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 IIE and Tau Beta Pi
engineering honor societies. He is a senior member of IIE and SME, and a member of ASEE,
Alpha Pi Mu and Tau Beta Pi.
Degrees Held:
MS Industrial Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK