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Karacal
S Cem Karacal, Ph.D.
Professor and Director 

3053 Engineering Building
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
School of Engineering
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL  62026-1805

Voice: 618-650-2435
Fax: 618-650-2555
Email: skaraca@siue.edu

Web: http://www.siue.edu/~skaraca/

Biography
S. Cem Karacal is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. He has experience in industry and academia. His main research and teaching interest areas are simulation modeling, quality control, operations research, and facilities layout. Before joining to SIUE he worked at Rochester Institute of Technology as a faculty member and Computer Integrated Manufacturing System project coordinator for RIT's integrated circuit factory. He is the faculty advisor for SIUE chapters of IIEand Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society. He is a senior member of IIE and SME, and a member of ASEE, Alpha Pi Mu and Tau Beta Pi.

Degrees Held
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 1991
MS Industrial Engineering Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 1986
BS Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1982

Areas of Expertise
Operations Research and Optimization
Quality Assurance
Computer Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Courses
IME 106
IME 365
IME 415
IME 465
IME 484
Mobile Robotics

 

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Last Updated: August 19, 2005