Email: garychen@niu.edu
Phone: 815-753-1221
Education: Ph.D. (1999) in Industrial Engineering, State
Research Interests: Healthcare Systems Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Concurrent Engineering & Management, Project Team Management, Production Systems.
Work Experience: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering,
Professional Associations and Honors: Innovative Instruction Award, Midwest Decision Sciences Institute (2009), Best Paper Award, Midwest Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting (2009), IE Outstanding Instructor Award, as voted by IE students, COE, MSU-Bozeman (2005); Most Enthusiastic Professor, as recognized by the Alpha Pi Mu student members, MSU-Bozeman (2005); IE Outstanding Research Award, COE, MSU-Bozeman (2003, 2005); National Science Council (NSC) Research Award, Taiwan (1999, 2000); Bronze Award at the IIE CHapter Recognition Competition, Faculty Advisor, MSU-Bozeman (2005, 2006); Who's Who in American Education (2006, 20007); Who's Who in Science and Engineering (2005, 2006, 2007); Who's Who in America (2005, 2006); Who's Who in the World (2005, 2006); Faculty Advisor, Student Chapter of the Institute od Industrial Engineers, MSU-Bozeman (2001-2007); Alpha Pi Mu, the Industrial Engineering Honor Society (since 1998).
Selected Publications:
• Banafsheh, B.,
• McFadden, K.L., Chen, S.-J., Munroe, D.J., Naftzger, J.R. and Selinger, E.M. “Creating an Innovative Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program,” Innovative Higher Education, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 161-176, 2011.
• Mazur, L. and Chen, S.-J., “A Task-Member Assignment Model for Complex Engineering Projects,” International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1-25, 2011.
• Mazur, L. and Chen, S.-J., “Evaluation of Industrial Engineering Students’ Competencies for Process Improvement in Hospitals,” Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 603-628, 2010.
• Mazur, L. and Chen, S.-J., “An Empirical Study for Medication Delivery Improvement Based on Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of Medication Delivery System,” Health Care Management Science, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 56-66, 2009.
• Mazur, L., Chen, S.-J., “An Empirical Study for Medication Delivery Improvement Based on Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of Medication Delivery System,” accepted and to appear in Health Care Management Science, 2008.
• Mazur, L. and Chen, S.-J., “Understanding and Reducing the Medication Delivery Waste via Systems Mapping and Analysis,” Health Care Management Science, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 55-65, 2008.
• Chen, S.-J. and Huang, E. “A Systematic Approach for Supply Chain Improvement Using Design Structure Matrix,” Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 285-299, 2007.
• Huang, E. and Chen, S.-J., “Estimation of Project Completion Time and Factors Analysis for Concurrent Engineering Project Management: A Simulation Approach,” Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 329-341, 2006.
• Chen, S.-J., “An Integrated Methodological Framework for Project Tasks Coordination and Team Organization in Concurrent Engineering,” Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 185-197, 2005.
• Chen, S.-J. and Lin, L., "Modeling Team Member Characteristics for the Formation of a Multifunctional Team in Concurrent Engineering," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 111-124, 2004.
• Su, C.-Y., Chen, S.-J. and Lin, L., "A Structured Approach to Measuring Functional Dependency and Sequencing of Coupled Tasks in Engineering Design," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 195-214, 2003.
• Chen, S.-J. and Lin, L., "Decomposition of Interdependent Task Group for Concurrent Engineering," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 435-459, 2003.
• Chen, S.-J. and Lin, L., "A Project Task Coordination Model for Team Organization in Concurrent Engineering," Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 187-203, 2002.
• Chen, S.-J., Chen, L.-C. and Li Lin, "Knowledge-based Support for Simulation Analysis of Manufacturing Cells," Computers in Industry, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 33-49, 2001.
• Chen, S.-J. and Lin, L., "Reducing Total Tardiness Cost in Manufacturing Cell Scheduling by a Multi-factor Priority Rule," International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 37, No. 13, pp. 2939-2956, 1999.
• Chen, K.-H., Chen, S.-J., Lin, L. and Changchien, S.-W., "An Integrated Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Concurrent Engineering Design of Mechanical Parts," Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 11, No. 1-2, pp. 91-112, 1998
Research Projects:
Dr. Chen has been working on funded research in healthcare systems, which aim at analyzing and improving hospital’s medication delivery performance. He has been leading ISYE students in research projects including