ANNUAL ALUMNI NEWSLETTERTHE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONS ENGINEERING

A Word from the Chairman

Apologies and congratulations!Apologies because we missed send

ing you last year’s edition of the

IOE Alumni Newsletter. Congratu

lations because you are graduates

of the Top—ranked Industrial Engi

neering Department in the country,in both graduate and undergraduate

programs (according to the most

recent Gorman Report.)We in the department——both

faculty and students——would like

to be able to keep you informed as

possible about what is happeninghere in Ann Arbor, and to relay to

you news about what your fellow a—

lums are doing. Like all real or

ganizations we concentrate on day—

to—day obligations and newsletters

are not, frankly, on the front

burner. However, now that the

first year “break—in” time of my

chairmanship has passed, it is

clear to me that we should be in

contact with you once again. In

turn, we hope this newsletter will

stimulate you to reciprocate.We think the information con

tained here will be of use and/orinterest. We welcome suggestionsfor procedures or mechanisms by

which these pages can become an

active means of communication

amq and for our alumni.Let me start by reflecting on

two items. First, on looking overa recent computer listing of theIE/IOE alumni (there are close to3000 now!) I was overwhelmed bythe fraction of you that hold high

level positions: Presidents orCEOs of malor Corporations, Chief

Engineers, DirectOrs of Research,Deans, and Academic DepartmentChairs. Do you think that thissuccess in management or supervision has to do with being from The

University of Michigan, or beingin the more “people—oriented” ofthe Engineering Professions? Iwill try to report in the nextnewsletter on the number of our IEbachelor’s degree holders who havegone on to get Business Degrees.

Second, I’m sure most of youhave been professionally impactedby the current interest in ‘inte—grated manufacturing”, CAM, Factory of the Future, or similarbuzz—words. Some of us in academia hold to the view that theseapproaches are simply modern, computer—aided professional practiceof Industrial Engineering and Operations Research applied to manufacturing systems. It would be interesting (and certainly useful to usas educators) to hear from you aboutow your organization has usedI.E.’s in modernizing their attitudes towards manufacturing. Or atleast whether they have recognizedthe contemporary I.E.’s role inthese activities.

IOE Gets It Together!

——Steve Pollock

This summer the I & OE department will be finally making“the move” to North Campus, talkedabout for the past thirty years(!)

We will occupy the buildingwhich presently houses the Divisionof Research and Development Administration. This three story build-ing, totalling 30,000 square feet,will be used for faculty and administrative offices, our human performance and manufacturing laboratories, an information systems research project and the Center forErgonomics. Classes for IOE Stu

dents will be held in the new Dowbuilding and other North Campus locations.

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ment——Amer ican Management As soc ia—

tions. This award, rarely given,

wis for “outstanding contributions

to Industrial Engineering”. He

also received the S.S. Atwood A—

ward, given by the College of Engi’

neering of the U of M, for distin

guished research, publication,

teaching and service in his field.

Remember engineering econo

mics? It is one of the potential

ly most useful subjects in indus

trial engineering, and yet for

some reason in the past students

considered it dull. Apparently

all it needed was the right in

structor. Professor Jack Lohmann

has now dramatically altered the

picture and is attracting standing—

room—only crowds in IOE 451 (Engi

neering Economy), with a Fall 1982

enrollment of over 150. He has

just completed a “hat trick” by

winning the Alpha Pi Mu outstanding

faculty member of the year award

for the third consecutive year.

News

Walt Hancock has just pub

lished (-in collaboration with

Debmar W. Karger) a new book Ad

vanced Work Measurement (Industrial

Press, New York, 1982) that should

be of special interest to Industri

al Engineers, work measurement a—

nalysts, administrators, and in

deed anyone wishing to achieve max

imum productivity from their avail

able work force. It offers a com

prehensive study that goes well be

yond the discussions found in con

ventional work measurement texts,

and gives a detailed tretment of

advanced MTM systems now used

worldwide. It is the culmination

of over fifteen years of experience

in research and writing. Hancock

continues his other research on

systems for nurse staffing, operating room scheduling, and industrial quality control.

Katta Murty’s new book LinearProgramming has just gone into production at Wiley, and will be a—vailable in the Summer of 1983. A—bout 650 pages long, it will be one

of the most up—to—date and comprehensive books in the area, coveringall the practical, modelling, mathematical, geometrical, algorithmic

and computational aspects of linearprogramming. He was on sabbaticallast year, splitting it between theUniversity of Texas at Dallas andthe Indian Statistical Instituteat Delhi, working on optimizationalgorithms and their applications,

and book writing.What does a retired professor

do? You will probably smile andsay that he spends interminablehours on the golf course! True inthe case of Bert Steffy, who retired in 1977. Yet he still spends

long hours in his office, workingon monographs on productivity mea

surement and improvement.Three of our faculty (Katta

Murty, Bob Smith, John Birge) gaveinvited presentations on their research at the XIth InternationalSymposium on Mathematical Programming, held at Bonn, West Germany inAugust 1982.

Steve Pollock has been electedto a three year term on the ORSACouncil. He was the Program Chair

man for the National TIMS/ORSAmeeting held in Detroit in April1982. In May he was in the Peo

ple’s Republic of China as a member

of a U of M team investigating wa

ter treatment planning methods.

Don Chaffin has served as a

member of the National Advisory

Council in Occupational Safety and

Health for the US Department of La

bor. He spent the Winter 82 term

on sabbatical at USC working on

biomechanics research and an ergo

nomics text.Dan Teichroew was on sabbati

cal last year, but he chose to

spend it right here in Ann Arbor,

monitoring and developing the grow

ing ISDOS project.James Bean is working on inte

ger programming, scheduling and in

finite horizon optimization (capa

city expansion, equipment replace

ment) and has a related projectwith Bethlehem Steel.

Robert 3mith is working on in

finite horizon optimization, equip

ment replacement.models, risk as

sessment with particular attention

to nuclear reactor meltdown, and on

utilizing statistical techniques in

mathematical programming.Jack Lohmann is completing his

NSF project “The Relationship of

Employee Ownership to the Techno

logical Adaptiveness and Perform

ance of Companies” and is develop

ing a new course in productivity

and economic progress.Gary Langoif continues to work

on methods to protect workers from

potentially toxic health effects,

and on a longitudinal study of in

dustrial mercury exposure for

NIOSH. He presented his results at

a recent conference held in Eng

land. He is now the Undergraduate

Program Advisor in the department.

John Birge participated in the

stochastic optimization project at

IIASA in Vienna this past summer,

and continues research on stochas

tic programming and applications of

optimization.Dick Wilson is the Director of

the Manufacturing Systems Division

of the new College—wide Center for

Robotics and Integrated Manufactur—

The Center for Ergonomics

The Center for Ergonomics, nur

tured by Don Chaffin and now di

rected by nary 1-lerrin, was recent

ly established by the U—M Regents.

It is a College—wide unit created

to carry on research and training

in which man’s needs, capabilities,

and health and safety requirements

are used as the basis for design—

ing machines, vehicles, tools,

procedures, and working environ

ments. This concentration on what

used to be called “human factors

engineering” involves joint re

search and teaching activities

with Bioengineering, Environmental

& Industrial Health, and other u—

flits throughout the University.

Supported by contracts and grants

from industry and NIOSH, the Cen

ter is rapidly gaining recognition

as a national center for excel

lence in this important area.

ISDOS

The now 15 year old Informa

tion System Design Optimization

(ISDOS) headed by Dan Teichroew is

recognized world wide as a trend

setter in high—level approaches to

the design of information systems.

A recent ISDOS meeting attracted

over 150 sponsors and guests.

Louis Boydstun has been involved

in adding simulation capability to

the existing ISDOS software.

ISDOS recently acquired large

quantities of capital equipment

and now has its own computers, in

cluding an IBM 4331—2 and VAX

11/750.Seminars

Each year, as you know, the

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department sponsors weekly seminarspresented by individuals from bothinside and outside the university.In the latter category this pastyear we heard, among others, Dr.John Friedenfelds from AT & T talking about applications of mathematical modelling for management andoperations in the Bell system, andalumnus Dr. Prakash Sathe fromVolkswagen of America discussingproblems in the field of qualityinformation. We encourage those ofyou in the Ann Arbor area to attend. The seminars tend to bequite lively sessions and attractundergraduate and graduate studentsas well as faculty. Any of you whomay be interested in offering aseminar yourself should contactProfessor James C. Bean. (The seminars are usually held on Wednesdays from 4 to 5 p.m.)

Ph.D. Recipients (since our lastnewsletter!)

Maing K. Kang (“Procedure for TimeVarying Dynamic Maximal NetworkFlow”) is now a chief researcherfor Korea Institute for DefenseAnalyses in Seoul, Korea.

Mustafa (Zafer) Yakin (“MultiplierMethod Algorithms for InequalityConstrained NLP Problems”) is inthe Quantitative Management Science Department, University ofHouston, as an Assistant Professor.

Mus taf a Al—Idris i (“UnconstrainedMinimization Algorithms for Functions with Singular or Ill—Conditioned Hessian”) is an AssistantProfessor in Industrial Engineeringat the University of Jeddah, SaudiArabia.

opment Facility Approach to Improved Software Development”) isproject director in the computerresearch division of Upjohn Corp.in Kalamazoo.

George Miller (“Sequential Rectifying Inspection with Applicabilityto Motor Vehicle Emission Certification”) is a senior analyst atVector Research, Inc., Ann Arbor.

Kyo Kang (“An Approach for Supporting System Development Methodologies for Developing a Complete andConsistent System Spec ification’)is a visiting Assistant Professorwith us until he returns to Korea.

Kwan Lee (“Biomechanical Modellingof Cart Pushing and Pulling”) isAssistant Professor in IndustrialEngineering at Ohio University atAthens.

Terry Stobbe (“The Development of aPractical Strength Testing Programfor Industry”) is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering atthe University of West Virginia,Morgantown, West Virginia.

Capsule News about the University

During the 1981 Christmas recess, the old Economics buildingwas, unfortunately, totally guttedby fire. Nothing has emerged, Phoenix—like or otherwise, from the ashes but a lush lawn that occupiesthat area and allows a clear viewof West Engineering from the Diag.Ex—Dean of the College of Engineering, David Ragone, left the U of Min 1979 to become the President ofCase Western Reserve University.The new Dean is James Duderstadt(formerly Professor of Nuclear Engineering). As a part of the CollegeDavid Johnson (“The Software Devel—

of Engineering’s move to North Campus, the Dean’s Office has movedtemporarily to the first floor ofthe Chrysler Center.

There is a lot of constructiongoing on around campus. The U of Mhospital is in the midst of a huge$200 million modernization and ex—pansion project. Part of this required a relocation of Fuller road.The Business School is two thirdsof its way through a $15 millionfund raising venture and has laidthe foundations for three newbuildings. The construction of theDow building in North Campus hasbeen completed, and Chem. and Mat.& Met. Engineering departmentsmoved into it this past summer. Abrand new alumni Center has beenconstructed on Fletcher Street behind the Michigan League. The newCenter for Robotics and IntegratedManufacturing (CRIM) has beenstarted as a multi—disciplinary u—nit involving faculty members andstudents from three departments ofthe College of Engineering, includeIOE.

lIE Chanter News

The local chapter of lIE (formerly AITE) has grown in both members and activities. It is now oneof the strongest societies in theCollege of Engineering. The weeklyluncheon meetings (held every Thursday) routinely attract audiences ofover 150. The daily doughnut salesorganized by the chapter providethe funds to support such activities as plant trips, Tech Day, ahayride—square dance with the society of Women Engineers etc. Asthe president of the chapter, MaryGoulet has said “these activitieskeep the IE’s entertained as wellas educated.” Four members attend—

ed the National lIE convention inNew Orleans. In February 1983the chapter will be hosting, forthe first time, the student conference for all of Region VI.

APM News

Equally active this past yearhas been Alpha Pi Mu, currentlypresided over by Joel Brown. Itorganized several special days andcontests, the most exciting ofwhich was the Engineering AptitudeTournament (E.A.T.), one of themore diverse competit:fons held inthe Engineering College. It is acontest consisting of 6 timedevents, where as many as 15 teamsof 3 engineers compete aainst eachother and the clock. The eventschallenge each team’s speed, skill,and ingenuity on both technical andnon—technical levels.

APM also sponsored the Engineering Industrial Support Program(EISP) to attract promising minority students to the IOE program.The EISP students heard, amongother faculty and student presentations, how NBA travelling costscould be reduced by using optimization techniques and how to programa robot. The students were alsogiven a tour of the ergonomic facilities at G.G. Brown Laboratory.

ORSA — Student Chapter

Strong and sustained interesthas resulted in the establishment ofa new student section of the Operations Research Society of America.With Sharon Johnson as the currentpresident, the section is rapidlygrowing, both in activity and membership. The section has been engaged in a variety of operationsresearch activities for Hoover—NSK.

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Lawrence Alberti, Jr. BS (1948)Lance BS (1972), MS (1973) are afather—son alumni team. The former is president of Alberti International and lives in Chicago. A—mong his far—flung business interests are a plywood plant in Panama,a processing plant for bonelessbeef in Central America, and ashrimp fishing fleet. Lance Alber—ti has held a variety of positionsin Inland Steel and is currentlyworking in the Facility PlanningDepartment where he has been defining a long—term economic liabilityof old facilities. Helpful to hiswork has been the MBA he took atNorthwestern in 1975.

Bob Denner BS (1975) is currently located in Grosse Pointewhere he is a manager in the con—suiting division of Arthur Anderson& Co. He also acts as their contact person for the company—sponsored IOE student scholarship.

Stephen E. Garrett MS (1976)has been promoted to ManufacturingOperations Analyst at General Electric Company’s Aircraft Engine Business Group in Cincinnati. He willbe managing the introduction of aproduction simulation system (OPT)into the group’s seven plants.Since leaving Michigan Steve received an MBA from the WhartonSchool of Business, and has completed the course requirements forhis Ph.D. in Operations Research.

Pearson Graham BSI&M (1950),MSME (1955), is leving in Clevelandand works for TRW, Inc. as FinanceDirector of Operating Investments.In 1973 he received an MA in Economics from Cleveland State, and before TRW he was with General Motors

where he worked on the Titan 3Cmissile project.

Warren Singer BS (1958) hasfor the past 12 years been Vice—President of Thompson—CSF, Inc.,the second largest TV producers inEurope. His offices are in NewYork.

Tad M. Vaughan BS (1981) isnow Project Engineer for IVAC, amedical instrumentation manufacturer in San Diego. A past presidentof the student chapter of AIIE,Tad has maintained his interest inthe organization and currentlyworks with the senior chapter located in San Diego.

Walter J. Rataj MS (1974) isinvolved as a consultant at theMIT Lincoln Laboratories, and isdeveloping well—engineered software for the evaluation of airforce radars.

Thomas J. Billups BS (1981) isworking as a sales engineerforYork division of Borg—Warner Corp.He is involved in a project to install York air—conditioning equipment for the new U of M replacement hospital.

John Henry (1977) is an AT & TDistrict manager for strategicplanning.

Stephen B. Lissner BS (1980)is employed at the Quartz and Chemicals Department of GE as Engineerin manufacturing profects.

Mark McDowell (1977) is a Manager in the Management InformationConsulting Division of Arthur Anderson & Co.

Alumni Notes

J.Leih Melvin (1960) is the

Head of Operational Planning for

Tablets and Dry Products at Upjohn

Co.

R. Jean Ruth Ph.D, (1979) is

an Asst. Professor in the School of

Business Administration at the Uni

versity of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.

Rick J. Scheidt BS (1979) is

working in Product Planning for

Chevrolet. He is married to Kay

Browning (a U of M graduate of

1979). They live in Bloomfield,

Michigan.

Vance L. Shutes BS (1981) is

Cost and Scheduling engineer at

Bechtel Power Corp. in Ann Arbor.

Scott A. Sutton (1979) is Fa

cilities Planning Industrial Engi

neer for AVCO Systems. He is in

volved in construction, layout and

simulation of a new 180,000 sq. ft.

manufacturing facility.

Jim Wright BS (1951) is in the

Pennsylvania House of Representa

tives. He is the Chairman of the

Mines and Energy Committee, Vice

Chairman of the National Council of

State Legislatures Energy Commit—

tees, and a Delegate to the North

East Low Level Nuclear Waste Plan

ning group.

A Final Word

We have intentionally avoidedmentioning in this newsletter onething that is very much on everyone’s mind these days: the presenteconomic situation and its effecton Michigan’s educational institutions. Most of you have receivedword of one sort or another fromthe Dean or alumni organizations

making clear the financial statusof the Engineering College.

The impact on IOE is mixed.Due to our success in generating

research funding, and efficien

cy in teaching both undergraduateand graduate courses, our general

fund budget has been sufficient to

maintain our reputation and qua1i—ty as a teaching and research department. However, departmentalsupport for student fellowships andscholarships, innovations in teaching and research initiatives nowdepends on grants and gifts fromindustry, institutions, alumni andother friends of the department.It’s hard for me not to take advantage of this opportunity to ask youto respond to the College of Engineering Annual Fund, and to remindyou that you can specifically designate your contribution to theDepartment of Industrial and Operations Engineering. The Clyde John—

a son Fellowship Fund is particularlysuitable for student scholarships.Many organizations have a giftmatching program——why not take advantage of it if you can?

Some alumni have recentlyasked me what they could do for thedepartment, aside from respondingto the annual and not—too subtlecall for financial support. A common request is that we help form analumni group, which for lack of abetter term we could call an “Alum—ni Academy”. The Department wouldwelcome such an organization, andwe will do everything we can tohelp its establishment and chartering, and to host it at convenienttimes and places. It could be anindependent entity, whose purposeswould be established by the founding group. Activities could include: providing the departmentwith alumni views on curriculumdevelopment or research directions;acting as a base for alumni participation in continuing educationand seminar development; providinga focus for reunions or other social activities; serving as informal recruiters for prospective students; acting as acvocates for industrial engineering educationwithin the state and country,(an IEPAC?) and so on. Not theleast of potential activities couldbe helping us to celebrate our occupancy of the new building thisfall. I would welcome hearing from

you about this idea, and will becontacting some of you to helpbring it to a reality.