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Epstein Institute Seminar Series / ISE 651 Seminar

Speaker: Dr. Jingshan Li, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Talk Title: "From Manufacturing to Health Care: Lessons and Results"

Series: Epstein Institute Seminar Series

Abstract: Both manufacturing and health care have significant importance. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in healthcare systems research worldwide to improve efficiency, safety and quality to achieve better patient outcome. In this talk, we will present lessons we learned and results we obtained during our journey from manufacturing system research to health care system study. We will start with a brief overview of Production System Engineering. Then, we will discuss the similarities and differences between production systems and health care systems based on our experience. Next we will describe two recent studies in health care delivery systems: modeling and analysis of rapid response operations in acute care to improve patient safety, and improvement of work flow and staff utilization in CT test center. In addition, we plan to address some difficulties and challenges in health care systems research.

Biography: Dr. Jingshan Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY from 2006 to 2010, and a Staff Researcher in Manufacturing Systems Research Lab, General Motors Research & Development Center, Warren, MI from 2000 to 2006. He received the BS from Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, the MS from Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, and PhD in Electrical Engineering – Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI in 1989, 1992 and 2000, respectively.
Dr. Li is the co-author of the textbook Production Systems Engineering (Springer, 2009; Chinese edition by BIT Press, 2012), and he co-edited the book Advances in Systems Theory: Control, Communication Networks, Production Systems and Rational Behavior (WingSpan Press, 2009). Up-to-date, he has published more than 50 refereed journal articles, 6 book chapters and 70 peer reviewed conference proceedings. He is the Department Editor of IIE Transactions – Design and Manufacturing, the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering and International Journal of Production Research, and was an Associate Editor of Mathematical Problems in Engineering. He has served as the Lead Guest Editor of special issues on “Automation in Green Manufacturing” and “Automation in Automotive Manufacturing” in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, and special issue on “Integration of Production System Design and Quality Management” in IIE Transactions. He is also the General Co-Chair of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (Madison, WI, August 17-21) and Co-Chair of 2013 International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering (Milan, Italy, May 22-25)
He received the NSF CAREER Award (2010-2015), the 2009 IIE Transactions Best Application Paper Award, 2005 IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Best Paper Award, 2006 IEEE Early Industry/Government Career Award in Robotics and Automation, and he was in the Finalists of Best Paper Awards of 2009 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering and 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. His paper on simulation of emergency department was among the “Top 25 Hottest Articles in Journal of Emergency Nursing” (July-September, 2010). His primary research interests are in design, analysis and improvement of production and health care systems.

Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

More Information: Seminar-Li, Jingshan.doc

Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - Room 309

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum