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Jeffrey W. Herrmann

Research Objective: My research seeks to increase our understanding of product development organizations and manufacturing systems and to improve decision-making through the use of mathematical modeling. This falls generally into the area of operations research. For more general information, see The Science of Better.

Publications: My list of research publications includes books, chapters, journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, and links to working papers. Many of these publications are available on-line.

Research Lab: I am the director of the Simulation-Based System Design Laboratory. The lab has many faculty, students, and projects on a wide variety of topics related to simulation and system design.

This lab was formerly known as the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Lab.

Research Group

It is my pleasure to be advising the following students: Time Aigbe, Dan Fitzgerald, Will Herring, Peyman Karimian, Heidi Koski, Dennis Leber, Adam Montjoy, Richard Strunz, and Rob Tamburello.

Summer, 2009, pool party: Debbie and Samuel Fomundam, Dan and Staci Fitzgerald (who is holding Noah Fomundam), I, and Stephanie Brown.

Photo album:

• Christmas, 2004, lunch: I, Laury, Sean Gahagan and family, Mark Treadwell, Peter Sandborn and family at a restaurant in Bowie.
• Summer, 2005, pool party: Dan Fitzgerald, Brad and Sara Brochtrup, I, Mrs. Fitzgerald, Mark Treadwell, and Mr. Fitzgerald on a cool day at the Crofton pool.
• Christmas, 2005, lunch: Sean Gahagan and Melissa, I, Dan Fitzgerald, Mark Treadwell, Laury, Colleen, and Linda Schmidt at the Sly Horse Tavern in Crofton.
• Spring, 2006, miniature golf expedition: Brad Brochtrup, Ali Pilehvar, Peter Lin, Tim Hoy, Elizabeth Hoy, Mark Treadwell, and Miss Brannigan at Rocky Gorge Golf.
• Summer, 2006, pool party and basketball game: Dan Fitzgerald, Brad and Sara Brochtrup, Ali Pilehvar, and Peter Lin at the Crofton pool basketball court.
• Spring, 2007, miniature golf expedition: Back row: Peter Lin, Tabrez Shaikh, Tim Hoy, Dan Fitzgerald, Brad Brochtrup, Samuel Fomundam (and little Debbie). Front row: Bi Fomundam, Sana Shaikh, and Elizabeth Hoy.
• Summer, 2007, pool party: Brad and Sara Brochtrup, Peyman Karimian, I, Samuel Fomundam (and little Debbie).
• Spring, 2008, miniature golf expedition: Peyman Karimian, Mark Treadwell, Brad Brochtrup, Peter Lin, Anahi, and the Delalio family (Nancy and David, Peter and Ethan).
• Summer, 2008, pool party: Peyman Karimian, I, Colleen, Dan Fitzgerald, and Staci.
• Lunch, June, 2009: Jithesh Balasubramanian, Jeffrey Herrmann, Peter Lin, Stephanie Brown, Adam Montjoy, and Time Aigbe.
• 2009 ESTECH conference: Timothy Hoy and I received the 2009 IEST Maurice Simpson Technical Editors Award.

Research Areas and Related Projects: The following web sites provide information about the research projects and efforts that we have completed and those that are underway:

• Decision Making in Product Development
  • PREMISE: Applying Decision Production Systems to Improve Environmentally Responsible Product Development
• Emergency Preparedness and Health Care Systems
  • Improving Mass Vaccination Clinic Operations
  • Improving Medical Disaster Decision-Making
• Process Planning and Design for Manufacturing
  • Design for Production.
  • Design Classification and Hybrid Variant-Generative Process Planning
  • Optimal Selection of Partners in Agile Manufacturing
• Production Planning and Scheduling
  • Rescheduling Manufacturing Systems
  • Process Planning and Production Scheduling for Affordable Space Systems (also known as IPPS and ASSIST)
  • Input Control for Job Shop Manufacturing
  • Job Shop Scheduling
• Manufacturing System Design
  • Improving Mass Vaccination Clinic Operations
  • Lean Manufacturing Projects at NSWC, Indian Head
  • Facility Design
  • Hybrid Facility Master Planning
  • Simulation Optimization for Manufacturing System Design
• Simulation of Manufacturing Systems
  • A Module for Quickly Modeling Pull Production in Arena
  • Supply Chain Simulation Models
  • Adaptable Simulation Models for Manufacturing
  • Learning Historian for Discrete-Event Simulation
  • Simulation and optimization of production control for lean manufacturing transition
  • Operational Methods for Semiconductor Manufacturing: Integrating Product Dynamics and Process Models
• Manufacturing Operations and Processes
  • Sheet Metal Layout and Operations
  • A work instructions system for flexible assembly lines.

Last updated on November 6, 2009.