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Biographical Sketch
Can Saygin, Ph.D.
(“Can” is pronounced “John”)
Senior Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College
Professor of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)
(956) 665 – 3883 | can.saygin@utrgv.edu utrgv.edu/research
| utrgv.edu/graduate
Dr. Can (John) Saygin is a Senior Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College at the University of
Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). He is also a Professor of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering at the
College of Engineering and Computer Sciences.
Prior to his current administrative position, he served as a Senior Associate Vice President for Research
(4/1/20207/30/2022), Senior Vice Provost for University Planning (6/1/2019-4/1/2020), Senior Vice Provost for
Institutional
Intelligence and Strategic Initiatives (3/1/2018-7/1/2019); Interim Dean of the Graduate School (06/2018-03/2019);
Advisor to President on Strategic Initiatives (11/15/2017-3/1/2018); Associate Vice President for Sponsored Project
Administration in the Office of Research (2013-2018) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).
He received his BS ('89), MS ('92), and PhD ('97) degrees in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on advanced
manufacturing and automation from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara in Turkey. In his academic career,
he worked at the University of Toledo (1997-1999), the Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly
University of Missouri-Rolla) (1999-2006), and The University of Texas at San Antonio (2006-2022) before joining
UTRGV in August 2022.
He is the recipient of the UTSA College of Engineering 2009 Excellence in Teaching Award, the UTSA President’s
2011 Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence, and The University of Texas System Regents’
Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012.
As a faculty member, he has directed several projects funded by the Air Force Research Lab, National Science
Foundation, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, the Boeing Company, the Ford Motor Company,
UT Health San Antonio, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and various manufacturing industries. He has
also led regional advanced manufacturing efforts under the designation of Alamo Manufacturing Partnership.
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Administrave Resume …………… pages 2-12 | Academic Resume …………… pages 13-37
RESUME – Administrave
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
ACADEMIC
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8/2022 – present: Professor of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering and
Computer Science, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).
09/2012 – 7/2022: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).
08/2006 – 09/2012: Associate Professor (tenured) of Mechanical Eng, UTSA.
09/2005 – 08/2006: Associate Professor (tenured), University of Missouri – Rolla (UMR*), Engineering
Management and Systems Engineering (EMSE) Department, Rolla, Missouri.
* Since 2008, UMR is MS&T “Missouri University of Science and Technology” 02/2000
– 09/2005: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), UMR, EMSE.
08/1999 – 02/2000: Lecturer, UMR, EMSE.
08/1998 – 08/1999: Vising Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, Mechanical, Industrial, and
Manufacturing Engineering Department (MIME), Toledo, Ohio.
09/1997 – 08/1998: Post-Doctoral Research Associate / Adjunct Faculty, University of Toledo, MIME,
Flexible Manufacturing Systems Laboratory (Director: Dr. F. Frank Chen), Toledo, Ohio.
1989-1997: Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant in Producon Engineering and Design, Mechanical Eng.
Dept., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
ADMINISTRATIVE
08/01/2022 – present: Senior Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College, University of
Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).
04/01/2020 – 07/31/2022: Senior Associate Vice President for Research, University of Texas at San Antonio
(UTSA).
07/01/2019 – 03/31/2020: Senior Vice Provost for University Planning, UTSA.
06/14/2018 – 02/25/2019: Interim Dean of Graduate School, Provost Oce, UTSA.
01/03/2018 – 06/30/2019: Senior Vice Provost for Instuonal Intelligence and Strategic Iniaves,
President’s Oce, UTSA.
11/13/2017 – 03/01/2018: Advisor to President for Strategic Iniaves, President’s Oce, UTSA.
09/15/2016 – 03/01/2018: Associate Vice President for Research, Oce of Sponsored Project
Administraon (OSPA), UTSA.
09/01/2015 – 11/13/2017: Director, Center for Advanced Manufacturing & Lean Systems (CAMLS), UTSA.
05/15/2013 – 09/15/2016: Assistant Vice President for Research, OSPA, UTSA.
03/2012 – 05/2013: Dean’s Fellow for Strategic Iniaves, College of Engineering, UTSA.
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11/2008 – 05/2013: Center Director, Interacve Technology Experience Center (iTEC) – K-12 STEM Center,
College of Engineering, UTSA.
09/2007 – 12/2011: Director of Graduate Programs (Graduate Advisor of Record) in Mechanical Eng Dept:
MS in Mech Eng, MS in Advanced Manufacturing and Enterprise Engineering, and PhD in Mech Eng.
10/2006 – 5/2011: Director of the Machine Shop, College of Engineering, UTSA.
06/2004 – 08/2006: Co-Director of the Auto-ID Research Group, University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR).
06/2000 – 08/2006: Director of the Integrated Systems Facility, UMR, Engineering Management and
Systems Engineering (EMSE) Department, Rolla, Missouri.
2005-2006: Undergraduate Advisor for Manufacturing, UMR, EMSE.
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Senior Associate Vice President for Research (04/2020 – 08/2022)
Due to the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, President Eighmy asked me to pivot back to the
Research Oce (where I had started my major administrave role in 2013 as Assistant Vice President for
Research) due to re-priorized list of strategic iniaves. My specic task was to ensure the pandemic has
the least negave impact on the research expenditures by revising new policies and implemenng
eecve processes to reach the highest possible expenditure metrics. Prior to the pandemic, there were
two key goals dened for UTSA. First, we must become eligible for the State of Texas “Naonal Research
University Fund” (NRUF) based on UTSA’s FY20 and FY21 research performance metrics. Second, UTSA
must aain the R1 Classicaon, “very high research acvity”, by the Carnegie Classicaon of Instuons
of Higher Educaon, with this designaon being a leading indicator to denote best-in-class research
instuons in higher educaon. With pandemic on the horizon in early 2020, I pivoted back to the
Research Oce to lead the research iniaves related to ambious NRUF and R1 targets. In Fall 2021, we
met the criteria to be eligible for NRUF. The State Audit will take place in Spring 2022. In Jan 2022, UTSA
was ocially ranked by Carnegie as an R1 Instuon.
As senior associate vice president for research, I have three (3) assistant vice presidents (AVP) and
Research IT reporng to me, with a total of 67 sta members. AVP units include Sponsored Projects
Administraon, Research Support, and Research Finance. My area of responsibility spans from proposal
development to contracts and industry agreements to post-award and billing/reporng. I also oversee the
Research Oce budget and internal operaons. In terms of Research IT, I have designed and supervised
development of a work-ow plaorms that connects all pre- and post-award operaons eciently. All
operaonal metrics, as well as research expenditure metrics, are also captured and displayed in a role-
based dashboard for mely informaon. I have periodic meengs with the President, Provost, Deans,
Associate Deans for Research, Faculty Senate, and Centers/Instutes on UTSA’s research metrics,
specically research expenditures.
In this role, my major accomplishments since April 2020 include the following:
• Developed various versions of the Carnegie R1/R2 Projecon Model and assisted President Eighmy
in strategic decision making.
• Restructured the Research Oce budget and realigned with strategic iniaves.
• Developed a 3-scal year Research Oce budget model.
• Worked with Provost and Graduate School Dean on NRUF criteria in collaboraon with UTSA
Internal Audit; briefed the president on a regular basis.
• Due to increasing volume of proposals and acve projects, restructured the central pre and post
award operaons into two separate, yet connected, units as Pre-Award Administraon and
PostAward Administraon. I aligned the Post-Award team with the Grants Accountants to
streamline billing and nancial reporng processes.
• With Instute for Economic Development (IED) being part of UTSA Research, I worked with AVP IED
to establish a self-sucient pre/post award unit to streamline their operaons and avoid
bolenecks.
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• Developed new dashboards and workow automaon plaorms to connect faculty with research
administrators from proposal submission to account monitoring to close outs.
• Worked closely with VP Development and Alumni Relaons for accurate nancial coding of gis and
endowments to make the largest impact on expenditures.
• Developed an annual evaluaon process for Centers/Instutes.
• Restructured the Core Facilies in order to be more proacve with services.
Senior Vice Provost for University Planning (07/2019-04/2020)
In June 2019, I was tasked with establishing a new division, namely University Planning, to operate under
three funconal areas for strategic growth and innovave excellence with several project managers
reporng to me on a porolio of instuonal projects across academic aairs, research, business aairs,
and president’s oce:
1. Major Capital Projects ($10M and over): Support UTSA’s academic mission and strategic vision by
providing assistance for the long-range planning of the physical environment, as well as
leveraging space to its highest ulizaon.
2. Informaon Technology and Automaon: Provide project management support for integraon of
exisng and new informaon technology tools and plaorms for eecveness based on user
requirements and integrated process and data mapping, as well as automaon for a lean and
nimble organizaon.
3. Administrave and Business Process Reengineering: Focus on policy, process, and procedure
connecon across the instuon to evaluate “why we do what we do, and how we do it” in order
to understand administrave and business processes, idenfy areas for improvement, and
execute improvement projects.
In this role, my major accomplishments include:
• Hired project coordinators/project managers to set up the teams under the 3 pillars of operaon.
Hired major capital projects director.
• Worked closely with VPIMT on IT/Automaon projects and coordinaon of VPIMT’s business
resource managers (BRM): FMI, Banner, DegreeWorks, Salesforce, Maxient.
• Worked closely with VPBA Facilies on idenfying internal procedures and roles/responsibilies to
seamlessly manage major capital projects.
• Led the University of Texas System’s transion out of UTSA operaons o major projects and worked
with UTSA Facilies and external/consultant stakeholders to eliminate/reduce risk and facilitate
business connuity.
• Negoated with the University of Texas System for $750K to be provided to UTSA as cost of
transion.
• Developed protocols to idenfy delays related to the new Science and Engineering Building
compleon date. Together with contractors, developed monthly metrics to review and act on in
order for mely compleon. As opposed to 2-3 months of delay in the meline, I was able to catch
up with operaons to complete according to meline.
• Negoated with contractor for $400K conngency to start the new Guadalupe Student Hall without
any delays. Construcon started in Sept 2019 as intended.
• Implemented DocuSign and LucidChart as tools for process improvement.
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• Led space management and scheduling projects related to various soware applicaons, such as
25Live and FM Interact.
• Worked with University Architect to re-visit space usage and analysis.
Senior Vice Provost for Instuonal Intelligence and Strategic Iniaves (11/2017-07/2019) (Inially
started as “Advisor to President on Strategic Iniaves” 11/2017-03/2018)
President Eighmy’s vision for my role in his oce was to be the System Architect for (a) Strategic Planning
and Execuon for instuonal iniaves; and (b) Annual Evaluaon method for Vice Presidents (VP).
I achieved the following instuonal goals in this role:
• Operaonalized the Strategic Plan
• Directed and managed the process of developing, rening, monitoring and reporng on the
implementaon of strategic iniaves (includes development of metrics, data analycs and other
“data to aconable informaon” related issues).
• Contributed to the preparaon of strategic iniaves plans, reports, briengs, and presentaons.
• Provided strategic consultaon to senior University administrators as needed.
• Collaborated with VPs to develop key metrics and performance indicators consistent with the
University’s iniaves to assess instuonal performance.
• Provided a systemac review of University wide processes to iniate business process
improvement that cut across all VP units.
• Reviewed, analyzed, and strategized based on University wide data through Instuonal Research
unit.
• Provided project management leadership by coordinang the planning and implementaon of
University wide strategic iniaves based on project performance metrics.
• Led/co-led key University wide projects, including strategic enrollment (with SalesForce
implementaon), data governance, campus master plan, research excellence, and downtown
revitalizaon.
• Facilitated the development of the UTSA Dashboard; provided guidance to the Senior Leadership
Team to help promote the alignment of process and priories.
• Facilitated establishing VP for Strategic Enrollment and VP for Student Success units based on an
instuonal analysis of all VP units across UTSA.
• Chaired the search commiee and the overall process to recruit a VP for Informaon Management
and Technology as a new VP unit.
For more informaon on acve iniaves and the model I developed and executed, please see
hps://www.utsa.edu/strategicplan/. To realize the target Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are
foundaonal to three desnaons (Student Success; Research; Growth), I developed a project
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management model for strategic planning and execuon. The three desnaons are mapped over the
instuonal KPIs, which are further broken down into Vice Presidenal and department level performance
indicators to create a connected organizaon. Aer conducng a gap analysis, iniaves have been
idened with a launch sequence that is determined based on the cricality of targeted KPIs and resources
needed. I have published the overall framework in 2019:
SAYGIN, C., “KPIs Drive Strategic Planning and Execuon”, Planning for Higher Educaon Journal, Vol.47,
No.4, July-September 2019.
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In this role, I also worked very closely with the Provost:
• Iniated the new Faculty Workload policy
• Developed college-specic metrics, targets, and dashboards.
• Iniated digizaon of workow in Digital Measures for annual faculty performance evaluaons
• Supervised planning, implementaon, and execuon of the SACSCOC instuonal accreditaon
process (Southern Associaon of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges).
Interim Dean of Graduate School (06/2018-03/2019)
In order to maintain connuity of several instuonal iniaves related to graduate programs and
research, I volunteered to serve as Interim Dean (an addional tle while I was sll serving as Senior Vice
Provost for Instuonal Intelligence and Strategic Iniaves) when the Graduate School Dean le UTSA in
June 2018. Based on my conversaon with the president and the provost, my role and responsibility in
the interim period was to make radical changes while the search for permanent dean was underway. I
have implemented major changes in the graduate school that led to 40% more enrollment in Spring 2019
than Spring 2018:
• People and Processes: I changed the organizaonal structure by reducing the 35-sta operaon
to team of 21 sta; I transformed the operaonal structure of the graduate school into a lean
organizaon by revising business processes and tools:
- Eliminated unnecessary admission requirements that were most of the me waived,
which reduced the bureaucracy, thus lead me.
- Implemented a rolling admissions process to be more responsive to prospecve students’
needs.
- Developed IT queries to provide real-me aconable informaon to academic colleges in
order to make mely decisions.
- Redesigned the admission workow from a long sequenal ow to a parallel processing
ow between the graduate school and academic colleges.
- Revised DegreeWorks to provide standardized templates for all graduate programs in
terms of course work.
- Eliminated most of the forms and converted them into electronic forms.
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• Funding: I restructured the budget and nancial resources by giving academic colleges much
more exibility and autonomy, as opposed to the former “centralized” approach, which was
built on excessive bureaucracy. Over $3M of funding was restructured to be used for
recruitment, graduate research assistantship, and various forms of scholarships over 7 academic
college with primary focus on 25 PhD programs.
• Oce Space: Due to an instuonal need, which was to create a student centric environment
for Honors College, I facilitated the swapping of spaces between the Graduate School and
Honors College between two buildings, in the middle of all process changes, which were all
successfully completed.
Associate Vice President for Research – Sponsored Project Administraon (05/2013-03/2018)
I started as Assistant VP-Research, in May 2013, in charge of the Oce of Sponsored Project
Administraon (OSPA) in the Oce of the Vice President for Research (VPR). In Sept 2016, I was promoted
to Associate VP-Research, with expanded role in research support. OSPA team included 37 sta members
and 3 primary funcons (Research Service Centers, Grants and Contracts Financial Services, and Contracts
and Industry Agreements) to support the UTSA’s research mission: Supporng UTSA's research
community by facilitang growth, enabling producvity, and pursuing excellence.
My primary focus in the rst 6 months was on enforcing a change in culture by introducing
operaonal metrics, key performance indicators, and accountability while redesigning business processes
for core funcons and facilitang personal development for sta. The second 6-month period was
focused on improving producvity and revising all the IT plaorms and tools that are used as part of
research administraon across UTSA, which also included Peopleso. In 2014, we focused on developing
a framework document to guide UTSA in its journey to Tier One Status; the framework is entled
“Accelerate 2025: UTSA’s Framework for Top Tier Research”. We reached the Accelerate 2025 targets in
2021.
Director, Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems (CAMLS) (09/2015-11/2017)
In 2006, I was hired to primarily contribute to the College of Engineering’s mission to bring
“manufacturing engineering” to UTSA. Together with Dr. F. Frank Chen, we joined UTSA in August 2006.
Developing undergraduate and graduate-level courses in manufacturing and establishing a research
center that integrates with local industry were the two ulmate goals. In research center part of the
mission, I have worked very closely with Dr. F. Frank Chen to establish the Center for Advanced
Manufacturing and Lean Systems (CAMLS). CAMLS has grown to have several aliated faculty members,
member companies, and graduate students. Between 9/2015-11/2017, I served as Director of CAMLS. My
eorts were focused on applied research, development, industrial training, and economic development,
which exposed me to in-depth community engagement.
Director, Interacve Technology Experience Center (iTEC), College of Engineering, 11/2008 – 5/2013
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Interacve Technology Experience Center (iTEC – hp://itec.utsa.edu) was a K-12 STEM center, funded
for its rst 4 years by the AT&T Foundaon. Its goal was to inspire young people by creang an
environment where they can understand how engineering, science, and technology shape our lives and
the future of the world. iTEC’s mission was to movate young people to pursue careers in engineering by
demonstrang advanced technologies and engaging them in interacve acvies that build technical
skills and foster crical thinking, self-condence, communicaon, and leadership. As iTEC Director, my
responsibility was to coordinate the research and development eorts among six faculty members,
manage a $1.5M (for 4 years) budget, establish a state-of-the-art facility for K-12 students and teachers,
and demonstrate engineering and technology in an interacve way to increase awareness and interest in
engineering. Towards the end of funding (2008-2010), I developed a new business model to make iTEC
self-sustaining. Beginning in 2011, iTEC started to generate enough revenue under my leadership to self-
sustain itself and grow. Within our new business model, our porolio included spring-break and summer
camps with over 1,000 students annually, running an annual robocs compeon with approximately
1,500 people aending, and year-round programs at a dozen schools through our “iTEC on Wheels”
programs.
MAJOR SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Departmental Commiees (Mechanical Eng):
• ME Department Comprehensive Periodic Evaluaon (CPE) Commiee, Member, Fall 2017.
• ME Department Faculty Promoon and Tenure Review Advisory Commiee (DFRAC), Member, Fall
2017.
• ME Department Faculty Promoon and Tenure Review Advisory Commiee (DFRAC), Chair, Acad Yr
2015-2016, Acad Yr 2016-2017.
• ME Faculty Search Commiee for Robocs/Manufacturing/Mechatronics, Chair, 2014–2015.
• ME Faculty Merit Review Commiee, 2014-2015.
• ME Financial Management System, Advisor to the Chair, 09/01/2012– 09/01/2013.
• ME Faculty Search Commiee for Energy, 09/01/2012– 05/2013.
• ME Graduate Programs Commiee, Chair, 09/01/2007 – 09/01/2012.
• ME Faculty Search Commiee for Manufacturing, Chair, 09/01/2011– 09/01/2012.
• Soware and PC Lab Cmmt, 09-12/2006.
• Faculty and Chair Search Cmmt, 10/2006 – 04/2007.
• ABET and Undergraduate Catalogue Cmmt, 10-12/2006.
College of Engineering (UTSA):
• Biomedical Engineering (BME) Department Comprehensive Periodic Evaluaon (CPE) Commiee,
Member, Fall 2017.
• College Faculty Review (Promoon/Tenure) Advisory Commiee (CFRAC), member, 09/20172020.
• College Faculty Review (Promoon/Tenure) Advisory Commiee (CFRAC), member,
09/30/20139/30/2014.
• College Faculty Development Leave Commiee, member, 09/30/2013-9/30/2015.
• COE Execuve Commiee (CECC), Member, 03/2012-05/2013.
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• Task Force for Graduaon and Retenon Rates in COE, 09/01/2012-12/15/2012.
• College Faculty Review (Promoon/Tenure) Advisory Commiee (CFRAC), member,
09/01/201212/15/2012.
• College of Eng – Graduate Programs Cmmt, 10/2006 – 10/2010.
• College of Eng – College Academic Policy and Curriculum Cmmt (undergrad), 10/2006 – 10/2010.
(As a Member of the CAPCC, I developed a proposal for an undergraduate program in Industrial
and Manufacturing Engineering in May 2009 per Dean Agrawal’s request. The proposal included a
detailed list of courses and comparison with other similar programs in the naon. CAPCC
recommended this program to the Dean for consideraon).
• College of Eng Strategic Plan (Oct-Dec 2007) – I have led the eort in revising the strategic plan and
rewring it in a new format.
University-level Commiees and Academy Memberships:
• Provost Council, 2019 – 2020.
• Deans Council, 2019 – 2020.
• Instuonal Audit Commiee, Member of the Task Force, 05/2019-07/2022.
• Presidenal Iniave on Student Success (with EAB as consultants), Member of the Task Force,
09/2017-2020.
• Presidenal Iniave on Strategic Enrollment (with RNL as consultants), Member of the Task Force,
09/2017-2020.
• Presidenal Iniave on Finance Budget Model: Incenvized Resource Management (Huron as
consultants), Member of the Steering Commiee, Member of the Task Force, 09/2017-2020.
• Presidenal Iniave on Research Excellence, Member of the Task Force, 01/2018-2020.
• Presidenal Iniave on Campus Master Plan, Member of the Task Force, 09/2018-2020
• Strategic Iniave on Data Governance and Integrity, Chair of the Task Force (Add sub-cmmt info),
01/2018-2020.
• Presidenal Iniave on Downtown Campus Expansion/Enhancement, Chair of the Curriculum
SubCommiee, 01/2018-2020.
• Presidenal Iniave on Prevenng Sexual Assault and Misconduct, Co-Chair of the Data
Governance and Reporng Commiee, 01/2019-2020.
• SACSCOC Rearmaon of Accreditaon 2020, Runs through my oce (Oce of Instuonal
Intelligence), 2017-2020.
• Construcon Project for School of Data Science and Naonal Security Collaboraon Center
(Downtown campus expansion), Member of the Steering Commiee, 09/2018-2020.
• Member of the President’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT), 9/2017 – 6/2019.
• Search Commiee for Communicaons Manager in the President’s Oce, Member, 3/20194/2019.
• Search Commiee for Vice President for Informaon Management and Technology (VPIMT), Chair,
7/1/2018-11/15/2018; Worked with Korn Ferry Internaonal (Recruitment Firm); Recruited Kendra
Ketchum.
• Search Commiee for Senior Vice Provost for Strategic Enrollment, Member, 02/2018-2020.
• Search Commiee for Asst Vice Provost for Business Intelligence, Member, 10/2018-1/2019.
• UTSA’s Strategic Planning UTSA Blueprint on President’s Cabinet, 03/2017 – 8/2017.
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• UTSA’s Strategic Planning Task Force for UTSA Blueprint, Eight people advising directly the
President on priories, strategies, and deployment based on collecve input from the campus,
05/2015-08/2017.
• UTSA Peopleso e-Forms Deployment Commiee, 05/2016 – 05/2017.
• UTSA Peopleso SciQuest Procurement Plaorm Deployment Project, Execuve Commiee,
09/2016 – 09/2017.
• Hiring Commiee for Associate Vice Provost for Financials in Provost Oce, 09/2016-12/2016.
• UTSA’s Strategic Planning Team for UTSA 2020 Blueprint, Focus Groups: 1) Enhance Business
Processes, 2) Increase Expenditures, 02/2015-09/2016.
• UTSA PeopleSo Task Force, 02/2015-09/2016: formed by President Romo to resolve immediate
PeopleSo issues at UTSA by working closely with the UT System and consultants.
• UTSA President’s Execuve Leadership Commiee (ELC), 09/2014-02/2017.
• UTSA PeopleSo Steering Commiee, Member, 08/2013-03/2016.
• UTSA Academy for Disnguished Teaching Scholars, Member, 01/2013–08/2022.
• UTSA Online Learning Steering Commiee, Member, 01/2013–02/2017.
• College of Business, Department of Management Science and Stascs, Faculty Search Commiee
for Cloud/Big data/Informacs/Healthcare, Member, 10/1/2015 – 5/1/2016.
• University Libraries Commiee, Member, 09/2012 – 08/2014.
• UTSA Graduate Council, Member, 09/2007-08/2018.
• UTSA Graduate Council Commiee on Graduate Programs and Courses, Chair, 09/2011-12/2012.
• UTSA Graduate Council Execuve Commiee, Member, 01/01/2012-12/15/2012.
• UTSA HOP (Handbook of Operang Procedures) Review/Revisions, 05/2007-05/2008.
University of Texas (UT) System Level Commiees:
• UT System “Roboc Process Automaon (RPA)” Operang Commiee, Member, (06/06/2019 –
2020)
• Chancellor’s Iniave on Long Range Financial Planning at Each Instuon, Member, (4/2/2019 –
2020)
• UT System Strategic Planning and Peer Selecon Task Force, Member, UTSA Representave
(10/15/2017 – 3030)
• UTShare PeopleSo Execuve Commiee, (02/2015-01/2016) This is the highest level commiee
at the UT System level making execuve decisions in regards to “Shared IT Services” (including
PeopleSo) at University of Texas instuons.
• UT System PeopleSo Task Force, (11/2014-01/2016) The goal is to nd soluons to common
PeopleSo issues. The Task Force includes UT-Arlington (Jeremy Forsberg, AVP-Research) and UTEl
Paso (Manuela Dokie, AVP-Research) in addion to UTSA (Can Saygin, AVP-Research). The eort
includes consultants from the Huron Consultants Group. Richard St. Onge (Assoc Vice Chancellor,
UT System) is coordinang the eort.
• UT System – PeopleSo Cost Analysis Commiee, (11/2015 – 01/2016)
• UT System – PeopleSo Business Process Alignment Commiee, (11/2015 – 01/2016)
• UT System-Level “Systems Engineering” Eort, (05/2014-2015) With a request from the UT System
through Michelle Atchison (Associate Vice Chancellor for Federal Relaons of the UT System), four
UT System universies (The University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Ausn, The
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University of Texas at El Paso, and The University of Texas at San Antonio) established the Systems
Engineering Advanced Research Group (SEARG) to be aliated with the naonal Systems
Engineering Research Center University Aliated Research Center (SERC-UARC) at the Stevens
Instute of Technology. While this was the inial basis, the intent and purpose has expanded to
foster collaboraon related to systems engineering research among UT System University
members regardless of the funding source. As the lead at UTSA, I coordinated the eorts to
establish this group and make it a formal consorum through an agreement signed by all four UT
campuses. SEARG will allow us to partner with each other at UT System level, as well as with other
SERC-UARC members in regards to systems engineering funding opportunies at Department of
Defense level.
• UT System Eort Cercaon and ECRT 4.5 Deployment Task Force, (08/2013-08/2015) Eleven UT
instuons are moving forward with deployment of ECRT 4.5 for Eort Cercaon. As the UTSA
lead, I have led the UT system-wide eort to map the current business processes and propose
future business processes to smooth transion into ECRT 4.5. Currently, the deployment/tesng
team includes UTSA, UT-Arlington, and UT-El Paso. The project is expected to be completed by the
end of January 2015.
Industry Outreach and Collaborave Eorts at San Antonio and state of Texas Levels Alamo
Manufacturing Partnership (AMP): The Alamo Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) is a Manufacturing
Community designated by the U.S. Department of Commerce in July 2015 under its Invesng in
Manufacturing Community Partnership (IMCP) program. I am the federal point of contact for the
AMP iniave. AMP co-led by the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and San Antonio
Manufacturers Associaon (SAMA). It covers an 8-county region in the San AntonioNew Braunfels
metro area and is focused on Transportaon and Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 336) sector,
which has its strengths in three major product lines: aerospace, motor vehicle and parts, and
heavy/industrial vehicles.
UTSA was the lead partner in this proposal eort for San Antonio and I led a team of
following consorum partners over a 4-month long (Dec 2013-March 2014) proposal development
eort with the following (alphabecal lisng): Alamo Colleges; Bexar County Economic
Development Department; Center for Advanced Manufacturing & Lean Systems
(UTSA); City of San Antonio Economic Development; City of Seguin Economic Development;
Instute of Economic Development (UTSA); San Antonio Economic Development Foundaon;
San Antonio Manufacturers Associaon; Southwest Research Instute; Texas Manufacturing
Assistance Center; Workforce Soluons Alamo. The eort was widely supported by the San
Antonio community, demonstrated by the support leers from: Judge Wol, SA Members of
Congress, BioMedSA, CPS Energy, Boerne Kendall County Econ Dev Corp, Free Trade Alliance SA,
HOLT CAT, Mayor Castro, ITM, Lockheed Marn, New Braunfels Mfg Assoc, North San Antonio
Chamber, Port San Antonio, SA2020, San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, SAWS, Schertz Econ
Dev, Toyota Motor Mfg Texas. In this round (2013-2014), we did not receive the designaon. In 2014-
2015, we went for a second me and this me, we were successful and received the manufacturing
community designaon in July 2015. Since then, I am heavily involved with the community with
emphasis on workforce development, manufacturing, and economic development.
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RESUME -- Academic
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. (1992-97) in Mechanical Engineering with Producon Engineering and Design emphasis,
Mechanical Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University (hp://www.metu.edu.tr),
Ankara, Turkey.
Dissertaon Title: “Development of a Structured Methodology for Flexible Manufacturing
Management Systems.” Advisor: Dr. S. Engin Kilic (Ph.D., UMIST, UK)
M.S. (1989-92) in Mechanical Engineering with Producon Engineering and Design emphasis, Mechanical
Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Thesis Title: “A Rule Based Approach for Sequencing Operaons for Rotaonal Components.” Advisor:
Dr. Hakki Eskicioglu (Ph.D., UMIST, UK)
B.S. (1985-89) in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department, Middle East Technical
University, Ankara, Turkey.
Areas of Research & Teaching Experse: Lean Manufacturing; Lean Systems; Manufacturing
Engineering; Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Automaon; Auto-ID Technologies; Shop Floor
Control; Computer Aided Process Planning & Scheduling; Prognoscs and Diagnoscs; K-12 STEM
Applicaons; Engineering Design-centric Project Based Learning.
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
09/2012 – 08/2022: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).
08/2006 – 09/2012: Associate Professor (tenured) of Mechanical Eng, UTSA.
09/2005 – 08/2006: Associate Professor (tenured), University of Missouri – Rolla (UMR*), Engineering
Management and Systems Engineering (EMSE) Department, Rolla, Missouri.
* Since 2008, UMR is MS&T “Missouri University of Science and Technology” 02/2000
– 09/2005: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), UMR, EMSE.
08/1999 – 02/2000: Lecturer, UMR, EMSE.
08/1998 – 08/1999: Vising Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, Mechanical, Industrial, and
Manufacturing Engineering Department (MIME), Toledo, Ohio.
09/1997 – 08/1998: Post-Doctoral Research Associate / Adjunct Faculty, University of Toledo, MIME,
Flexible Manufacturing Systems Laboratory (Director: Dr. F. Frank Chen), Toledo, Ohio.
1989-1997: Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant in Producon Engineering and Design, Mechanical Eng.
Dept., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
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AWARDS and HONORS
04/2013:
UTSA’s nominee for "U.S. Professor of the Year,” Carnegie Foundaon for the
Advancement of Teaching (did not win).
08/2012:
"The University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award 2012,” The
University of Texas – San Antonio.
Oered annually in recognion of faculty members at the nine academic and six health
University of Texas System instuons who have demonstrated extraordinary classroom
performance and innovaon in undergraduate instrucon, the Regents' Outstanding
Teaching Awards are the Board of Regents' highest honor. The Regents' Outstanding
Teaching Awards are among the largest in the naon for rewarding outstanding faculty
performance. Given the depth and breadth of talent across the UT System, the awards
program is likewise one of the naon's most compeve.
04/2011:
"UTSA 2011 President’s Disnguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence”,
The University of Texas – San Antonio.
04/2010:
"2009 College of Engineering - Excellence in Teaching Award”, The University of Texas –
San Antonio.
04/2005:
"Bernard Sarchet Honorary Award" in recognion of outstanding achievements in
Engineering Management, University of Missouri – Rolla.
06/2004:
“the Wiz award” by the ASEE Manufacturing Engineering Division for developing and
implemenng a Web-based conference paper review process for the Annual ASEE
Conferences.
09/2001:
“Faculty Performance Shares Award” for eorts in student recruitment and retenon,
University of Missouri – Rolla.
1997 – 1998: NSF and US Air Force Research Lab., 12 months vising researcher posion at the Flexible
Manufacturing Systems Laboratory (NSF/DMI-9629152, PI: Dr. F. Frank Chen), University of
Toledo, Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Toledo, Ohio.
1995: North Atlanc Treaty Organizaon (NATO) Scholarship, Granng Agency: Scienc and
Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Vising Researcher at the Instute of
Informaon Technology, University of Miskolc, Shop Floor Control, Miskolc, Hungary.
Research Topics: CIM, Scheduling and FMS, MAP/MMS, Applicaons, PLC Programming.
RESEARCH
Click on links to see publicaons:
hps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4728-996X Scopus Author ID: 56091035900
Journal Publicaons:
1. ZARREH, A., LEE, Y., AL JANAHI, R., WAN, H., and SAYGIN, C., “Cyber-Physical Security Evaluaon in
Manufacturing Systems with a Bayesian Game Model”, Procedia Manufacturing, Elsevier, Vol.51,
pp.1158-1165, 2020. hps://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.163
2. SAYGIN, C., “KPIs Drive Strategic Planning and Execuon”, Planning for Higher Educaon Journal, Vol.47,
No.4, July-September 2019.
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ogleScholar&asid=7160de69
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3. ZARREH, A., WAN, H., LEE, Y., SAYGIN, C., and AL JANAHI, R., “Risk Assessment for Cyber Security of
Manufacturing Systems: A Game Theory Approach”, Procedia Manufacturing, Elsevier, Vol.38, pp.605-
612, 2019. hps://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.01.077
4. ZARREH, A., WAN, H., LEE, Y., SAYGIN, C., and AL JANAHI, R., “Cyber-Security Concerns for Total
Producve Maintenance in Smart Manufacturing Systems”, Procedia Manufacturing, Elsevier,
Vol.38, pp.532-539, 2019. hps://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.01.067
5. ZARREH, A., SAYGIN, C., WAN, H., LEE, Y., and BRACHO, A., “A Game Theory Based Cybersecurity
Assessment Model for Advanced Manufacturing Systems”, Procedia Manufacturing, Elsevier,
Vol.26, pp.1255–1264, 2018. hps://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2018.07.162
6. ZARREH, A., SAYGIN, C., WAN, H., LEE, Y., BRACHO, A, and NIE, L., “Cybersecurity Analysis of Smart
Manufacturing Systems Using Game Theory Approach and Quantal Response Equilibrium”, Procedia
Manufacturing, Elsevier, Special Issue based on 28
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Int Conf on Flexible Automaon and Intelligent
Manufacturing (FAIM) 2018, Vol.17, pp.1001-1008, 2018. hps://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2018.10.087
7. BRACHO, A., SAYGIN, C., WAN, H., LEE, Y., and ZARREH, A, “A Simulaon-based Plaorm for Assessing the
Impact of Cyber-threats on Smart Manufacturing Systems”, Procedia Manufacturing, Elsevier, Vol.26,
pp.1116–1127, 2018. hps://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2018.07.148
8. SCHMIDT, S., SHAY, L., SAYGIN, C., WAN, H., SCHULZ, K., CLARK, R., and SHIREMAN, P.K. “Improving
Pilot Project Applicaon and Review Processes: A Novel Applicaon of Lean Six Sigma in
Translaonal Science”, Journal of Clinical and Translaonal Science, Vol.2, No.3, pp.135-138, June 2018.
hp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2018.30
9. SCHMIDT, S., GOROS, M., PARSONS, H.M., SAYGIN, C., WAN, H., SHIREMAN, P.K., and GELFOND, J.,
“Improving Iniaon and Tracking of Research Projects at an Academic Health Center: A Case Study”,
Evaluaon & the Health Professions, Vol.40, No.3, pp.372-379, 2017.
hps://doi.org/10.1177/0163278716669793
10. WANG, N., SUN, S., CAI, Z., ZHANG, S., and SAYGIN, C., “A Hidden Semi-Markov Model with Duraon-
Dependent State Transion Probabilies for Prognoscs”, Mathemacal Problems in
Engineering, Vol.2014, Arcle ID 632702, 10 pages, Special Issue “High-Performance Compung
Strategies for Complex Engineering Opmizaon Problems”, Guest Editors: Gongnan Xie, Massimo
Scalia, Masoud Rokni, Balaji Raghavan, and Manyu Xiao, 2014. hps://doi.org/10.1155/2014/632702
11. AKOPIAN, D., MELKONYAN, A., GOLGANI, S.C., YUEN, T.T., and SAYGIN, C., "A Template-Based Short
Course Concept on Android Applicaon Development", Journal of Informaon Technology
Educaon: Innovaons in Pracce, Vol.12, pp.13-28, 2013. hps://doi.org/10.28945/1764
12. WANG, N., SAYGIN, C., and SUN, S., “Impact of Mahalanobis Space Construcon on Eecveness of
Mahalanobis-Taguchi System”, Internaonal Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering,
Vol.13, No.2, pp.233-249, 2013. hps://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJISE.2013.051794
13. SAYGIN, C. and GULERYUZ, B., “Impact of Radio Frequency Idencaon on Life Cycle Engineering”,
Chapter 33 in Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering and Intelligent Systems (Editors: Sio-long Ao and
Len Gelman)”, Vol.130, pp.403-413, 2013. hps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2317-1_33
14. YUEN, T.T., SAYGIN, C., SHIPLEY, H., WAN, H., and AKOPIAN, D., “Factors that Inuence Students to Major
in Engineering”, Internaonal Journal of Engineering Educaon, Vol.28, No.4, pp. 932–938, 2012.
15. HONGAN, Y., SUN, Q., SAYGIN, C., and SUN, S., “Job Shop Scheduling Based on Earliness and Tardiness
Penales with Due Dates and Deadlines: An Enhanced Genec Algorithm”, Internaonal Journal of
Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.61, No.5-8, pp.657-666, 2012.
hps://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-011-3746-z
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16. HALL, D. and SAYGIN, C., “Impact of Informaon Sharing on Supply Chain Performance”, Internaonal
Journal of Adv Mfg Technology, Vol.58, No.1, pp.397-409, 2012. hps://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-011-
3389-0
17. SAYGIN, C. and TAMMA, S., “RFID-enabled Shared Resource Management for Aerospace Maintenance
Operaons: A Dynamic Resource Allocaon Model”, Internaonal Journal of Computer Integrated
Manufacturing, Vol.25, No.1, pp.100-111, 2012. hps://doi.org/10.1080/0951192X.2010.551784
18. HUANG, G.Q., SAYGIN, C., and DAI, Q.Y., “Special Issue on RFID-Enabled Manufacturing: Insights and
Lessons from Industry Cases”, Editorial, Internaonal Journal of Computer Integrated
Manufacturing, Vol.25, 2012. hps://doi.org/10.1080/0951192X.2011.625232
19. SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., SARANGAPANI, J., and SAYGIN, C., “Mahalanobis Taguchi System (MTS) as a Mul
Sensor Based Decision Making Prognoscs Tool for Centrifugal Pump Failures”, IEEE Transacons on
Reliability, Vol.60, No.4, pp.864-878, December 2011. hps://doi.org/10.1109/tr.2011.2170255
20. SAYGIN, C. and SARANGAPANI, J., “Radio Frequency Idencaon (RFID) Enabling Lean Manufacturing”,
Internaonal Journal of Manufacturing Research, Vol.6, No.4, 2011.
hps://doi.org/10.1504/ijmr.2011.043234
21. SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., SARANGAPANI, J., and SAYGIN, C., “Mahalanobis Taguchi System (MTS) as a
Prognoscs Tool for Rolling Element Bearing Failures”, ASME Transacons – Journal of
Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol.132, No.5, DOI:10.1115/1.4002545, pp.051014-1/12,
October 2010. hps://doi.org/10.1115/1.4002545
22. SAYGIN, C. and NATARAJAN, B., “RFID-based Baggage Handling System Design”, Sensor Review Journal,
Vol.30, No.4, pp. 324-335, 2010. hps://doi.org/10.1108/02602281011072215
23. SAYGIN, C., MOHAN, D., SARANGAPANI, J., “Real-Time Detecon of Grip Length during Fastening of
Bolted Joints: A Mahalanobis-Taguchi System (MTS) based Approach”, Journal of Intelligent
Manufacturing, Vol.21, No.4, pp.377-392, 2010. hps://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-008-0186-1
24. ANGUSWAMY, R., SAYGIN, C., and SARANGAPANI, J., “In-Process Detecon of Fastener Grip Length Using
Embedded Mobile Wireless Sensor Network-based Pull-type Tools”, Internaonal Journal of
Manufacturing Research: Special Issue on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Vol.4, No.2, pp.154-
170, 2009. hps://doi.org/10.1504/ijmr.2009.024535
25. BUYURGAN, N. and SAYGIN, C., “Applicaon of Analycal Hierarchy Process for Real-Time Scheduling
and Part Roung in Advanced Manufacturing Systems”, Journal of Manufacturing
Systems, Vol.27, No.3, pp.101-110, 2008. hps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2008.08.002
26. WAN, H., CHEN, F.F., and SAYGIN, C., “Simulaon and Training for Lean Implementaon Using Webbased
Technology”, Internaonal Journal of Services, Operaons, and Informacs, Vol.3, No.1, pp.1-14, 2008.
hps://doi.org/10.1504/ijsoi.2008.017701
27. GRASMAN, S.E., BELARBI, A., SAYGIN, C., and BAGHLI, A., “An Educaonal Partnership to Establish
Engineering/Construcon Management Graduate Programs in Algeria”, Journal of Professional Issues in
Engineering Educaon and Pracce (ASCE), Vol.134, No.4, pp.353-358, 2008.
hps://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)1052-3928(2008)134:4(353
28. MOHAN, D., SAYGIN, C., SARANGAPANI, J., “Real-me Detecon of Grip Length Deviaon during Pull-
type Fastening: A Mahalanobis-Taguchi System (MTS) based Approach”, Internaonal Journal of
Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.39, No.9-10, pp.995-1008, 2008.
hps://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-007-1280-9
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29. MEYYAPPAN, L., SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., SAYGIN, C., and DAGLI, C.H., “A Wasp-Based Control Model for
Real-Time Roung of Parts in a Flexible Manufacturing System”, Internaonal Journal of Computer
Integrated Manufacturing, Vol.21, No.3, pp.259-268, April 2008.
hps://doi.org/10.1080/09511920701268874
30. MEYYAPPAN, L., SAYGIN, C., and DAGLI, C., “Real-Time Roung in Flexible Flow Shops: A SelfAdapve
Swarm-Based Control Model”, Internaonal Journal of Producon Research, Vol.45,
No.21, pp.5157-5172, 2007. hps://doi.org/10.1080/00207540600871277
31. MILLS-HARRIS, M.D., SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., and SAYGIN, C., “Adapve Inventory Management Using
RFID Data”, Internaonal Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.32, pp.1045-1051,
2007. hps://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-006-0616-1
32. BUYURGAN, N., MEYYAPPAN, L., SAYGIN, C., DAGLI, C.H., “Real-me Roung Selecon for Automated
Guided Vehicles in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Journal of Manufacturing Technology
Management, Vol.18, No.2, pp.169-181, 2007. hps://doi.org/10.1108/17410380710722881
33. CHA, K., ZAWODNIOK, M., RAMACHANDRAN, A., SARANGAPANI, J., and SAYGIN, C., “Interference
Migaon and Read-Rate Improvement in RFID-based Network-Centric Environments”, Journal of
Sensor Review, Vol.26, No.4, pp.318-325, 2006. hps://doi.org/10.1108/02602280610692033
34. SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., ZAWODNIOK, M.J., CHA, K., HALL, D., BIRT, J., SAYGIN, C., and SARANGAPANI, J., “A
Testbed Architecture for Auto-ID Technologies”, Assembly Automaon, Vol.26, No.2, pp.127136, 2006.
hps://doi.org/10.1108/01445150610658112
35. SAMPATH, K., SAYGIN, C., GRASMAN, S.E., and LEU, M.C., “Impact of Reputaon Informaon Sharing in
an Aucon-based Job Allocaon Model for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises”, Internaonal Journal
of Producon Research, Vol.44, No.9, pp.1777-1798, 2006.
hps://doi.org/10.1080/00207540500410051
36. AKCORA, E., GRASMAN, S.E., and SAYGIN, C., “A Job Shop Scheduling Heurisc for Varying Reward
Structures”, Mathemacal and Computer Modelling, Vol.42, pp.1163-1174, 2005.
hps://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcm.2005.09.021
37. BAJAJ, G., SAYGIN, C., GRASMAN, S.E., and LEU, M.C., “Performance Evaluaon of an Aucon-Based Job
Allocaon Model for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises”, Internaonal Journal of
Networking and Virtual Organizaons, Special Issue on Organising Collaborave Supply Chains and
Networks (Editor: Agosno Villa), Vol.2, No.2, pp.202-219, 2006.
hps://doi.org/10.1504/ijnvo.2006.009535
38. BUYURGAN, N. and SAYGIN, C., “An Integrated Control Framework for Flexible Manufacturing
Systems”, Internaonal Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 27, pp.1248–1259,
2006. hps://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-004-2311-4
39. GRASMAN, S.E., SAYGIN, C. and NAJM, M., “Computer-Simulated Enterprise Management Educaonal
Environment”, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovave Educaon, Vol.3, No.1, Spring 2005.
40. SARI, Z., SAYGIN, C., and GHOUALI, N., “Travel-Time Models for Flow-Rack Automated Storage and
Retrieval Systems”, Internaonal Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.25, No.9-
10, pp.979-987, 2005. hps://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-003-1932-3
41. SAYGIN, C. and KILIC, S.E., “Dissimilarity Maximizaon Method for Real-me Roung of Parts in Random
Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Internaonal Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol.16, No.2,
pp.169-182, April 2004. hps://doi.org/10.1023/b:ex.0000044839.27404.92
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42. SIWAMOGSATHAM, T. and SAYGIN, C., “Aucon-based Distributed Scheduling Scheme for Flexible
Manufacturing Systems”, Internaonal Journal of Producon Research, Vol.42, No.3, pp.547-572, 2004.
hps://doi.org/10.1080/00207540310001613683
43. SAYGIN, C. and KAHRAMAN, F., “A Web-Based Programmable Logic Controller Laboratory for
Manufacturing Engineering Educaon”, Internaonal Journal of Advanced Manufacturing
Technology, Vol.24, No.7, pp.590-598, 2004. hps://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-003-1787-7
44. BUYURGAN, N., SAYGIN, C., and KILIC, S.E., “Tool Allocaon in Flexible Manufacturing Systems with
Tool Alternaves”, Robocs and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol.20, No.4, pp.341-349, 2004.
hps://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2004.01.001
45. SAYGIN, C., CHEN, F.F., and SINGH, J., “Real-me Manipulaon of Alternate Roungs in Flexible
Manufacturing Systems: A Simulaon Study”, Internaonal Journal of Advanced Manufacturing
Technology, Vol.18, No.10, pp.755-763, 2001. hps://doi.org/10.1007/s001700170019
46. CHEN, F.F. and SAYGIN, C., “A Laboratory Infrastructure for Flexible Automaon and Integrated
Manufacturing Research”, Internaonal Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Vol.1,
No.2, pp.173-184, 2000. hps://doi.org/10.1504/ijmtm.2000.001337
47. SAYGIN, C. and KILIC, S.E., “Integrang Flexible Process Plans with Scheduling in Flexible
Manufacturing Systems”, Internaonal Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.15, No.4,
pp.268-280, 1999. hps://doi.org/10.1007/s001700050066
Book Chapters:
1. ZAWODNIOK, M., SARANGAPANI, J., SAYGIN, C., SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., “RFID-Based Asset
Management of Time and Temperature Sensive Materials”, from Engineering Asset Management
2011 conference, Chapter 48 in Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Editors: Lee J., Ni J.,
Sarangapani J., Mathew J., Springer, London, 2014. hps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4993-4_48
2. SARANGAPANI, J., SAYGIN, C., and ZAWODNIOK, M., "Condion-based Monitoring of a Centrifugal Pump
Using Mahalanobis-Taguchi System", from Engineering Asset Management 2011 conference,
Chapter 53 in Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Editors: Lee J., Ni J., Sarangapani J., Mathew
J., Springer, London, 2014. hps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4993-4_53
3. GRASMAN, S.E., CALLAWAY, V., SAYGIN, C., JANG, W., and ROZENFELD, H., “Development and
Implementaon of an Enterprise Learning Architecture for Collaborave Learning” in
TechnologyEnhanced Systems and Tools for Collaborave Learning Scaolding, Editors: Thanasis
Daradoumis, San Caballé, Angel Juan and Fatos Xhafa, Springer, Vol.350, pp.47-67, 2011.
hps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19814-4_3
4. SAYGIN, C., SARANGAPANI, J., and GRASMAN, S.E., “A Systems Approach to Viable RFID
Implementaon in the Supply Chain” in Trends in Supply Chain Design and Management: Technologies
and Methodologies, Editors: Hosang Jung, F. Frank Chen, and Bongju Jeong, Springer, pp.3-27, 2007,
ISBN 978-1-84628-606-3.
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
Conference Papers (full paper refereed):
1. ZARREH, A., WAN, H., LEE, Y., SAYGIN, C., and AL JANAHI, R., “Cyber-Security Concerns for Total
Producve Maintenance in Smart Manufacturing Systems”, 29th Internaonal Conference on Flexible
Automaon and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM) 2019.
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2. ZARREH, A., WAN, H., LEE, Y., SAYGIN, C., and AL JANAHI, R., “Risk Assessment for Cyber Security of
Manufacturing Systems: A Game Theory Approach”, 29th Internaonal Conference on Flexible
Automaon and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM) 2019.
3. BRACHO AVILA, A., SAYGIN, C., WAN, H., LEE, Y., ZARREH, A., “A Simulaon-Based Plaorm for
Assessing the Impact of Cyber-Threats on Smart Manufacturing Systems”, North American
Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), June 18-22, College Staon, Texas, 2018.
4. ZARREH, A., SAYGIN, C., WAN, H., LEE, Y., BRACHO AVILA, A., “A Game Theory Based Cybersecurity
Assessment Model for Advanced Manufacturing Systems”, North American Manufacturing Research
Conference (NAMRC), June 18-22, College Staon, Texas, 2018.
5. ZARREH, A., SAYGIN, C., WAN, H., LEE, Y., BRACHO AVILA, A., “Cybersecurity in Cyber-Physical
Manufacturing Systems: Survey of Literature”, 28th Internaonal Conference on Flexible Automaon
and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), June 10-14, Columbus, Ohio, 2018.
6. ZARREH, A., SAYGIN, C., WAN, H., LEE, Y., BRACHO AVILA, A., “Cybersecurity Analysis of Smart
Manufacturing System Using Game Theory Approach and Quantal Response Equilibrium”, 28th
Internaonal Conference on Flexible Automaon and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), June 1014,
Columbus, Ohio, 2018.
7. BONNER, E., CHAVEZ, O., CARMONA, G., ZUFLACHT, M. A., SAYGIN, C., & TRAVIS, B., “The South Texas
STEM Center: A Collaborave Approach to Professional Development”, 20
th
Annual Meeng of the
Associaon of Mathemacs Teacher Educators (AMTE), Irvine, California, January 28-30, 2016.
8. BONNER, E. P., CARMONA, G., CHAVEZ, O., ZUFLACHT, M., SAYGIN, C., & TRAVIS, B., “Empowering
Teacher Leaders through Innovave Professional Development: The South Texas STEM Center”, 2016
Annual Naonal Council of Supervisors of Mathemacs (NCSM) Conference, Oakland, California,
April 11-13, 2016.
9. CHAVEZ, O., BONNER, E. P., CARMONA, G., ZUFLACHT, M., TRAVIS, B. & SAYGIN, C., “South Texas STEM
Center: An Innovave Experience in Teacher Development”, 2016 American Educaon Research
Associaon (AERA) Annual Meeng, Washington, DC., April 8, 2016.
10. BONNER, E., SAYGIN, C., ZUFLACHT, M. A., CHAVEZ, O., CARMONA, G., and TRAVIS, B., “Developing
STEM Educators through Project-Based Instrucon”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeng of the School
Science and Mathemacs Associaon, October 29-31, 2015, Oklahoma City, OK.
11. SAYGIN, C., BONNER, E., TRAVIS, B., CHAVEZ, O., and CARMONA, G., "Project Based Learning: An
Engineering Design Centered Model", World Scienc and Engineering Academy and Society
(WSEAS), 11
th
Internaonal Conference on Engineering Educaon (EDUCATION’15), pp.41-46 (ISBN
978-1-61804-312-2) June 27-29, 2015, Salerno, Italy.
12. WAN, H, SAYGIN, C., ALAEDDINI, A., and CASTILLO, K., "Lean Perspecves of Maintenance in HighSpeed
Prinng Industry", Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), Instute of
Industrial Engineers (IIE) Annual Conference and Expo, May 30-June 2, 2015, Nashville, Tennessee.
13. SAYGIN, C., YUEN, T., SHIPLEY, H., WAN, H., and AKOPIAN, D., "Design, Development, and
Implementaon of Educaonal Robocs Acvies for K-12 Students", Paper#: AC 2012-3021, 2012
ASEE Annual Conference & Exposion, June 10-13, 2012, San Antonio, Texas.
14. CHANDANA, B., ESFAHANIAN, M, AKOPIAN, D., and SAYGIN, C., “Template–Based Image Processing
Toolkit for Android Phones”, Paper#: AC2012-3546, 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposion, June
10-13, 2012, San Antonio, Texas.
15. JAGANNATHAN, S., SAYGIN, C., and ZAWODNIOK, M., "Condion-based Monitoring of a Centrifugal
Pump Using Mahalanobis-Taguchi System", The Sixth World Congress on Engineering Asset
Management WCEAM 2011, October 2-5, 2011, Cincinna, Ohio.
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16. ZAWODNIOK, M., JAGANNATHAN, S., SAYGIN, C., and SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., "RFID-based Asset
Management of Time and Temperature Sensive Materials", The Sixth World Congress on Engineering
Asset Management WCEAM 2011, October 2-5, 2011, Cincinna, Ohio.
17. SAYGIN, C. and GULERYUZ, B., “Impact of Radio Frequency Idencaon (RFID) on Life cycle
Engineering”, World Congress on Engineering (WCE 2011): Internaonal Conference of
Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management, July 6-8, 2011, London, UK, pp.855-860.
18. SAYGIN, C. and NATARAJAN, B., “RFID Deployment at an Airport: A Simulaon Study”, MATADOR
2010 (Manufacturing, Automaon and Systems, Technology Applicaons, Design, and
Organizaon and Management Research), Proceedings of the 36
th
Internaonal MATADOR Conference,
Editors S. Hinduja and L. Li, pp. 139-142, July 14-16, 2010, Manchester, UK. hps://doi.org/10.1007/978-
1-84996-432-6_32
19. SAYGIN, C. and SARANGAPANI, J., “Radio Frequency Idencaon (RFID) in Manufacturing
Enterprises: From Data to Informaon”, FAIM 2009 (Flexible Automaon and Intelligent
Manufacturing) 19
th
Internaonal Conference, July 6-8, 2009, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough,
UK.
20. ANGUSWAMY, R., BIRT, J., SAYGIN, C., and SARANGAPANI, J. “In-Process Detecon of Fastener Grip
Length Using Embedded Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks”, 2007 ASME Internaonal Mechanical
Engineering Congress and Exposion (IMECE), Seale, Washington, November 10-16, 2007.
hps://doi.org/10.1115/imece2007-41648
21. MOHAN, D., BIRT, J., SAYGIN, C., and JAGANNATHAN, S., “Real-me Process Quality Monitoring Using
Wireless Sensor-embedded Rotary Tools for Fastening Operaons”, 2007 ASME Internaonal
Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposion (IMECE), Seale, Washington, November 10-16, 2007.
hps://doi.org/10.1115/imece2007-41647
22. WAN, H.-D., CHEN, F.F., and SAYGIN, C., “Web-based Lean Simulaon and Training”, 17th Internaonal
Conference on Flexible Automaon and Intelligent Manufacturing (2007 FAIM), Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, pp. 1020-1027, June 18-20, 2007.
23. SARI, B., SEN, T., KILIC, S.E., and SAYGIN, C., “An Architecture for Formaon of Dynamic Virtual
Enterprises”, 12th Internaonal Conference on Machine Design and Producon (UMTIK-2006), May 5-
8, 2006, Izmir, Turkey.
24. SAYGIN, C. and SARANGAPANI, J. “RFID on the Manufacturing Shop Floor: Applicaons and Challenges”,
Invited Session on RFID, Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC), May 20-24, 2006,
Orlando, Florida.
25. MILLS-HARRIS, M.D., SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., and SAYGIN, C., “RFID Data-based Inventory Management of
Time-Sensive Materials”, The 31
st
Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
(IECON’05), Special Session: Integrated Manufacturing and Service Systems, Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov
6-10, 2005. hps://doi.org/10.1109/iecon.2005.1569262
26. MEYYAPPAN, L., BUYURGAN, N., DAGLI, C.H., and SAYGIN, C., “Intelligent Path Planning and Scheduling
for Automated Guided Vehicles using Evoluonary Algorithms”, ANNIE 2004, November 7-10, St.Louis,
Missouri.
27. SAYGIN, C., “A Manufacturing Laboratory for Integrated Hands-on Applicaons”, 2004 ASEE Annual
Conference, Paper#1669/Session#3263, June 20-23, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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28. , C., GRASMAN, S.E., NAJM, M., JANG, W., and ROZENFELD, H., “E-Warehouse: A Framework for E-
Business Learning”, Proceedings of the 24
th
ASEM Naonal Conference, St.Louis, pp.617-620, Oct
15-18, 2003.
29. ROZENFELD, H., NAJM, M., SAYGIN, C., GRASMAN, S.E., “Product Life Cycle Management in the
EWarehouse Learning Framework”, Proceedings of the 24
th
ASEM Naonal Conference, St.Louis,
pp.620-628, Oct 15-18, 2003.
30. MILLER, J., ELLER, V.M., SAYGIN, C., and GRASMAN, S.E., “A Learning Pillar Management
Environment for E-Warehouse”, Proceedings of the 24
th
ASEM Naonal Conference, St.Louis,
pp.634-637, Oct 15-18, 2003.
31. BELARBI, A., GRASMAN, S., and SAYGIN, C., “An Educaonal Partnership Between the US and
Algeria”, 38
th
ASEE Midwest Secon Meeng, September 10-12, 2003, Rolla, Missouri.
32. SAYGIN, C., “A Generic Architecture for Web-Based Manufacturing”, 2003 ASEE Annual Conference,
Paper#1231/Session#2463, June 22-25, 2003, Nashville, Tennessee.
33. GRASMAN, S., SAYGIN, C., DOW, B.L., KLUCZNY, R.M., and NAJM, M. “A Virtual Environment for
Enterprise Engineering Educaon”, 2003 ASEE Annual Conference, Paper#1490/Session#2242, June
22-25, 2003, Nashville, Tennessee.
34. SAYGIN, C. and BAJAJ, G., “Integrang Shop Floor with the Enterprise: An Informaon Flow
Perspecve”, ASEM-2002, Proceedings of the 23
rd
ASEM Naonal Conference: The Role of
Engineering Management in a Global Economy, pp. 612-617, October 2-5, Tampa, Florida.
35. DOW, D., GRASMAN, S. and SAYGIN, C., “Computer Simulated Enterprise Management”, ASEM2002,
Proceedings of the 23
rd
ASEM Naonal Conference: The Role of Engineering Management in a Global
Economy, pp. 250-254, October 2-5, Tampa, Florida.
36. SAYGIN, C., SIWAMOGSATHAM, T., and BUYURGAN, N., “A Laboratory Environment for
Manufacturing Systems Educaon: Integrated Systems Facility”, 36
th
American Society for
Engineering Educaon (ASEE) Midwest Secon Conference, March 7-9, 2001.
37. SAYGIN, C., BUYURGAN, N., and SIWAMOGSATHAM, T., “Creang an Interacve Learning
Environment for Distance Educaon in Integrated Manufacturing Systems: A Web-based Approach”,
36
th
American Society for Engineering Educaon (ASEE) Midwest Secon Conference, March 7-9,
2001.
38. SAYGIN, C. and DAGLI, C.H., “Development of an Intelligent Roboc Controller: An Industrial Robot
Playing Tic-Tac-Toe Against a Human Opponent”, 16
th
Internaonal Conference on Producon
Research, paper # 0446, July 30 – Aug 3, 2001, Prague, Czech Republic.
39. SAYGIN, C., “On Flexibility Aspects of Computer Aided Process Planning”, 2000 Japan-USA
Symposium on Flexible Automaon, paper # 13199, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, July 23-26,
2000.
40. SAYGIN, C., “Dissimilarity Maximizaon Method: An Algorithm for Alternate Roung Selecon in
Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Proceedings of the Group Technology/Cellular Manufacturing
World Symposium – Year 2000, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 27-29, 2000, pp.221-226.
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41. CHEN, F.F., SAYGIN, C. and DISMUKES, J.P., “Concurrent Product, Processes and Manufacturing
System Design: The Imperave Strategy for the 21st Century Manufacturing”, 1998 Japan-USA
Symposium on Flexible Automaon (JUSFA), Japan, July 13-15, 1998.
42. KILIC, S.E. and SAYGIN, C., “Shop Floor Manipulaon of Alternave Operaon Plans”, Proceedings of
the REMAPHOS (EUREKA - FACTORY Project, EU-1584) Second Working Group Meeng, Russia,
1819 March 1998.
43. KILIC, S.E. and SAYGIN, C., “On Changing Manufacturing Paradigms: From Strict Hierarchies to
Holonic Organisaons”, Proceedings of the REMAPHOS (EUREKA - FACTORY Project, EU-1584) First
Working Group Meeng, pp.1-14, Ankara, Turkey, 9-10 September 1996.
44. SAYGIN, C., UNVER, O., ANLAGAN, O. and KILIC, S.E., “A Reference Architecture For a Generic
Manufacturing Cell Controller”, Proceedings of The 7th Internaonal Machine Design and
Producon Conference, Ankara, Turkey, pp.133-143, 11-13 September 1996.
45. SAYGIN, C. and KILIC, S.E., “Restructuring of Hierarchical Manufacturing Systems Through Holonic
Manufacturing Paradigm”, Proceedings of The 7th Internaonal Machine Design and Producon
Conference, Ankara, Turkey, pp.145-154, 11-13 September 1996.
46. UNVER, O., SAYGIN, C., ANLAGAN, O. and KILIC, S.E., “Design of an FMS Controller: An
ObjectOriented Approach”, Proceedings of the 2nd Internaonal Conference on Applicaon of
Fuzzy Systems and So Compung ICAFS`96, Siegen, Germany, pp.348-357, 25-27 June 1996.
47. SAYGIN, C., UNVER, O., KILIC, S.E. and ANLAGAN, O., “A Pilot CIM Implementaon for Educaonal
Purposes: METUCIM”, Proceedings of the 2nd Internaonal Conference on Applicaon of Fuzzy
Systems and So Compung ICAFS`96, Siegen, Germany, pp.155-164, 25-27 June1996.
48. SAYGIN, C., KILIC, S.E., TOTH, T. and ERDELYI, F., “On Scheduling Approaches of Flexible
Manufacturing Systems: Gap Between Theory and Pracce”, Preprints of The 3rd IFAC/IFIP/IFORS
Workshop - Intelligent Manufacturing Systems`95 (IMS`95), Bucharest, Romania, Vol. 1, pp.79-84,
24-26 October 1995.
49. SAYGIN, C. and ESKICIOGLU, H., “Problem Solving Strategy and Representaon of Knowledge in
Process Planning”, Proceedings of The ELITE - EUFIT'95 Conference, Aachen, Germany, Vol.3,
pp.1764-1768, August 1995.
50. SHAFIQ, M.S., SAYGIN, C. and ESKICIOGLU, H., “Donel Parcalar icin Nesneye Yonelik bir Urun
Modelleme Sistemi”, Proceedings of The 6th Internaonal Machine Design and Producon
Conference, Ankara, Turkey, pp.13-19, September 1994 (in Turkish).
51. SHAFIQ, M.S., SAYGIN, C. and ESKICIOGLU, H., “A Frame-Based Object Oriented Product Modelling
System for Rotaonal Components”, Preprints of The 2nd IFAC/IFIP/IFORS Workshop - Intelligent
Manufacturing Systems`94 (IMS`94), Vienna, Austria, pp.133-136, June 1994.
52. SAYGIN, C. and ESKICIOGLU, H., “Integrated Rule-Based Process Planning System for Rotaonal
Components”, Proceedings of the Internaonal Conference on Engineering Sowares ICES`93,
Staordshire University, UK, pp.2-9, September 1993.
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1. Schmidt, S., Shay, L.A., Saygin, C., Wan, H., Shireman, P.K., Clark, R.A. (2018) “Improving pilot project
applicaon and review processes: A novel applicaon of Lean Six Sigma in translaonal science,”
Associaon for Clinical and Translaonal Science (ACTS) Annual Conference, April 19-21,
Washington, DC., 2018.
2. SCHMIDT, S., SHAY, L.A., SAYGIN, C., WAN, H.-D., SHIREMAN, P.K., BALLI, V.S., and CLARK, R.A.,
“Improving Pilot Project Applicaon and Review Process: A Novel Applicaon of Lean Six Sigma in
Translaonal Science”, Annual Meeng of the American Evaluaon Associaon: Evaluaon 2017,
Washington, DC, November 6-11, 2017.
3. BONNER, E.P., CHAVEZ, O., CARMONA, G., ZUFLACHT, M., SAYGIN, C., and Travis, B., “The South Texas
STEM Center for Professional Learning: An Innovave Approach to Teacher Development”, Naonal
Science and Mathemacs Teacher Imperave (SMTI) Meeng, June 3-4, 2015, New Orleans, LA.
4. SAYGIN, C., “Digital Factory: An Eecve Learning Plaorm for Manufacturing Engineering
Educaon”, Manufacturing Educaon Transformaon Summit, Ausn, Texas, Jun 18-19, 2009.
5. SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., ZAWODNIOK, M.J., SARANGAPANI, J., and SAYGIN, C., “Missouri S&T Mote and
RFID-based Component Remaining Life Assessment”, (A Demo paper) 2008 Internaonal Conference
on Informaon Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), St. Louis, Missouri, April 22-24, 2008.
6. , C. and SARANGAPANI, J., “RFID in Manufacturing: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”, 18
th
Producon
and Operaons Management Society (POMS) 2007 Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 4-7,
2007.
7. SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., BIRT, J.T., SAYGIN, C., SARANGAPANI, J., TRIMBLE, D., and ROUSE, C., “Auto-ID
Technologies and Soluons for Aerospace Manufacturing”, AEROMAT’05, Orlando, Florida, June 6-9,
2005.
8. MILLS-HARRIS, M.D., SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., SAYGIN, C., ETZKORN, K.M., and FREEMAN, P., “Adapve
Inventory Management for Cost Reducon in Network-Centric Manufacturing Environments”,
AEROMAT’05, Orlando, Florida, June 6-9, 2005.
9. CHA, K., SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., BIRT, J., ZAWODNIOK, M.J., FONDA, J., TAQIEDDIN, E.S., MILLS-HARRIS,
M.D., SAYGIN, C., SARANGAPANI, J., TRIMBLE, D., and SIEGEL, T., “A Testbed for Validaon and
Benchmarking of Auto-ID Soluons”, AEROMAT’05, Orlando, Florida, June 6-9, 2005.
10. GRASMAN, S.E., SAYGIN, C., LEU, M.C., and AKCORA, E., “A Reward-based Job Shop Scheduling
Heurisc”, Proceedings of the 2005 NSF Grantees Conference, January 3-6, 2005, Scosdale, Arizona
(full paper submied, no peer review).
11. SAYGIN, C., “Web-Based Manufacturing: From Materials Management to Manufacturing System
Control”, Internaonal Conference on Producon Research (ICPR Americas ’02): Producon Research
and Computaonal Intelligence for Designing and Operang Global Producon Systems, November
14-15, 2002, St.Louis, Missouri.
12. BUYURGAN, N. and SAYGIN, C., “Tool Management in Flexible Manufacturing Systems: A Simulaon
Study”, Proceedings of the Society of Engineering Science SES 2002, Simulaon Based Control
Session, page 17.4, October 13-16, 2002, State College, Pennsylvania.
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13. SIWAMOGSATHAM, T. and SAYGIN, C., “A Bidding-based Control Framework for a Random Flexible
Manufacturing System with Alternate Roungs”, Proceedings of the Society of Engineering Science
SES 2002, Simulaon Based Control Session, page 17.1, October 13-16, 2002, State College,
Pennsylvania.
14. SAYGIN, C. and KARNAM, S.K., “Development of a Web-based Materials Management Soware for
Small and Medium sized companies in Composites Industry”, Proceedings the Internaonal
Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems (IEMS) and the Internaonal
Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (ICC&IE) 2001 Joint Meeng, Cocoa Beach,
Florida, pp.405-410, March 5-7, 2001.
15. CHEN, F.F., SAYGIN, C., “A Laboratory Infrastructure for Flexible Automaon and Integrated
Manufacturing Research”, 5
th
Int. Conf. on Automaon Technology and 1998 Int. Conf. of
Producon Research (Asia Meeng), Taipei, Taiwan, pp.71-76, July 20-22, 1998.
16. BAS, C., SAYGIN, C. and KILIC, S.E., “On Computer Aided Process Planning of Prismac Parts”,
MicroCAD `97 Conference, University of Miskolc, Hungary, Vol. H, pp.61-65, 26-27 February 1997.
17. BORAN, H., SAYGIN, C. and KILIC, S.E., “Flexible Process Planning and Flexible Manufacturing
Systems”, MicroCAD `97 Conference, University of Miskolc, Hungary, Vol. H, pp.55-59, 26-27
February 1997.
18. SAYGIN, C. and KILIC, S.E., “Scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, MicroCAD `97
Conference, University of Miskolc, Hungary, Vol. H, pp.19-23, 26-27 February 1997.
19. SAYGIN, C. and KILIC, S.E., “Eect of Flexible Process Plans on Performance of Flexible
Manufacturing Systems”, Proceedings of The 7th Internaonal DAAAM Symposium on Intelligent
Manufacturing Systems, pp.393, Vienna, Austria, 17-19 October 1996.
20. SAYGIN, C., KILIC, S.E.,UNVER, O. and ANLAGAN, O., “Egim Amacli Bir Bilgisayar Tumlesik Urem
Modeli”, Otomak Kontrol Ulusal Toplansi TOK`96 Bildiri Kitapcigi, Istanbul, Turkey, pp.324-331,
March 1996 (in Turkish).
21. UNVER, O., SAYGIN, C., ANLAGAN, O. and KILIC, S.E., “Event-Driven Conveyor Management in a Pilot
Flexible Manufacturing System”, MicroCAD `96 Conference, University of Miskolc, Hungary, Secon
H, pp.8-12, February 1996.
22. ANLAGAN, O. and SAYGIN, C., “Computer-Aided Teaching Tool for 3-Dimensional Representaon of
Single Point Cung Tool Geometry”, Proceedings of The 6th Internaonal DAAAM Symposium on
intelligent Manufacturing Systems, pp.13-14, Krakow, Poland, 26-28 October 1995.
23. KILIC, S.E., SAYGIN, C. and ZUMRUT, Y., “A Graphical Method for the Opmizaon of Milling
Operaons”, MicroCAD `95 Conference, University of Miskolc, Hungary, pp.11-14, February 1995.
24. KAFTANOGLU, B. and SAYGIN, C., “On Computer Aided Design of Machine Elements”, Academic
Compung in Macintosh Environment `93, Istanbul University, Turkey, pp.75-85, May 1993.
Other Publicaons (full paper refereed):
1. SAYGIN, C., KILIC, S.E., TOTH, T. and ERDELYI, F., “On Scheduling Approaches of Flexible
Manufacturing Systems: Gap Between Theory and Pracce”, Selected Papers - Postprint Volume of
the 3rd IFAC/IFIP/IFORS Workshop - Intelligent Manufacturing Systems`95 (IMS`95), Th. Borangiu
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and I. Dumitrache (Editors), Pergamon/Elsevier Science, October 1995, pp. 61-66. (Cited by others
once)
2. SAYGIN, C. and KILIC, S.E., “A Framework for the Design of an Integrated Producon Management
System (IPMS)”, Publicaons of the University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary, September 1995,
Vol.45, Series C, pp.75-83.
Invited Lectures, Presentaons, Panels, and Workshop:
1. SAYGIN, C., Invited by VPR of University of Houston, “Eecveness and Eciency in Research
Administraon using Lean Six-Sigma Tools”, Houston, Texas, Jan 31, 2017.
2. SAYGIN, C., Panelist, “Invesng in Manufacturing Community Partnership (IMCP) – Connecng
Talent, Innovaon, and Place”, with C.E. Shoopman, M. Dozier, and J. Wenah, University Economic
Development Associaon (UEDA) Annual Summit, 10/17/2016, Roanoke, VA.
3. SAYGIN, C., Panelist & Moderator, “Cybersecurity and Manufacturing”, with L. John, J. Millander, and
C. Scullion, US Department of Commerce - Invesng in Manufacturing Community Partnership
(IMCP) Program Annual Summit, 10/20/2016, Washington, DC.
4. SAYGIN, C., Panel Moderator, “IMCP-Best Pracces”, US Department of Defense - Invesng in
Manufacturing Community Partnership (IMCP) Program Annual Summit, 10/20/2016, Washington,
DC.
5. SAYGIN, C., “Improving Biostascs Research Services of an Academic Health Center”, Engineering
Lean & Six Sigma Conference of Instute of Industrial Engineers (IIE ELSS), 9/14/2016, San Antonio,
Texas.
6. SAYGIN, C., “Alamo Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) Consorum – An IMCP (Invesng in
Manufacturing Community Partnership) Community, Jay Williams Asst Secretary of the US
Department of Commerce and delegaon vising San Antonio, 9/8/2016, San Antonio, Texas.
7. SAYGIN, C., “Engineering Design-centric Project Based Learning”, STEMsaon Conference VII, UTSA
Downtown Campus, Nov 1, 2014, San Antonio, Texas.
8. SAYGIN, C., “Evidence-Based Strategies for Reducing Waste: Lean and Six Sigma”, 2014 Summer
Instute on Evidence-Based Pracce Conference, Theme: Making the Evidence-Outcome
Connecon, organized by School of Nursing at UT Health Science Center San Antonio, Aug 7-8-,
2014, Grand Hya Hotel, San Antonio, Texas.
9. SAYGIN, C., EVANS, P., HUTCHINGS, B., and RAD, P., “Cloud-Based Manufacturing: Perspecves From
Industry and Academia”, Panel Presentaon and discussion, Flexible Automaon and Intelligent
Manufacturing Conference (FAIM 2014), San Antonio, Texas, May 20-23, 2014.
10. , C., WILSEY, K., RAY, J., SILVER, J., CODY, J., and MEDINA, M., “Lean Implementaon in Proposal
Development and Submission: Metrics and Operaonal Performance”, NCURA (Naonal Council of
University Research Administrators) Region-V Spring Meeng, Ausn, Texas, May 4-7, 2014.
11. SAYGIN, C. and TRAVIS, B., “Project-Based Learning: An Engineering Design Approach”, Teacher
Training Workshops, Spring 2014 Series (Jan 11, Feb 1, Mar 1, and Apr 5), UTSA.
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12. SAYGIN, C. and TRAVIS, B., “Project-Based Learning: An Engineering Design Approach”, Teacher
Training Workshop, Summer 2014 Series (June 23-27), UTSA.
13. SAYGIN, C. and TRAVIS, B., “Project-Based Learning: An Engineering Design Approach”, Teacher
Training Workshops, Fall 2013 Series (Sept 14, Oct 12, Nov 9, and Dec 7), UTSA.
14. SAYGIN, C., “Engineering Design using Lego Robocs Kits”, iTEC Train-the-Trainer 2-Day Workshop for
13 teachers from Northside Independent School District (NISD), Apr 12-13, 2013, UTSA 1604
Campus, San Antonio, Texas.
15. SAYGIN, C., “Teaching versus Learning”, College of Engineering Eecve Teaching Workshop, with 4
other faculty members as organizers and presenters, Dec 11, 2012, UTSA.
16. “Solar Energy and Solar Hot Rods" by iTEC, Dates: June 16, June 23, June 30, and July 14; Four K-12
STEM Workshops delivered in collaboraon with P-20 to communies in South San Antonio, 2012.
17. SAYGIN, C. and PINNELL, C., “How to Start a LEGO MINDSTORMS Robocs Program for Elementary
and Middle School Students”, A K-12 Workshop, 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposion, June 9,
2012, San Antonio, Texas.
18. SAYGIN, C., “Engineering Design: Examples from LEGO and VEX Robots”, A Workshop for HISPA
(Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement), May 25, 2012, UTSA.
19. SAYGIN, C., “Life Aer PhD: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”, Workshop for Academic Career Path
for PhD Engineering Students, UTSA, March 5, 2012.
20. SAYGIN, C., “Acvity Design using Lego RCX Kits”, iTEC Train-the-Trainer 2-Day Workshop for 5
teachers from the San Antonio Southwest Independent School District (SWISD), June 10-11, 2011,
UTSA 1604 Campus, San Antonio, Texas.
21. SAYGIN, C., “Engineering Design using Lego MindStorms NXT”, iTEC Train-the-Trainer 1-Day
Workshop for 15 teachers from the Academy of Careers and Technologies, April 2, 2011, UTSA 1604
Campus, San Antonio, Texas.
22. SAYGIN, C., “Engineering Design using Lego MindStorms NXT”, iTEC Train-the-Trainer 2-Day
Workshop for 20 educaonal specialists from UTSA’s Academy for Teacher Excellence, May 20-21,
2011, UTSA 1604 Campus, San Antonio, Texas.
23. SAYGIN, C., “Engineering… A Beer Life”, Engineering Fesval, STEM RAM Academy, Lee High School,
Feb 19, 2011, San Antonio, Texas.
24. SAYGIN, C., “Engineering Design: Examples from Lego and VEX Robots”, Ausn Science and
Engineering Fesval, Oct 23-24, 2010, Ausn Convenon Center, Ausn, Texas.
25. SAYGIN, C., “Technology for Enhancing STEM Instrucon”, Texas High School Project, T-STEM Fall
2010 Cluster Meeng, Oct 29, 2010, San Antonio, Texas.
26. SAYGIN, C., “Learning in a Digital Factory”, North American STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Math) Educaon Symposium, Manchester, New Hampshire, October 8, 2009.
27. SAYGIN, C., “Interacve Technology Experience Center”, North American STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math) Educaon Symposium, Manchester, New Hampshire, October 8, 2009.
28. SAYGIN, C., “Enabling Lean Manufacturing Using Radio Frequency Idencaon”, Graduate Seminar
Class of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M, College Staon, Sept 9, 2009.
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29. , C., “Adapve Enterprises: Enabling Lean through RFID Deployment”, Manufacturing Data
Management Conference (Webinar), organized by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME),
Nov 11, 2008.
30. SAYGIN, C., “RFID as Process Improvement Enabler: A Lean Systems Perspecve”, Workshop RFID at
Work: Enabling Process Visibility and Producvity Improvement, Organized by the San Antonio
Manufacturers Associaon (SAMA), May 29, 2008, UTSA, San Antonio, Texas.
31. SAYGIN, C., “Adapve Enterprises: Enabling Lean through RFID Deployment”, CAMLS (Center for
Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems) Seminar Series, Apr 30, 2008, UTSA, San Antonio, Texas.
32. SAYGIN, C., “RFID at Work”, Workshop for Lancer Corp. Managers, Manufacturing Systems and
Automaon Lab., April 25, 2008, UTSA, San Antonio, Texas.
33. SAYGIN, C., “RFID in Manufacturing”, A demonstraon on technical capabilies on RFID technologies
was given to Boeing San Antonio employees (35 people), Nov 15-16, 2007, San Antonio, Texas.
34. SAYGIN, C., “RFID in Manufacturing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”, Guest Lecturer, MOT 5163
Management of Technology (Professor William T. Flannery), Nov 1, 2007, UTSA, San Antonio, Texas.
35. SAYGIN, C., “RFID in Manufacturing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”, CAMLS (Center for Advanced
Manufacturing and Lean Systems) Seminar Series, Oct 24, 2007, UTSA, San Antonio, Texas.
36. SAYGIN, C., “RFID on the Manufacturing Shop Floor: Applicaons and Challenges”, Invited Session on
RFID, Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, May 20-24, 2006, Orlando, Florida. 37.
SAYGIN, C., “Developing Networking Among Universies: Review of the Digital Manufacturing
Iniave”, FESTO Digital Manufacturing University Network Group Meeng, October 6-7, 2005,
Chicago, Illinois.
38. SAYGIN, C. and SARANGAPANI, J., “Auto-ID Technologies Research Group at the University of
Missouri-Rolla”, US Air Force Depot Maintenance Transformaon (DMT) Automac Idencaon
Technology (AIT) Workshop, Sept 12-15, 2005, Ogden, Utah.
39. SAYGIN, C., “Network-centric Manufacturing Systems”, Next Generaon Manufacturing Technologies
Iniave (NGMTI) TestNet Forum, May 2005, Charleston, South Carolina.
40. SARANGAPANI, J. and SAYGIN, C., “Monitoring, Diagnoscs, and Prognoscs Research at the
University of Missouri-Rolla”, 9th Bi-annual Industry Advisory Board Meeng of the Intelligent
Maintenance Systems (NSF I/UCRC) Center, May 2005, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
41. SARANGAPANI, J. and SAYGIN, C., “Monitoring, Diagnoscs, and Prognoscs Research at the
University of Missouri-Rolla”, 8th Bi-annual Industry Advisory Board Meeng of the Intelligent
Maintenance Systems (NSF I/UCRC) Center, Nov 1-2, 2004, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
42. SAYGIN, C., Invited Speaker, “A Perspecve on Research and Educaonal Issues in Integrated
Manufacturing Systems”, Robert Morris University, December 4, 2003, Moon Township,
Pennsylvania.
43. SAYGIN, C., GRASMAN, S., WOOSEUNG, J., ROZENFELD, H., and NAJM. M, “Developing Plug-and-Play
Learning Modules for SCM and PLM using an E-Business Learning Warehouse Framework”, SAP
Innovaon Congress, February 15-17, 2003, Miami, Florida.
44. SAYGIN, C., Invited Speaker, "Automated Manufacturing Over the Internet”, Mechanical Engineering
Department, Middle East Technical University, Dec 17, 2002, Ankara, Turkey.
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45. SAYGIN, C., Invited Speaker, "Web-Based Manufacturing”, Internaonal Forum on New Didacc
Concepts for Robocs and Automaon, Organized by FESTO Didacc, Oct 20-23, 2002, Monterrey,
Mexico.
46. SAYGIN, C., and KARRAS, U., “Real and Virtual Learning Environments for Integrated Manufacturing
and Automaon”, A Joint Presentaon with FESTO Germany for ISF Seminar Series #2, October 16,
2001, Engineering Management Department, UMR.
47. , C., “On Web-Based Manufacturing”, ISF Seminar Series #1 on Computer-Aided Design and
Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) Tools, Applicaons, and Integraon Issues, July 20,
2001, Engineering Management Department, UMR.
48. SAYGIN, C., “Development of a Materials Management Soware Package for Small and Mediumsized
Enterprises in Composites Industry”, NSF Directors Meeng at UMR, Design and Manufacturing
Group Selected Research Abstracts, April 2000, page 19.
49. SAYGIN, C., “Integraon in Manufacturing”, IEEE – ACM Invited Speaker, Computer Science
Department, University of Missouri – Rolla, November 18, 1999.
50. DISMUKES, J.P., SAYGIN, C., and CHEN, F.F., “Informaon Technology’s Role in the 21st Century
Industrial Revoluon: Challenges for Sciensts and Engineers”, First Internaonal Symposium On
Government, Academic and Industrial Interacons in the New Global Economic Environment, 193rd
Electrochemical Society Meeng, San Diego, May 4, 1998.
51. SAYGIN, C., “Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Scheduling, and Tool Management”, Technical
University of Budapest, Hungary, May 16, 1995.
Poster Presentaons:
1. NGUYEN, T., BECERRIL, J., FAWCETT, T., and SAYGIN, C., “A Test-bed for Deploying Automac
Idencaon Technologies (AIT) in Manufacturing”, CISER (Center for the Integraon of Science
Educaon and Research) Conference: On Being an Engineer, Lubbock, Texas, February 1-2, 2008.
2. “MRI: Acquision of An Automated Assembly System and RFID Equipment for Research and
Educaon in Advanced Manufacturing”, PI: C. SAYGIN, Co-PI: Dr. F.F. Chen (CMMI-#0722923), NSF
Grantees Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, January 7-10, 2008.
3. FONDA, J.W., ZAWODNIOK, M.J., SARANGAPANI, J., and SAYGIN, C., “Industrial Monitoring and
Control Using Wireless Mul-hop Network Roung Protocol”, 12
th
Industrial Advisory Board
meeng of the NSF I/UCRC Center on Intelligent Maintenance Systems, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov
1415, 2006.
4. BALACHANDRAN, T., BASSI, N., THUMATI, B., SARANGAPANI, J., SAYGIN, C., “Pump Prognoscs – Seal
Failure Predicon”,12
th
Industrial Advisory Board meeng of the NSF I/UCRC Center on Intelligent
Maintenance Systems, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov 14-15, 2006.
5. RAMACHANDRAN, A., CHA, K., SOYLEMEZOGLU, A., ZAWODNIOK, M.J., SAYGIN, C., and
SARANGAPANI, J., “Shop Floor Management Using Auto-ID Technology in Network-Centric
Manufacturing Environments”, 12
th
Industrial Advisory Board meeng of the NSF I/UCRC Center on
Intelligent Maintenance Systems, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov 14-15, 2006.
6. ANGUSWAMY, R., FONDA, J.W., BIRT, J., SARANGAPANI, J., and SAYGIN, C., “Product Quality
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Monitoring and Onboard Diagnoscs Using Mobile Mote-based Networking”, 12
th
Industrial
Advisory Board meeng of the NSF I/UCRC Center on Intelligent Maintenance Systems, St. Louis,
Missouri, Nov 14-15, 2006.
7. MOHAN, D.,T., SARANTAKOS, T.H., BIRT, J., FONDA, J.W., SAYGIN, C., and SARANGAPANI, J., “Online
Quality Monitoring of Threaded Fasteners Using Sensor-Embedded Hand-Held Tools”, 12
th
Industrial
Advisory Board meeng of the NSF I/UCRC Center on Intelligent Maintenance Systems, St. Louis,
Missouri, Nov 14-15, 2006.
8. FONDA, J., ZAWODNIOK, M., BIRT, J., SARANGAPANI, J., and SAYGIN, C., “Pull-Type Tool Health
Monitoring and Product Quality Vericaon Using Wireless Sensor Networks”, Integrated Systems
Health Management Conference, Air Force Research Lab, Cincinna, Ohio, Aug 14-17, 2006.
9. SARANTAKOS, T., MOHAN, D., BIRT, J., SAYGIN, C., and SARANGAPANI, J. “Online Quality Monitoring
of Threaded Fasteners Using Sensor-Embedded Hand-Held Tools”, Integrated Systems Health
Management Conference, Air Force Research Lab, Cincinna, Ohio, Aug 14-17, 2006.
10. “An Architecture for Producve Collaboraon Among Small and Medium-sized Enterprises”, PI: C.
SAYGIN, Co-PIs: Dr. S. Grasman and Dr. M. Leu (DMI-#0323028), NSF Grantees Conference,
Scosdale, Arizona, January 2005.
11. “An Architecture for Producve Collaboraon Among Small and Medium-sized Enterprises”, PI: C.
SAYGIN, Co-PIs: Dr. S. Grasman and Dr. M. Leu (DMI-#0323028), NSF Grantees Conference, Dallas,
Texas, January 2004.
PROPOSALS, GRANTS, and CONTRACTS
UTSA
Funded ($ shown does not include instuonal contribuons or cost sharing)
Title
Incorporang Lean-Six Sigma Methodologies into the Instute for Integraon of
Medicine and Science (IIMS) – Phase 2
Start-End
9/1/2017 – 8/31/2018
Agency
UT-Health
Team
C. Saygin (PI), H. Wan (Co-PI)
Shared Credit
50% Each
Total Budget
$50,000
Title
Alamo Manufacturing Partnership
Start-End
9/1/2016 – 8/31/2018
Agency
US Dept of Labor, Economic Development Agency
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Team
PI: C. Saygin (40%); Co-PIs: B. Velasquez (40%), F. Chen (10%); H. Wan (10%)
Shared Credit
40% for C. Saygin
Total Budget
Federal: $101,000 Mandatory cost share: $101,000
Title
Incorporang Lean-Six Sigma Methodologies into the Instute for Integraon of
Medicine and Science (IIMS) - CAMLS Membership
Start-End
6/1/2016 – 9/1/2017
Agency
UT-Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA)
Team
C. Saygin (PI), H. Wan (Co-PI)
Shared Credit
50% Each
Total Budget
$50,000
Title
Harland Clarke CAMLS Membership (2015-2017)
Start-End
08/01/2015 – 07/31/2017
Agency
Harland Clarke
Team
H. Wan (PI), C. Saygin (Co-PI), F. Chen (Co-PI), A. Alaeddini (Co-PI), and K. Casllo
(Co-PI)
Shared Credit
20% each
Total Budget
$62,000 (CAMLS Membership)
Title
Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC) at UTHSCSA
Start-End
2015 – 2020 (Dates to be nalized with NIH)
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Agency
Naonal Instutes of Health (UTHSCSA is the lead instuon)
Team
C. Saygin (PI)
Shared Credit
100%
Total Budget
$184,958
Title
Predicve Maintenance - Phase 2: From Data to Performance Metrics
Start-End
9/1/2015 – 8/31/2016
Agency
Harland-Clarke
Team
C. Saygin (PI), H. Wan, K. Casllo, A. Alaeddini
Shared Credit
25% Each
Total Budget
$90,000
Title
Incorporang Lean-Six Sigma Methodologies into the Instute for Integraon of
Medicine and Science (IIMS) - CAMLS Membership
Start-End
5/15/2014 – 5/14/2016
Agency
UT-Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA)
Team
C. Saygin (PI), H. Wan (Co-PI)
Shared Credit
50% Each
Total Budget
$100,000
Title
Connuous Improvement and Sustainability at Harland Clarke
Start-End
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Agency
Harland Clarke
Team
H. Wan (PI), C. Saygin (Co-PI), F. Chen (Co-PI), A. Alaeddini (Co-PI), K. Casllo (CoPI),
H. Rashed Ali (Co-PI)
Total Budget
$33,000 (CAMLS Membership)
Title
South Texas STEM Educator Center
Start-End
06/01/2013 – 08/31/2015
Agency
Texas Higher Educaon Coordinang Board
Team
C. Saygin (PI) and E. Bonner
Total Budget
$570,000
Title
Predicve Maintenance – Phase 1: A Roadmap for Intelligent Maintenance
Start-End
3/1/2013-8/31/2013
Agency
Harland-Clarke
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Team
Can Saygin (PI), Co-PIs: F. Frank Chen, HungDa Wan, Adel Alaeddini, Krystel Casllo
Shared Credit (%)
20%
Total Budget
$108,784
Title
Connuous Improvement Projects at Reyes Automove Group
Start-End
3/21/2012-3/20/2014
Agency
Reyes Automove Group
Team
Can Saygin (PI) and HungDa Wan (Co-PI)
Shared Credit (%)
50%
Total Budget
$30,000
Title
Integrang High Performance Compung in Research and Educaon for
Simulaon, Visualizaon and Real-Time Predicon (NSF Award #: 0932339)
Start-End
9/1/2009-8/31/2014
Agency
Naonal Science Foundaon (CREST Program)
Team
Stathis Michaelides (PI) and 18 Co-PIs
Total Budget
$5,000,000
Title
Process Planning, Operaon Sequencing, and Automaon
Start-End
1/1/2009 – 1/6/2009
Agency
Transplant Technologies of Texas
Team
Can Saygin
Shared Credit (%)
100%
Total Budget
$7,675
Shared Credit ($)
$7,675
Title
Web-Based Manufacturing
Start-End
7/1/2008 – 6/30/2010
Agency
Intelitek
Team
Can Saygin
Shared Credit (%)
100%
Total Budget
$30,000
Shared Credit ($)
$30,000
Title
Design and Development of a Producon Management System for FMS-200
Start-End
1/1/2008 – 12/31/2009
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Agency
SMC Internaonal Training (Spain)
Team
Can Saygin
Shared Credit (%)
100%
Total Budget
$56,000
Shared Credit ($)
$56,000
Title
Lean Transformaon at the Chism Company: Process Improvement, Visualizaon,
and Automaon
Start-End
1/1/2008 – 12/31/2009
Agency
The Chism Company (San Antonio, Texas)
Team
F. Frank Chen, PI (25%), Can Saygin (25%), Hungda Wan (25%), Brent Nowak (25%)
Shared Credit (%)
25%
Total Budget
$100,000
Shared Credit ($)
$25,000
Title
RFID Applicaons in Network-Enabled Virtual Enterprises
Start-End
10/2007 – 10/2008
Agency
The Boeing Company (St. Louis, Missouri)
Team
Can Saygin
Shared Credit (%)
100%
Total Budget
$25,500
Shared Credit ($)
$25,500
Title
Process and Work Flow Improvement
Start-End
08/2007-12/2008
Agency
Gunze Electronics USA (Ausn, Texas)
Team
Can Saygin
Shared Credit (%)
100%
Total Budget
$42,000
Shared Credit ($)
$42,000
Title
MRI: Acquision of An Automated Assembly System and RFID Equipment for
Research and Educaon in Advanced Manufacturing (NSF Award #: 0722923)
Start-End
08/01/2007 – 07/31/2011
Agency
Naonal Science Foundaon (MRI – NSF 07-510)
Team
Can Saygin, PI (50%) and F. Frank Chen (50%)
Shared Credit (%)
50%
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Total Budget
$374,482
Shared Credit ($)
$187,241
Title
Instrumentaon for Research and Educaon in Advanced Manufacturing and
Enterprise Systems
Start-End
08/01/2007 – 07/31/2009
Agency
Department of Defense (W911NF-07-R-0002)
Team
F. Frank Chen, PI (50%) and Can Saygin (50%)
Shared Credit (%)
50%
Total Budget
$499,856
Shared Credit ($)
$249,928
Title
Virtual Reality and Simulaon Soware for Manufacturing Labs at UTSA
Start-End
N/A
Agency
Bennack Poland Foundaon
Team
F. Frank Chen, PI (50%) and Can Saygin (50%)
Shared Credit (%)
66%
Total Budget
$9,400
Shared Credit ($)
$6,400
Title
Wireless Sensor Network-based Health Monitoring and Prognoscs for Levee and
Communicaon Infrastructures
Start-End
08/01/2006 – 07/31/2007
Agency
Naonal Science Foundaon (Electrical and Communicaons Systems)
Team
J. Sarangapani (69%, Univ of Missouri-Rolla) and C. Saygin (31%)
Shared Credit (%)
31%
Total Budget
$55,699
Shared Credit ($)
$17,500
GRANTS and CONTRACTS: University of Missouri-Rolla [Aug 1999 – Aug 2006] ($
shown does not include instuonal contribuons or cost sharing)
BREAKDOWN OF MAJOR FUNDING
(1999-2006)
Budget
Air Force Research Lab
$606,677
Naonal Science Foundaon
$282,058
U.S. Department of State
$263,738
NSF I/UCRC Center
$221,000
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Boeing
$42,300
SAP America
$237,300
FESTO
$175,339
FORD Motor Company
$77,655
Missouri Enterprise
$74,205
Metro (Bi-State Development Agency)
$74,950
Halliburton Foundaon
$15,000
Others (smaller grants)
$71,985
TOTAL:
$2,142,207
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: PATENTS & INVENTION DISCLOSURES
1. “Unied Control System and Method for Machining of Parts”, COX, W.T., SAYGIN, C., Patent
Number: US 11,281,183, Date of Patent: Mar 22, 2022 (Patent Applicaon # 16597524, Oct 9,
2019).
2. “Unied Control System and Method for Machining of Parts”, COX, W.T., SAYGIN, C., European
Patent Oce, Applicaon # 20200897.5 - 1205, Oct 8, 2020.
3. “Decentralized Radio Frequency Idencaon System”, SARANGAPANI, J., RAMACHANDRAN,
A., SAYGIN, C., and CHA, K., Patent Number: US 8,143,996 B2, Date of Patent: Mar 27, 2012.
4. “Adapve Inventory Management System”, SARANGAPANI, J., RAMACHANDRAN, A., SAYGIN,
C., and CHA, K., Patent Number: US 7,752,089 B2, Date of Patent: July 6, 2010.
5. “Process Monitoring and Product Quality Vericaon for Handheld Pull Type Tools”,
ANGUSWAMY, R., FONDA, J., BIRT, J. SARANGAPANI, J. and SAYGIN, C. – University of Missouri
Invenon Disclosure Number: 07UMR035 (2006)
6. “Online Quality Monitoring of Threaded Fasteners Using Sensor-Embedded Handheld Rotary
Tools”, MOHAN, D., SARANTAKOS, T., BIRT, J., FONDA, J., SAYGIN, C., and SARANGAPANI, J. –
University of Missouri Invenon Disclosure Number: 07UMR036 (Nov 2006)
7. “RFID Read Rate and Coverage Improvement Through Reader Power Control”, SARANGAPANI,
J., CHA, K., RAMACHANDRAN, A., and SAYGIN, C. – University of Missouri Invenon Disclosure
Number: 06UMR040 (Nov 2006) – Patent led in Dec 2007.
8. “Smart Freezer”, THIAGARAJAN, M., ZAWODNIOK, M., BIRT, J., SARANGAPANI, J., and SAYGIN, C.
– University of Missouri Invenon Disclosure Number: 07UMR074 (April 2007) – Patent led in
January 2008.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
LIST OF FORMAL COURSES TAUGHT: (number of classes taught shown in parenthesis)
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ME 1301 Introducon to Engineering Design (1) ME
1302 Mechanical Engineering Pracce (3)
Fall 2006
Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013
ME 3263 Manufacturing Engineering (8)
Fall 2009, Summer 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall
2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013
ME 4563/5563 Computer Integrated Manufacturing (2)
Fall 2007, Fall 2008
ME 4573/5573 Facilies Planning and Design (7)
Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Summer
2011, Summer 2012, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
ME 4953 Fundamentals of Manufacturing (1)
Fall 2006
ME 4913 Special Studies in Mechanical Engineering (3)
Summer 2007 (4 students), Spring 2008 (3
students), Fall 2010 (2 students) – Total: 9 students
ME 6953 Independent Study (11)
Summer 2007 (1 student), Fall 2007 (2 students),
Summer 2008 (1 student), Fall 2008 (1 student),
Spring 2009 (2 students), Summer 2009 (3
students), Fall 2009 (5 students), Spring 2010 (1
student), Fall 2010 (2 students), Spring 2011 (1
student), Spring 2013 – Total: 20 students
Previous
1999 – 2006: University of Missouri-Rolla:
EMgt 257/ME 256 – Material Handling and Plant Layout (2)
EMgt 324 - Fundamentals of Manufacturing (6, o campus at Ft. Leonard Wood)
EMgt 334 - Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems (6)
Emgt/ME 344 - Interdisciplinary Problems in Manufacturing Automaon (7)
EMgt 434 – Advanced Manufacturing Systems Integraon (5) 1997
– 1999: University of Toledo:
MIME 4710 / 5710 - Processes, Planning, and Inventory Control (2)
MIME 4010 / 5010 - Engineering Stascs II (1)
MIME 4020 / 5020 - Stascal Quality Control and Management (1)
MIME 4100 / 5100 - Manufacturing Systems Simulaon (1) 1989–
1997: Middle East Technical University (Mechanical Eng Dept):
Courses Assisted as a Teaching Assistant: ME 202 - Manufacturing Processes, ME 303 -
Manufacturing Engineering, ME 307 - Machine Elements I, ME 308 - Machine Elements
II, ME 310 - Numerical Methods, ME 407 - Mechanical Engineering Design, and ME 445 -
Integrated Manufacturing Technologies.
TEACHING PERFORMANCE RELATED AWARDS
04/2013:
UTSA’s nominee for "U.S. Professor of the Year,” Carnegie Foundaon for the
Advancement of Teaching (did not win).
08/2012:
"The University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award 2012,” The
University of Texas – San Antonio.
Oered annually in recognion of faculty members at the nine academic and six health
University of Texas System instuons who have demonstrated extraordinary classroom
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performance and innovaon in undergraduate instrucon, the Regents' Outstanding
Teaching Awards are the Board of Regents' highest honor. The Regents' Outstanding
Teaching Awards are among the largest in the naon for rewarding outstanding faculty
performance. Given the depth and breadth of talent across the UT System, the awards
program is likewise one of the naon's most compeve.
04/2011:
"UTSA 2011 President’s Disnguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence”,
The University of Texas – San Antonio.
04/2010:
"2009 College of Engineering - Excellence in Teaching Award”, The University of Texas –
San Antonio.
STUDENT ADVISING: MS THESES and PHD DISSERTATIONS
PhD Students – Graduated (4 University of Missouri-Rolla, 1 Univ of TX San Antonio)
1) AliReza Zarreh, PhD in ME, “Proacve Evaluaon and Risk Analysis for Cybersecurity in
Manufacturing Systems Using Game Theory Methods”, Mechanical Engineering Department,
The University of Texas at San Antonio, with Dr. HungDa Wan as co-advisor, Fall 2019.
2) Ahmet Soylemezoglu, PhD in Engineering Management, “Sensor Data-based Decision Making”,
Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri – Rolla),
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department, Co-Advised by Dr. C. Saygin
and Dr. J. Sarangapani, Rolla, Missouri, Spring 2010.
3) Lakshmanan Meyyappan, (Co-advising w/ Dr. Cihan Dagli) (Sep 02-July 06), “Domain-Adapve
Control Architecture for Advanced Manufacturing Systems”, University of Missouri – Rolla,
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department.
4) Nebil Buyurgan, (Jun 00 – Dec 03), “An Integrated Control Framework for Discrete Event
Systems”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Engineering Management Department, Graduaon
date: Dec 2003. Dr. Buyurgan joined the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of
Arkansas as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in July 2004.
5) Thananun Siwamogsatham, (Sep 99-Dec 03), “Aucon-based Decision Making for Distributed
Real-me Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, University of Missouri – Rolla,
Engineering Management Department, Graduaon date: Dec 2003.
PhD Student – Special (Finland)
1) Minna Lanz, PhD in Producon Engineering, “Logical and Semanc Foundaons of Knowledge
Representaon for Assembly and Manufacturing Processes”, Tampere University of Technology
in Finland, Opponents in Public Defense: Dr. C. Saygin and Dr. Michel Cotsais (France), July
2010, Tampere, Finland.
MS Students – Graduated (Total 23 completed -- 8 UTSA & 15 U-Missouri)
1) Alejandro Bracho, MS Student, MS in AMEE, Assessing the Impact of Cyber-Threats on Smart
Manufacturing Systems through a Simulaon Study, Start Date: Spring 2016, Compleon Date:
Fall 2017, Mechanical Eng Dept, UTSA.
2) Mario Puente, MS in Advanced Manufacturing and Enterprise Engineering, “Producon
Planning and Scheduling of Injecon Molding Machines”, Co-Advising w/ Dr. F. Chen, did NOT
complete.
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3) Burcu Guleryuz, MS in Advanced Manufacturing and Enterprise Engineering, “Impact of
Remanufacturing on Market Cannibalizaon and Protability: A Simulaon Study”, Spring
2011.
4) Avinash Joshi, MS in Advanced Manufacturing and Enterprise Engineering, “A Simulaon Study
for Inventory Management Policies and its Impact on Protability for a Product Recovery
Facility”, Spring 2011.
5) Ishaq M. Syed, MS in Advanced Manufacturing and Enterprise Engineering, “Vehicle Roung
Problem in Logiscs: A Genec Algorithm-based Comparave Study”, Spring 2011.
6) Narendran Sridhar, MS in Mechanical Eng (non-thesis opon), “Comparison of Worst Case and
Root Sum Square Methods for Tolerance Analysis using Monte Carlo Simulaon”, Spring 2010.
7) Bajisankar Rachakonda, MS in Mechanical Eng (non-thesis opon), “Comparison of Direct
Linearizaon and Monte Carlo Simulaon Methods for Tolerance Analysis”, Spring 2010.
8) Balaji Natarajan, MS in Mechanical Eng, ”Impact of RFID Physics on Airport Baggage Handling
System: A Simulaon Study”, Fall 2009.
9) Shilpa Tamma, MS in Mechanical Eng, ”Dynamic Resource Allocaon in Flow Lines with
Staonlevel Flexible Operaon Sequences and Alternave Resources”, The University of Texas
– San Antonio, Summer 2009.
10) Ayhan Oruc, MS in Mechanical Eng, ”Dynamic Resource Allocaon in Flow Lines using
Stascal Throughput Control”, The University of Texas – San Antonio, Spring 2009.
11) Reghu Anguswamy, MS Graduate, Starng date: 2005, “Wireless Mote-based In-process
Diagnoscs using Hand-held Tools in Network Enabled Manufacturing Environments”, Missouri
University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri – Rolla), Systems
Engineering Program, Graduated in May 2008.
12) Deepak Mohan, MS Graduate, Starng date: Sept 2005, “Use of Mahalanobis-Taguchi System
for Fault Detecon in Bolted Assemblies”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Electrical and
Computer Engineering Dept, Graduated in May 2007.
13) Thomas H. Sarantakos, MS Graduate, Starng date: Sept 2005, “Real-me Fault Detecon in
Bolted Assemblies Using Torque-Angle Signatures”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Engineering
Management and Systems Engineering Department, Graduaon November 2006.
14) Yashesh Chhaya, Master of Engineering, Starng date: Jan 2005, “Dynamic Resource
Management for Flow Shops”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Manufacturing Engineering
Program, Graduaon May 2006.
15) David Hall, MS Graduate, Starng date: Jan 2005, “Impact of Informaon Sharing on
Operaonal Aspects of a Supply Chain”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Engineering
Management and Systems Engineering Department, Graduaon May 2006.
16) Misty D. Mills Harris, MS Graduate, Starng date: June 2004, “Adapve Inventory Management
of Time-Sensive Materials Using RFID Data”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Manufacturing
Engineering Program, Graduaon date: May 2005.
17) Kaushik Sampath, MS Graduate, Starng date: Jan 2004, “A Distributed Aucon Model for Small
and Medium-sized Enterprises”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Engineering Management
Department, Graduaon date: May 2005 (Co-advised w/ Dr. Sco Grasman).
18) Evren Akcora, MS Graduate, Starng date: Sept 2003, “Scheduling Models for Small and
Medium-sized Enterprises”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Engineering Management
Department, Graduaon date: May 2005 (Co-advised w/ Dr. Sco Grasman).
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19) Govind Bajaj, MS Graduate, Starng date: March 2001, “Performance Evaluaon of an
AuconBased Job Allocaon Model for Virtual Enterprises”, University of Missouri – Rolla,
Engineering Management Department, Graduaon date: Dec 2003.
20) Ahmet Soylemezoglu, MS Graduate, Starng date: Sept 2002, “Tool Management in Flexible
Manufacturing Systems”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Engineering Management Department,
Graduaon date: Dec 2003.
21) Burak Arasli, MS Graduate, Starng date: January 2002, “A Ladder Logic Generaon
Methodology for Programmable Logic Controllers”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Engineering
Management Department, Graduaon date: Oct 2003.
22) Firat Kahraman, MS Graduate, Starng date: January 2001, “Design and Development of an
Interacve Web-Integrated Programmable Logic Control System”, University of Missouri –
Rolla, Manufacturing Engineering Educaon Program, Graduaon date: May 22, 2002.
23) Ravi Sharda, MS Graduate, Starng date: September 2000, “Design and Development of an
Interacve Web-Integrated Flexible Manufacturing Cell Control System”, University of Missouri
– Rolla, Engineering Management Department, Graduaon date: March 18, 2002.
24) Sanjay Kumar Karnam, MS Graduate, Starng date: September 1999, “Development of a
Materials Management Soware Package for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in
Composites Industry”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Engineering Management Department,
funded by the Lemay Center for Composites Technology - St.Louis, Graduaon date: March 19,
2001.
25) Jasraj Singh, MS Graduate, “Real-Time Management of Alternate Roungs in Flexible
Manufacturing Systems”, University of Toledo, Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Eng.
Dept., Co-Advised with Dr. Frank Chen, Graduated May 2000.
Graduate Students Mentoring - Project Basis - University of Missouri-Rolla (6 students) 1)
Sagi Ritesh, SAP/SMART Project, 2002.
2) Arun Thangamani, SAP/SMART Project, 2002.
3) James Klotz, Graduate Students, “Improvement of the Packaging Line at the Integrated Systems
Facility”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Engineering Management Department, September –
December 2000.
4) Sivananda Niala (MS in Computer Science, University of Missouri – Rolla), Research Assistant in
the project entled “Development of a Materials Management Soware Package for Small and
Medium-sized Enterprises in Composites Industry” (co-funded by the Lemay Center for
Composites Technology - St.Louis and the Manufacturing Research & Training Center – Rolla),
February - December 2000.
5) Eric Ye Chen (MS in Computer Science, University of Missouri – St.Louis,), Research Assistant in
the project entled “Development of a Materials Management Soware Package for Small and
Medium-sized Enterprises in Composites Industry” (co-funded by the Lemay Center for
Composites Technology - St.Louis and the Manufacturing Research & Training Center – Rolla),
duraon of work: December 1999 – February 2000.
6) Jaiganesh Panneerselvam, MS Student/Non-thesis Opon, “Eect of Tool Management Policies
in System Performance in Flexible Manufacturing Systems: A Simulaon Study”, University of
Missouri – Rolla, Engineering Management Department, funded by the Intelligent Systems
Center (Missouri, Rolla), June - December, 2000.
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Undergraduate Student Mentoring at UTSA – Research Lab (18 students)
1) Nelly Zapata, Barcode Systems (Sept 2008 – Dec 2009)
2) Joseph Becerril, Web-based Manufacturing (Aug 2007– May 2010)
3) Than Nguyen, RFID Applicaons (Sept 2006 – Dec 2009)
4) Jusn Elmer, Robocs and Vision Systems (Sept 2007 – Sept 2009)
5) Alex Manelis, Database Systems (Dec 2008 – Sept 2010)
6) Ryan Hoyle, Web Page Design (Dec 2008 – Sept 2010)
7) Walter Madalinski, Controllers and Sensors (Feb 2007 – Aug 2009)
8) Thomas Fawce, RFID and Warehouse Operaons, (Jan 2007 – Aug 2009)
9) Nicholas Gerne, Servers, IT Systems (Dec 2007 – Dec 2008)
10) Edward Minter, CNC Machining (Sept-Dec 2008)
11) Kevin Smith, CAD/CAM, (Nov 2007 – May 2008)
12) Jose Camero, Robocs, (Jan – May 2008)
13) Ausn Alaniz, PLC Programming (Sept 2007 – May 2008)
14) Jeremy Mercer, Tool Management, CNC Programming (Sept 2006 – May 2008)
15) Royce Michna, Shop Floor Control, Database, IT (Sept 2006 – Dec 2007)
16) Andres Pon, Flexible Manufacturing Systems (Sept-Dec 2006)
17) Fidencio Romero, Lean Manufacturing (Sept-Dec 2006)
18) Ryan Marn (Freshman), Virtual Reality and Simulaon (Sept-Dec 2006)
Undergraduate Students Mentoring - Project Basis - University of Missouri-Rolla (12 students)
1) Douglas Brian Finley, Emgt 300 Special Topics – Shop Floor Control, 2005.
2) James A.H. Jacobe, Student Helper, Integrated Systems Facility, 2005
3) Mahew Brooks, Undergrad Research Asst, An Architecture for Producve Collaboraon Among
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises – NSF Project (DMI-#0323028), 2005.
4) Brian Westre, Undergrad Research Asst, An Architecture for Producve Collaboraon Among
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises – NSF Project (DMI-#0323028), 2005.
5) Joe E. Miller, Soware Developer, SAP/E-Warehouse Project, 2003.
6) Charles Davis, Teaching Assistant for Machine Shop, 2001.
7) Alvina Center, Student Helper, “Re-Organizaon of the Integrated Systems Facility at the Eng.
Mgt. Dept. in UMR”, May 2000 - 2001.
8) Joshua Love, Student Helper, “Re-Organizaon of the Integrated Systems Facility at the Eng.
Mgt. Dept. in UMR”, May 2000 - 2001.
9) Tom Hall, Graduate Student, “Improvement of the Packaging Line at the Integrated Systems
Facility”, University of Missouri – Rolla, Engineering Management Department, September –
December 2000.
10) Ryan D. Heckman, Research Assistant in the project entled “Development of a Materials
Management Soware Package for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Composites Industry”
(co-funded by the Lemay Center for Composites Technology - St.Louis and the Manufacturing
Research & Training Center – Rolla), February - May 2000.
11) Ma Mercurio, Student Helper, “Re-Organizaon of the Integrated Systems Facility at the Eng.
Mgt. Dept. in UMR”, February - May 2000.
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12) Oguzhan Yavuz, Student Helper, “Re-Organizaon of the Integrated Systems Facility at the Eng.
Mgt. Dept. in UMR”, February - May 2000.
