Theses and Dissertations under Advisement
- Arun Garg, Ph.D. Student
- Akul Joshi, Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering (co-chair with Dr. Ming Leu)
- Karuna Vemulapalli, M.S. Student
- Amy Jacks, M.S. Student
- Kashmeera Ghosh, M.S. Student
- Hao Zhang, M.S. Student
Completed Dissertations Advised
[1] Wende Huehn Brown, An Analysis of Continuous Improvement in Lean Enterprise & Six Sigma Approaches, August 2006. Currently Professor at St. Petersburg College in Florida.
[2] Pisit Hetrakul, Ph.D., The Development of Efficient Delivery Routes in Extremely Short Product Life-Cycle Environments, December 2004. Currently - Working in Industry in Thailand.
[3] Esin Sadikoglu, Ph.D., An Analysis of the Relationship between Work Measurement and Total Quality Management (TQM), December 2003. Currently - Assistant Professor at Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey.
[4] Paul Hirtz, Ph.D., Effective Leadership for Quality Management, May 2002.Currently Associate Director of UMR Student Design Competition Center.
[5] Pirun Hemmondharop, Ph.D., A Comparative Study of Just-In-Time (JIT) and Theory of Constraints (TOC) Systems with Varying Constraint Locations and Operational Characteristics, May 2002. Currently - Program Chair at Mahidol University in Thailand.
[6] Rhonda Turvey, Ph.D., The Effects of Leadership Style on Total Quality Management Implementation, May 1999. (Co-Chair Wiebe) Currently -Working in Industry
[7] Alice Beechner, Ph.D., Total Quality Management and Corporate Financial Performance: A Trend Analysis, December 1998. (Co-Chair Wiebe) Currently - President of Paragon Business Solutions.
[8] Rose Marie Evans, Ph.D., The Effectiveness of Internet-based Technology in Engineering Education, December 1998. (Co-Chair Daily) Currently - Planning to return to work after the birth of her third child.
[9] Gul Okudan, Ph.D., Developing a Performance Measure for Selection of Dispatching Rules to Gain Time-Based Advantage in a Dynamic Job Shop: A Simulation Study, December 1997. (Co-Chair Kluzcny) Currently - Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University.
[10] Siwiga Pattanapanchai, Ph.D., A Comparative Study of Multi-Attribute Decision Making Techniques in Facility Location, May 1997. (Co-Chair Benjamin) Currently - Faculty Member at School of Applied Statistics, National Institute of Development Administration in Bangkok, Thailand.
[11] Neslihan Alp, Ph.D., Modeling Technology Acquisition and Utilization in Manufacturing: A Comparative Case Study, December 1996. (Co-Chair Omurtag) Currently - Associate Professor, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
[12] Steve Dusseau, Ph.D., An Analysis of the Relationship between Financial Performance and Total Quality Management Implementation, December 1996. (Co-Chair Wiebe) Currently - Professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Department, Indiana Institute of Technology-Ft. Wayne, IN.
[13] Adik Soedarsono, Ph.D., An Analysis of Productivity Improvement at an Indonesian State-Owned Industry, May 1996. (Co-Chair Omurtag) Currently - CEO, BPPT, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Completed Theses Advised
Amanda Alpaugh, M.S. :
A systematic approach to project portfolio selection for
economic development in municipalities: A case study in vienna, Missouri.
Currently United States Airforce Officer, August 2008.
Narasimhan Srinivasa Raghavan , M.S. Manufacturing Engineering :
Effect of Control Factors on Response Variables in Just in Time (JIT) and Theory of Constraints (TOC) Systems, August 2004. Currently - Working in Industry.
Earl Evans, M.S. :
Asynchronous Distance Learning Technology: The Instructors Perspective, December 1997. Currently Lt. Col. United States Air National Guard, Hancock Field, NY.