Industrial & Systems Engineering
Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama)
I am interested in problems of material storage and movement inside facilities, and especially in warehouses. My recent work has explored spatial aspects of material flows, as in the design of aisle networks in a warehouse to reduce labor costs of retrieving orders. My newest work seeks to understand some fundamental relationships of throughput and storage capacity for grid-based storage systems, using models based on the childrens' games Rush Hour and the 15-puzzle.
2008 Industrial & Systems Engineering Professor of the Year (Auburn)
2008 Best Paper in Material Handling Award (Material Handling Industry of America)

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