engineering management and systems engineering
Two talk disaster recovery at military engineers meeting
Dr. Suzanna Long and Dr. Steven Corns were the featured speakers at the monthly meeting of Fort Leonard Wood’s chapter of Society of American Military Engineers on Nov. 15 at the base. They presented, “Post-Disaster Supply Chain Interdependent Critical Infrastructure System Restoration Modeling: A Review of Data Necessary and Available for Modeling.”
Read More »In the news: The Chronicle, Denver Post, Lady Science blog, New York Times, Science360, St. Louis Public Radio
- Allan Metcalf, a writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education, writes about Dr. Gerald Cohen’s research on etymology in Metcalf’s article, “Breaking News: I’m From Missouri.” Cohen is a professor of Rusisian and German languages at S&T.
- Missouri S&T’s student-designed solar house was featured in the Denver Post article, “How the Solar Decathlon has Helped Create Your High-Tech Home — And Where It’s Going Next,” published Oct. 6
Former engineering management chair Henry Sineath dies
Dr. Henry “Dr. Si” Sineath, a retired S&T faculty member and longtime Rolla resident, died Oct. 8, in Anderson, South Carolina. He was 95. After 25 years in industry, Sineath joined Missouri S&T in 1976 as a visiting professor of engineering management. During his tenure at S&T, he established the university’s packaging program, served as its director and endowed a fund to provide continued support for the program. In 1981, Sineath became the second chair of engineering management, following founding department chair Dr. Bernard Sarchet. He retired as professor emeritus in 1986.
Read More »Professors to know — Two S&T faculty make national list of 20
Dr. Cihan Dagli and Dr. Suzanna Long are systems engineering professors you should know, according to OnlineEngineeringPrograms.com. The site’s list of 20 includes outstanding professors in the field at universities across the country.
Read More »International quality award goes to Cudney
Dr. Beth Cudney, associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering, will receive the Kondo Medal from the International Academy for Quality (IAQ). The award will be presented at the ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement on April 29 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Read More »ASEM award named after William Daughton
The American Society for Engineering Management recently named one of its annual awards after Dr. William Daughton, professor emeritus of engineering management and systems engineering. Daughton recently retired as executive director of the society, and to recognize his service and contributions to the society, ASEM renamed one of its service awards to the William Daughton World Headquarters Service Award. This award recognizes significant contributions to the streamlining, enhancement or improvement of the day-to-day operations of ASEM world headquarters. Daughton is also an ASEM Fellow.
Read More »Campus members publish in ASQ journal
A Missouri S&T group recently published a paper titled “Blending the Best of Both Worlds: Overcoming Skepticism in a Hybrid Engineering Course” in the American Society for Quality’s Quality Approaches in Higher Education. The group is comprised of Dr. Susan Murray, interim chair of psychological science and professor of engineering management and systems engineering at S&T; Julie Phelps, instructional designer in educational technology at S&T; and Kelly Jones, an adjunct instructor at Webster University and training manager at Nestle Purina in St. Louis.
Read More »Cudney wins ASQ best paper award
Dr. Beth Cudney, associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering, won the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Best Paper Award for her 2015 paper titled “Using Hoshin Kanri to Address ISO 9001:2015 Requirements,” which she co-wrote with Kristin Case, founder of CaseConsults. Cudney will receive the award at the 2016 ASQ World Conference in […]
Read More »Inspirational Women awards winners announced
The Women’s History Month Planning Committee has selected the 2016 Missouri S&T Inspirational Women awards recipients.
Read More »Grasman earns IISE teaching award
Kellie Grasman, lecturer in engineering management and systems engineering, has been chosen as the 2016 recipient of the Engineering Economy Teaching Award by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE).
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