Professional Service
- Member, Allegheny Country Task Force on Air Cargo Security
- Board of Directors, Doyle Center for Manufacturing Technology, 2002-present
- Board of Directors, Pittsburgh Robotics Initiative, 2002
- Founding Faculty Advisor, Engineers Without Frontiers (Student Chapter at the University of Pittsburgh), 2004
Regional Professional Activities
- Director, Institute of Industrial Engineers - Pittsburgh Chapter, 1995-97, 1998-1999
- President, Institute of Industrial Engineers - Pittsburgh Chapter, 1994-95
- Vice - President, Institute of Industrial Engineers - Pittsburgh Chapter, 1993-94
National Professional Activities
- ABET Visitor for Industrial Engineering Program Accreditation, 1996 – present
- IIE Outstanding Dissertation Award, Evaluation Committee, 1998
- First IE Doctoral Colloquium, Planning Committee, 2001 - 2003
IEResearch Conference and IIE Solutions Conference
- Executive Committee, IE Research Conference, 2002-present
- Chair, Institute of Industrial Engineers Solutions Conference, Phoenix, 1999.
- Co- Chair, Institute of Industrial Engineers Solutions Conference, Banff, 1998
- Co-Editor, Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC) Proc., Miami, 1997.
- Co-Editor, Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC) Proc.,Minnesota, 1996.
- Program Committee & Session Chair, IERC, 1996, 1997.
- Chair, Panel on The Academic Paper Chase, IE ResearchConference, Minnesota, 1996.
- Chair, Panel on Future Directions in Manufacturing Research, IEResearch Conference, Nashville, TN, May 1995
- Sub-Editor, Industrial Engineering Research Conference Proceedings, May 1994.
Reviewer
- ASME Transactions - Journal of Engineering for Industry
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- IIE Transactions
- Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
- Computers and Industrial Engineering Journal
- Journal of Design & Manufacturing
- International Journal of CIM
- International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
- National Science Foundation: OR & Production Systems Panel
- Ben-Franklin Challenge and Seed Grant Review Panels
- John Wiley & Sons
- Addison Wesley Publishing Company
- Chapman & Hall
Professional Memberships
- Senior Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
- Fellow, Institute of Industrial Engineers
- Member, American Society of Engineering Education
University of Pittsburgh
Senate Commonwealth Relations Committee
Pro tem member, (Meet state legislators to discuss University perspectives), 1999 – present
School of Engineering
- Promotion & Tenure Committee (Chair of Committee 1998)
- Budget Policy Committee
- Tenure Appeals Committee
- Chairman, Laboratory Committee