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Dr. César O. Malavé is the Associate Dean of Engineering in the Dwight Look College of Engineering and Assistant Agency Director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) at Texas A&M University. He earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a M.S. in Operations Research from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He obtained a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of South Florida. He has taught in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering since 1987. Dr. Malavé’s current research interests are on the development of operational planning models for manufacturing systems. He teaches graduate courses and conducts research in the area of manufacturing systems modeling and control. At the undergraduate level, Dr. Malavé has taught the freshman introductory course in fundamentals of engineering, engineering economy, manufacturing operations analysis, and robotics. He currently teaches a freshman seminar in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. In the summer, he teaches the Studying Engineering course to students in the LEEP engineering program. In his capacity as Associate Dean of Engineering in the Dwight Look College of Engineering, Dr. Malavé leads all engineering efforts in study abroad programs and international agreements. He also serves as the coordinator of academic support activities with the engineering program at the branch campus in Doha, Qatar. Dr. Malavé also leads all undergraduate recruitment activities in the Dwight Look College of Engineering including the E12 targeted recruitment program. In his capacity as Assistant Agency Director of TEES, Dr. Malavé leads the safety program and the Strategic Research Development group. Dr. Malavé is the Co-Author of the recently published book, Global Engineering – Design, Decision Making and Communication. He has over 50 publications and has been PI or Co-PI of more than 35 million dollars in sponsored research projects. Dr. Malavé is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applications and Practices in engineering Education, he is also a member of ASEE, IEE, and INFORMS.