IE 590 Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker Schedule Spring 2009
The IE 590 Distinguished Lecture Series speaker schedule for the Spring semester has been released. This series includes presentations by speakers from industry, government, outside faculty, and Penn State faculty members. Seminars are held on Thursdays in 102 Leonhard Building, with refreshments served at 4:15 p.m. and the speaker presentations from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. This semester's speakers include:
January 15 - Dr. Amine Lehtihet,
Professor, The Harold & Inge Marcus Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
Orientation
January 22 - Dr. Patrick Reed,
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
Gaming Change: A Many-objective Analysis of Urban Water Supply Portfolio Planning under Uncertainty
January 29 - Dr. Yuehwern Yih,
Inyong Ham Distinguished Lecturer
Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering Faculty Scholar
Director, Smart Systems and Operations Laboratory
Professor, School of Industrial Engineering
Purdue University
Industrial Engineering in Healthcare Delivery Systems
February 5 - Dr. Myung Hwan Yun,
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering
Seoul National University
Engineering of Affect: a user-centered design effort for product and service innovation
February 12 - Dr. Matt Parkinson,
Asst. Professor of Engineering Design and Mechanical Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
Human Variability in Multi-objective Design Problems
February 19 - Dr. Harriet B. Nembhard,
Associate Professor and Bashore Career Professor
The Pennsylvania State University
Six Sigma and Microtrends in Healthcare Engineering
February 26 - TBD
March 5 - Dr. Pitu Mirchandani,
Professor, Systems & Industrial Engineering
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, ATLAS Research Center
The University of Arizona
Some OR Models for Traffic Monitoring and Management
March 19 - Dr. Issachar Gilad,
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Manufacturing in the Diamond Industry, a Zoom-In on Production and
Ergonomics Issues
March 26 - Dr. Aurelie C. Thiele,
Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Lehigh University
Log-Robust Portfolio Management
April 2 - Dr. Gavriel Salvendy,
Marvin J. Kudroff Memorial Lecturer 2009
Chair Professor and Head, Department of Industrial Engineering
Tsinghua University
Emeritus Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering
Purdue University
What do we do and what should we do in Industrial Engineering Education Research and Practice: Case Studies
April 9 - TBD
April 16 - Dr. Donald Hearn, Program Manager Air Force Office of Scientific Research
April 23 - Ms. Hyun Jong You,
April 30 - TBD