Lecturer
General Engineering
B01-K Holtzendorff Hall, Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634
Phone: (864) 656-2542
Email: cspenc2@clemson.edu
Courses Taught/Assisted with
- ENGR 1410 - Programming and Problem Solving
- IE 3840 - Engineering Economic Analysis
Education
- Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Clemson University (2024)
- M.S., Industrial Engineering, Clemson University (2020)
- BS, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University (2013)
Experience
- Lecturer - General Engineering, Clemson University
- Graduate Assistant- Clemson University
Professional Experience
- Industrial Process Engineer, Michelin
- Process Improvement Engineer, Milliken and Company
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Clemson IE Department Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Clemson University (2022)
Selected Publications
- Spence, C., Kurz, M. E., Sharkey, T. C., & Miller, B. L. (2024). Scoping Literature Review of Disease Modeling of the Opioid Crisis. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 1-14.
- Yilmazlar, I. O., Jeyes, A., Fiore, A., Patel, A., Spence, C., Wentzky, C., Zero, N., Kurz, M. E., Summers, J. D., & Taaffe, K. M. (2020). A case study in line balancing and simulation. Procedia Manufacturing, 48, 71-81.
Recent Conference Proceedings and Presentations
- Spence, C., Kurz M. E., Sharkey, T. C., Miller, B. L. | Progress on an Agent-based Model of the Opioid Overdose Epidemic in a Rural Setting | Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) | Phoenix, AZ | October 2023
- Spence, C., Kurz M. E., Sharkey, T. C., Miller, B. L. | Progress on an Agent-based Model of the Opioid Overdose Epidemic in a Rural Setting | Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) | New Orleans, LA | May 2023
- Spence, C., Kurz M. E., Sharkey, T. C., Miller, B. L., Kalbaugh, C. A. | Systematic Literature Review of Opioid Use and Abuse Modeling | Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) | Indianapolis, IN | October 2022
- Spence, C., Kurz M. E., Sharkey, T. C., Miller, B. L., Kalbaugh, C. A. | Analysis of Existing Opioid Epidemic Models | Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) | Virtual | October 2021
