Dr. Grant joined the faculty at the University of Oklahoma in December
of 1993 as Director of the School of Industrial Engineering and Southwestern
Bell Professor. Since his arrival, he has been actively involved in all
aspects of the growth of School as well as in the startup of the Center
for the Study of Wireless Electromagnetic Compatibility. He is currently
Director of the Center and Dugan Professor of Industrial Engineering and
was recently the S. R. Noble Presidential Professor.
Dr. Grant was recently award the Outstanding Industrial Engineer Award
for 2001 from Purdue University. Prior to joining the University of Oklahoma,
Dr. Grant was with the National Science Foundation in Washington, DC,
where he directed programs in Production Systems, Engineering Design,
and Operations Research. While at the NSF, he also worked on the design
and implementation of a new science station at the South Pole. Before
that, he was Director of the Measurement and Manufacturing Systems Laboratory
with Hewlett-Packard in HP Labs. In that capacity, he was responsible
for developing the five to ten year vision of HP's manufacturing requirements
as well as a new instrument system architecture for the company. Before
joining HP, Dr. Grant was involved in the startup and development of two
Industrial Engineering software companies: Pritsker Corporation and FACTROL.
Dr. Grant received the 1988 Entrepreneur of the Year in High Technology
Award from the Institute of American Entrepreneurs (Arthur Young/Venture)
for his role in starting FACTROL, which provided factory floor scheduling
tools to Fortune 500 companies throughout the US and also in Europe.
Dr. Grant is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and is
a member of the following societies: INFORMS, the Institute of Industrial
Engineers, Tau Beta Pi and The Institute of American Entrepreneurs. Dr.
Grant received his Ph.D. from Purdue University in Industrial Engineering
in 1980.
Research Activities
Wireless electromagnetic Compatibility
Domain specific simulation languages
Simulation and virtual reality
Biomedical manufacturing
Order scheduling and promising
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