About the Author | Sunderesh S. Heragu is the Regents Professor and Head of the School of Industrial Engineering and Management at Oklahoma State University where he also holds the Donald and Cathey Humphreys Chair. He completed his B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering at Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, India (affiliated with the University of Mysore), MBA at University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada and Ph.D in Industrial Engineering at University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.His current research interests are in multi-modal transportation systems, in the development of real-time decision support systems for emergency preparedness for the healthcare and public health and emergency service sectors, modeling and analysis of drive-through mass vaccination clinic, supply chain management, design of next generation factory layouts, intelligent agent modeling of automated warehouse systems, application of RFID technology to improve intra-plant and inter-plant logistics, and integration of design and planning activities in advanced logistical systems. |