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Dr. Sunderesh Heragu, Regents Professor and John Hendrix Chair of the Oklahoma State University School of Industrial Engineering and Management, has been awarded with the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Global Engineering Education Award. The award recognizes outstanding achievements, service and dedication in global engineering education in the industrial engineering and operations management professions.
“I am humbled and honored to receive this global recognition from a society I have admired for a number of years,” Heragu said. “My thoughts on important engineering topics have been disseminated via my books, papers, taIks, op-eds and educational products, which are used throughout the world. My students and colleagues have helped shape these thoughts. For that, I will always be grateful. I stand on the shoulders of my students and collaborators, so this award is also a recognition of their contributions.”
Heragu is the author of the 5th edition of Facilities Design and has authored or co-authored over 250 articles. He has served as Principal investigator or co-investigator on research projects totaling over $27 million funded by the Department of Homeland Security, National Science Foundation, Defense Logistics Agency, and private companies such as ConocoPhillips, General Electric and TreeHouse Foods.
Heragu is president-elect for the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. He is a Fellow of IISE, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the World Academy of Productivity Sciences.
Before his tenure at OSU, Heragu worked at the University of Louisville, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and State University of New York-Plattsburgh. He held visiting appointments at State University of New York-Buffalo, Technical University of Eindhoven, University of Twente and IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
The award will be presented to Heragu at the IEOM Oman Conference Awards Ceremony on Dec. 3. He was also selected as the keynote speaker for the 2nd GCC International Conference on IEOM, which will be held in Muscat, Oman, from Dec. 1-3. He will discuss supply chain challenges and opportunities in the post-COVID-19 era.
The IEOM Society International, a nonprofit professional organization, is a premier global platform dedicated to advancing industrial engineering and operations management discipline for the betterment of humanity.
The IEOM Society has 250 student chapters in 55 countries. There are 151 countries from six continents participating in various IEOM Society activities. The IEOM Global Community has more than 25,000 members.
