and industry who bring both an applied perspective and an independent assessment to the Department of Industrial Engineering.
It is the opinion of this year’s Liaison Committee that the department’s culture remains healthy and strong even through the pandemic. The family nature of the faculty is unique in this department. It continues to make an impact on the students and the overall success of the department. It is easily observed that the faculty and staff highly respect and genuinely care for each other and for the future of the department. Overall, the committee believes the department continues to shine and evolve to support student needs and industry needs.
Members of the 2023 Liaison Committee
Karen Jewell, Chair of Committee is Senior Vice President of Engineering and Technology at J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
Stu Garrett, Business Development Manager, Aviation & Federal at Burns & McDonnell and current president of the Arkansas Academy of Industrial Engineering.
David Humphrey, Vice President of Investor Relations for ArcBest in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Dr. Ilyas Iyoob, Chief Data Scientist and Distinguished Engineer at IBM-Kyndryl.
Dr. Bill Klimack, Decision Quality Manager, BP. Klimack is also a Retired U.S. Army Officer and Former Department Head at West Point, Decision Analysis Manager at Chevron (Retired 2020).
Dr. Gül E. Kremer, Professor and Chair of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University.
Dr. Russ Meller, Principal Scientist and Director of the Science & Technology Center for Excellence at FORTNA.
Douglas Mettenburg, VP Engineering & Technology with J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
Willie Mongtomery, III, Senior Director of Data Science in Supply Chain Analytics with Walmart Inc.
Dr. Jen Pazour, Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
Tarek Taha, Sr. Director Engineering & Technology with J.B. Hunt.
Martha Wolf, Principal Network Design Engineer at AT&T and President-Elect of the Arkansas Academy of Industrial Engineering.
