Appendix D: Industrial Engineering Faculty

Charles H. Vandezande

Assistant Professor, B.S., North Carolina A&T State University, Ph.D., Purdue University

Assistant Professor, B.S.E. (1989), M.S.E. (1991), Ph.D. (2000) NC State University.

Prior to receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Mountjoy spent nine years working for two different companies, primarily involved with Department of Defense contracting. Dr. Mountjoy worked for two years as a Research Associate with Anthropology Research Project, Incorporated (presently Anthrotech), where he performed traditional and three-dimensional anthropometric measurements and data analysis for U.S. Army and Air Force clothing, workspace, and personal protective equipment design projects.

Dr. Mountjoy spent the next seven years as a Human Factors Engineer with Sytronics, Incorporated. Here, the focus of his work switched to cognitive human factors issues, particularly those associated with the Army Research Laboratory's Federated Laboratory for Advanced Displays and Interactive Displays consortium. His primary responsibilities included the development and administration of knowledge acquisition tools, and exploration of advanced display technologies to increase battlefield commanders' situation awareness and decision making capabilities.

Research and Teaching Interests

Human performance, human-computer interaction, industrial ergonomics/biomechanics.

Selected Publications

· Mountjoy, D. N., Ntuen, C. A., Converse, S. A., and Marshak, W. P. (2000). Basing non-linear displays on vector map formats. Journal of Navigation, 53, 68-78.

· Ntuen, C. A., Park, E. H., Eastman, S., Mountjoy, D. N. and Yarbrough, P. L. (2000). ACAD: A decision support display for commander’s visualization of alternative courses of action during battle planning. In Proceedings of the Army Research Laboratory Advanced Displays and Interactive Displays Federated Laboratory Fourth Annual Symposium. Adelphi, MD: US Army Research Laboratory.

· Mountjoy, D. N. and Marshak, W. P. (1999). Impact of non-linear mapping on mileage estimation. In Proceedings of the Army Research Laboratory Advanced Displays and Interactive Displays Federated Laboratory Third Annual Symposium (pp. 97-101). Adelphi, MD: US Army Research Laboratory.

· Mountjoy, D. N., Ntuen, C. A., and Yarbrough, P. L. (1998). Comparison of three display methodologies for battlefield resource management. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting (pp. 476-480). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

· Ntuen, C. A., Park, E. H., McBride, M. E., Marshak, W., Mountjoy, D. N., and Yarbrough, P. L. (1998). Collective asset display for commander’s decision making. In Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (pp. 1302-1305).

· Mountjoy, D. N., Chi, C. J., Ntuen, C. A., and Yarbrough, P. L. (1997). Associative configural display of dynamic tactical information. In Proceedings of the Army Research Laboratory Advanced Displays and Interactive Displays Federated Laboratory First Annual Symposium (pp. 53-56). Adelphi, MD: US Army Research Laboratory.

· Koubek, R. J., and Mountjoy, D. N. (1991). The impact of knowledge representation on cognitive-oriented task performance. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 3, 31-48.

· Koubek, R. J., and Mountjoy, D. N. (1990). The role of training, individual differences, and knowledge representation in operator skill acquisition for advanced manufacturing environments. In W. Karwowski and M. Rahimi (Eds.), Ergonomics of Advanced Manufacturing and Hybrid Systems II (pp. 672-682). New York: Elsevier.

Celestine A. Ntuen

Professor, B.S.I.E. (1980), M.S.I.E. (1981), and Ph.D. (1984), West Virginia University; NCE (1976), College of Education, UYO, Nigeria.

Dr. Ntuen is the Founding Director of the Institute for Human-Machine Studies. He is a member of several professional organizations including past directorship in the Division of the Quality Control and Reliability Engineering of IIE, Director of Industrial Engineering and Vice President of Administration unit in ASEE - Southeast, memberships in IEEE – SMC, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and International Society of Systems Engineering. He is the recipient of the 1994 SAE Ralph Teetor Educational Award. The School of Engineering Research Excellence Award (1992, 1996), School of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award (1993) and Outstanding University Freshman Advisor Award (5 times) from North Carolina A&T State University, a recipient of Pan-African Research Award in Engineering from the Center for African-American Studies at North Carolina State University. He is currently on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Cognitive Ergonomics and has served as a guest editor for the International Journal of Microelectronics and Reliability. He has served as a board member selected by the NSF program in Interactive System to recommend long-range research plans. Dr. Ntuen has served as the Chairman for: The First International Conference in Intelligence Teleoperation. He is the co-founder of the Symposium on Human Interaction with Complex Systems and currently a regular seminar and workshop tutor on Human-Centered Design and Cognitive Systems Engineering. Dr. Ntuen has published more than 35 refereed journals and over 100 proceeding articles.

Research and Teaching Interests

Human-Machine Engineering Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Modeling of Ergonomic Systems, and System Analysis.

Selected Current Publications

· C. A. Ntuen, “ The application of fuzzy set theory to cognitive workload evaluation of electronic circuit board inspectors”, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing (1999), vol. 9 (3), 291-301.

· C. A. Ntuen & K. Hanspal, “Intelligent Objects in Human-Computer Interaction”, In Human-Computer Interaction: Ergonomics and User Interfaces (1262-1267)( Hans-Jorg Bullinger & Jurgen Ziegler, Eds.), Mahwah,NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999.

· Dan N. Mountjoy, C. A. Ntuen, and Phillip L. Yarbrough, Jr., “ Comparison of three display methodologies for battlefield resource management”, Proceedings of the 42^nd Annual Meeting of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society(476-501), vol.2, Santa Monica, CA: Human factors and Ergonomics Society.

· C. A. Ntuen and E. H. Park (Editors), Human Interaction With Complex System: Theory & Applications Kluwer Press, December 1996.

· C. A. Ntuen & E. H. Park, “Simulation of crew size requirement in a maintained reliability system”, Computers & Industrial Engineering (Proceeding edition), 37, 219-222, 1999.

· C.A. Ntue & F. Deng, “Evaluating multimodal interface performance with human operator control models”, Proceedings of the Research Laboratory Symposium, Adelphi, MD. (to appear), 2000.

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· C. A. Ntuen, “Examining the effects of ecological models of situation displays on human cognitive effort”, Proceddings of the 43^nd Annual Meeting of Human factors and Ergonomics Society(476-501), CD ROM, Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

· C. A. Ntuen & T.E. bell, “ Effect of shared cognition on situation awareness of automation failure”, Proceedings of International Conference on Aviation Psychology (In Press), Columbus, OH: University of Ohio.

· C. A. Ntuen, “A theory of command language dialogue for a knowledge-based human-computer interaction”, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (1996), vol. 8(2), 145-164.

· C. A. Ntuen & E. H. Park, “An experiment in scheduling and planning non-structured jobs: Lessons learned from artificial intelligence and operational research toolbox”, European Journal of Operational Research, 1995,84,116-133.

· C. A. Ntuen, Modeling and simulation of human operator in mental task handling qualities”. HCI International ‘95, Tokyo, July 9-14, 1995. In Symbiosis of Human and artifact: Future Computing and design for Human - Computer Interaction (Y. Anzai, K. Ogawa & H. Mori, Eds.), New York Elsevier, 915-917.

· C. A. Ntuen & J. A. Chestnut, An expert systems for selecting manufacturing workers for training”. Expert Systems With Applications: An International Journal, 1995, 5(2), 130-149.

· C. A. Ntuen, “An expert system for integrated circuit board inspection”. International Journal of Computers In Industry, 1992, 281-289.

Herbert E. Nwankwo

Assistant Professor, N.C.E., Mathematics/Economics (1978) University of Nigeria/Alvan Ikoku College of Education; B.S., Transportation (1982), NC A&T State University; M.S.I.E.(1985) NC A&T State University; and Ph.D. (1994) University of Texas.

Dr. Nwankwo was Program Director /Senior Engineer at DeHerb Systems, an industrial engineering consulting outfit in Texas. He worked for more than ten years as an Industrial Ergonomist, Productivity Improvement Consultant and Work/Academic Skills Rehabilitation Specialist. He participated in numerous industrial problem-solving activities, including process assessment, evaluation, and reengineering.

Dr. Nwankwo currently serves in consulting capacity through the N C State University Industrial Extension Services of the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Through this involvement theory is translated to practice at various area industries. He has obtained projects with several Triad area manufacturers including NORDFAB SYSTEMS, Inc; Taracorp-Imaco, Inc., and Miller Brewing Company. The bulk of his is in the general application of industrial engineering tools for the purpose of improving process ergonomics & industrial safety, productivity, and personnel performance.

Dr. Nwankwo's research is in the application of human factors and ergonomics concepts and principles in systems /product design, manufacturing, transportation, distribution and logistics, and service operations. Current research involves studies leading to the understanding of how the skin sense can be harvested for application to enhance communication interface bandwidth in industrial, military, transportation, and service operations.

Research and Teaching Interests

Human-Machines Systems (Human Factors) in Engineering, Industrial Ergonomics, Industrial Safety Engineering, Industrial Biomechanics, Design of Experiments/ Advanced Statistics .

Selected Publications

· Scott Goodwin-Johansson, Dev Palmer, Joseph Mancusi, Herbert Nwankwo, Mary Wesler, William Marshak (1999) “Tactile Interface on a Mobile Computing Platform” in Advanced Displays & Interactive Displays Consortium, 3rd Annual Federated Lab. Basic Research Symposium, College Park, Maryland, 2-4 February, 1999.

· Herbert E. Nwankwo, Ryan Urquhart, Scott Goodwin-Johansson, and Joseph Mancusi (1999) ‘Tactile Communication Interface Design: Efficacy of Euphemistic Terms as Interface location Cues” : A Poster Paper, in Advanced Displays & Interactive Displays Consortium, 3rd Annual Federated Lab. Basic Research Symposium, College Park, Maryland, 2-4 February, 1999.

· Herbert E. Nwankwo (1999) “Tactile Interface Mechanism For An HCI Environment” in Proceedings of the 2nd. Annual Student Symposium on Human Factors & Ergonomics of Complex Systems, Greensboro, April 18-20, 1999.

· Herbert E. Nwankwo, Emmanuel Nzewi, and Gofrey Uzochukwu, (1999) “Architecture for a User-Centered Interactive System for Assessment of Environment Restoration Technologies.” in Proceedings of the 1998 National Conference on Environmental Remediation Science and Technology", (Uzochukwu & Reddy, Editors) Battelle Press, Inc, pp. 163.

· Emmanuel U. Nzewi, Godfrey A. Uzochukwu, and Herbert E. Nwankwo (1999) "Development of a Relational Database for Remediation Technologies" in Proceedings of the 1998 National Conference on Environmental Remediation Science and Technology", (Uzochukwu & Reddy, Editors) Battelle Press, Inc, pp. 173.

· Nwankwo, H. E., Ntuen, C. E. & Udoka, S. (1997)“Preparing Africa’s Industrial Workplace For Technology Transfer” in proceedings 4th Africa-USA International Conference on Manufacturing Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, August 11-14, 1997.

· Nwankwo, H. E., Goodwon-Johansson, S. H. and Mancusi, J. E., “Tactile Interface: Cognitive, Psychophysical, and Physiological Issues”; in proceedings, ARL/Federated Laboratory First Annual Symposium on Advanced Displays and Interactive Displays, Adelphi, Maryland, 28-29 January, 1997.

· Godwin-Johansson, S. H. and Mancusi, J. E., Nwankwo, H. E., “Applications of Tactile Interface”, in proceddings, ARL/Federated Laboratory First Annual Symposium on Advanced Displays and Interactive Displays, Adelphi, Maryland, 28-29 January, 1997.

· Nwankwo, H. E. , “Modeling Human Perceptions of Natural Language Timing (NLT)”; in HICS-96 Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society, Dayton, Ohio, 1996.

· Nwankwo, H. E., “Ergonomics/Human Factors Implication Of Operator-Vehicle Conflict Data In Urban Mass Transit System”. In Advances in industrial Ergonomics and Safety VI, Taylor and Frances, June 1994.

· Imrhan, S. N. and Nwankwo, H. E., “Extent Of Operator-Related Causative Factors In Mass Transit Systems Accidents In An Urban Environment”, in Advances in Industrial Ergonomics and Safety VI, Taylor and Frances, June 1994

· Pulat, P. B. and Nwankwo, H. E.; “Formatting Alphanumeric CRT Displays”, International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, no. 5, vol. 26, May 1987.

Eui H. Park

Professor and Chairperson, BS. Physics (1972), Yonsei University, Korea; MSIE (1977), Mississippi State University; MBA (1980), City University, WA and Ph.D. (1983), Mississippi State University

Eui H. Park, after working three years with Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, joined North Carolina A&T State University in 1983. He has initiated and developed a successful interdisciplinary manufacturing program at the College of Engineering and is currently the Director of the Manufacturing Initiatives which is developing and implementing an inter-disciplinary manufacturing program at University. Dr. Park has also attracted 18 research projects for the past 7 years in the areas of Manufacturing, Human-Machine Systems and Artificial Intelligence (mostly in Planning and Expert System Development). During this period, he also published and presented over 50 technical papers. He has been active in several professional societies including IIE, SME and ASEE

Research and Teaching Interests

Human-Machine Systems Engineering, Production Systems Design and Analysis, Manufacturing Automation, Artificial Intelligence Applications, Simulation, and Statistical Quality Control.

Selected Publications

· Ntuen, C. and E. Park, "A Dialogue-based (Natural Language) Platform for Human Interaction with an Intelligent Mining Machine," International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Vol 7, No 3, pp 249-272.

· Park, E. and S. Udoka, “Traversing The Real-Virtual Continuum: A Comparison of Augmented Reality Vs. Virtual Reality For Adaptations To Manufacturing Applications,” Research Trends in Design and Manufacturing (Chapter 10), Korean Science & Engineering Foundation, pp. 10-1 – 10-32.

· Ntuen, C, E. Park and C. Chi, “An Interactive Display Decision Support System for Visualization of Battle Events,” Proceedings of the 8^th Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Phoenix, Arizona , May 1999.

· Ntuen, C. and E. Park, “Collaborative Planning Agents for Supervisory Control of Advanced Manufacturing Systems,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid Automation and Ergonomics, Hong Kong, July 1998, IEA Press, pp.391-395.

· Ntuen, C, E. Park and S. Udoka, “An Open Shop Scheduling Simulation Using Expert Database,” Proceedings of the 7^th IIE Research Conference (CD. ROM), IIE Press, Banff, Canada, May 1998.

Bala Ram

Professor, B.S. Mechanical Engineering. (1975) and M.S.I.E. (1977) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India; Ph.D. (1983) State University of New York at Buffalo.

Dr. Bala Ram worked for three years in the field of information systems in India after getting his MSIE degree. He joined the department in 1983. Dr. Ram has completed several funded research projects in the areas of Applied Operations Research, Materials Handling, and Discrete event Simulation. The projects he has directed include a project in Materials Handling sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Scheduling using Intelligent Agents sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He has been involved with courseware and laboratory development to support student projects in product realization. His current research efforts are in intelligent agent applications in manufacturing, integration tools for material handling, and adaptable simulation models. Dr. Ram is a member and a former Chairman of the Inter-disciplinary Manufacturing Committee in the College of Engineering. He actively participates in the development of the Integrated Manufacturing Lab, and the Programmable Controller Lab, and the Design Studio Lab in the department. Dr. Ram is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of North Carolina, a member of IIE, ASEE and SME. He is actively involved with the local chapter of SME and has served the chapter in various capacities including President. Dr. Ram is a founding Member of the Board of the Piedmont Triad Center for Advanced Manufacturing (PTCAM) in Greensboro.

Research and Teaching Interests

Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Handling, Industrial Simulation, Applied Operations Research and Information Systems.

Selected Publications

· "Integration Tools for Material Handling Requirements in Manufacturing Environments," Intl. Material Handling Research Colloq., York, PA, June 2000. (with G.P. Sharp)

· "Adaptable simulation models for manufacturing," International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, College Park, MD, June 26-28, 2000. (with Herrmann, J.W., E. Lin and S. Sarin)

· “Modelling Furnace Operations Using Simulation And Heuristics”, to be presented at Winter Simulation Conference, Washington, DC, December 1998. (with G. Patel)

· “Material Transport Scheduling in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, presented at 7th International Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing Conference, Middlesbrough, UK, June 1997. (with S.Joshi)

· "Simulation-Based Learning Tool for Facilities Design", to be presented at the Winter Simulation Conference, San Diego, CA, December 1996. (with R. Girdhar)

· “Simulation and Multimedia-based Learning Tools for Manufacturing”, Technology Reinvestment Project Manufacturing Education and Training Program 1997 Grantees’ Conference Proceedings, April 1997. (with R. Girdhar)

· "An Integer Programming Model for a Class of Assortment Problems", European Journal of Operational Research , 63, 362-367, 1993 (with C.S.Chen and S.Sarin).

· "The Pallet Loading Problem: A Survey", International Journal of Production Economics, 28, 217-225, 1992.

· "Application of Early Cost Estimation Software Prototype in Some Small Manufacturing Industries", for Department of Commerce, December 1992.

· "The Pallet-Packing Problem for Non-Uniform Box Sizes", International Journal of Production Research, 29, No. 19, 1963-1968, 1991 (with C.S.Chen and S.Sarin).

· "A Flexible Palletization Station - Algorithms and Implementation", Proceedings of the Fourth Advanced Technology Conference of US Postal Service, November 1990 (with S.Sarin and C.S.Chen).

· "Design and Development of a Physical Simulator for Robotic Palletization", Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, March 1989 (with C.S.Chen and S.Sarin).

· "A Model and a Solution Approach for the Machine Loading and Tool Allocation Problem in a Flexible Manufacturing System", International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 28, No. 4, 637-645 (with S.Sarin and C.S.Chen).

· "A Result in Surrogate Duality for Certain Integer Programming Problems", Mathematical Programming, 43, 103-106, 1989 (with M.H.Karwan).

· "An LLB-Based Algorithm for the 0-1 Equality Knapsack Problem", Journal of Operational Research Society, Vol. 39, No. 11, 1045-1049, 1988 (with S.Sarin).

· "Aggregation of Constraints in Integer Programming", European Journal of Operational Research, 35, 216-227, 1988 (with M.H.Karwan and A.J.G.Babu).

· "Evaluating Formatted Alphanumeric Displays", Computers and Industrial Engineering, 14, 219-226, 1988 (with S.Sarin).

· "A Lagrangean Dual-Based Solution Method for a Special Linear Programming Problem", Computers and Operations Research, 14, 67-73, 1987 (with M.H.Karwan).

Sanjiv Sarin

Professor, B. Tech (Chemical Engineering), 1978, M. Tech. (Industrial Engineering), 1980, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering), 1983, State University of New York at Buffalo. Registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina, IRCA Quality Assessor (Prov).

Research and Teaching Interests

Logistics and quality of information, education, distribution and customer service systems.

Selected Publications

· Sarin, S., Udoka, S., and Naghshinehpour, R., Customer Driven Supply Chain Management, Proceedings of the Industrial and Management Engineering Conference, Cocoa Beach, FL, March 8-10, 1999.

· Johnson-Dunnings, H, Thompson-Phillips, A., and Sarin, S., Guilford County School System Redistricting, Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theories, Applications and Practice, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, December 28-31, 1998.

· Sarin, S. Quality Documentation and Records in Engineering Education. International Conference on Engineering Education. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 15-20, 1998.

· Sarin, S. Plan for Addressing ABET EC 2000 requirements. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference. Seattle, WA, June 28 - July 1, 1998.

· Yang, W. and Sarin, S. An Architecture for Supply Chain Production Synchronization using Internet and EDI. Proceedings of the 17th Computers in Engineering Conference in the areas of Internet Aided Design, Manufacturing and Commerce. Sacramento, CA, September 14-17, 1997.

Paul Stanfield

Assistant Professor, B.S.E.E. (1987) N.C. State, M.B.A. (1990) UNC-Greensboro, M.S.I.E./O.R. (1993) , Ph.D. (1995) N.C. State.

Dr. Stanfield joined the faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department in 1999 after serving four years as an adjunct faculty member. He is former President of ABCO Automation, an 80 employee engineering consulting firm and a registered Professional Engineer. He is a Regional Vice President of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and a member of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, and Alpha Pi Mu. Dr. Stanfield is a past winner of a Gilbreath Fellowship and his Master’s Thesis and Doctoral Dissertation were award first place in annual competitions with the Institute of Industrial Engineers.

Research and Teaching Interests

Research interests include production system modeling, flexible manufacturing automation, enterprise information systems, and stochastic scheduling. Teaching interests include manufacturing automation, facility design, stochastic systems, information systems, and computer simulation.

Selected Publications

· Hodgson, T.J., King, R.E., and Stanfield, P.M., “Ready Time Scheduling with Stochastic Service Times,” Operations Research, Vol. 46, No. 5, 1997, pp. 779-783.

· Stanfield, P.M., King, R.E., and Hodgson, T.J., “Multiobjective Stochastic Scheduling of Job Ready Times,”' Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 70, 1997, pp. 221-239.

· Stanfield, P.M., King, R.E., and Joines, J.A., “Scheduling Arrivals to a Production System in a Fuzzy Environment,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 93, 1996, pp. 75-87, (with R.E. King and J.A. Joines).

· Stanfield, P.M., King, R.E., and Hodgson, T.J., “Multiobjective Stochastic Scheduling of Job Ready Times,”' Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 70, 1997, pp. 221-239.

· Stanfield, P.M., Wilson, J.R., and Mirka, G.A. “Multivariate Input Modeling with Johnson Distributions,” Proceedings of the 1996 Winter Simulation Conference, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1996, pp. 1457-1464.

Silvanus J. Udoka

Associate Professor, B. S. (1982); Weber State University, M.S.I.E. (1984), and Ph.D. (1989); Oklahoma State University.

Dr. Silvanus J. 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.

Dr. Udoka was the recipient of the 1992 Outstanding Young Faculty Award from the North Midwest Section of ASEE and was voted 1991/92 IIE/Alpha Pi Mu Outstanding IE Faculty. He is a member of several professional and honorary organizations including Tau Beta Pi; the National Engineering Honor Society, and Alpha Pi Mu; The Indistrial Engineering Honor Society. Dr. Udoka is active in research and publication mainly in the areas of manufacturing systems analysis and design and automated data capture systems design. He is actively involved in efforts to enhance interdisciplinary manufacturing engineering education.

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, WI, and Grede Foundries, Inc., Reedsburg, WI.

Research and Teaching Interests

Analysis, Design and Integration of Automated of Manufacturing Systems, Virtual and Augmented Environments for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Logistics and Supply Chain Systems design and Automation, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Applications of Robotics Systems, Automation and FMS Design and Control, Traditional Manufacturing Processes/Engineering, Facilities Planning and Design, Materials Handling and Warehousing, Management of Engineering and Technology, Automated Data Collection Applications, Production and Inventory Planning, Control and Management.

Associate Professor, B. S. (1982); Weber State University, M.S.I.E. (1984), and Ph.D. (1989); Oklahoma State University.

Selected Publications

· Udoka, S. J., Sarin, S. and Massay, L. L., “Laboratory For Applications of Automatic identification Technologies Across the IE Curriculum.” Computers and Industrial Engineering, vol. 29, no. 1-4, pp. 125-129, 1995.

· Udoka, S. J., Sarin, S. and Massay, L. L., “Bar Code Technology Application-Opportunities and Expediency of Integration Across the IE Curriculum.” Proceedings of the 1995 Annual International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach FL., March 13-15, 1995

· Udoka, S. J., Sarin, S., and Massay, L. L., “IE Curriculum Enhancement by Infusing Auto ID Technologies”. Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, Phoenix, AZ March 6-8, 1995.

· Udoka, S. J., Massay, L. L. and Park, Eui H., "A Structured Life-Cycle Design Approach for Robotics Assembly Systems." To Be In Robotics and Manufacturing: Recent Trends in Research, Education, and Applications (M. Jamshidi et al Eds.), NY: ASME Press, 1994, pp. 711-716.

· Udoka, S. J. and E. Eneyo "A Framework for Technology Adoption in Developing Proceedings of the Second Africa-USA conference on Manufacturing Technology Countries: Nigeria as a Case Example.", Lagos, Nigeria, August, 1994, pp. 242-248

· Udoka, S. J. "Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Bar Codes: Fundamental Components of Your World Class Manufacturing Enterprise." Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 25, nos. 1-4, 1993, pp. 139-142.

· Udoka, Silvanus J. "The Role of Automatic Identification (Auto ID) in the CIM Architecture," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 23, nos. 1-4, 1992, pp. 1-5.

· Udoka, Silvanus J. "Implementation Process Assessment for Automation Projects." Presented at the 1991 International Industrial Engineering Conference, Detroit, MI., May 19-22, 1991.

· Udoka, Silvanus J. "Automated Data Capture Techniques: A Prerequisite for Effective Integrated Manufacturing System." Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 21, nos. 1-4, 1991, pp. 217-221.

Kittinan Unnanon

Assistant Professor, B.S. Industrial Engineering (1990), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; M.S. Industrial Engineering (1996), NC State University; Ph.D. Industrial Engineering (2000), NC State University.

Research and Teaching Interests

CAD/CAM Integration, Rapid Prototyping, Computer-Automated Process Planning, Computer-Automated Assembly Planning, Computational Geometry for Design and Manufacturing, Design/Manufacturing Interaction, Intelligent Applications Development, and Computer Graphics.

Selected Publications

· Cormier, D.R. and Unnanon, K.: Virtual Interference Checking with Furniture Assemblies. Forrest Products Journal. 50(5): 1 – 5 (2000)

· Cormier, D.R., Unnanon, K. and Sanii, E.T.: Specifying Non-uniform Cusp Heights As a Potential Aid for Adaptive Slicing. To appear in the Rapid Prototyping Journal. 6(3): 211 – 204 (2000)

· Cormier, D.R., Taylor, J.B., Unnanon, K., Kulkarni, P. and West, H.: Experiments in Layered Electro-Photographic Printing. To appear in the Eleventh Annual Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium August 7-9, 2000

· Unnanon, K., Cormier, D.R. and Sanii, E.T.: Adaptive Slicing with the Sanders Prototype Inkjet Modeling System. To appear in the Eleventh Annual Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium August 7-9, 2000

Charles H. Vandezande

Adjunct Associate Professor, B.S. (Physics), 1951, Lawrence University, MSc. (Applied Statistics), 1963, Rutgers University.

Mr. Vandezande worked in industry for 33 years before joining the NC A&T Faculty. His industrial experience included semiconductor engineering for RCA and application’s programming, quality control engineering, and reliability engineering for IBM.

Mr. Vandezande joined the Industrial Engineering faculty in 1986 under the IBM faculty loan program. In 1987 he retired from IBM and continued as an Adjunct Associate Professor. During the 1992-1993 academic year he taught in the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Mauritius under a Fulbright Scholarship grant.

Teaching Interests

Quality Assurance, Reliability, Spreadsheet Applications, Design of Experiments, Information System.