Faculty, Research & Staff

Sharon A Johnson

Associate Professor
Director of I.E. Program

Faculty Listing
Office: Washburn Shops, 302
Phone: +1-508-831-5183
Fax: +1-508-831-5720
sharon@wpi.edu

Process design, lean thinking; health care delivery systems; facility layout; operations management

September 2006, National Science Foundation
“Collaborative Research: Integrating Hands-On Discovery of Lean Principles into Operations, Industrial, and Manufacturing Curricula”, with V. Allada, S. Pariseau, and T. Shehata.
January 2006, WPI Faculty Advancement in Research (FAR) Program
"Applying Engineering and Information Technology Tools to Improve Health Care Delivery Processes”, with I. Bar-On and D. Strong, Faculty Advancement in Research (FAR) Program, WPI Research Development Council, $25,000.
May 2005, National Science Foundation
“Integrating Enterprise Decision-Making Modules into Undergraduate Management and Industrial Engineering Curricula”, with D. Strong and J.J. Mistry
January 2002, WPI Educational Development Council
"Management Education in the Information Age"; with J. Mistry and D. Strong
December 2001, National Science Foundation
"Using Discovery-Based Learning to Explore the Lean Design of Global Supply Chains"; with A. Zeng and A. Gerstenfeld (with matching contributions from GE and Teradyne).
January 2001, WPI Educational Development Council
"Using Discovery-Based Learning to Explore the Lean Design of Global Supply Chains"; with A. Gerstenfeld, F. Noonan, A. Zeng, and J. Zhu

Zeng, A. Z. and S.A. Johnson, "The Impact of Integrating a Discovery-based Laboratory to Teach Supply Chain Management Fundamentals in an Undergraduate Management Course", Innovation in Education and Teaching International, to appear, 2008.
Searle, G. and S.A. Johnson, "A Decision Model for Risk Management in New Product Development Projects"
Goulet, J. A., S. A. Johnson, J. A. Minasian, and E. B. Field, "Measuring Productivity using Attribute-Based Performance Modeling", submitted to Journal of Productivity Analysis.
S. A. Johnson and J. Zhu, "Identifying Top Applicants in Recruiting Using Data Envelope Analysis", to appear, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences.
Johnson, S. A., D. M. Strong, J. J. Mistry, "Integrating Enterprise Decision-Making Modules into Industrial Engineering Curricula", Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference, Chicago, IL: June 18-21, 2006.

First Place in the American Society of Engineering Education IE Division Best Paper Award, for the paper Teaching Lean Process Design Using a Discovery Approach (Johnson, Gerstenfeld, Zeng, Ramos, and Mishra).
Johnson, S. A. and Zeng, A. Z, “Integrating Discovery-Based Laboratories into an Undergraduate Introductory Operations Management Course”, runner-up, Wickham Skinner Award in Teaching Innovation Achievements, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 2^nd World Conference on POM, Cancun, Mexico, May 2004.

WPI Service:
- Faculty Review Committee, Fall 2007 –
- Institutional Review Board, Fall 2006 –
- Dean of Undergraduate Studies Search Committee, Spring 2006
- Chair, Commission E - Shape and Size, 2005-2006
- Member, Commission Task Force, 2005
- Committee on Academic Policy (CAP), 2002-2003
Management Department Service:
- Department Tenure Committee, July 2004-2006
- Finance Search Committee, Fall 2004-Spring 2005
- Department Strategic Task Force, Fall 2004

Host and Organizing Committee Member, "Linking Lean Thinking to Education", Joint Meeting of LEAN-EdNet, October 16-18, 2006
Member, Innovations in Curriculum Award Subcommittee, 2006-2007, Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads.
Chair, 2003-2004; IE Research Conference Subcommittee, Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads.
Past-Chair, 2003, Chair 2002, Chair-elect, 2001; Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads.
Associate Editor, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2001-

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