Directory of Key NCIT Personnel
Directors
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Dr. Patrick Sherry Co-Director, NCIT Associate Professor and Director of Training Counseling Psychology ITI Faculty University of Denver 2450 S. Vine Street Denver CO 80208 Phone: 303.871.2495 Fax: 303.871.4456 Email: psherry@du.edu |
National Center for Intermodal Transportation Dr. Patrick Sherry is a professor with a specialization in intermodal transportation and occupational psychology at the University of Denver. Since 2003 he has served as the Director of the National Center for Intermodal Transportation and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver. In addition to scientific research he has consulted extensively with Fortune 500 transportation companies throughout the US and Canada in the areas of safety, human resources, and leadership training. He has conducted research in the area of human factors related to the hours of service for the transportation industry. He developed and validated an assessment battery for selecting and hiring managers in a large rail transportation company and is currently working on a documentary film and a book describing state of the art intermodal transportation solutions in the Western United States. Dr. Sherry has been extremely active in the identification and development of leaders in business and industry. His book on training and development needs of leaders in the transportation industry and 150+ articles and scientific papers have influenced thousands of professionals and students. Applying cutting edge behavioral science to training and education he was a co-founder of the Pioneer Leadership Program - an on-campus training program that had the highest enrollment of students on campus. In addition, he directs and evaluates potential participants for the Founding Fathers Project, an in-depth study of 40 CEOs and leaders of transportation companies. Most recently Dr. Sherry co-authored a study on the workforce development needs of professional in the transportation industry. Dr. Sherry addressed the US House of Representatives' Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure earlier this year and identified five major challenges facing the US transportation system. He has also worked in both Europe and Asia, consulting on hiring decisions, assessment instruments and practices, and the development of executive training programs with private industry and government.
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Dr. Burak Ekşioğlu Co-Director, NCIT Chair, Transportation Working Group Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Mississippi State University PO Box 9542 Mississippi State MS 39762 Phone: 662.325.7625 Fax: 662.325.7618 Email: beksioglu@ise.msstate.edu |
Burak Ekşioğlu received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida. He holds an MS degree in Engineering Business Management from the University of Warwick in England and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Bogazici University in Turkey. Prior to joining Mississippi State, Dr. Ekşioğlu taught at Cleveland State University and worked with MARSA KJS as an organization development specialist. He currently serves as the Chair of the Transportation Research Group at Mississippi State. His research efforts are focused on logistics and transportation, operations research, supply chain optimization, disaster management, and heuristic optimization. His research has been funded by a number of organizations such as the United States Department of Homeland Security, Mississippi Department of Transportation, and the United States Department of Agriculture. Dr. Ekşioğlu's research has been published in top journals including IIE Transactions, Naval Research Logistics, and Computers and Industrial Engineering. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). |
Assistant Director
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Royce Bowden, Jr., Ph.D. MSU Assistant Director, NCIT Professor and Head Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Bagley College of Engineering Post Office Box 9542 Mississippi State, MS 39762 Phone: 662.325.3865 Fax: 662.325.7618 Email: bowden@ise.msstate.edu |
Royce Bowden received his Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering) in 1992 and joined the industrial and systems engineering faculty at Mississippi State University. Prior to joining Mississippi State, Dr. Bowden worked in manufacturing engineering positions with Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) and Martin Marietta Aerospace (New Orleans, LA). His research on developing and integrating modern optimization and artificial intelligence techniques with discrete-event simulation to solve complex optimization problems was adopted by a leading software company in 1996. The software is being used around the world to optimize transportation systems, logistics systems, and manufacturing and service systems. Virtually all major discrete event software providers now include similar optimizers with their products. Dr. Bowden's research has been funded by organizations including the National Science Foundation, United States Department of Transportation, United States Department of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Whirlpool Corporation. Professor Bowden is author (or coauthor) of numerous research papers and coauthor of two simulation books. His second book, Simulation Using ProModel, is in its second edition with McGraw-Hill. Dr. Bowden has delivered numerous invited presentations and workshops around the nation and serves as an associate editor for the International Journal of Modeling and Simulation. |
Assistant Director of Research
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Jessica L. Cade, M.A. University of Denver National Center for Intermodal Transportation 2400 South Gaylord Street Denver, Colorado 80208 Phone: 303.871.7773 jessica.cade@du.edu http://www.du.edu/transportation/ |