Robert E. Shannon

Professor of Industrial Engineering (Full time)
 

Degree Ph.D MS BSIE

Field Industrial Engineering Industrial Engineering Industrial Engineering

Institution Okla. State Univ. Univ. of Ala. Okla. State Univ.

Date 1965 1960 1955

Initial appointment date: 1965 Associate Professor
Advancements: Professor 1972

Teaching Experience:
Professor of Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1982 – present.
Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1972 – 1982.
Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1965 – 1972.
Part-time Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1960 – 1965.

Industrial Experience:
Head, Non-metalic Materials Branch, G.C. Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, 1962 – 1965.
Administrative Assistant to Director, Engineering Materials Laboratory, G.C. Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, 1959 – 1962.
Project Engineer, U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency, 1956 – 1959.
Management Training Program, Coleman Co. Inc. Wichita, KS, 1955 – 1956.

Professional Licenses and Certifications:
Alabama (#4488)

Significant publications from the past 5 years only:
Pegden, C.D., R.E. Shannon and R.P. Sadowski, Introduction to Simulation Using SIMAN, (2nd Edition), McGraw-Hill Book Co., NY,NY, 1995.

Prakash, S. and R.E. Shannon, "Development of a Goal Directed Simulation Environment for Discrete Part Manufacturing Systems," Simulation, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp:102-115, August 1993.

Centeno, M.A. and R.E. Shannon, "Integrating AI and Databases in Application to Simulation," Advances in Databases and AI, Accepted.

Babikar, E., D. Simmons, R. Shannon, and N. Ellis, "A Model for Reengineering Legacy Expert Systems to Object-Oriented Architecture," Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp:163-371, 1997.

Scientific and professional society membership:
IIE, SCS, INFORMS

Honors and awards:
Fellow I.I.E.; Alpha Pi Mu; Sigma Xi; American Men and Women of Science; Who’s Who in Engineering; Who’s Who in Computer Education and Research; Who’s Who in South and Southwest; 1975 I.I.E., H.B. Maynard Book-of-the-Year Award; NASA New Technology Award; Outstanding I.E. North Alabama 1981.

Subjects taught this year:
Summer 1997
INEN 416, Facilities Location, Layout and Matl. Handling
INEN 625, Simulation Methods and Applications
Fall 1997
INEN 322, Systems Simulation
INEN 625 Simulation Methods and Applications
Spring 1998
INEN 411 Engr. Management Techniques
INEN 663 Management. Control Systems