Industrial & Operations Engineering

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List of Professors

Name	Years at Michigan	Position
Charles Burton Gordy	1921 - 1959	Professor of Industrial Engineering
Robert McDowell Thrall	1937 - 1969	Professor of Mathematics Professor of Operations Analysis
Quentin C Vines	1948 - 1971	Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Dean H. Wilson	1948 - 1969 1974 - 1975	Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering Adjunct Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
Edward Lupton Page	1948 - 1965	Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering
Wyeth Allen	1955 - 1963	Professor of Mechanical Engineering Professor of Industrial Engineering Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering 1955-1963
Richard C. Wilson	1955 - 1984	Professor of Industrial Engineering Chair Industrial Engineering 1973-1977
Bertram Herzog	1955 - 1975	Professor of Industrial Engineering 1962-1975 Director, Center for Information Technology Integration (CITI) 1987-92 Director of MERIT 1968-74
Jack Lohmann	1955 - 1991	Associate Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering
Richard W. Berkeley	1956 - 1973	Professor of Industrial Engineering
Merrill M. Flood	1956 - 1976	Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering Professor of Mathematical Biology Professor of Education
James A. Gage	1956 - 1975	Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Frederick Lee Black	1956 - 1961	Director of Business Relations Professor of Industrial Engineering
Clyde W. Johnson	1957 - 1974	Professor of Industrial Engineering
Richard V. Evans	1958 - 1962	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Walton M. Hancock	1959 - 1997	Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering Chair Industrial Engineering 1963-1968
Ralph L. Disney	1962 - 1977	Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Hugh E. Bradley	1963 - 1967	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Herbert P. Galliher	1963 - 1982	Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Richard Jelinek	1964 - 1971	Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering Associate Professor of Hospital Administration
Seth Bonder	1965 - 1979	Professor of Industrial Engineering
Stephen R. Kimbleton	1968 - 1974	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Daniel Teichroew	1968 - 2000	Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering Chair Industrial Engineering 1968-1973
Don B. Chaffin	1968 - 2006	Richard G. Snyder Distinguished University Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering G. Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering Professor of Occupational Health
Katta Murty	1968 - 2010	Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering
Richard F. Baum	1969 - 1976	Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering
Stephen Pollock	1969 - 2005	Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering Herrick Professor of Manufacturing Chair Department of Industrial & Operations Engineering
Kenneth Baker	1969 - 1972	Assistant Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering
Edgar Sibley	1969 - 1973	Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering
Charles N. Rollinger	1970	Adjunct Assistant Professor of Industrial
Alan G. Merten	1970 - 1986	Professor of Industrial Engineering
David Michael Warner	1971	Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering Assistant Professor of Hospital Administration 1971-1974
Thomas L. Boardman Jr.	1973 - 1976	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Gary D. Herrin	1973 - 2011	Professor Associate Dean for Engineering Undergraduate Education
Craig W. Kirkwood	1974 - 1977	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Gary D. Langolf	1974 - 1988	Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
James M. Miller	1976 - 1997	Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
John J Bartholdi III	1977 - 1980	Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering
Louis E Boydstun	1977 - 1983	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Anthony Woo	1977 - 1997	Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics
Francis Noonan	1978	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Loren K. Platzman	1978 - 1980	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Jack R. Lohmann	1979 - 1991	Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
James Carl Bean	1980 - 2004	Professor of Industrial Engineering
John Roberts Birge	1980 - 2000	Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering Chair Industrial & Operations Engineering 1993-2000
Devinder S. Kochhar	1980 - 1986	Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Robert L Smith	1980 - 2012	Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering
Jeffrey K. Liker	1982 - 2017	Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
William David Kelton	1983 - 1986	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Candice Yano	1983 - 1993	Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
W. Monroe Keyserling	1984 - 2019	Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Manndyam Srinivasan	1985 - 1992	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Jay Elkerton	1986 - 1990	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Julian J. Faraway	1987 - 2006	Professor of Statistics Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering 2004-2006 Interim Chair Department of Statistics-2003
Ching Yee Lam	1988 - 1994	Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Medini Ranjan Singh	1990 - 1995	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Chelsea C. White III	1990 - 2002	Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering Chair Industrial & Operations Engineering 1990-1993
Chien-Fu Jeff Wu	1993 - 2004	Professor of Statistics Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering Chair Department of Statistics 1995-1998
Vijayan N. Nair	1993 - 2017	Professor of Statistics, Industrial and Operations Engineering
Rachel Zhang	1994 - 2001	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Stephen E. Chick	1995 - 2003	Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Jianjun Shi	1995 - 2007	Professor G. Lawton & Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering
Shixin Jack Hu	1995 - 2019	Professor of Industrial & Operations & Mechanical Engineering Vice President for Research
Shane Gordon Henderson	1996 - 2002	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Vadim Linetsky	1998 - 2000	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Mark E. Lewis	1999 - 2005	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Barry H Kantowitz	1999 - 2012	Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering Professor of Psychology Research Professor UMTRI
Tava M. Olsen	2000 - 2001	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Jussi Keppo	2001 - 2012	Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Sebastian K. Fixson	2002 - 2006	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Dushyant Sharma	2002 - 2006	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Goker Aydin	2003 - 2009	Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Volodymyr Babich	2003 - 2009	Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
H. Edwin Romeijn	2008 - 2014	Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Kwai H. H. Lam	2014 - 2017	Assistant Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering
Matthew A. Plumlee	2015 - 2017	Assistant Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering

Industrial & Operations Engineering

List of Professors

Charles Burton Gordy

Robert McDowell Thrall

Quentin C Vines

Dean H. Wilson

Edward Lupton Page

Wyeth Allen

Richard C. Wilson

Bertram Herzog

Jack Lohmann

Richard W. Berkeley

Merrill M. Flood

James A. Gage

Frederick Lee Black

Clyde W. Johnson

Richard V. Evans

Walton M. Hancock

Ralph L. Disney

Hugh E. Bradley

Herbert P. Galliher

Richard Jelinek

Seth Bonder

Stephen R. Kimbleton

Daniel Teichroew

Don B. Chaffin

Katta Murty

Richard F. Baum

Stephen Pollock

Kenneth Baker

Edgar Sibley

Charles N. Rollinger

Alan G. Merten

David Michael Warner

Thomas L. Boardman Jr.

Gary D. Herrin

Craig W. Kirkwood

Gary D. Langolf

James M. Miller

John J Bartholdi III

Louis E Boydstun

Anthony Woo

Francis Noonan

Loren K. Platzman

Jack R. Lohmann

James Carl Bean

John Roberts Birge

Devinder S. Kochhar

Robert L Smith

Jeffrey K. Liker

William David Kelton

Candice Yano

W. Monroe Keyserling

Manndyam Srinivasan

Jay Elkerton

Julian J. Faraway

Ching Yee Lam

Medini Ranjan Singh

Chelsea C. White III

Chien-Fu Jeff Wu

Vijayan N. Nair

Rachel Zhang

Stephen E. Chick

Jianjun Shi

Shixin Jack Hu

Shane Gordon Henderson

Vadim Linetsky

Mark E. Lewis

Barry H Kantowitz

Tava M. Olsen

Jussi Keppo

Sebastian K. Fixson

Dushyant Sharma

Goker Aydin

Volodymyr Babich

H. Edwin Romeijn

Kwai H. H. Lam

Matthew A. Plumlee