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Background
Accreditation
Appendix I

B. Accreditation Summary

Appendix IC. Faculty Vitae

Douglas D. Gemmill
Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering
Chair, Systems Engineering Program

Degrees

    Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1988

    M.S. Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, 1986

    B.S. Mathematics, Iowa State University, 1972

Service

    Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, July 1995

    Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, January 1988

Related Experience

    United States Air Force Reserve. Serve as Industrial Engineer with Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, 1988-present.

    Department of Industrial Engineering, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 1982-83.

    Management Engineer Intern, Mary Greeley Medical Center and Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1980-82.

Consulting

    Firestone Agricultural Tire Company, Des Moines, Iowa, Summer 1994, Spring 1996

    John Deere Ottumwa Works, Ottumwa, Iowa, Summer 1991

Professional Registration: None

Principal Publications (last five years)

    Gemmill, Douglas and Edwards, Michelle, "Improving Resource-Constrained Project Schedules with Look Ahead Techniques," Project Management Journal, 30, 3, Sept 1999.

    Tsai, Ying-Wei and Gemmill, Douglas, "Using Tabu Search to Schedule Activities of Stochastic Resource-Constrained Projects," European Journal of Operational Research, 111, 129-141, 1998.

    Chen, Wei-Liang, Chen, Joseph, and Gemmill, Douglas, "Analysis of an Effective Sensing Location for Detecting Tool Breakage in End Milling Operations," Journal of Industrial Technology, Summer 1998.

    Lan, Po-Ting, Chou, Shuo-Yan, Chen, Lin-Lin, and Gemmill, D., "Determination of Fabrication Orientations for Rapid Prototyping with Stereolithography Apparatus," Journal of Computer Aided Design, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1997.

    Gemmill, D. D.and Tsai, Ying-Wei, "Using a Simulated Annealing Algorithm to Schedule Activities of Resource-Constrained Projects," Project Management Journal, Vol. 28, No. 4, December 1997.

    Stevens, J. and Gemmill, D., "Scheduling a Two-Machine Flowshop with Travel Times to Minimize Maximum Lateness," International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 35, No. 1, 1-15, 1997.

    Wellman, Mark A. and Gemmill, Douglas D., "A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Optimization of Asychronous Automatic Assembly Systems," International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 7, No. 1, January 1995.

Professional Societies

    Institute of Industrial Engineers

    American Society of Engineering Education

    Society of Manufacturing Engineers

    International Council on Systems Engineering

Honors and Awards

    Selected Outstanding Engineering Professor in IMSE for 1990 — 91, 1996-97 by Engineering Student Council.

Service

    International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) - member of Academic

    Development Working Group 1996-present.

    ISU Representative on the NTU Manufacturing Engineering Faculty - 1996-present.

    Served as reviewer for INFORMS Journal on Computing, IEEE Transactions on Education, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Naval Logistics Research Quarterly, IIE Transactions, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Computers in Industry, and SADHANA.

Professional Development

    Project Learn, ISU, Spring 1997.Annual INCOSE International Symposium, Los

    Angeles, California, August 2-7, 1997.

    AFOSR Logistics Workshop: Basic Research for Logistics, Dayton, Ohio, Fall 1995.

    Midwest Roundtable on Manufacturing and Logistics at University of Iowa, Fall 1995.


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