Dr. Sunderesh Heragu

 

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

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

Sunderesh S. Heragu is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University (OSU), where he is a Regents Professor and holds the Donald and Cathey Humphreys Chair. Previously, he served as Head of the School of Industrial Engineering and Management at OSU and the Mary Lee and George F. Duthie Chair in Engineering Logistics in the Industrial Engineering department at the University of Louisville, where he was also Director of the Logistics and Distribution Institute (LoDI). He was also Professor of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems (now Industrial and Systems Engineering) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has taught at State University of New York, Plattsburgh and held visiting appointments at State University of New York, Buffalo; Technical University of Eindhoven and 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

Professional Service

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