ISE Engaged with New Tinker AFB Project

Profs. Charles Nicholson and Kash Barker, faculty in the OU School of ISE, are involved in a recent partnership between the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing of Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, OK, and the University of Oklahoma. Leading the OU effort are Dr. David Ebert, OU Associate Vice President of Research and Partnerships and Director of the Data Institute for Societal Challenges, and Lt. Gen. Gene Kirkland (Ret.), Executive Director of OU’s Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Innovation Institute. 

More on this partnership can be found here: https://www.tinker.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3160419/448th-supply-chain-management-wing-enters-first-ever-academic-partnership-with/

The School of ISE Welcomes Two New Faculty for Fall 2022

Two new faculty members joined the OU School of ISE in the fall of 2022. They are joining OU ISE’s Aerospace and Defense Systems impact domain, specifically in the area of smart manufacturing processes.

Rui Zhu, Ph.D., joins the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering as an assistant professor. He holds a bachelor’s degree in manufacturing systems and design engineering from Seoul National University of Science and Technology in South Korea, a bachelor’s in manufacturing systems and design engineering from Northumbria University Newcastle in the United Kingdom, a master’s in industrial engineering, a master’s in mechanical engineering and a doctorate in mechanical engineering all from The Pennsylvania State University. Prior to joining OU ISE, Roh was employed as a researcher in the Systems Integration Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Cesar Ruiz, Ph.D., also joins the OU School of ISE School as an assistant professor. He has a bachelor’s degree in business engineering from Escuela Superior de Economía y Negocios in El Salvador. He earned a master’s and a doctorate, both in industrial engineering from the University of Arkansas. Prior to joining OU ISE, Ruiz held a postdoctoral position in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California. His research interests range from data science for engineering applications to engineering-informed machine learning for additive manufacturing. 

Learn more about all the new faculty joining the Gallogly College of Engineering here: https://ouccoe100.blogspot.com/2022/09/ou-engineering-welcomes-23-new-faculty.html