Department Chair
Shiyu Zhou
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, David H. Gustafson Department Chair
Contact: szhou@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-9534
Research interests: Modeling and analysis of the variation propagation and other in-process sensing data in complex manufacturing processes., In-process quality and productivity improvement: diagnosis of complicated manufacturing ...
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Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Faculty & Instructional Staff
Oguzhan Alagoz
Procter & Gamble Bascom Professor
Contact: alagoz@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 890-0399
Research interests: Operations research, stochastic optimization, medical decision making, completely and partially observable Markov decision processes, simulation, scheduling, health-care applications, health-technology assessme...
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Other affiliations: Department of Population Health Sciences
Laura Albert
Professor
Contact: laura@engr.wisc.edu
Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Alberto Del Pia
Associate Professor
Contact: delpia@wisc.edu, (608) 316-4365
Research interests: Mathematical optimization, Discrete mathematics, Mathematics of data science
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
John Lee
Emerson Electric Quality & Productivity Professor
Contact: jdlee@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 890-3168
Research interests: Cognitive engineering, Interface design, Trust in automation, Human adaptation to technology, Modeling human behavior
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Jeffrey Linderoth
Harvey D. Spangler Professor
Contact: linderoth@wisc.edu, (608) 890-1931
Also: Computer Sciences
Research interests: High Performance and Grid Computing, Numerical Optimization: Integer programming and Stochastic programming
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Kaibo Liu
Grainger STAR Professor
Contact: kliu8@wisc.edu, (608) 890-3546
Research interests: System Informatics and Big Data Analytics, Data Fusion for Process Modeling, Monitoring, Diagnosis, Prognostics, and Decision Making, Statistical Learning, Machine Learning, and Data Mining, Statistical Process...
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Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Jim Luedtke
Professor
Contact: jim.luedtke@wisc.edu, (608) 890-2560
Also: Computer Sciences
Research interests: Stochastic optimization, especially optimization with risk constraints, Mixed integer optimization, linear and nonlinear, Applications of optimization
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Terry Mann
Senior Lecturer
Contact: tmmann@wisc.edu, (715) 574-5679
Also: Interdisciplinary Professional Programs
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Tony McDonald
Associate Professor
Contact: admcdonald@wisc.edu
Research interests: Machine learning, Human factors, Human behavior modeling, Fatigue, Automated vehicles
Ranjana Mehta
Professor
Contact: ranjana.mehta@wisc.edu
Research interests: Neuroergonomics, Occupational Fatigue, HRI/HCI, Adaptive interfaces, BCI/BMI, Human Performance in high-risk environments
Carla Michini
Assistant Professor
Contact: michini@wisc.edu
Research interests: Carla's research is motivated by the practical relevance of combinatorial optimization and integer programming in real-world problems, and it is triggered by applications in various fields, ranging from m...
Yonatan Mintz
Assistant Professor
Contact: ymintz@wisc.edu
Research interests: Sequential decision making and reinforcement learning, Precision healthcare, Machine learning and statistical inference, Fairness,accountability, and transparency in decision making, Optimization
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Todd Molfenter
Research Professor
Contact: todd.molfenter@chess.wisc.edu, (608) 262-1685
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Hantang Qin
Assistant Professor
Contact: hqin52@wisc.edu
Also: Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Research interests: In-space manufacturing, Additive manufacturing, 3D printing, Micro/nano manufacturing, Electrohydrodynamic, In-situ monitoring, Quality engineering
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Robert G. Radwin
Duane H. and Dorothy M. Bluemke Professor
Contact: rradwin@wisc.edu, (608) 263-6596
Also: Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Occupational ergonomics and biomechanics, Ergonomics design of manually operated products, hand tools and equipment, Measurements and methods for assessing exposure to physical stress in the workplace, Ca...
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Amanda Smith
Assistant Teaching Professor
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs
Contact: amanda.smith@wisc.edu, (608) 890-3423
Sinan Tas
Teaching Faculty II
Advisor and Director, Accelerated Masters Program
Contact: tas@wisc.edu
Raj Veeramani
E-Business Professor
Contact: raj.veeramani@wisc.edu, (608) 262-0861
Research interests: Industrial data analytics and intelligent decision-making, Data science and AI enabled business process improvement and automation, Digital business transformation technologies and strategies , Internet of...
Other affiliations: School of Business
Andi Wang
Assistant Professor
Contact: andi.wang@wisc.edu
Research interests: The mission of Andi Wang’s research is to develop principled methodologies of data mining and machine learning for science and engineering applications, especially system and process improvement. Dr. Wang...
Douglas Wiegmann
Professor
Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs
Contact: dawiegmann@wisc.edu, (608) 890-1932
Research interests: Cognitive Systems Engineering, System Safety, Accident Investigation, Human Error Analysis, Aviation, Healthcare
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Qiaomin Xie
Assistant Professor
Contact: qiaomin.xie@wisc.edu
Research interests: Reinforcement Learning, Applied Probability, Stochastic Networks, Computer and Communication Networks
Gabriel Zayas-Cabán
Associate Professor
Contact: zayascaban@wisc.edu, (608) 999-0246
Research interests: Operations research, Markov decision processes, queueing, scheduling, causal inference, healthcare delivery, emergency medicine, care transitions
Other affiliations: School of Medicine and Public Health
Emeritus Professors
Vicki Bier
Professor Emeritus
Contact: bier@engr.wisc.edu
Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Research interests: Security in the supply chains for food and agricultural products, critical infrastructure protection, security, technology hazards, risk analysis, decision analysis, operations research
Other affiliations: Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis
Pascale Carayon
Professor Emerita
Contact: Pcarayon@wisc.edu, (608) 265-0503
Also: Biomedical Engineering
Research interests:
- human factors and ergonomics, job and organizational design, quality and productivity improvement; quality of working life, technological and organizational change, human factors and systems eng...
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Other affiliations: Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement
Dennis G. Fryback
Professor Emeritus
Contact: dfryback@wisc.edu , (608) 262-5997
Research interests: Measuring population health, Measuring health outcomes, Bayesian statistics applied to uncertainty analysis in complex models, Cost-effectiveness evaluation in health care, Simulation modeling in health care sy...
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Other affiliations: Population Health Sciences, Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
David Gustafson
Emeritus Research Professor
Contact: dhgustaf@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 263-4882
Research interests: Integration of decision, change and information theory to develop, test and disseminate information technology to improve health and to use the research results to develop tools to support organizational proble...
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Other affiliations: Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement
Jingshan Li
Professor Emeritus
Contact: jingshan@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 890-3780
Research interests: Modeling, analysis, design, control and continuous improvement of production and health care systems
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Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Stephen M. Robinson
Professor Emeritus
Contact: smrobins@wisc.edu, (608) 263-6862
Also: Computer Sciences
Research interests: Variational analysis and optimization, Quantitative methods in managerial economics, Methods to support decision under uncertainty
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Jerry L. Sanders
Professor Emeritus
Contact: jlsanders@wisc.edu
Research interests: Automatic Assembly Systems, stochastic processes, flame cutting layout procedures, production systems
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Leyuan Shi
Professor
Contact: leyuan@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-5969
Research interests: Simulation modeling, large-scale optimization, supply chain optimization, production planning and scheduling
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Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Michael J. Smith
Professor Emeritus
Contact: mjsmith@cae.wisc.edu, (608) 263-6329
Research interests: Human factors and ergonomics, occupational safety, job-related stress, work organization design and management, job design
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Harold Steudel
Professor Emeritus
Contact: steudel@ie.engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-9927
Research interests: Development of statistical modeling, analysis and management techniques for the design and improvement of manufacturing systems such areas as the design, evaluation and management of continuous flow/cellular ma...
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Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Rajan Suri
Professor Emeritus
Contact: rajan.suri@wisc.edu, (608) 262-2686
Also: Interdisciplinary Professional Programs
Research interests: Lead time reduction and quick response manufacturing, POLCA and other alternatives to Kanban for material control, queuing network models for manufacturing systems analysi
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Arne Thesen
Professor Emeritus
Research interests: Selective assembly, manufacturing systems, simulation, heuristic optimization
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David R. Zimmerman
Professor Emeritus
Contact: davidz@chsra.wisc.edu, (608) 263-4875
Research interests: Health systems, health services research, evaluation of quality of long term care, outcome measurement, decision support systems, human resource management
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Other affiliations: Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis
Affiliate Appointments
Peter Chien
Professor
Contact: peter.chien@wisc.edu, (608) 262-2537
Research interests: Statistical perspectives of popular puzzles, A/B testing (aka, statistical design for online experiments), and statistical machine learning
Other affiliations: Statistics
Gregory A. DeCroix
Professor
Contact: gdecroix@bus.wisc.edu, (608) 265-6083
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Michael Ferris
Professor
Contact: ferris@cs.wisc.edu, 6082624281OR2621204
Also: Computer Sciences
Research interests: Mathematical programming, modeling and applications of operations research, complementarity problems, radiation therapy planning, numerical algorithms
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Andrea Gilmore-bykovskyi
Associate Professor
Contact: algilmore@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3057
Research interests: Care for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, Geriatric emergency medicine, Equity in care and research, Algorithmic fairness
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Robert Nowak
Keith and Jane Morgan Nosbusch Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering,
and Grace Wahba Professor of Data Science
Contact: rdnowak@wisc.edu, (608) 265-3914
Also: Biomedical Engineering, Computer Sciences
Research interests: Signal and information processing, machine learning, optimization and statistics
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David Noyce
Executive Associate Dean and Arthur F. Hawnn Professor
Contact: danoyce@wisc.edu, (608) 265-1882
Also: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research interests: Advanced Traffic Operations, Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication Technology, Transportation and Construction Safety, Pedestrian and Bicycle Operations and Safety, Driver Behavior and ...
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Transportation Center
Brian W. Patterson
Assistant Professor
Contact: bpatter@medicine.wisc.edu, (608) 265-6043
Also: Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Research interests: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Clinical Informatics
Kevin Ponto
Assistant Professor
Contact: kevin.ponto@wisc.edu, (608) 265-3958
Research interests: Virtual Reality, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Visualization, Computer Graphics and Vision, Media Art and Technology, Visual Analytics
Michael S. Pulia
Assistant Professor
Contact: mspulia@medicine.wisc.edu, (608) 890-5292
Also: BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine, UW SMPH
Research interests: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Diagnostic Error, Infectious Diseases, Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Thomas Rutherford
Professor
Contact: rutherford@aae.wisc.edu
Research interests: Energy markets, climate policy, international trade, technical change and computational economics
Dhavan V. Shah
Professor
Contact: dshah@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0388
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Maureen Smith
Professor
Contact: maureensmith@wisc.edu, (608) 262-4802
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Other affiliations: Population Health Sciences
Linsey Steege
Professor
Contact: lsteege@wisc.edu, (608) 263-5191
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Other affiliations: School of Nursing
Stephen J. Wright
Professor
Contact: swright@cs.wisc.edu, (608) 262-4838
Also: Computer Sciences
Research interests: Optimization and its Applications in all areas of Science and Engineering.
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Victor M. Zavala
Baldovin-DaPra Professor
Contact: victor.zavala@wisc.edu
Research interests: Control, Optimization, Data Science, Energy and Environmental Systems
Honorary Associates
Paul Kantor
Honorary Associate / Fellow
Contact: pkantor@wisc.edu, (732) 322-8412
Research interests: Homeland Security; Information Retrieval; Mathematical Modeling; Qualantative Research Methods and Qualantactics