Personnel of the Lab

Co-Directors

	John W. Fowler, Professor; PhD, Texas A&M University. Manufacturing systems analysis, discrete-event simulation, and applied operations research. (480) 965-3727; GWC 522. john.fowler@asu.edu
	George C. Runger, Professor; PhD, University of Minnesota. Process control and optimization, application in nontraditional manufacturing such as semiconductor, electronics, chemical and process industries, and applied statistics. (480) 965-3193: GWC 530. runger@asu.edu

Associates

	Thomas Callarman, Associate Professor of Suppy Chain Management, College of Business, ASU; Ph.D., Purdue University. (480) 965-3888; BA 323C; thomas.callarman@asu.edu
	Jeffery K. Cochran ,Professor; PhD, Purdue University. Applied Operations Research, Transient-Behaviour Manufacturing Metamodeling, Agile Manufacturing (JIT, FMS) Logistics, Queueing Networks with Batching and Inspection, Rule-Based Simulation Software, Fuzzy, Objected-Oriented, and Genetic Modeling. (480) 965-2758; GWC 562. jeffery.cochran@asu.edu.
	Esma Senturk Gel, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University,Stochastic control and design of queueing systems, Modeling and analysis of workforce agility in manufacturing and service operations; (480) 965-2906,GWC 520, esma.gel@asu.edu
	Gary L. Hogg, Chair; PhD, University of Texas at Austin. Applied optimization, simulation, manufacturing planning and control.(480) 965-3185; GWC 502. ghogg@asu.edu.
	Norma F. Hubele, Professor; PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Applied statistics, statistical process control, time-series analysis and forecasting, automated inspection. (480) 965-2756; GWC 558. Hubele@asu.edu
	Gerald T. Mackulak, Executive Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor; PhD, Purdue University. Simulation, applied operations research to manufacturing and artificial intelligence for virtual manufacturing and production control. (480) 965-6904; GWC 502. mackulak@asu.edu.
	Douglas C. Montgomery, Professor; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Statistical design of experiments, optimization and response surface methodology, empirical stochastic modeling, and applied operations research. (480) 965-3836; GWC 560. doug.montgomery@asu.edu.
	Dan L. Shunk, Professor; Ph.D., Purdue University.  Agile, enterprise and CIM systems, group technology, planning systems, economics of computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM), flexible systems.  (480) 965-3709; GWC 524.  dan.shunk@asu.edu

Former Associates

Current Students

	Hari Balasubramanian, Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering,ASU. B.E. Production Engineering, Regional Engineering Collge, Trichy, India. Scheduling of wafer fabs, simulation. (480)379-1411 GWC 599; hari.balasubramanian@asu.edu
	Yan Chen, Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, ASU. M.E. in Systems Engineering, Xaimen University, P.R.C. B.E. in Systems Engineering, Xaimen University, P.R.C. Modeling and Analysis of Semi-Conductor Manufacturing, Production Systems and Operations Research. (480)965-7831. GWC 599. jennychen@asu.edu
	Amit Devpura, PhD student, MS in Mechanical Engineering at ASU, B. Tech. from IIT Delhi. Currently working at Intel, Chandler. Research Interests in Planning and Scheduling, Optimization, Opeartions Research. Presently working on Minimizing Total Weighted Tardiness on Parallel Machines using Column Generation. (480) 727-6484; GWC 517. devpura@asu.edu
	Brett Marc Duarte,Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. student,Arizona State University.Specializing in Manufacture of Semiconductors .B.E ( Production Engineering) University of Bombay.(480)894-2021. Brett.Duarte@asu.edu
	Jesus Alejandro Jimenez, Graduate Research Associate, Ph.D. student, Arizona State University; BS in I.E. 1997 & MS I.E. 1999, University of Texas at El Paso. Modelling and Analysis of Semiconductors Manufacturing, Discrete-event simulation and Applied Operations Research. GWC 517: (480) 727-6484; Jesus.Jimenez@asu.edu
	Seung-Hwan Kim,Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. student, Arizona State University.  BS in Industrial Engineering, Sung-Kyun-Kwan University,Seoul, Korea. System Modeling using simulation, Enterprise management,Information System, Supply chain management in the semiconductor manufacturing. (480)967-7568(home), shkim@asu.edu
	Yang-Kuei Lin, Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, ASU. B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Management, Chanyang University of Technology, Taiwan. Scheduling, System Simulation, Operations Research. (480)965-7831, GWC 599. vivianlin@asu.edu
	Jennifer McNeill, Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, ASU. B.S.E. in Bioengineering, ASU. Discrete event simulation. (480)965-7831, GWC 599. Jennifer.McNeill@asu.edu
	Detlef Pabst, Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering,ASU. B.S. in Mathematics, University of Wuerzburg, Germany. Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing, Scheduling of complex job shops, Modification of the Shifting Bottleneck Heuristic, Handling the information interchange between different software components for simulation and scheduling. (480)965-7831, GWC 599. Detlef.Pabst@asu.edu
	Chanettre Rasmidatta, Graduate Research Associate, Ph.D. student, Arizona State University. B.S.ME., Washington University. M.S. EM., Syracuse University. Operation Research and System Modeling using simulation. (480)317-9477; GWC 517/599 ; crasmida@asu.edu
	Aditya Rastogi, Ph.D. student, Arizona State University. MS in I.E, Arizona State University. B.E.Industrial Engineering and Management, Bangalore University, India. Stochastic Programming, Enterprise Modelling of Semiconductor Manufacturing, Optimization, Simulation and Supply Chain Management. (480)968-7760. rastogi@asu.edu
	Rajesh Swaminathan, M.S. student, Industrial Engineering, ASU. B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Madras, India. Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing, Scheduling Theory and Algorithms, Operations Research and Simulation. (480)727-6484. GWC 517. rraajj@asu.edu
	Pornsarun Wirojanagud, Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, ASU. B.S.E. in Industrial Engineering, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thailand. M.S. in Industrial Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ. Applied Operations Research. (480)965-7831. GWC 599. pam_wiroja@asu.edu

Former Students  

	Ruben A. Aguilar , M.S., Industrial Engineer- Assembly Operations, RockWell Semiconductor Systems, Inc. ,  ruben.aguilar@rss.rockwell.com
	Meghan Bullock, B.S., Honeywell, Phoenix, AZ, meghan.bullock@asu.edu
	Andy Burhanuddin, M.S., Micron, Boise, Idaho, andy.burhanuddin@asu.edu
	Jennifer Cherilla, MS, ASU. BS Mathematics, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio. cherilla@asu.edu
	Rasem Dabbas, Motorola, r36900@email.sps.mot.com
	Carlos A. Flores, Seagate Technology, Carlos_A.Flores@notes.seagate.com
	Amit Gadkari, M.S., Capital One, Richmond, VA, gadman10@hotmail.com
	Ernesto Galaz, M.S., International Rectifier, egalaz@asu.edu
	Matt Hickie, Motorola, rymt30@email.sps.mot.com
	Shwu-Min Horng, Sr. Engineer, Supply Chain Services, Motorola, ash015@email.mot.com
	Ketan Khowala, MS, ASU; BS in Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore University. Ketan.Khowala@asu.edu
	Bosun Kim, Graduate Research Associate, PhD student, Arizona State University, Tempe. Multiple criteria optimization, Deterministic operations research, Heuristic algorithms, Production planning and scheduling. (480) 727-6484; GWC 517. bosun.kim@asu.edu
	Kraig Knutson, Ph.D., Assistant Professsor, Dell E. Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University, kraig.knutson@asu.edu
	Ashish Malhotra, MS, Industrial Engineering,ASU. B.Tech. Industrial Engineering, Regional Engineering Collge, Jalandhar, India. amalhotra@asu.edu
	Scott J. Mason, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Graduate Studies Coordinator , University of Arkansas, (501) 575-5521, mason@uark.edu
	Shari L. Murray, M.S., Technical Communication Certificate, University of Cincinnati, Ohio. IBM Corp., New York. shari.murray@asu.edu
	Sungmin Park, Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, ASU. smpark@imap4.asu.edu
	Michele E. Pfund, Ph.D. ASU. BS in Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. MS in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. michele.pfund@asu.edu
	Cristina Ortiz, M.S., Functional Area IE, Fab 12, Intel Corp. Cristina.m.ortiz@intel.com
	Nipa Phojanamongkolkij, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University,(480) 303-2560, nipaphoj@imap2.asu.edu
	Abraham Ravi, MS, Industrial Engineering, ASU. B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Regional Engineering College, Caclicut, India. Ravi.Abraham@asu.edu
	Sarah Stephan, B.S., sarah.stephan@asu.edu
	Megan Walsh, M.S., Manufacturing Operations Modeling Engineer, ODST, Intel Corp., megan.a.walsh@intel.com
	Chii-Liang Wee, M.S., CIM / Factory Systems Engineer, National Semiconductor Corp.,Manufacturing Systems Department,chii-liang.wee@nsc.com