Dr. Kevin Taaffe - Chair
Kevin Taaffe, Harriet & Jerry Dempsey Professor and Chair of the Industrial Engineering Department, joined Clemson as an assistant professor in 2004. He brings three decades of industry and academic experience to the position. Taaffe's research interests include the application of simulation and optimization in healthcare, production and transportation logistics, with much of his most recent research centered on applying industrial engineering techniques and analysis to healthcare. He holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. in industrial systems and engineering from the University of Florida.
- Received Collaboration Award in 2018 for research conducted on operating room procedures
- Member of IISE, serving in several roles, including faculty advisor to the Clemson chapter, region vice president and vice president of student development
- Selected to receive the Fellow Award from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), an honor that puts him in the highest class of IISE membership
- Work includes 58 refereed journal publications, six book chapters and 50 refereed conference proceedings
- Research funded by various federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Meet Our Faculty & Staff
The Department of Industrial Engineering has over 20 full-time faculty members, with continued growth expected over the next few years. We have a student population of more than 500 undergraduate students, 125 M.S. students, and 40 Ph.D. students. Furthermore, our online Master of Engineering (MEng) program has over 80 enrolled students.
Faculty

Jessica Avilés
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-0920
aviles@clemson.edu

Jackie Cha
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-1874
jackie@clemson.edu

Kapil Chalil Madathil
PROFESSOR/GRADUATE PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Wilfred P. Tiencken Professor of Industrial & Civil Engineering
(864) 656-0856
kmadath@clemson.edu

Raul Chavez-Negrete
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE
(864) 656-1364
rachave@clemson.edu

Emma Dixon
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-4716
eschare@clemson.edu

Bill Ferrell
PROFESSOR
Fluor International Supply Chain Professor
(864) 656-2724
fwillia@clemson.edu

Archis Ghate
PROFESSOR
Fluor Endowed Chair
(864) 656-1334
archisg@clemson.edu

Anand K. Gramopadhye
PROFESSOR/DEAN
109 Riggs Hall
(864) 656-2621
gramop@clemson.edu

Sudeep Hegde
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-0111
sudeeph@clemson.edu

Tuğçe Işık
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-2454
tisik@clemson.edu

Amin Khademi
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(864) 656-6919
khademi@clemson.edu

Jeffrey P. Kharoufeh
PROFESSOR
(864) 656-5540
kharouf@clemson.edu

Mary Elizabeth Kurz
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(864) 656-4652
mkurz@clemson.edu

Dan Li
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-1435
dli4@clemson.edu

Qi Luo
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-5649
qluo2@clemson.edu

Mariah S. Magagnotti
SENIOR LECTURER
136 Freeman Hall
mariahm@clemson.edu

Jeff Messer
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE
134 Freeman Hall
jbmesse@clemson.edu

David M. Neyens
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(864) 656-4719
dneyens@clemson.edu

Hamed Rahimian
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-7889
hrahimi@clemson.edu

Thomas Sharkey
PROFESSOR
(864) 656-7891
tcshark@clemson.edu

Yongjia Song
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(864) 656-9832
yongjis@clemson.edu

Divya Srinivasan
PROFESSOR
McQueen Quattlebaum Professor
277A Freeman Hall
sriniv5@clemson.edu

Kevin M. Taaffe
PROFESSOR/DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Harriet and Jerry Dempsey Professor
(864) 656-0291
taaffe@clemson.edu

Emily Tucker
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-9573
etucke3@clemson.edu
Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty

J H Abernathy, III, MD, MPH, FASE, FAHA
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Interim Executive Vice Chair and Division Chief of Cardiac Anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins
(410) 614-0620
jhabern@clemson.edu

Liam Cahalane
LECTURER
Associate Technical Fellow and Industrial Engineer Boeing Defense Programs
(406) 994-4339
Liam.J.Cahalane@boeing.com

Ken Catchpole, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR
Professor of Human Factors at Medical University of South Carolina
(843) 792-4955
catchpol@musc.edu

Burak Eksioglu, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR
University of Arkansas
(479) 575-3156
burak@uark.edu

Sandra D. Eksioglu, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR
Hefley Professor in Logistics and Entrepreneurship University of Arkansas
(479) 575-6042
sandra@uark.edu

Brian Fralix
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
(864) 656-5197
bfralix@clemson.edu

Sandra Garrett
LECTURER
(864) 656-3114
garrett@clemson.edu

Nathan Huynh
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Keith W. Klaasmeyer Chair in Engineering and Technology; Director, Nebraska Transportation Center
(402) 472-3447
nathan.huynh@unl.edu

Anjali Joseph
PROFESSOR
Endowed Chair in Architecture + Health Design and Research, School of Architecture
(864) 656-2273
anjalij@clemson.edu

Katie Law, Ph.D.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
(608) 419-0084
katie.e.law@medtronic.com

Rammohan V Maikala, PhD, ASP
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Subject Matter Expert – Program Technical Consultant, National Safety Council
(971) 330-7051
ram.maikala@nsc.org

Ronald Pirrallo, MD, MHSA, FACEP
CLINICAL PROFESSOR
Vice Chair Department of Emergency Medicine, Academic Affairs Prisma Health
203 Earle Hall
(864) 455-6211
Ronald.Pirrallo@primsahealth.org

Christopher Reid, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE
Human Factors & Ergonomics Boeing Environment Health & Safety (EHS)
(843) 708-6005
christopher.r.reid@boeing.com

Chrysafis Vogiatzis, Ph.D.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(217) 300-7078
chrys@illinois.edu
Emeritus Faculty

Rae Cho
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
bcho@clemson.edu

Joel Greenstein
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMERITUS
iejsg@clemson.edu

Del Kimbler
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
kimbler@clemson.edu

Brian J. Melloy
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMERITUS
melloyb@clemson.edu
Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dechristian Franca Barbieri
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
Human Factors Engineering
dfranca@clemson.edu

Jangho Park
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Ergonomics
janghop@clemson.edu
Staff

Martin Clark
SYSTEM DEVELOPER III
(864) 656-1269
clarkcm@clemson.edu

Casey Fenton
GRADUATE STUDENT SERVICES COORDINATOR
(864) 656-4785
cbfento@clemson.edu

Tina Fiori
ACCT/PROCUREMENT
(864) 656-0184
tfiori@clemson.edu

Julie Garcia
ACCT/FISCAL ANALYST III
(864) 656-7468
jgarcia@clemson.edu

Derrick Jordan
WEB CONTENT MANAGER
(864) 656-1500
jordan2@clemson.edu

Jess LeCroy
STUDENT SERVICES MANAGER
(864) 656-0183
jpruszk@clemson.edu

Denise Lennox
OFFICE MANAGER
(864) 656-7258
dlennox@clemson.edu

Susan Long
UNDERGRADUATE ADVISOR
(864) 656-1227
sllong@clemson.edu

Jodi Redlinger
FINANCIAL BUSINESS MANAGER
(864) 656-8064
jodir@clemson.edu

Kathy Snipes
ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR
(864) 656-8958
kasnipe@clemson.edu