2020 IISE Annual Conference Program Committee
2020 Program Chairs
Lauralee (Lee) Cromarty, HID Global Corporation (retired)
Rohan Shirwaiker, North Carolina State University
Pingfeng Wang, University of Illinois
2021 Program Chairs
Archis Ghate, University of Washington
Krishnan Krishnaiyer, Marathon
Petroleum Company LP
Kamran Paynabar, Georgia Institute of Technology
Program Advisory Committee
Edwin Romeijn, Georgia Institute of Technology
Andrew Schaefer, Rice University
Rob Thomas, Intel Corporation
IISE Senior VP - Continuing Education
Cole Smith, Syracuse University
Track Chairs
Construction Track
Presented by the Construction Division
Henry Lester, University
of South Alabama
Gary Moynihan, University
of Alabama
Robert Ranallo, FedEx Ground - Lead Coordinator
Emily Wall, Mississippi
State University
Data Analytics and Information Systems Track
Presented by the Data Analytics and Information Systems Division
Moufid Dardas, Hydro
One
Chen Kan, University of Texas at Arlington
Sinan Onal, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville - Lead Coordinator
Bing Si, Binghamton
University
Energy Systems Track
Presented by the Energy Systems Division
Yongpei Guan, University
of Florida
Elaine Johns, EnerVision
Inc.
Mohammad Roni, Idaho
National Laboratory - Lead Coordinator
Ramteen Sioshansi, The
Ohio State University
Engineering Economy Track
Presented by the Engineering Economy Division
Ahmet Akgun, California
University of Pennsylvania
Jake Kirpes, TPG
Companies
Cameron MacKenzie, Iowa State University - Lead Coordinator
Engineering Education Track
Beth Cudney, Missouri
University of Science & Technology - Lead Coordinator
Molly Goldstein, University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Lisa Miller, University
of Minnesota
Engineering Management Track
Presented by the Society for Engineering & Management Systems
Fernando González Aleu, Universidad de Monterrey - Lead Coordinator
Niranjan Kulkarni, CRB
Lizzette Perez Lespier, University
of North Carolina Wilmington
Facilities Design & Planning Track
Presented by the Logistics & Supply Chain Division
Mohamed Awwad, California
Polytechnic State University
Parikh Pratik, University of Louisville - Lead Coordinator
Ravi Vengadam, Target
Corporation
Hector Vergara, Oregon
State University
Health Systems Track
Presented by the Society for Health Systems
Hari Balasubramanian, University
of Massachusetts, Amherst
Wen Cao, Peninsula Regional Medical Center
David Claudio, Montana
State University
Elizabeth Gentry, University of Louisville - Lead Coordinator
Tarun Mohan Lal, Navicent
Health
Sreenath Chalil Madathil, University of Texas at El Paso
Shengfan Zhang, University
of Arkansas
Human Factors & Ergonomics Track
Presented by the Applied Ergonomics Society
Kari Babski-Reeves, Mississippi
State University
Anil Kumar, San Jose State University - Lead Coordinator
Chang S. Nam, North
Carolina State University
James Rethaber, Fit
For Work LLC
Lean & Six Sigma Track
Presented by the Operational Excellence Division
William Edwards, Kettering
University
Krishnan Krishnaiyer, Marathon
Petroleum Corporation
Sushil Shetty, Entegris Inc. - Lead Coordinator
Logistics & Supply Chain Track
Presented by the Logistics & Supply Chain Division
Sasha Zhijie Dong, Texas
State University
Murat Erkoç, University of Miami - Lead Coordinator
Erhan Kutanoglu, University
of Texas at Austin
Mike Sherwin, Curtiss-Wright
Corporation
Manufacturing & Design Track
Presented by the Manufacturing & Design Division
Paul Cohen, North
Carolina State University
Jia Deng, Binghamton
University
Sanjay Joshi, Pennsylvania
State University
Harry Pierson, University of Arkansas - Lead Coordinator
C. David Vance, III, Air
Force Materiel Command
Modeling & Simulation Track
Presented by the Modeling & Simulation Division
Omar Ashour, Penn
State Behrend
Raed Jaradat, Mississippi
State University
Femi Omitaomu, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory
Katie Prochaska, Simio LLC
John F. Shortle, George Mason University - Lead Coordinator
Operations Research Track
Presented by the Operations Research Division
Ambarish Acharya, E.
And J. Gallo Winery
Esra Büyüktahtakιn-Toy, New
Jersey Institute of Technology
Thomas Sharkey, Clemson University - Lead Coordinator
Yongjia Song, Clemson
University
Lizhi Wang, Iowa
State University
Performance Excellence Track
Presented by IAB, CISE and Young Professionals
Kira Hansen, Harley
Davidson Motor Company
Scott Sink, The Poirier Group - Lead Coordinator
Kazuo Takeda, SprintRay Inc.
Quality Control & Reliability Engineering Track
Presented by the Quality Control & Reliability Engineering Division
Adel Alaeddini, University
of Texas at San Antonio
Linkan Bian, Mississippi State University - Lead Coordinator
Chitta Ranjan, ProcessMiner
Inc.
Sustainable Development Track
Presented by the Sustainable Development Division
John Corliss, PEER
Consultants
Gokhan Egilmez, University
of New Haven
Caroline Krejci, University
of Texas at Arlington
Ricardo Thierry, Instituto
Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Lead Coordinator
Valerie Thomas, Georgia
Institute of Technology
Work Systems & Services Track
Presented by the Work Systems Division
Laila Cure, Wichita
State University
Greg Melroy, West
Monroe Partners
Mayra Mendez-Pinero, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez - Lead Coordinator