Dr. Sunderesh Heragu
Regents Professor and Head
Donald and Cathey Humphreys Chair
Areas of Interest
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Real-time Decision Support for Emergency Preparedness
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Design and Analysis of Warehouses and Material Handling Systems
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Stochastic and Deterministic Models for Logistics and Distribution
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
M.B.A., University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, India
Professional Experience
Dr. Sunderesh Heragu serves as Regents Professor and Head of Industrial Engineering
and Management at Oklahoma State University where he is also the Donald and Cathey
Humphreys Chair. He previously worked at the University of Louisville as Professor and the Mary Lee and George F. Duthie
Chair in Engineering Logistics in the Industrial Engineering department and was the
Director of the Logistics and Distribution Institute (LoDI). He has also taught as Professor at both the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
and the State University of New York at Plattsburgh and held visiting appointments
at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Technical University of Eindhoven
and the University of Twente in the Netherlands, and IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research
Center in Yorktown Heights, NY.
Research & Teaching
Dr. Heragu's research interests are in the development of real-time decision support
systems for emergency preparedness for the healthcare and public health and emergency
service sectors, modeling and analysis of drive-through mass vaccination clinics,
supply chain management, design of next generation factory layouts, intelligent agent
modeling of automated warehouse systems, application of RFID technology to improve
intra-plant and inter-plant logistics, and integration of design and planning activities
in advanced logistical systems.
Honors & Awards
Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), 2022
Fred C. Crane Distinguished Service Award, Institute of industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), 2022
Reed-Apple Award, Materials Handling Institute (MHI), 2020
David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award, IISE, 2010
Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering Award, IISE, 2008
Fellow, IISE, 2004
Best Paper Award, IISE Transactions on Design and Manufacturing Award and IISE Transactions Award for Best Paper published in “Feature Applications”, 1998
Professional Service
CIEADH (Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads) Chair, 2021-2022
ABET, Engineering Accreditation Board Member and Team Chair, 2017-2023
ABET, Program Evaluator, 1997-present
Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Council of Fellows, Chair-elect, 2022
Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Member, Board of Trustees, and Senior Vice-President – Publications, 2011-2013
INFORMS, Member, Advocacy Governance Committee, 2023-26.
Greater Louisville, Inc., Board Member, Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Network, 2008–2013