Rate My Professor Yasser Dessouky

Yasser M. Dessouky is Professor and Chair of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at San Jose State University, a position he has held since fall 2009. He also serves as Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Lab Director for Manufacturing Information Systems Engineering. Previously, he was Associate Chair (fall 2008–2009), Acting Chair (fall 2006), and Director of the MSE/MBA Dual Degree Program (2005–2010) and Systems Engineering Certificate (2004–2005) at the same university. Dessouky joined San Jose State University in 1997 as Assistant Professor, advancing to Full Professor. Earlier in his career, he was Assistant Professor in the Systems Analysis Department at Miami University (1994–1997), Faculty/Teaching Associate at Arizona State University (1990–1994, 1986–1987), Systems Analyst at TRW Inc. (1988–1990) and Pritsker Corporation (1985–1986), and has engaged in consulting for clients including Applied Materials, Texas Instruments, and General Electric since 1990. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering from Arizona State University in 1993, M.S. from the same institution in 1987, and B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984.

Dessouky's research specializations include production and lean systems, statistical process improvement, supply chain optimization, simulation of large complex systems, data analytics, integrated production management, supply-chain modeling, and applied statistics and operations research. His key publications feature 'Forty years of Computers & Industrial Engineering: A bibliometric analysis' (Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2017, with C. Cancino et al.), 'Multi-AGV scheduling for conflict-free path planning in automated container terminals' (Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2020, with M. Zhong et al.), 'An integrated scheduling method for AGV routing in automated container terminals' (Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2018, with Y. Yang et al.), 'A bibliometric analysis of supply chain analytical techniques published in Computers & Industrial Engineering' (Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2019, with C.A. Cancino et al.), and 'Improvements to a microelectronic design and fabrication course' (IEEE Transactions on Education, 2005, with D. Parent et al.). He serves as Associate Editor for Computers and Industrial Engineering and on editorial boards for International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling and International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling. Awards include the Applied Materials Award for Excellence in Teaching (San Jose State University College of Engineering, 2015) and Don Newnan ISE Teaching Excellence Award (San Jose State University, 2008, 2014).