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Faculty Expertise Guide - College of Engineering - Virginia Tech

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<strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> engineering faCulty expertise listing 2010-2012<br />

Office Phone: 540-231-9079<br />

Home Phone: 540-552-0082<br />

FAX: 540-231-3322<br />

E-mail: don.taylor@vt.edu<br />

URL: http://ise.vt.edu<br />

Specialty: Applied Mathematical Programming and Discrete<br />

Event System Simulation to Solve Large-scale Problems in the<br />

Field <strong>of</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> Logistics; Particular Interest in the Truck,<br />

Rail and Barge Industries<br />

Applications: Trucking and freight shipment; material handling<br />

<strong>Expertise</strong>: Applied mathematical programming and discrete event<br />

system simulation<br />

Examples <strong>of</strong> Funding Sources: National Science Foundation<br />

MACHINERY HEALTH MONITORING<br />

see Rotating Machinery, Kasarda<br />

MACROMOLECULES AND INTERFACES<br />

see Polymers, Baird<br />

MAGNETIC BEARINGS<br />

see Mechanical Vibrations, Kirk<br />

Rotating Machinery, Kasarda<br />

MAGNETIC LEVITATION<br />

see Motor Drives, Ramu<br />

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS<br />

Name: Hazhir Rahmandad<br />

Department: Industrial and Systems <strong>Engineering</strong><br />

Office Phone: 703-538-8434<br />

FAX: 703-538-8450<br />

E-mail: hazhir@vt.edu<br />

URL: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/hazhir/www/index.html<br />

Specialty: Dynamic Modeling <strong>of</strong> Complex Socio-<strong>Tech</strong>nical Systems,<br />

Organizational Learning, Building Management Flight<br />

Simulators and Microworlds<br />

Applications: Health policy analysis using simulation; product<br />

development dynamics; impact <strong>of</strong> time delays on organizational<br />

learning; understanding the diffusion <strong>of</strong> green buildings;<br />

simulation based training tools and environments for s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />

development<br />

<strong>Expertise</strong>: System dynamics; agent-based modeling; parameter<br />

estimation and calibration <strong>of</strong> differential equation models;<br />

management science tools (simulation, optimization, decision<br />

analysis)<br />

Examples <strong>of</strong> Funding Sources: Performance measurement and<br />

management systems by McClatchy Tribune, S<strong>of</strong>tware development<br />

dynamics by Avaya; Web 2.0 applications in Innovation<br />

by PRTM and UPM-Kymmene Oyj<br />

MANUFACTURING<br />

Name: Subhash C. Sarin<br />

Department: Industrial and Systems <strong>Engineering</strong><br />

Office Phone: 540-231-7140<br />

FAX: 540-231-3322<br />

E-mail: sarins@vt.edu<br />

Specialty: Production Planning and Scheduling, Applied Mathematical<br />

Programming, Design and Mathematical Analysis <strong>of</strong><br />

Manufacturing Systems<br />

Applications: Development <strong>of</strong> algorithms for the planning, scheduling<br />

and control <strong>of</strong> production systems (aggregate planning,<br />

capacity planning, cellular manufacturing and distribution logistics,<br />

material flow control, lot sizing, machine sequencing,<br />

workforce scheduling and advanced planning and scheduling<br />

[planning and scheduling across different parts <strong>of</strong> a supply<br />

chain]); electronics manufacturing; assembly systems design;<br />

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