Dr. Shengyong Wang

Title: Associate Professor and ASE Program Director
Dept/Program: Mechanical Engineering
Office: ASEC 107D
Phone: 330-972-8616
Email: wangs@uakron.edu

Biography

Dr. Shengyong Wang is an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Prior to joining the faculty of UA, Dr. Wang worked as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Systems Science & Industrial Engineering at the State University of New York at Binghamton for three years. His research has been funded by New York State Senate, Summa Health System, Akron General Medical Center, Virtua Health, United Health Services, Continental Automotive Electronics, and Vascor. Particularly, he has conducted more than 60 applied healthcare research projects that resulted in millions of dollars in operational savings for the sponsored hospitals. His publication record includes over 30 archival journal and conference papers. He is a senior member of IIE and ASQ, and a member of IEEE, ASEM, and INFORMS. And he holds a Six Sigma black belt certification from ASQ.

Research

Application of Systems Engineering in a variety of domains, including aerospace systems, manufacturing systems, and health care delivery systems. 

Education

• Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Purdue University 2006
• M.S. Singapre-MIT Alliance 2001
• B.S. Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2000