Scott Grasman
Dean, College of Engineering/Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University
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Scott E. Grasman is Professor and Department Head of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University. He previously spent six years as Professor and Department Head of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology, and the prior 10 years in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He has served as Adjunct Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management in the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. He completed a sabbatical in Statistics and Operations Research at the Public University of Navarre in Spain and a two month appointment as Visiting Research Scholar at IN3 – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. He received his B.S.E., M.S.E., and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan. In addition to academia, he has relevant industrial experience, in addition to industrial collaborations on research and curriculum activities, which have led to many international relationships, including student/faculty exchange agreements and scholarly visits.
At Kettering, Dr. Grasman is a member of the Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning Advisory Board, the Faculty Senate Assessment Committee, and the Foundations of Excellence Learning Dimension Committee. His profession service includes the Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads , the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, where he currently serves as President of the Operations Research Division, and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, where he recently co-led the Leadership Colloquium.
Dr. Grasman has been the principal investigator on numerous funded research projects in the areas workforce planning, production/logistics systems, and alternative energy infrastructure modeling/simulation. His research also addresses engineering education, e.g., sustainability in engineering curriculum, vehicle electrification, alternative energy graduate programs, as well as need-based programs for transfer and dual degree students. His work has resulted in being the author or co-author of over 100 technical papers, including multiple best conference paper awards, as well as reviewer/editorial roles for various technical journals and books. He has received multiple awards for teaching, research, and service.
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