Loyola University Chicago

• Research (Publications, Presentations, etc...)
• Research in Progress

Personal Information

Degrees

• Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Applied Behavioral Science, Northwestern University
• M.B.A., Operations Research and Systems Analysis, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
• B.S., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Research Interests

• Competitive manufacturing management: Lean production, just-in-time, and related topics
• Project and program management
• Management of project management and PMO's 
• Knowledge management in projects
• Interpersonal and group behavior in high-stress, isolated,and confined operating environments

Professional Associations

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• American Production and Inventory Control Society
• Association for Manufacturing Excellence
• Experimental Aircraft Association
• Institute of Industrial Engineers

Awards

Beta Gamma Sigma

Phi Beta Delta

Courses Taught

• ISOM 480: Introduction to Operations Management
• ISOM 482: Operations Management for Competitive Advantage
• ISOM 484: Project Management
• ISOM 581: Global Operations Management
• OPMG 601: Project Management (EMBA)
• ISOM 332: Operations Management (undergraduate)
• ISOM 349: Project Management    (undergraduate)

Research Listings

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS "A Proposed Profile of the Effective Leader in Human Space Flight Based on Findings from Analog Environments," Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, Jan., pp. 63-72. 1995 , Co-Authors: L. Penwell "Concurrent Engineering: Overcoming Obstacles to Teamwork," Production and Inventory Management Journal, Oct. 1994, pp.18-22 1994 PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS "International Crew Team Building," Annual Scientific Meeting of the Aerospace Medical Association, Chicago, May 1997 "From the Pyramids to Space Station: An Analysis of Mega-Projects," Technical Report AIAA-95-1627, Space Programs and Technologies Conference, Huntsville, AL, September 27 1995 , Co-presenting: L. Penwell BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS Project Management for Business, Engineering, and Techonology (Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann), 2008, Co-Authors: Herman Stein Project Management for Business, Engineering, and Technology, 3rd Edition (Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann), 2008, Co-Authors: Herman Stein The Portal to Lean Production:Principles and Practices for Doing More with Less (Auerbach Publication) , 2006 , Co-Authors: Avi Soni Project Management for Business and Technology (Chinese edition) (Tsinghua University Press) , 2004 Project Management for Business and Engineering: Principles and Practice (Elsevier/Butterworh-Heinemann) , 2004 Project Management for Business and Technology (Prentice-Hall/Pearson) , 2001 Competitive Manufacturing Management: Continuous Improvement, Lean Production, and Customer-Focused Quality (Irwin/McGraw-Hill) , 1998 Managing Business and Engineering Projects: Concepts and Implementation (Prentice-Hall) , 1990

Research in Progress

Title: Project Management for Business, Engineering, and Technology
Area of Research: Update and expansion of project management methods, practice, and applications
Collaborators: Dr. Herman Steyn, University of Pretoria, SA