Brennan, Patricia Flatley - Professor and Chair Also School of Education, School of Nursing health informatics -- community health -- information systems -- computer-mediated clinical practice -- health services research Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Chair Patricia Flatley Brennan

Alagoz, Oguzhan - Assistant Professor

Also Population Health Sciences
operations research, stochastic optimization, medical decision making, Markov decision processes, stochastic programming, simulation, scheduling, health-care applications.

Bier, Vicki M. - Professor

Also Engineering Physics
security in the supply chains for food and agricultural products -- critical infrastructure protection -- security -- technological hazards -- risk analysis -- decision analysis -- operations research
Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis

Carayon, Pascale - Professor

Also Biomedical Engineering, Population Health Sciences
human factors and ergonomics -- job and organizational design -- quality and productivity improvement -- technological and organizational change -- human factors and system engineering in healthcare and patient safety -- human factors and organizational issues in computer security
Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement

Ceglarek, Dariusz (Darek) - Visiting Professor

Design and manufacturing with an emphasis on multistage production systems convertibility, scalability, and diagnosability, ramp-up time, and variation reductions; integration of statistical and evolutionary computational methods with engineering models for system diagnosability and self-healing analysis; sensing systems/networks in manufacturing; and reconfigurable/reusable assembly systems; Lean Healtcare.
Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

Ferris, Michael C. - Professor

Also Computer Sciences
mathematical programming -- modeling and applications of operations research -- complementarity problems -- radiation therapy planning -- numerical algorithms

Karsh, Ben-Tzion - Associate Professor

Also Biomedical Engineering, Family Medicine, Population Health Sciences
patient safety -- health systems engineering -- macroergonomics -- technology change -- occupational safety and health
Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement

Krishnamurthy, Ananth - Associate Professor

Production inventory systems -- Assembly operations -- Product variety and customization -- Material handling and warehouse systems -- Lead time reduction and Quick Response Manufacturing
Center for Quick Response Manufacturing, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

Lee, John D. - Professor

Cognitive engineering -- Interface design -- Trust in automation -- Human adaptation to technology -- Modeling human behavior

Linderoth, Jeffrey T. - Associate Professor

Also Computer Sciences
Numerical Optimization: Integer programming and Stochastic programming -- High Performance and Grid Computing -- Applications in Logistics, Finance, and Health-Care

Luedtke, James R. - Assistant Professor

Integer programming - linear and nonlinear -- Stochastic optimization, especially optimization with risk constraints -- Applications in logistics, revenue management, production scheduling, and energy

Montague, Enid - Assistant Professor and Anna Julia Cooper Fellow

Trust in Technology -- Human Computer Interaction -- Technology Integration -- Human Factors and Ergonomics -- Macroergonomics -- Patient Safety
Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement

Radwin, Robert G. - Professor and Chair

Also Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine and Public Health
analytical methods for measuring and assessing exposure to physical stress in the workplace -- ergonomics aspects of manually operated equipment and human-computer input devices -- causes and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and peripheral neuropathies -- occupational biomechanics -- rehabilitation engineering
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Biomedical Engineering Student Design Consortium, Ergonomics Analysis and Design Consortium, Industrial Hand Tool and Ergonomics Research Consortium, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Occupational Ergonomics and Biomechanics Laboratory, Trace Research and Development Center

Shi, Leyuan - Professor

simulation modeling -- large-scale optimization -- supply chain optimization -- production planning and scheduling
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

Vanderheiden, Gregg C. - Professor

Also Biomedical Engineering
ergonomics -- mobile computing -- universal design -- computer interface design -- rehabilitation engineering -- computer access for people with disabilities -- accessible design of mass market products -- design of next-generation information and transaction systems -- human augmentation -- modality translation
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Trace Research and Development Center

Veeramani, Dharmaraj ("Raj") - Professor

Also Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, School of Business
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and applications -- E-business strategy and decision technologies -- Internet-aided supply chain management -- Quick response quoting and manufacturing
Center for Quick Response Manufacturing, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, University of Wisconsin E-Business Consortium

Vernon, Mary K. - Professor

Also Computer Sciences
techniques and applications of computer systems performance analysis -- scalable information infrastructure -- on-demand data delivery -- streaming media servers -- quantifying system security -- parallel architectures -- distributed systems

Wiegmann, Douglas A. - Associate Professor

Cognitive Systems Engineering -- System Safety -- Accident Investigation -- Human Error Analysis -- Aviation -- Healthcare

Wright, Stephen J. - Professor

Also Computer Sciences
Optimization and its Applications

Zhou, Shiyu - Associate Professor

Modeling and analysis of the variation propagation and other in-process sensing data in complex manufacturing processes. -- In-process quality and productivity improvement: diagnosis of complicated manufacturing processes using sensor fusion, feature extraction, and pattern recognition based on engineering field knowledge. -- Fast calibration and active compensation for manufacturing systems: active real-time control of manufacturing processes, integration of statistical process control with automatic process control.
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

Zimmerman, David R. - Professor

health systems -- health services research -- evaluation of quality of long term care -- outcome measurement -- decision support systems -- human resource management
Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis, Industrial Relations Research Institute

Adjunct or Faculty Affiliates

Baker, Timothy B. - Professor Emeritus

Also School of Medicine and Public Health

Burnside, Elizabeth S. - Professor

Also Radiology

Carnes, Mary (Molly) L. - Jean Manchester Biddick Professor of Women's Health

Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute

Finster, Mark P. - Associate Professor

Also School of Business

Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement, Center for Quick Response Manufacturing, Global E-Business Consortium, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

Handelsman, Jo - Professor

Also Plant Pathology
Structure and function of microbial communities, microbial communication networks, role of microorganisms within microbial communities and as factors affecting host physiology
Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute

Maravelias, Christos T. - Assistant Professor

Also Chemical and Biological Engineering
Scheduling and production planning -- Supply chain management -- Pharmaceutical research and development -- Mixed-integer Programming -- Optimization methods for process synthesis

Noyce, David A. - Associate Professor

Also Civil and Environmental Engineering
Transportation Safety -- Vehicle Crash Analysis -- Traffic Operations -- Geometric Design -- Traffic Simulation -- Driving Simulation -- Human Factors -- Intelligent Transportation Systems -- Bicycles and Pedestrians
Institute on Aging, Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, Transportation Engineering and City Planning Program, Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory

Qian, Zhiguang (Peter) - Assistant Professor

Also Statistics
Interface between efficient data collection and flexible data modeling -- Data collection issues in machine learning and data mining -- Design, modeling and analysis of computer models -- Design of experiments and algebraic statistics -- Optimization under uncertainty -- Statistics in IT, modern engineering and services

Rappold, James A. - Assistant Professor

Also School of Business
supply-chain management operations research multi-echelon inventory optimization inventory management production planning and scheduling lean manufacturing decision support systems applied optimization and simulation service parts systems
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Supply Chain Leadership (SLC) Certificate Program, Transportation and Logistics Management Certificate Series, University of Wisconsin E-Business Consortium

Sesto, Mary Elizabeth - Assistant Professor

Also Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine and Public Health

Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Trace Research and Development Center

Smith, Maureen A. - Associate Professor

Also Population Health Sciences

Emeritus Faculty

Bollinger, John G. - John Bascom Professor Emeritus

Dynamic behavior of machine tool drive systems -- Position control for automatic welding -- Noise generation/noise control in product design -- Machine tool structure control dynamics -- Dynamic loads in gears -- Environmental noise control -- Digital computer control of machines and processes -- Mini-computer and micro-processor systems design -- Guidance systems for industrial robots -- Robotics for space application -- Environmental control of humidity

Box, George E.P. - Professor Emeritus

quality improvement -- statistical and Bayesian inference -- experimental design -- data analysis -- response surface analysis -- engineering statistics -- nonlinear estimation
Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement

Fryback, Dennis G. - Professor Emeritus

Also Population Health Sciences
Measuring population health -- Measuring health outcomes -- Bayesian statistics applied to uncertainty analysis in complex models -- Cost-effectiveness evaluation in health care -- Simulation modeling in health care systems
Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis, Graduate Program in Population Health, Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

Gustafson, David H. - Emeritus Research Professor

integration of decision -- change and information theory to develop, test and disseminate information technology to improve health and to use the research results to develop tools to support organizational problem solving and change
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis, Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement

Reddan, William G. - Associate Professor Emeritus

Also School of Medicine and Public Health
intercollegiate athletics -- ergonomics -- stress -- pulmonary physiology -- work environ. -- aging

Robinson, Stephen M. - Professor Emeritus

Also Computer Sciences
Variational analysis and optimization -- Methods to support decision under uncertainty -- Quantitative methods in managerial economics

Sanders, Jerry L. - Professor Emeritus

automatic assembly systems -- stochastic processes -- flame cutting layout procedures -- production systems

Smith, Michael J. - Professor Emeritus

human factors and ergonomics -- occupational safety -- job-related stress -- work organization design and management -- job design

Steudel, Harold J. - Emerson Electric Professor in Total Quality Emeritus

Development of statistical modeling, analysis and management techniques for the design and improvement of manufacturing systems such areas as the design, evaluation and management of continuous flow/cellular manufacturing systems for just-in-time (JIT) operations. -- Design and implementation of quality management systems in health care and manufacturing organizations including medical devices.
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

Suri, Rajan - Professor Emeritus

lead time reduction and quick response manufacturing -- POLCA and other alternatives to Kanban for material control -- queuing network models for manufacturing systems analysis
Center for Quick Response Manufacturing, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Quick Response Manufacturing Consortium

Thesen, Arne - Professor Emeritus

simulation, heuristic optimization -- manufacturing systems -- selective assembly

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