Faculty Expertise Guide - College of Engineering - Virginia Tech
Faculty Expertise Guide - College of Engineering - Virginia Tech
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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