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F.
Stan Settles, Ph.D.
Professor and Director Engineering Management Program,
University of Southern California |
Dr.
F. Stan Settles is the IBM Professor of Engineering Management,
the Director of the Systems Architecture and Engineering
Program, Director of the Engineering Management Program,
and former Chair of the Daniel J. Epstein Department of
Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of
Southern California. His research and teaching interests
are in the areas of quality management, engineering project
management, and manufacturing systems engineering.
Prior
to his USC roles he served as Program Director for Design
and Integration Engineering at the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Settles was on loan to the NSF from Arizona State University
in Tempe, where he was a Research Professor in the Department
of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering. In 1992
and 1993 he served as Assistant Director for Industrial
Technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy.
Dr.
Settles had a 30-year career with AlliedSignal Aerospace
(now Honeywell), primarily in Phoenix, Arizona. He held
a number of positions in design and project engineering,
manufacturing, and general management. His titles included:
Manager of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Division
Director of Planning, Division vice-president of Manufacturing
Operations, and Corporate Director of Industrial and Manufacturing
Engineering. Dr. Settles taught as an adjunct faculty member
at Arizona State University in 22 different semesters from
1966 through 1991.
Dr.
Settles is a fellow and past president of the Institute
of Industrial Engineers, a fellow of the Institute for Operations
Research and Management Science, a senior member of the
Society of Manufacturing Engineers, a member of the American
Society for Quality, the American Society for Engineering
Education, the IEEE/Engineering Management Society, and
the International Council on Systems Engineering.
Dr.
Settles was honored by election to the National Academy
of Engineering in 1991. He is listed in a number of biographical
references, including Who's Who in America. Dr. Settles
served as the chair of the National Research Council’s
Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design. The USC School
of Engineering honored him with its Faculty Service Award
for 2001 his contributions to many aspects of society.
He earned
his M.S.E. and Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Arizona
State University. He holds B.S. degrees in both industrial
engineering and production technology from LeTourneau University.
Stan and Evelyn have been married for 42 years and enjoy
their four sons and eight grandchildren.
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