JAMES REED WILSON - Industrial and Systems Engineering - North ...

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1975–Present Consultant for: SAS Institute Inc.; State of Arizona Board of Regents; State of Louisiana Board of
Regents; United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; Pritsker Corporation, West Lafayette,
IN; Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indianapolis, IN; Budget and Planning Division, Texas
Department of Human Services, Austin, TX; The Institute for Constructive Capitalism, The University
of Texas, Austin, TX; Texas Research and Development Foundation, Austin, TX; ARCO Oil and Gas
Co., Dallas, TX; Department of Animal and Range Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings,
SD; Research and Development Center, M. W. Kellogg Co., Houston, TX; Project Integration
Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Probabilistic and statistical issues in the design and analysis of large-scale simulation experiments, including: modeling,
estimation, and generation of stochastic input processes; analysis of output processes; improving simulation
efficiency using variance reduction techniques; optimization using multiple-comparison and search procedures; and
applying all these techniques to the analysis of production systems and healthcare systems.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
1969 Elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Rice University.
1970 Received bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Rice University.
1975 Received Army Commendation Medal from U.S. Army Administration Center.
1978 Received the “Graduate Research Award” (First Place) for master’s thesis from the Institute of Industrial Engineers.
Elected to Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi at Purdue University.
1980 Elected to Tau Beta Pi at The University of Texas.
1985 Received “The Jacob Wolfowitz Prize for Theoretical Advances in the Mathematical and Management Sciences”
from American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences.
Received “Outstanding Simulation Publication Award” from The Institute of Management Sciences–College on
Simulation.
1987 Appointed Simulation Department Editor of Management Science, 1988–1991.
1988 Elected President of The Institute of Management Sciences–College on Simulation, 1988–1990.
1990 Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in the Midwest.
1993 Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in American Education.
Selected as one of nine professors to inaugurate in the university-wide program titled “Preparing the Professoriate”
sponsored by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University.
1994 Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in the South and Southwest.
Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in the World.
Elected to the Faculty Senate of North Carolina State University.
1995 Elected to faculty membership in Alpha Pi Mu.
Received the “C. A. Anderson Outstanding Faculty Award” from the North Carolina State University Student
Chapters of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, Alpha Pi Mu, and the Furniture Club.
Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering.