IME Department Faculty

	Kambiz Farahmand, Ph.D., P.E. Professor and Chair Office Location: CIE 202N Phone: 701-231-5694/7287 Fax: 701-231-7195 Research & Teaching Interests: Manufacturing Systems, Lean Manufacturing and implementation, Ergonomics, Safety and Human Factors Engineering, Human Exposure and Physiology Simulation, Computer Network Management, Simulation and Modeling, Facilities and Production Layout – Planning & Management, Operations & Materials Management and Strategic Planning, ISO and QS 9000. kambiz.farahmand@ndsu.edu
	John R. Cook, Ph.D. Associate Professor Human Factors Engineering, Purdue University, 1991 Office Location: CIE 202K Phone: 701-231-7286   Research Interests: human factors engineering; ergonomics; person-system optimization; healthcare management engineering   Classes I Teach: IME 310, IME 311, IME453/653, IME 455/655, IME 711 John.Cook@ndsu.edu	Canan Bilen-Green, Ph.D., CQE Associate Professor Office Location: CIE 202G Phone: 701-231-7040 Research Interests: quality and reliability engineering; design and auditing of quality and productivity monitoring systems; statistical modeling and applications in industry; applied operations research Classes I Teach: UNIV 189, IME 111, IME 112, IME 456/656, IME 460/660, IME 461/661, IME 462, IME 470, IME 485/685, IME 761, ENGR 770, ENGR 771. Canan.Bilen.Green@ndsu.edu
	MALEKI, Reza A.,Ph.D., P.E., CMfg.E., Associate Professor   Engineering, North Dakota State University, 1989 Office Location: CIE 202J Phone: 701-231-8071 Research & Teaching Interests: Manufacturing productivity improvements, Lean manufacturing tools and techniques, Supply chain management, Product analysis for manufacturability   Classes I Teach: IME455/655 – Management of People Systems IME462/662 – Total Quality in Industrial Management IME456/656 – Program and Project Management / Capstone IME480/680 - Production and Inventory IME485/685 – Industrial and Manufacturing Facility Design IME489 – Manufacturing Engineering Capstone Reza.Maleki@ndsu.edu Web Site: http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/maleki/Biography.doc	Valery R. Marinov, Ph.D. Associate Professor Manufacturing Engineering, Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1992 Office Location: CIE 202L Phone: 701-231-8073 Research Interests: packaging for low-cost disposable microelectronics; direct-write material deposition methods; laser processing; virtual manufacturing; theory of metal cutting; tribological coatings. Research Projects Classes I Teach: IME 330, IME 720, IME 790 Valery.Marinov@ndsu.edu Personal Web Site: http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/marinov/
	Jing Shi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 2004 Office Location: CIE 202E Phone: 701-231-7119 Research Interests: nanomanufacturing; composite materials design and processing; microeletronics manufacturing; numerical modeling of material processing; RFID applications; healthcare engineering; advanced production and manufacturing systems; mechatronics; material removal processes." Classes I Teach: IME 380, IME 432, IME 482/682 Jing.Shi@ndsu.edu	David L. Wells, Ph.D., CMfg.E. Professor   Engineering Management, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1996 Office Locations: Dolve 141 & 134 Research 2 Phones: 701-231-7283 & 701-231-5340 Research Interests: PCB process engineering (lead-free assembly, ESD mitigation), microelectronics packaging and assembly, printed electronics; process & production engineering for nano-engineered materials; applications of RFID technology; productization of laboratory research; quantitative manufacturing management; manufacturing strategies; production systems analysis; international studies in manufacturing technologies; manufacturing engineering pedagogy Courses I Teach: IME 427/627, IME 430/630, IME 431/631, IME 435/635, IME 494, IME 786, IME 793, IME 798, IME 799 David.L.Wells@ndsu.edu
	Om Prakash Yadav, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, Wayne State University, 2002 Office Location: CIE 202F Phone: 701-231-7285 Research Interests: quality and reliability, engineering; robust product/process design; concurrent engineering, TQM; lean manufacturing; six sigma methologies; production & operations management, optimization techniques; supply-chain management; fuzzy logic and neural networks applications Classes I Teach: IME 450/650, IME 463/663, IME 765, IME 780 Om.Yadav@ndsu.edu	Jun Zhang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 2006 Office Location: CIE 202E Phone: 701-231-7223 Research Interests: Lean manufacturing and logistics, Production planning and inventory control, Scheduling, Simulation optimization, Models and methodologies of stochastic optimization, Healthcare engineering, Facility design, Supply chain management, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning and data mining, Computer integrated manufacturing Classes I Teach: ENGR 771 Jun.Zhang@ndsu.edu Personal Website
	Allen J. Henderson, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus Iowa State University	Kenneth A. Ebeling, Ph.D., P.E. Professor Emeritus Industrial Engineering, Kansas State, 1974 Kenneth.Ebeling@ndsu.edu
	Colonel Elvin D. Isgrig Professor Emeritus Office: Room 143 Dolve Hall Phone: 701-231-7284 Elvin.Isgrig@ndsu.edu	Ergin Erdem PhD Graduate Student Office: Room 3B Dolve Hall Phone: 701-231-8277 Classes I Teach: IME 440 Ergin.Erdem@ndsu.edu
	Charles Choate Laboratory Technician/Supervisor Office Location: Dolve 137 Office Hours: M-F 8-5 Phone: 701-231-8946  Classes I Teach: IME 330 Lab, IME 335     Charles.Choate@ndsu.edu	Robert Solly Research Specialist Office Location: Dolve 137 Office Hours: M-F 8:00 - 5:00 Phone: 701-231-8946 Research Interests: CAD-CAM, Plastic Injection Molding Design, Website Design Classes I Teach: IME 330 Lab, IME 431 Chuck.Solly@ndsu.edu
	Susan L. Peterson Administrative Assistant   Office Location: CIE 202 Office Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30 Phone: 701-231-7287 Fax: 701-231-7195 Susan.L.Peterson.2@ndsu.edu	Armon Myrick Research Specialist Office Location: Dolve 137 Office Hours: M-F 8:00 - 5:00 Phone: 701-231-8946 Classes I Teach: IME 330 Lab, IME 43o Lab Chuck.Solly@ndsu.edu
	Nancy Stedman Academic and Student Service Associate   Office Location: CIE 202 Office Hours: M-F 8:00 - 5:00 Phone: 701-231-7287 Fax: 701-231-7195   Nancy.Stedman@ndsu.edu