Master's Thesis and Creative Component Committee Work
Spring 2007 – Fall 2008:  Master of Science in Industrial Engineering Thesis committee member for Bhavana Padakala 

Summer 2007 – Summer 2008:  Master of Science in Business Thesis committee chair for James Abbey

Spring 2007 – Masters of Accountancy creative component committee member for Laura Sargent

Spring 2007 – Masters of Accountancy creative component committee member for Ying Ye

Fall 2005 – January 2006:  Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering creative component committee member for John R. Kennedy.

2001 – July 2005:  Brian Bernard MS in Industrial Engineering creative component committee member

1999 – Jan. 2004:  Trenton Rolling MS in Industrial Engineering creative component committee member

Fall 2003:  Elif Tutuk MS in Management Information Systems creative component substitute committee member

Independent Study, Honors Projects, and Internship Advising
Spring 2008 – OSCM 490 – Independent study advisor for Courtney Currie

Spring 2008 – OSCM 490 – Independent study advisor for Doug Vincent

Spring 2008 – OSCM 490 – Independent study advisor for Nate Perlewitz

Summer 2007 – SCM 590 - Independent study advisor for Eric Smith

Spring 2007 – Honors project advisor for Kimberly Pagano

Fall 2005 - Honors project advisor for Zachary Knutson

Spring 2002 - POM 590 - Independent study advisor for Chuck New

Spring 2002 - POM 590 - Independent study advisor for Stephanie Fox

Spring 2000 - POM 590 - Independent study advisor for Bruce Hawks

Spring 2000 - POM 590 - Independent study advisor for Mark Beyer

Spring 2000 - POM 590 - Independent study advisor for Greg Jacobs

Spring 2002 - Honors project advisor for Neal Schau

Spring 2000 - Honors project advisor for Rachael Deur

Summer 1999 - BusAd 491 - Experiential Learning advisor for Lyle Reicks

Spring 1999, Advised a group of 4 students working on an operations management project for Marketing 490 - Beyond Business Classroom

Fall 1998 - BusAd 490 - Independent Study Advisor for Remus Ilies


Student Organization Advising
August 1999 - Present:  Advisor for ISUAPICS (The Educational Society for Resource Management) - the production/operations management student club.


Book Chapters/Proposals Reviewed
Spring 2006, Reviewed a book titled Customer Success through Creating a World-Class Organization by Christopher K. Ahoy, Associate Vice President for Facilities, Iowa State University, Facilities Planning & Management, 200+ pages.

Prentice Hall (2002), Reviewed proposal for a major revision to an introductory text in Operations Management by Krajewski and Ritzman.

Simon and Schuster Education Group (1998), Reviewed six chapters and five chapter supplements for an introductory text in operations management titled Integrated Operations Management: Adding Value for Customers by Hanna and Newman.


Professional Activities
Occasional paper reviewer for International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Occasional paper reviewer for Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)

Occasional paper reviewer for International Journal of Production Research

Occasional paper reviewer for European Journal of Operational Research

Occasional paper reviewer for International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Occasional paper reviewer for the Journal of Operations Management

Paper reviewer/discussant for the POM - Manufacturing Track of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, San Francisco, California, Nov. 17-20, 2001.

Paper reviewer/discussant for the Quality and Productivity Track of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Orlando, Florida, Nov. 18-21, 2000.

Paper reviewer/discussant for the POM Manufacturing Track of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Orlando, Florida, Nov. 18-21, 2000.

Paper reviewer/discussant for the POM Track of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 20-23, 1999.

Paper reviewer for the Organizational Behavior/Organizational Theory Track for the 29th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 21-24, 1998.

Paper reviewer/discussant for the Production/Operations Management - Manufacturing Track for the 29th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 21-24, 1998.


Academic Committees
Coordinator of the Review for Maintenance of AACSB Accreditation, Fall 2008 – Present.

Member of the Pammel Drive Corridor Evaluation Committee, Iowa State University – Fall 2008. 

Chair of the Transportation Advisory council, Iowa State University, Fall 2007 – present.  Member Fall 2002 - present

Member of the College of Business Undergraduate Programs Task Force, Iowa State University, Fall 2007 – present.

Chair of the Department of Logistics, Operations, and Management Information Systems Promotion and Tenure Committee, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006.

Member of the College of Business Curriculum Committee, Iowa State University, Fall 2005 – present.

Member of the Department of Logistics, Operations, and Management Information Systems TransLog faculty search committee, College of Business, Iowa State University, Fall 2000 – Spring 2001

Co-chair for Iowa State University College of Business POM faculty search committee, 1999-2000 academic year.

Member of the Department of Logistics, Operations, and Management Information Systems Curriculum Committee, College of Business, Iowa State University, Fall 1998 – Spring 2001.

Member of the MBA Integration Task Force, College of Business, Iowa State University, Spring 1998-Spring 2002.