Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering   Campus Box 1805

S Cem Karacal, PhD
Associate Professor

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

PhD 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
       -  Mathematical Modeling and Optimization  - Multi-criteria, Multi-Objective Optimization
  • Quality Assurance
       - Statistical Process Control    - Process Optimization
       - Acceptance Sampling
  • Computer Simulation Modeling and Analysis
       - Object Oriented Modeling    - Artificial Intelligence Applications in Simulation
       - Modeling Methodologies     - Web Based Manufacturing System Simulation
  • Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems
       - Process Scheduling     - Distributed Manufacturing Database
       - Web Based Order Tracking

Experience and Background:
Dr. Karacal has experience in industry, academia and consulting.  Before joining SIUE, he worked at the Rochester Institute of Technology as a faculty member and Computer Integrated Manufacturing System as a project coordinator for RIT's integrated circuit factory.  He is the faculty advisor for the SIUE chapter of IIE.