Industrial and Systems Engineering

Education

• BS, Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1989.
• MS, Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 1992.
• PhD, Electrical Engineering - Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000.

Education

• BS, Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1989.
• MS, Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 1992.
• PhD, Electrical Engineering - Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000.

Education

• BS, Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1989.
• MS, Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 1992.
• PhD, Electrical Engineering - Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000.

Research Interests

• Modeling, analysis, design, control and continuous improvement of production and health care systems

Awards, Honors and Societies

• Kayamori Best Automation Paper Award Finalist, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.
• Best Paper Award for Year 2005, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2006.
• Early Industry/Government Career Award in Robotics and Automation, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 2006.
• Best Paper Award Finalist, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Bangalore, India, 2009.
• IIE Transactions Best Application Paper Award - Design & Manufacturing, 2009.
• NSF CAREER Award, 2010-2015.

Publications

• J. Li and S.M. Meerkov, \'\'Production Variability in Manufacturing Systems: Bernoulli Reliability Case,\'\' Annals of Operations Research, vol. 93, pp. 299-324, 2000.
• J. Li and S.M. Meerkov, \'\'Customer Demand Satisfaction in Production Systems: A Due-Time Performance Approach,\'\' IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 17, pp. 472-482, 2001.
• R.R. Inman, D.E. Blumenfeld, N. Huang and J. Li, \'\'Production System Design for Quality: Research Opportunities from Automotive Industry Prospective,\'\' International Journal of Production Research, vol. 41, pp. 1953-1971, 2003.
• J. Li, \'\'Performance Analysis of Production Systems with Rework Loops,\'\' IIE Transactions, vol. 35, pp. 755-765, 2004.
• J. Li, \'\'Overlapping Decomposition: A System-Theoretic Method for Modeling and Analysis of Complex Manufacturing Systems,\'\' IEEE Transactions on Automation Sciences and Engineering, vol. 2, pp. 40-53, 2005.
• J. Li, D.E. Blumenfeld and S.P. Marin, \'\'Production System Design for Quality Robustness,\'\' IIE Transactions, vol. 40, pp. 162-176, 2008.
• J. Li, D.E. Blumenfeld, N. Huang and J.M. Alden, \'\'Throughput Analysis of Production Systems: Recent Advances and Future Topics,\'\' International Journal of Production Research, vol. 47, pp. 3823-3851, 2009.
• S. Brenner, Z. Zeng, Y. Liu, J. Wang, J. Li and P.K. Howard, \'\'Modeling and Analysis of Emergency Department at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital Using Simulations,\'\' Journal of Emergency Nursing, vol. 36, pp. 303-310, 2010.
• Y. Liu and J. Li, \'\'Production Split and Merge Systems: Performance Analysis, Policy Comparison and Structural Properties,\'\' IIE Transactions, vol. 42, pp. 422-434, 2010.
• J. Wang, S. Quan, J. Li and A. Hollis, ``Modeling and Analysis of Work Flow and Staffing Level in a Computed Tomography Division of University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation,\'\' Health Care Management Science, vol. 15, pp. 108-120, 2012.
• X. Xie, J. Li, C.H. Swartz and P. DePriest, ``Modeling and Analysis of Rapid Response Process to Improve Patient Safety in Acute Care,\'\' IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 9, pp. 215-225, 2012.
• P.T. Kabamba and J. Li, Advances in Systems Theory: Control, Communication Network, Production Systems and Rational Behavior, WingSpan Press, Livermore, CA, 2009.
• J. Li and S.M. Meerkov, Production Systems Engineering, Springer, New York, 2009.

Links

Production and Service Systems Lab

http://systems.ie.wisc.edu/

Courses

Summer 2014

• ISYE 990 - Research and Thesis