Faculty and Staff

James Curry, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor, Doctoral Graduate Advisor
Research: OR, Data Science, Software Development

Heather Martindale
Administrative Specialist

Email: hmartindale@lamar.edu
Phone: (409) 880-8759

Brian Craig, Ph.D.,P.E.,C.P.E.
Professor
Research: Safety, Ergonomics, and Human Factors Engineering

Victor Zaloom, Ph.D.,P.E.
Professor
Fellow Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
Research: Risk Analysis, Engineering Economics, Quality

Xinyu Liu, Ph.D.
Professor, Graduate Advisor (M.E. IE and M.E.S. IE)
Research: Meso/Micro/Nano-scale Manufacturing, Manufacturing, and SQC

Alberto Marquez, Ph.D.,P.E.
Associate Professor, B.S. IT Associate Director, M.E.M. Advisor
Research: Heuristics, Scheduling, and Supply Chain Management

Maryam Hamidi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research: Reliability, Data Analysis, Maintenance/Inventory Optimization, Game Theory, Warranty/Lease Contracts

Yueqing Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research: Human Factor/Ergonomics, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Neuro ergonomics, Data Mining

Berna Eren Tokgoz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Graduate Advisor (M.E.M.)
Research: Resilience Engineering, Risk Analysis, Systems Engineering, Complex Systems