Faculty Profile

Dr. James Curry

Assistant Professor

Department of Industrial Engineering

 

 

Education

Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University 

M.S.  Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, University of Texas

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas

 

Areas Of Expertise

Logistics

Scheduling

Supply Chain Management

Software Development

Optimization

Simulation

 

Illustrative Papers/Presentations

 

Curry, J. and Peters, B. A. (2005).  Rescheduling parallel machines with stepwise increasing tardiness and machine assignment stability objectives.  International Journal of Production Research, 43 (15), 3231-3246.

 

Curry, J. and Peters, B. A. (2005).  Solving the parallel machine scheduling problem with a stepwise increasing tardiness cost objective using branch and price.  Currently in revision for European Journal of Operational Research.

 

Smith, J.S.,. Peters, B.A, Curry, J. and Gupta, D., “Prototype software model for designing intruder detection systems with simulation,” Proceedings of SPIE ’98, Orlando, FL, April, 1998.

 

Industry Experience

VectorSCM (Lead Logistics Provider for General Motors for 2.5 Years)

IBM Global Services (3 Years) with consulting project at UPS Logistics, KMart, and IBM

City of Austin (3 Years)