Department of Industrial Engineering

University of Houston
Dept of Industrial Engineering
E206 Engineering Bldg 2
Houston, TX 77204-4008
Phone: (713) 743-4180
Fax: (713) 743-4190
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Department of Industrial Engineering

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Benjamin Ostrofsky, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles

4800 Calhoun Street
Houston, TX 77204
(713)743-4739
E-mail: beno@rics1.cba.uh.edu

Education

Ph.D., Engineering Design, 1968, UCLA
M.S., Executive Engineering Program, 1962, UCLA
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1942, Drexel University

Professional Registration

Professional Engineer (I.E.), State of Texas Industrial Engineer, State of California
Certified Professional Logistician (CPL), Society of Logistics Engineers

Research Interests

Systems Engineering
Logistics
Engineering Economy
Multiattribute Decision Making
Design Optimization

Professional Activities

1970 to Present: Professor, Industrial Engineering Cullen College of Engineering
1976 to Present:
- Lectures to NASA/Johnson Space Center, to Naval Research Laboratories, Washington, D.C., Army Research Institute and other government and industrial agencies System Engineering and Logistics
- Systems Design, Planning and Development Support Systems
- Decision and Optimization Models
- Information Systems
- Long Range Planning, and Management for High Technology
- Strategic Planning
- Integrated Logistics Support
1964 to Present:
- Lectures and short courses to industry on Engineering Design and Systems Theory
- Production Management, Planning, and Control; Logistics Theory; Engineering Management
- Operations Management
- Organization Theory
- Applied Quantitative Methods
- Information Systems, and Technological Forecasting. Developed curricula and courses at Doctoral, Masters, and Baccalaureate levels

Honors & Awards
Dr. Ostrofsky is the only person in the 30 year history of the Society of Logistics Engineers to have won their top 3 awards:

Founders Medal (1993) - major contributions to the Logistics Profession
Eccles Medal (1988) - major contributions to Logistics education
Armitage Medal (1978) - major contributions to Logistics literature

Courses Taught
GL = Graduate Level; UL = Undergraduate Level; ITV = Television offering

System Design, Planning and Development (GL & UL) (Both Engineering and Business Administration)
Doctoral Seminar in Design and Planning (GL)
Product Development and Planning (GL & UL)
Production and Logistics Management (Gl & UL)
Logistics Engineering (GL)(ITV)
Logistics Management (GL)
Project Management (UL & GL)
Project Operations (GL)
Engineering Economics (UL)
Probability and Statistics (GL & UL)
Management Topics in Systems Engineering (GL)(ITV)
Industrial Engineering Seminar (UL)
Management Issues in Systems Engineering (GL) (ITV)
Statistical Decision Analysis and Design (GL)(ITV)
Engineering Economics (UL)
Operations Control (UL)

Selected Publications and Presentations

Papers

"Advanced Methodology for complex Pipeline Optimization", with Travis E. Stripling, Ph.D., P.E., K. B. Elqohary, Consultant, Proceedings of International Pipeline Conference, Calqavy, Canada, September 29, 2002.

"Logistics Education at the University of Houston", Logistics Spectrum, Society of Logistics Engineers, Fall 1995.

"A Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Space Shuttle APU Modification Alternatives", The Annals of the Society of Logistics Engineers, 2(2), pp. 1-22, Winter 1992.

"Enhancement of the Knowledge Acquisition Process in Designing Expert Systems," The Annals of the Society of Logistics Engineers, 2(1), pp.71-82, Spring 1992.

Books

Design, Planning, and Development Methodology, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1977.

Manned Systems Design: Methods, Equipment, and Applications, Chapter 2, edited by J. Moraal and K.F. Kraiss, Plenum Publishing Co., NY, 1981.

Dissertations Directed

1975: Capacity Planning Considerations in the Context of Design R. Chehlaoui

1979: Methodology for Optimal Selection of Off-Shore Drilling Vessels C. Zumwalt

1982: Analysis of Interaction of Multiple Criteria with Application to Large Scale System Design J. Folkeson

1983:Strategic Design and Decision Support Methodology for Large Scale Advanced Technological Systems A. Wu (co-chaired with F. Mistree, Mech. Engr.)

1985: A Structured Optimization Method for Information Resource Management R. Peschke

1988: An Interactive System Design Heuristic W.H. McCumber

1989: Design Decision Making with Multiple Interacting Criteria and Varying Relative Weights J. V. Simons, Jr.

1999: Multiple Criterion Function Methods in Design with Varying Relative Weights, Charles Willow

2002: Multiple Criterion Function in a Development of the Optimal Maintenance For Toroidal Manufacturing, Piynanid Choophaichitr

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