15. “Development <strong>of</strong> an e-Based Decision Support System for Modular Product Design in theAutomotive Industry,” WKU Junior Faculty Scholarship (2/27/01-2/26/02). (PI, Funded)Grant Total/Duration: $4,000/ 1 year16. Development <strong>of</strong> the 6 Sigma and Project Management Training Program project for the Tyco Inc.Franklin, Kentucky (with Dr. Murat Tiryakioglu) (6/1/00-9/30/00). (Co-PI, Funded)Grant Total/Duration: $30,000/4 monthsLABORATORY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY1. Developed an Intelligent Systems <strong>Engineering</strong> Laboratory (ISEL) at UTEP (Supported by GM-PACE,DoEd Grants) (http://research.utep.edu/nbml)2. Developed an e-Manufacturing Laboratory at WKU (Supported by IBM Scholars Program, NSF-EPSCoR and KSEF Grants) (http://161.6.60.213/index.htm)3. Developed an Precision Machining and Metrology Laboratory (PMML) (Supported by NSF-MRIGrant) (http://161.6.60.213/Bill/PMML/index.htm)HONORS AND AWARDS1. 2006-2007 Who’s Who in America (Marquis Who’s Who)2. 2006 AcademicKeys: Who’s Who in <strong>Engineering</strong> Education (WWEE)3. 2005-2006 Who’s Who in America (Marquis Who’s Who)4. 2002-2004 University Senate, WKU5. 2003 Faculty Fellowship, WKU6. 2002 Best section paper: The Agent-Based Collaboration Information System for Supply ChainManagement (The 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI)Conference, Orlando, Florida, July 14-18, 2002)7. 2001 Junior Faculty Scholarship, WKU8. 1997 Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Industrial <strong>Engineering</strong> Department, The University <strong>of</strong> Iowa9. 1996 Alpha Pi Mu, The University <strong>of</strong> Iowa Chapter10. 1989 The Distinguished Reserve Officer <strong>of</strong> Ministry <strong>of</strong> National Defense <strong>of</strong> R. O. C.EDITORIAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES1. Editor Board <strong>of</strong> Journal <strong>of</strong> Computer Standards & Interfaces.2. Referee for IIE Transactions, IEEE Transactions, etc.PUBLIC SERVICE1. NSF – CMMI Grantee Conference Panel Review, University <strong>of</strong> Tennessee – Knoxville, 11/12/07.2. NSF - CMMI Panel Review, Arlington, Washington DC, 5/13/08.3. NSF – CCLI Panel Review, Crystal City, Washington DC, 7/10/08 – 7/11/08.COLLABORATORSDr. Chen-Fu Chien, Fulbright Visiting Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Industrial <strong>Engineering</strong> & OperationResearch, University <strong>of</strong> California at Berkeley, CA.Dr. Jack Feng, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Industrial and Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong> and Technology, BradleyUniversity, Peoria, Illinois.Dr. Roger R. Gung, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598-0218Dr. David He, Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong>, Univ. <strong>of</strong> Illinois at Chicago,IL.Dr. Chun-Che Huang, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Information Management, National Chi Nan University,Taiwan.Dr. M.C. Jothishankar, Senior Industrial Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing Technology group at theRockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA.*Dr. Andrew Kusiak, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Mechanical and Industrial <strong>Engineering</strong>, Univ. <strong>of</strong> Iowa, IA.(Dr. Kusiak serves on the editorial boards <strong>of</strong> 40 journals, edits book series, and is the Editor-in-Chief <strong>of</strong> theJournal <strong>of</strong> Intelligent Manufacturing)Dr. Teresa Wu, Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Industrial <strong>Engineering</strong>, Arizona State Univ., AZ.Dr. Rong Pan, Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Industrial <strong>Engineering</strong>, Arizona State Univ., AZ.Dr. Yongjin Kown, Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Goodwin <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Studies, Drexel Univ., PA.10
Dr. M.K. Jeong, Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Industrial & Information Engr., Univ. <strong>of</strong> Tennessee,TN.CURRENT AND PAST GRADUATE STUDENTCurrentPh.D. Student: Stuart Cheung (ESE Program); M.S. Thesis Student: Ravi L. Kallur, Chun-Hsun (Enoch)Wu, Ugandhar Kondamadugula and Prashanth Devaram, Yingjun Zhu, Sanjay Srikantaiah and Kalyan R.Aleti (Both will graduate in August, 2008).PastM.S. Thesis Student: Alexander J. Nadackal, Venkata Sampat U Konada, Kothi, Abhilash R. and GabrielV. Astogra.11
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