Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering - Leading Process and Product Improvement

IME Faculty and Students

Faculty

The key to any program is its faculty and staff. Western Michigan University's Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering has 25 full-time faculty members and several part-time faculty and adjunct professors. These faculty members are committed to providing the finest undergraduate programs, and the teaching and student support that defines these programs, in the Midwest.

They are also actively engaged in research that keeps them current with developments in their fields. Most faculty members have industrial work experience and appreciate both the applied and theoretical aspects of education.

Many of our faculty also teach at the Grand Rapids Graduate Center-Beltline facility, including Dr. Aller, Dr. Gupta, Dr. Houshyar, Dr. Lyth, Dr. Mallak, and Dr. White.

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F-259 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3350
paul.engelmann@wmich.edu
Student Success in STEM Education, Injection Molding, Plastics Tooling
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F-227 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3354
betsy.aller@wmich.edu
Capstone design, First-year STEM Education, Manufacturing for/Managing Sustainability
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E-212 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3355
kailash.bafna@wmich.edu
Engineering Cost Analysis, Facilities Design, Quality Control, Material Handling
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E-227 Parkview Campus
269) 276-3356
steven.butt@wmich.edu
Operations Research, Routing & Scheduling, Engineering Statistics
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F-222 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3357
alamgir.choudhury@wmich.edu
Mechanical Design, Mechanics, Computer Aided Engineering, Fluid Power, Instrumentation and Process Control
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E-208 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3371
laila.cure@wmich.edu
Healthcare Engineering, Healthcare Risk Management, Patient Safety
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F-225 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3359
jerrie.fiala@wmich.edu
Technical Communication, Team / Small-Group Communication, Science News Writing and Journalism, Editing, and Photography
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E-223 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3360
tycho.fredericks@wmich.edu
Industrial Ergonomics, Work Measurement and Design, Product Design and Development
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E-220 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3361
tarun.gupta@wmich.edu
Robotics, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Computer Simulation
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E-219 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3363
azim.houshyar@wmich.edu
Facilities Design, Operations Research, Reliability Engineering, Simulation Methodology
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E-221 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3284
pavel.ikonomov@wmich.edu
Virtual Reality Simulation, Immerse Technologies
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F-221 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3365
mitchel.keil@wmich.edu
Design for Manufacturability, Machine Design, Vehicle Simulation, Automatic Routing of Flexible Elements, Reverse Engineering
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E-207 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3367
leonard.lamberson@wmich.edu
Reliability Engineering, Design of Experiments
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E-222 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3368
david.lyth@wmich.edu
Quality Management, Healthcare Engineering, Production/Operations Management, Service Management
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E-228 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3369
larry.mallak@wmich.edu
Healthcare Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, Organizational Culture Assessment and Change
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221 S. Quarterline Rd., Muskegon, MI, 49442
(231) 777-0593
david.meade@wmich.edu
Manufacturing Operations Management, Lean Manufacturing, Facility Planning
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Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3246
john.patten@wmich.edu
Manufacturing, Precision Engineering, Machining Simulations, Metrology, Materials (semiconductors and ceramics)
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F-229 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3370
joseph.petro_jr@wmich.edu
Production/Operations Management, Productivity, Continuous Improvement
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F-220 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3366
troy.place@wmich.edu
Technical Communications, Report Preparation
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F-213 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3342
diana.prieto@wmich.edu
Disease Modeling and Surveillance, Agent-Based Simulation, Applied Statistical Analysis
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F-218 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3373
sam.ramrattan@wmich.edu
Metal Casting, Process Control, Industrial Materials and Processes
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E-224 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3374
jorge.rodriguez@wmich.edu
Computer-Aided Design/Engineering, Finite Element Analysis, CAE-Optimization
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F-231 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3375 or 276-3261
fred.sitkins@wmich.edu
Quality Assurance, Metrology, Motion Control in Manufacturing Processes, ISO 9000/QS 9000 Assessment and Preparation
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F-224 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3376
thomas.swartz@wmich.edu
Technical Communication, Report Writing
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F-215 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3364
slobodan.urdarevik@wmich.edu
Engineering Graphics
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F-230 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3378
james.vandepolder@wmich.edu
Engine Testing, Emission and Air Pollution Control, Automotive Fault Analysis
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E-216 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3379
bob.white@wmich.edu
Engineering Economy/Cost Analysis, Production and Operations Management

 

Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5336 USA
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