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Silvanus J. Udoka
Professor
Research
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Education:
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B.
S., Weber State University,
1982
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M.S., Industrial Engineering,
Oklahoma State University, 1984
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Ph.
D., Industrial Engineering,
Oklahoma State University, 1989
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Specialization:
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Manufacturing
Systems Engineering and Integration
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Robotic Systems
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Automation and FMS Design
and Control
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Material Flow Systems in
Manufacturing
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Production and Inventory
Planning, Control, and Management, Automation of Logistics and Supply Chain
Systems
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| Industry Experience:
Dr. Udoka
served as a Distribution Manager for Sunmark, Inc., Carrolton, TX from June 1984
through August 1985.
He has served as a consultant to numerous industries
including,
- Neal Manufacturing, Greensboro, NC.
- Longwood Elastomers, Inc.
- Whytheville, VA.
- Lands' End
- Dodgeville, WI.
- The Ertl Company, Dyersville, Iowa.
- A. Y. McDonald Manufacturing Company
- Dubuque, Iowa.
- City of Boscobel, WI.
- C. I. Transformer, Lancaster, WI.
- Package Control Products Division, Allen-Bradley, Richland Center,
WI.
- O'Bryan
Brothers, Inc.
- Richland Center
- Wisconsin, and Grede Foundries, Inc.
- Reedsburg, WI
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| Faculty Profile:
Dr. Udoka holds a
joint appointment in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and
the Department of Business Administration at North Carolina A&T State
University.
His interests are primarily in the areas of Manufacturing Systems
Engineering and Integration.
His focus is on work driven by industrial needs,
and bridges the gap between theory and application in a variety of manufacturing
and service environments.
Current research interests involve the development of
a Comprehensive Reference Model and Optimization Methodology for the Analysis
and Design of Robust and Flexible Global Logistics Supply Chains.
He has been
the principal investigator on a number of research contracts for both federal
and local governments and for numerous industrial firms
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Professional Affiliation:
- Society
of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
- Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
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American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE)
- APICS-The Educational Society
for Resource Management
- Alpha Pi Mu, Tau Beta Pi.
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Piedmont Triad Consulting Interest:
- Logistics
and Supply Chain Systems Design and Automation
- Facilities Planning and Design
- Materials Handling and Warehousing Systems Analysis and Design
- Production and
Service Systems Simulation for planning
- Analysis and Integration
- Automation of
Manufacturing Systems
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