Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering      Campus Box 1804

Jacob Van Roekel (Van)
Associate Dean of Engineering
Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

3062 Engineering Building

School of Engineering
Office of the Dean
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL  62026-1804

Voice: 618-650-2817
Fax: 618-650-3347
E-Mail: jvanroe@siue.edu
 


MS Management Information Systems, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 1991
MS Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1968
BS Industrial Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 1966

Areas of Expertise:

  • Computer-integrated manufacturing
  • Information systems
  • Assessment
  • Retention and minority education


Experience and Background:
Professor Van Roekel served as a practicing industrial/management engineer for 16 of 24 years in the United States Air Force where he developed and led numerous management consultant and human resource standard studies. Since joining academia in 1984, he has pursued interests in computer-integrated manufacturing, information systems, assessment, retention and minority education. He designed and implemented the current IME state-of-the-art computer integrated manufacturing laboratory.