Development, Time Compression Technologies such as Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering, and Rapid Manufacturing. He works closely with manufacturing industries in the area of re-engineering cellular manufacturing, work measurement, automatic data collection, shop floor information systems and, product development.
Karen M. Bursic Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering), University of Pittsburgh, 1990 Dr. Bursic currently teaches courses in probability and statistics, engineering economics, engineering computing, and engineering management. Her research interests include improving engineering education, engineering economics, and project team management.
Youngjae Chun Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), University of California, Los Angeles, 2009 – Dr. Chun’s primary research focus is on designing, manufacturing, and testing of medical devices to treat vascular diseases using smart materials through minimally invasive surgery. He also has an interest in the development of bio-hybrid composite biomaterials, implantable microsystems, and in-vitro experimental apparatus for developing more diverse biomedical applications with a focus on novel materials and manufacturing concepts.
David I. Cleland Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. (Management), Ohio State University, 1962 - Dr. Cleland has had extensive experience as a lecturer on Project Management and Strategic Management throughout the United States and in foreign countries. He has authored or edited over 34 books and has served as a management consultant, and as an expert witness on several major court cases. His primary research interests are in the field of project management, and strategic management. Joel M. Haight Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. (Industrial and Systems Engineering), Auburn University, 1999. Dr. Haight is the director of the new safety engineering graduate certificate program and teaches human factors engineering, productivity analysis and graduate level courses in safety engineering. His principle research interests and activities are in human factors engineering and ergonomics associated with improving the design health care and industrial applications and process intervention effectiveness measures related to safety and loss prevention. He also develops optimization models to determine safety-related resource allocation in the oil and gas and mining industries. He will begin coordinating the professional master’s degree for the department.
Jeffrey P. Kharoufeh Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering and Operations Research), Pennsylvania State University, 2001 – Dr. Kharoufeh specializes in applied probability, stochastic processes and queueing theory. His application areas include reliability theory and maintenance optimization with a particular emphasis on energy and telecommunications systems.
Paul W. Leu Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), Stanford University, 2008 – Dr. Leu’s research focuses on the computational and experimental characterization of advanced materials. His primary areas of application include photovoltaics and superstrong materials. His methodological
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