Faculty and Staff
Dr. Yasser Dessouky
Professor & Chair, Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Phone: (408) 924-4133
Email: yasser.dessouky@sjsu.edu
Office: Engr 485E
Research interests: Production and Lean systems, statistical process improvement, supply chain optimization,
simulation of large complex systems
Dr. Jacob Tsao
Professor
Phone: (408) 924-4088
Email: jacob.tsao@sjsu.edu
Office: Engr 485I
Research interests: Design of Statistical Experiment; Statistical Quality Control and Reliability Theory;
Operations Research; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Efficient Operations of Large
Vehicles - Trucks and Buses
Dr. Niranjani (Minnie) Patel
Professor, MS Engineering Management Coordinator
Phone: (408) 924-4152
Email: minnie.patel@sjsu.edu
Office: Engr 485E
Research interests: Applied Statistics, Applied Operations Research, Supply Chain Engineering, Data Analytics
Dr. S. Ayca Erdogan
Associate Professor, ISE Graduate Program Coordinator
Email: ayca.erdogan@sjsu.edu
Office: Engr 485F
Research interests: Data analytics, statistical, simulation and optimization modeling and applications
on problems related to service (healthcare) and production systems
Dr. Anil Kumar
Associate Professor, Director of HFE Graduate Program
Phone: (408) 924-7850
Email: anil.kumar@sjsu.edu
Office: Engr 485B
Research interests: Product design and development (medical products and healthcare), ergonomics, human
factors, work measurement and analysis, lean manufacturing, production/operations
management, and safety
Dr. Dan Nathan-Roberts
Associate Professor
Email: dan.nathan-roberts@sjsu.edu
Office: Engr 485J
Research interests: Human Factors in healthcare; Innovation and interdisciplinary design education; Lay-user
healthcare design; Human-robot trust; Ergonomics; User-Centered Design
Dr. Gaojian Huang
Assistant Professor
Phone: (408) 924-4010
Email: gaojian.huang@sjsu.edu
Office: Engr 485A
Research interests: Human-automation interaction; Automated driving; Aging and technology; Human-machine
interface; Human behavior modeling; Inclusive design
Dr. Hongrui Liu
Assistant Professor
Phone: (408) 924-3989
Email: hongrui.liu@sjsu.edu
Office: Engr 485H
Research interests: Optimization and statistical modeling, algorithms, data analytics and their applications
in supply chain and energy industry
Dr. Yupeng Wei
Assistant Professor
Email: yupeng.wei@sjsu.edu
Research interests: Optimization, machine learning, data analytics and their applications in quality
monitoring, anomaly detection, and degradation prognostics.
Dr. Anthony D Andre
Adjunct Professor, Principal,
Interface Analysis Associates
Phone: (408) 848-6014
Email: anthony.andre@sjsu.edu
Dr. Abbas Moallem
Affiliated/Adjunct Professor
Phone: (925) 694-5605
Email: abbas.moallem@sjsu.edu
Dr. Andrew James
Mr. Dan Rosenberg
Dr. Joseph Barjis
Mr. Jose Flahaux
Mr. Khaled Mabrouk
Dr. Patrick Tam
Adjunct Professor
Vice President of Operational Effectiveness
Email: patrick.tam@sjsu.edu
Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan
Adjunct Professor
Email: ramesh.srinivasan@sjsu.edu
Dr. Shilpa Gupta
Adjunct Professor
Email: shilpa.gupta@sjsu.edu
Dr. Supreeta Amin
Adjunct Professor
Email: supreeta.amin@sjsu.edu
Mr. Tom Pham
Adjunct Professor
Email: tom.pham@sjsu.edu
Dr. Louis Freund
Professor Emeritus
Phone: (408) 924-3890
Email: louis.freund@sjsu.edu
Office: Engr 485
Research interests: Human factors engineering, work measurement, process (quality) control, system simulation,
and engineering economics.
Dr. Kevin Corker
Emeritus Professor
1953 - 2008
Mr. Marc Komrosky
Emeritus Professor
1961 - 2012
Dr. Don Newnan
Distinguished Emeritus Professor
Dr. Ernest Unwin
Emeritus Professor
1933 - 2013
Fabiola Arellano
Administrative Analyst
Phone: (408) 924-3321
Email: fabiola.arellano@sjsu.edu
Office: Engr 491G
