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[Heragu, Sunderesh]

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  A Message from the School Head  <http://issuu.com/osuceat/docs/fall_2013_iem_newsletter>
On behalf of the School of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) at Oklahoma State University (OSU), I am most delighted to send you this first edition of Cowboy Connections. You will be receiving this newsletter a couple of times a year detailing the numerous activities and achievements of our students, faculty, alumni and staff.

I am honored and excited to join OSU as the tenth Head of IEM. I arrived here on August 1st and have been busy learning about the School, College, University, IEM faculty, students and alumni. During that process, I realized there is so much that is happening here you may not know about - hence, our attempt to connect with all our stakeholders via this newsletter and other media. For those of you who do not know me, I have had the privilege of serving on the faculty of State University of New York (Plattsburgh and Buffalo campuses), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Louisville, Eindhoven Institute of Technology, University of Twente, and IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in tenured or visiting positions.

I am truly honored and humbled at the opportunity to lead this great School which has a rich history and legacy. IEM at OSU granted its first IE degree almost 87 years ago, MS degree 66 years ago and first PhD 56 years ago. This School has been represented and led by giants in Industrial Engineering – winners of the Institute of Industrial Engineer’s highest award - Frank and Lillian Gilbreth award (Ken Case, Joe Mize and H.G. Thuesen), members of the National Academy of Engineering (Ken Case and Joe Mize), IIE and American Society for Quality presidents (Wilson Bentley, Ken Case, Tim Greene, Joe Mize and Scott Sink), Association of Energy En- gineers president (Wayne Turner), co-inventor of the parking meter (H.G. Thuesen), authors of leading textbooks, IIE and other society Fellows, among others.

I have large shoes to fill, but with the IEM faculty, we have embarked on an ambi- tious strategic plan to propel the program to greater heights in the coming years. Our goal is to improve our ranking and reputation as a top-notch IE program in the country preparing undergraduate and graduate students for successful leadership and professional careers in industry and academia, develop and advance lead- ing-edge, practically-relevant and extramurally-funded research, and connect with the thousands of IEM alumni as well as local and national organizations so that IEM can be a lead player in industry-government-university partnerships that impact all our stakeholders in a positive manner.

Today, we graduate about 25 students with BS degrees, 40 with MS degrees and four with PhD. In addition, we graduate 50 Masters students in the Engineering Technology and Management distance education program. Our annual research expenditures were $2.9 million last fiscal year and we had about $3.4 million in active contracts in that year. There are a lot of exciting things happening here, so I encourage you to read this newsletter and stay in touch with us.

Finally, I want to thank Bill Kolarik for his leadership of the IEM program for the past fourteen years. He has played an important part in its growth and recruitment of top-notch faculty.

Go Pokes!
Sunderesh S. Heragu, Professor and Head Donald and Cathey Humphreys Chair

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Newsletter Contents


Faculty, Staff and Advisory Board

Faculty and Staff Spotlights

Student Spotlights

Advisory Board Spotlight

Student Achievements

Honors and Awards

Virtual Reality Lab

Awards

Research Grants

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