Engineering Management Faculty and Staff

Director  David M. Dilts
Director of Undergraduate Studies  John A. Bers
Professors Emeriti Jimmy L. Davidson, Robert W. House, Barry D. Lichter,  Robert T. Nash
Professors  Mark D. Abkowitz, Gautam Biswas, David M. Dilts, Kazuhiko Kawamura, Frank L. Parker
Adjunct Professors  David A. Berezov, Christopher D. McKinney
Associate Professors of the Practice  John A. Bers, Benjamin T. Jordan, Jr.
Assistant Professors of the Practice: Kenneth R. Pence

Administrator: Florence (Flo) Wahidi

Current Faculty Information

Mark D. Abkowitz,  Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Management;  Co-Director of The Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies and The Institute for Public Policy Studies.  Education:  S.B., S.M., Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology  1974, 1976, 1980)  

David A. Berezov, Adjunct Professor of Engineering Management. Education: B.S. (Syracuse University, 1974); M.B.A., Vanderbilt University (1980). Course: EngM 251 Accounting & Finance for Engineers.

John A. Bers, Associate Professor of the Practice of Engineering Management. Education: B.S., Yale (1968); M.B.A., University of Chicago (1984); Ed.D., Harvard (1975); Ph.D., Vanderbilt (1998). Courses: EngM 150 Impacts of Technology - Dynamics of Change; EngM 221 Introduction to Engineering Management; EngM 242 Technology Marketing; EngM 330 Marketing in the Technology Enterprise.

Gautam Biswas, Professor of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Engineering Management.  Education:  B.Tech. (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay,1977); M.S., Ph.D. (Michigan State 1980, 1983).

David M. Dilts, Director and Professor of Engineering Management; Professor of Management, Owen Graduate School of Management. Education: B.S. in Business Administration (California Polytechnic State University), M.B.A. (University of Oregon), Ph.D. in Operations Management (University of Oregon)  Courses: 254: Production and Supply Chain Management

Benjamin T. Jordan, Jr., Associate Professor of the Practice of Engineering Management.  Education:  B.A. (Mercer University 1965);  M.Div. (Yale University 1968);  Ph.D. (Emory University 1974).  Course:  EngM 244 Applied Behavioral Science.

Kazuhiko Kawamura, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Engineering Management.  Education:  B.E. (Waseda 1963);  M.S. (California, Berkeley 1966);  Ph.D. (Michigan 1972).

Christopher D. McKinney, Associate Professor of the Practie; Director, Office of Technology Transfer & Enterprise Development;. Education: B.A. (Willamette, 1986); M.B.A. (Oregon State,1987); D.A. - Doctor of Arts (Idaho State, 1990)  Courses:EngM 253 Technology-based Entrepreneurship; EngM 275 Technology Forecasting and Planning; .

Frank L. Parker, Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering;  Professor of Engineering Management.  Education:  S.B. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1948); M.S., Ph.D. (Harvard 1950, 1955).

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