Selected Research Projects

Physiological Sampling Pump LifeShirt Evaluation (NIOSH)
A. Freivalds and B. Groves

Optimization of Real Estate Investment Strategies (Apartment Investment and Management Co.)
A. Ravindran

Multi Criteria Optimization Models for Risk Management in Global Supply Chains (IBM)
A. Ravindran

Decision Support Systems for Manufacturing and Distribution LAO Footprint Optimization (Kimberly Clark)
A. Ravindran and R. Wysk

Ergonomic Job Redesign (General Cable)
A.Freivalds

Ergonomic Job Redesign (Morgan AMT)
A.Freivalds

Measurement of Tendon Forces While Gripping Handles (NIOSH)
A.Freivalds

Horticulture Ergonomics and Safety Training Program (New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health)
A.Freivalds and D. Murphy

Optimization Techniques in Research Surface Methodology for Quality Improvement
Castillo, E.

Probabilistic Sequential Tolerance Control
Cavalier, T. M., A. Lehtihet, and E. Castillo

An Investment Model Using Activity-based Costing Assuming Stochastic Demand
Chandra, M.J., and A. Shtub (Technion, Israel)

Research and Development of Light Assisted Adhesive Gripper (LAAB) Pad Technology
De Meter, E. C.

Low Cost Vibration Power Harvesting for Industrial Wireless Sensors
Frank, J., H. Hofmann, G. Lesieutre, G. Koopmann and T.W. Simpson

An Evaluation Approach for Quantifying Manufacturing Flexibility (NSF)
H.B. Nembhard

Using Preference Models for Simulation Optimization with Multiple Performance Measures
Harmonosky, C.

Using Preference Models for Simulation Optimization with Multiple Performance Measures
Harmonosky, C.

Performance Modeling of Telehealth Use in Home Health Agencies
Harmonosky, C., and K. Dansky

Node Independent Multipath Routing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Harmonosky, C., and S. Joshi

PSU - Keystone Alliance: Building Vulnerability Map of PA for Threat Detection and Control
Kumara, S.R.T., and Reka Albert

Design Analysis of Large Scale Complex Networks
Kumara, S.R.T., and Reka Albert

Collaborative Research: Self-Supporting Wireless Sensor Networks for In-Process and In-Service Monitoring Using High Energy-Harvesting Nonlinear Modeling Principles
Kumara, S.R.T.; Collaborative Institutions: MIT, Univ. of California at Berkeley, and Oklahoma State Univ.

Producibility Models for the Class of Geometric Position Tolerance Controls
Lehtihet, A., and T. Cavalier

Freezing Tunnel Control and Characterization
Prabhu, V.

Manufacturing Shop-Floor Supercomputer for Distributed Simulation and Control
Prabhu, V.

Heat Treatment Optimization at CARTECH (Carpenter Technology Inc.)
R. Voigt

High Performance Steel Castings (ATI Corp.-US Defense Logistics Agency)
R. Voigt and V. Richards (University of Missouri – Rola)

Valuing the Materials and Energy Flows in the Metalcasting Industry (NSF)
R.Voigt, F.Cannon, T. Considine, F. Clemente, S. Komarneni and T. Gutowski

Experimental Design for National Missile Defense (Micro Analysis and Design Inc.)
Rothrock, L

Experimental Design for National Missile Defense (Micro Analysis and Design Inc.)
Rothrock, L.

Extending the Capabilities of the Team Aegis Simulation Platform (TASP) to Support Intelligent Agents for Objective Based Training (IAOBT) and Virtual Technologies and Environments (VIRTE) (Office of Naval Research).
Rothrock, L.

Investigating Compensatory and Noncompensatory Decision Making Strategies in Dynamic Task Environments (NSF)
Rothrock, L.

Investigating Compensatory and Noncompensatory Decision Making Strategies in Dynamic Task Environments (NSF)
Rothrock, L.

Extending the Capabilities of the Team Aegis Simulation Platform (TASP) to Support Intelligent Agents for Objective Based Training (IAOBT) and Virtual Technologies and Environments (VIRTE) (Office of Naval Research).
Rothrock, L.

Cyber- Infrastructure-Based Engineering Repositories for Undergraduates (CIBER - U: NSF)
Simpson (PI), T.W., R.B. Stone (University of Missouri at Rolla), W.C. Regli (Drexel), K.E.Lewis (U. Buffalo - SUNY)

CI-TEAM Implementation Project - A National Engineering Dissection Cyber-Collaboratory (NSF)
Simpson T.W.(PI), R.B. Stone (University of Missouri at Rolla), W.C. Regli (Drexel), K.E.Lewis (U. Buffalo - SUNY),S. B. Shooter (Bucknell), J.P.Terpenny (VPI), W. Chen (Northwestern), P. Mead (Norfolk State) and J. Durand (Sweet Briar College)

CI-TEAM Implementation Project - A National Engineering Dissection Cyber-Collaboratory (NSF)
Simpson T.W.(PI), R.B. Stone (University of Missouri at Rolla), W.C. Regli (Drexel), K.E.Lewis (U. Buffalo - SUNY),S. B. Shooter (Bucknell), J.P.Terpenny (VPI), W. Chen (Northwestern), P. Mead (Norfolk State) and J. Durand (Sweet Briar College)

Product Platform Modeling and Customization (Career- NSF)
Simpson, T.W.

An Information Management Infrastructure for Product Family Planning and Mass Customization (NSF)
Simpson, T.W. (PI),S.R.T. Kumara (Penn State),S. B. Shooter (Bucknell), J.P.Terpenny (VPI) and R.B. Stone (University of Missouri at Rolla)

Computational Steering for Trade Space Exploration during Complex Systems Design (NSF)
Simpson, T.W.,D.B. Spencer (PI), M.A. Yukish

Managing Supply Chain Inventories under Quantity Discounts
Ventura, J.A., and Y. T. Herer (Technion, Israel)

Curriculum Innovation in Distributed Collaborative Manufacturing Combined Research Curriculum Development (CRCD)
Wysk, R.A.