College of EngineeringDepartment of Industrial and Systems EngineeringFaculty

Industrial Faculty

Gregory Harris

Department Chair
Forehand/Accenture Distinguished Professor
Director, The Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems (ICAMS)
Associate Director for Digital Strategy, the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME)
3312 Shelby Center
gah0015@auburn.edu
334.844.1407

Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Alabama-Huntsville
M.B.A. Management-Operations, St. Edward's University
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Auburn University

Yadrianna Acosta-Sojo

Assistant Professor
3323F Shelby Center
yna0001@auburn.edu
334.752.0773

Ph.D. Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
M.S.E Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
B.S. Industrial Engineering, University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez

Susan Askew

Professor of Practice

ssa0018@auburn.edu
334.844.4340

B.S., Electrical Engineering, Auburn University
M.S., Management, Troy University

LuAnn Carpenter

Director, Student Program Assessment and Administration
3301C Shelby Center
simslua@auburn.edu
334.844.1430

Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University
M.I.S.E. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University
M.S. Applied Statistics, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. Engineering Economic Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tom Devall

Director, Auto Manufacturing Initiatives
3301E Shelby Center
tld0017@auburn.edu
334.740.3905

Ed.S. Adult Education, Auburn University
M.S. Administrative Science, University of Alabama-Huntsville
B.S. Business Administration Management, Eastern Michigan University

John Evans

Charles D. Miller Chair Professor

3301B Shelby Center
evansjl@auburn.edu
334.844.1418

Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Alabama-Huntsville
M.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Alabama-Huntsville
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Auburn University

Erin Garcia

Lecturer
3314 Shelby Center
emg0039@auburn.edu
334.844.1402

Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Richard Garnett

Lecturer
3323G Shelby Center
rfg0004@auburn.edu
334.844.1477

Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University
M.S. Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville
M.S. Management, University of Alabama in Huntsville
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

Sa'd Hamasha

Hal N. and Peggy S. Pennington Associate Professor
Graduate Program Officer
3301H Shelby Center
smh0083@auburn.edu
607.768.8580

Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Binghamton University
M.S. Industrial Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology

Sharon Hickman

Lecturer
3301 Shelby Center
emg0039@auburn.edu
804.512.1522

MBA, Western Governor's University
B.S. Auburn University, Industrial Engineering

Edward Huang

Associate Professor
3306 Shelby Center
ezh0098@auburn.edu
334.844.1433

Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
B.S. Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Allison Ledford

Assistant Research Professor
Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus
anb0051@auburn.edu
256.731.9228

Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University
MS Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University
BS Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University

Jia (Peter) Liu

Assistant Professor
3301G Shelby Center
lzj0040@auburn.edu
334.844.1428

Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
M.S. Statistics, Virginia Tech
M.S. Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Konstantinos Mykoniatis

Assistant Professor
3301A Shelby Center
kmykoniatis@auburn.edu
334.844.1420

Ph.D. Modeling and Simulation, University of Central Florida
M.S. Modeling and Simulation, University of Central Florida
B.S. Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete

Lewis Payton

Professor of Practice
Associate Director of Operations, Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems
Alabama Power Nuclear Power Generation Systems Professor
Thomas Walters Business Engineering Technology Professor
3320 Shelby Center
paytoln@auburn.edu
334.844.3422

Gregory Purdy

Assistant Professor
3310 Shelby Center
greg.purdy@auburn.edu
334.844.1390

Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
B.S. Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University

Mark Schall

Director, Center for Occupational Safety, Ergonomics, and Injury Prevention
Daniel F. & Josephine Breeden Associate Professor
3323E Shelby Center
mark-schall@auburn.edu
708.539.8957

Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa
M.S. Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa
B.S. Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa

Richard Sesek

Tim Cook Professor
3341-A Shelby Center
sesek@auburn.edu
334.728.1438

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
M.S. General Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
M.P.H. Public Health, University of Utah
B.S. Engineering Psychology, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

Daniel Silva

Associate Professor
3301-L Shelby Center
dfs0008@auburn.edu
334.844.4340

Ph.D. Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Industrial Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes

Alice Smith

Joe W. Forehand, Jr. Distinguished Professor
Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
3301P Shelby Center
smithae@auburn.edu
334.844.4340

Ph.D. Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
M.B.A., Saint Louis University
B.S. Civil Engineering, Rice University

Jorge Valenzuela

Philpott-WestPoint Stevens Professor
3301N Shelby Center
valenjo@auburn.edu
334.734.0368

Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
M.S. Industrial Engineering, Northern Illinois University
M.S. Statistics, Universidad de Chile
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta
B.S. Electronics Engineering, Universidad Catolica del Norte

Aleksandr Vinel

Associate Professor
3308 Shelby Center
azv0019@auburn.edu
334.844.1425

Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa
M.S. Applied Mathematics and Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
B.S. Applied Mathematics and Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Rongxuan Wang

Assistant Professor
3312 Shelby Center
rzw0090@auburn.edu
334.740.5179

Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
M.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

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