Alice E. Smith

Visiting Scholars

  1. Dr. Jae-Hwan Kim, Professor and Chair, Department of Data Information, Korea Maritime University, Busan, Korea. July 2011 – June 2012 (funded by Korea Maritime University). Studying design of reliable systems.
  2. Dr. Mithat Zeydan, Associate Professor, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. June 2011 – August 2011 (funded by Erciyes University). Studying multi-variate process optimization for textile dying.
  3. Dr. Nevra Akbilik, Assistant Professor, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey. March 2011 – May 2012 (funded by Sakarya University) . Studying facility layout with AGV material handling systems.
  4. Miss Haiyan Wang, , Doctoral Student and Assistant Professor, School of Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China. September 2010 – September 2011 (funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council). Studying facility location for recycling centers.
  5. Dr. Mohair Issa Ahmed Al-Daoud, Professor and Head, Industrial Engineering Section, College of Engineering, University of Bagdad, Iraq. August 2010 – August 2011 (funded by the Iraqi Scholar Rescue Project of the Institute of International Education). Studying facility location for health clinics in Bagdad.
  6. Dr. Zeqiang Zhang, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China. August 2010 – August 2011 (funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council). Studying facility design for double row lines.
  7. Miss Min Zhang, Doctoral Student, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China. August 2010 – August 2011 (funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council). Studying process optimization for hot mix asphalt.
  8. Dr. Cuihua Zhang, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. August 2010 – November 2010 (funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council). Studying facility location for recycling centers.
  9. Mr. Yasin Ortakci, Lecturer of Computer Engineering, Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey. March 2010 – June 2010 (funded by Karabuk University). Studied particle swarm optimization for ad hoc mobile networks.
  10. Dr. Numan Celebi, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. August 2009 – January 2011 (funded by TUBITAK, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, and Istanbul University). Studying facility location for earthquake disaster relief.
  11. Dr. Soroor Hussain Al-Khafaji, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bagdad, Bagdad, Iraq. August 2008 – September 2009 (funded by University of Technology, Bagdad). Studied process control and reliable systems using Kriging.
  12. Dr. Sohier Mohamed Hussien Baioumy, Assistant Professor of Mechnical Engineering Techology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Benha University High Institute of Techology, Egypt. January – September 2007 (funded by the Egyptian Ministry of High Education). Studied modeling of cost estimation data.
  13. Dr. Edgardo Escalante, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Monterrey Tech University, Monterrey, Mexico. August 2006 – May 2008 (funded by NASA and Auburn University). Quality control research and teaching.
  14. Mr. Thomas M. A. Marechal, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technological University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. August – December 2006 (funded by Technological University of Eindhoven). Studied optimization of discrete event simulation for his Masters of Systems Engineering internship.
  15. Dr. Un Gi Joo, Associate Professor of Knowledge and Industrial Engineering, Sun Moon University, Asan City, Chungnam Province, South Korea. July 2006 – June 2007 (funded by Sun Moon University). Studied advanced meta-heuristics applied to problems in designing telecommunications systems.
  16. Dr. Sung-Soo Kim, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, South Korea. January 2004 – February 2005 (funded by Kangwon National University). Studied tabu search, ant colonies and genetic algorithms applied to problems in designing wireless communications networks with attention to routing and channel assignment.
  17. 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). Studied neural networks and genetic algorithms applied to problems in designing reliable communications networks and estimating network reliability and performability.
  18. Dr. Mehmet Fatih Tasgetiren, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey. March 1999 – August 2000 (funded by Sakarya University, Turkey). Studied computational intelligence approaches to scheduling and routing.
  19. Dr. Berna Dengiz, Dean of 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). Studied genetic algorithms and neural networks applied to problems in designing reliable communications networks.