A. Ravindran
Faculty | Professor and Chair of Enterprise Integration Consortium
Email: aravi@psu.edu
Website: IE Webpage
Dr. Ravindran is a Professor and past Department Head of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University since 1997. Formerly, he was a faculty member in the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University for 13 years (1969-82) and at the University of Oklahoma for 15 years (1982-97). At Oklahoma, he served as the Director of the school of Industrial Engineering for 8 years and as the Associate Provost of the university for 7 years with responsibility for budget, personnel and space for the academic area.He has published 6 books and over 150 journal articles in operations research. His most recent book on Supply Chain Engineering received the Institute of Industrial Engineers Book-of-the-Year Award in 2013.
Dr. Ravindran is a Fulbright Fellow and a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). In 2001, he was recognized by IIE with the Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator award for significant contributions to the industrial engineering profession by an educator. In 2013, he received the Outstanding Teaching Award in the College of Engineering from the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society. He also received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the IE Graduating Seniors in spring 2014. He has been a consultant to AT&T, CNH America, General Motors, IBM, Kimberly Clark, General Electric, U.S. Department of Transportation, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and the U.S. Air Force.
Research Interests: Multi-criteria decision making, Financial Engineering/Portfolio Optimization, Healthcare delivery systems, Supply chain optimization.
Education
- Ph.D. , Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California-Berkely, 1969
- M.S., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California-Berkely, 1966
- BE (Hons) , Electrical Engineering, Birla Inst. of Tech and Science-Pilani, 1965
Jose Ventura
Faculty | Professor
Email: jav1@psu.edu
Website: IE Webpage
Dr. Ventura is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University since 1989. At Penn State, he served as IE Graduate Program Coordinator (2001�2004) and co-Director of the Quality and Manufacturing Management Program (2005-2008). Formerly, he was a faculty member in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia (1982-86). He has published over 100 refereed articles, in journals such as Management Science, Mathematical Programming, Naval Research Logistics, and IIE Transactions. His research work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Pentagon, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and Penn State/Technion Marcus Funds, among others.
Dr. Ventura is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and became the Chair of the IIE Council of Fellows in 2013-2014. He has also been recognized for his research work with the PSES Outstanding Research Award(PSU College of Engineering) in 1994, IIE Computer and Information Systems Division Award in 1991, NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1990, IIE Doctoral Dissertation Award in 1988, and a Research Fellowship from Mestres Jane Foundation (Vilafranca del Penedes, Spain) during 1981-1983.
Research Interests: Supply chain and logistics, Network design and analysis, Scheduling, Facility layout and location, and Material handling.
Education
- Ph.D. , Industrial Engineering, University of Florida
- M.E., Operations Research, University of Florida
- B.S., Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Bracelona, Spain)