Visiting Scholars

Dr. Sohier Mohamed Hussien Baioumy, Assistant Profesor of Mechnical Engineering Techology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Benha University High Institute of Techology, Egypt. January - October 2007 (funded by the Egyptian Ministry of High Education). Studying quality control.

Dr. Edgardo Escalante, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Monterrey Tech University, Monterrey, Mexico. August 2006 - July 2008 (funded by NASA and Auburn University). Quality control research and teaching.

Mr. Thomas M. A. Marechal, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technological University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. August - December 2006 (funded by Technological University of Eindhoven). Studying optimization of discrete event simulation for his Masters of Systems Engineering internship.

Dr. Un Gi Joo, Associate Professor of Knowledge and Industrial Engineering, Sun Moon University, Asan Cite, Chungnam Province, South Korea. July 2006 - June 2007 (funded by Sun Moon University). Studying advanced meta-heuristics applied to problems in designing telecommunications systems.

Dr. Sung-Soo Kim, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, South Korea. January 2004 - February 2005 (funded by Kangwon National University). Studying tabu search, ant colonies and genetic algorithms applied to problems in designing wireless communications networks with attention to routing and channel assignment.

Dr. Chang Sun Yum, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea. Academic year of 2002 - 03 (funded by Pukyong National University). Studying neural networks and genetic algorithms applied to problems in designing reliable communications networks and estimating network reliability and performability.

Dr. Mehmet Fatih Tasgetiren, Associate Professor of Management, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. March 1999 - August 2000 (funded by Sakarya University). Studying computational intelligence approaches to scheduling and routing.

Dr. Berna Dengiz, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey. Summers of 1994 (funded by Gazi University), 1996 (funded by the TUBITAK, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey), 1999 (funded by NSF) and 2001 (funded by NSF). Academic year of 2002 - 03 (funded by NSF). Studying genetic algorithms and neural networks applied to problems in designing reliable communications networks.