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Dr. Kevin Taaffe - Chair

Chair of IE - Kevin Taaffe

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

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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.

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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
Master of Engineering Program Coordinator
(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

Anand K. Gramopadhye

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

Sudeep Hegde

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

Prachita Humane

LECTURER
(864) 656-5649
phumane@clemson.edu

Tuğçe Işık

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

Cullen Jackson

CLINICAL PROFESSOR
(864) 656-1435
cullen6@clemson.edu

Amin Khademi

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

Jeffrey P. Kharoufeh

PROFESSOR / UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM COORDINATOR
(864) 656-5540
kharouf@clemson.edu

Mary Elizabeth Kurz

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

Mariah S. Magagnotti

SENIOR LECTURER
(864) 656-4623
mariahm@clemson.edu

Jeff Messer

PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE
(864) 656-4662
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
(864) 656-5645
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

Instructional and Research Support

Dechristian Franca Barbieri

RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Human Factors Engineering
dfranca@clemson.edu

Liam Cahalane

LECTURER
Technical Fellow and Industrial Engineer Boeing Defense Programs
(843) 329-9177
Liam.J.Cahalane@boeing.com

Steven Foster

CLINICAL HUMAN FACTORS SPECIALIST
safoste@clemson.edu

Sandra Garrett

LECTURER
garrett@clemson.edu

Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty

Alfredo M. Carbonell, D.O. F.A.C.S., F.A.C.O.S.

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Division of Minimal Access and Bariatric Surgery, Prisma Health-Upstate
Alfred.Carbonell@prismahealth.org

Ken Catchpole, Ph.D.

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

Rose Figueroa, PhD, CHFP

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Founder/CEO, belongIN; Principal Consultant, Rimkus
(813) 521-5020
rose@belongIN.org

Brian Fralix

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

Chris Gaafary, MD

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Department of Emergency Medicine, Prisma Health - Upstate
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
chris.gaafary@prismahealth.org

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

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 Professor, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville Clinical Professor, Clemson University School of Health Research
203 Earle Hall
(864) 455-6211
Ronald.Pirrallo@primsahealth.org