HUI (JOHN) WANG 1205 Beal Ave, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-2117 Email: johnwang@umich.edu Phone: (734) 272-1922 PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION EDUCATION Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Industrial & Operations Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, April 2010 (expected) Thesis: Modeling Product Variety Induced Complexity and Its Impact on the Performance of Assembly Systems and Supply Chains Advisors: Prof. S. Jack Hu and Prof. Goker Aydin MA in Statistics, University of Michigan, 2009 MSE in Industrial & Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, 2006 MS in Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 2004 BS in Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 2001 CERTIFICATE Graduate Teacher Certificate, University of Michigan, 2009 Certificate integrates and requires professional development in: Orientation to college-level teaching and learning Exposure to new teaching strategies through seminars and workshops Experience as a Graduate Student Instructor, including a teaching consultation Mentorship on teaching from a faculty member Preparation of a teaching philosophy statement RESEARCH INTERESTS Manufacturing Systems: Product Variety and Its Impact on Manufacturing Systems, Assembly System Design, Performance Analysis of Manufacturing Systems Production Control and Supply Chain Management: Production and Inventory Control, Supply Chain Complexity Analysis, Product Variety Decision Applied Statistics: Statistics Process Control, Reliability Engineering TEACHING INTERESTS Operations Research (OR): Introduction to Operations Research, Engineering Optimization I& II (Linear Programming, Dynamic Programming), Stochastic Processes and Queueing Systems Manufacturing Systems: System Engineering I & II, Design and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems, Global Manufacturing Systems, Applied Statistics: Statistics, Quality, and Reliability, Design of Experiments Supply Chain Management: Production Planning and Inventory Control 1
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Graduate Student Research Assistant, GM Collaborative Research Lab University of Michigan, Sept 2008 - Present Develop the methodology to measure the variety induced complexity in mixed-model assembly systems with different configurations Investigate how the variety induced complexity influences the performance of mixed-model assembly systems, including reliability and throughput Apply the developed complexity and throughput models to assembly system configuration design Graduate Student Research Assistant, NSF Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing System, University of Michigan, Jan 2005 - Aug 2008 Develop the complexity measure of assembly supply chains in the presence of product variety based on Shannon s Information Entropy Study the relationship between the complexity and cost of an assembly supply chain Analyze the extent to which cost and complexity measures agree when making product variety and modularity decisions in an assembly supply chain Apply the developed complexity model to the configuration selection problem of assembly supply chains Graduate Student Research Assistant, Advanced Vehicle and Robotics Lab Tianjin University, China, Sept 2001 - Jan 2004 Participate in China 863 NSF Project, Microsurgical Tele-operated Medical Robot Design the mechanical structure of master human controller in the medical robot TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate Student Instructor of IOE441, Production and Inventory Control IOE Department, University of Michigan, Winter 2009 A senior level 3-credit course with 100 undergraduate students enrolled Hold office hour to help students better understand course material Grade exams, prepare homework solutions, develop grading policy for homework and manage graders Co-Instructor & Graduate Student Instructor of MFG502, Manufacturing System Design, ME department and Manufacturing Program, University of Michigan, Winter 2008 A senior/graduate level 3-credit course with 75 graduate and undergraduate on-campus students and 125 off-campus students enrolled Assist the instructor in preparing syllabus, developing course materials and designing the course project Give guest lectures on Mid-term Review and Supply Chain Issues Prepare exams, homework, homework solutions and homework grading policy 2
Co-Instructor & Graduate Student Instructor of ME587, Global Manufacturing Systems, ME department, University of Michigan, Fall 2007 & Fall 2008 A graduate level 3-credit course with 35 students enrolled from Engineering school and Business school Assist the instructor in developing course materials, conduct in-class discussions and prepare homework solutions Give the guest lectures on Supply Chain Introduction and Delayed Differentiation Hold office hour to answer students questions and provide support for the course project, including product development, manufacturing system design, etc. INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE Infosys INSETP Global Internship, Infosys Technologies Limited, Bangalore, India Jun 2009- Aug 2009 Develop a model to quantify network security based on operation research (OR) knowledge, specifically Markov chain decision process Implement case study of the developed quantification model and perform statistics analysis based on network flow data of Infosys Industrial Engineer Internship, China Otis-UTC Elevator Co., Tianjin, China Jan 2004 - May 2004 Apply MRP II for scheduling and releasing plant manufacturing orders Indentify the bottleneck of elevator door assembly lines and redesign the layout of assembly plant to improve productivity SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journals and Transactions 1. Hu, S.J., Zhu, X., Wang, H. and Koren Y., Product Variety and Manufacturing Complexity in Assembly Systems and Supply Chain, 2008, CIRP Annals-Manufacturing Technology, Volume 57, Issue 1, Pages 45-48 2. Wang, H., Aydin, G. and Hu, S.J., A Complexity Model for Assembly Supply Chains with Product Variety, Submitted to Production and Operations Management (Under Review) 3. Wang, H., Ko, J. and Hu, S.J., A Complexity Model for Assembly Supply Chains and Its Application to Configuration Design, Submitted to ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (Under Review) 4. Wang, H. and Hu, S.J., Manufacturing Complexity in Assembly Systems with Hybrid Configurations and Its Impact on Throughput, Submitted to CIRP Annals-Manufacturing Technology (Under Review) 5. Nazarian,E., Wang, H. and Ko, J., Design of mixed-model manufacturing lines with the consideration of inter-task times and reduced change-over, Manuscript under preparation to be submitted to Journal of Manufacturing Systems in Nov 2009 3
Refereed Conference Proceedings 6. Wang, H., Zhu, X., Hu, S.J. and Koren Y., Complexity Analysis of Assembly Supply Chain Configurations, 2008, 9th ASME conference on Engineering Systems, Design and Analysis, Haifa, Israel 7. Zhu, X., Wang, H., Hu, S.J. and Koren Y., Build Sequence Scheduling to Minimize Complexity in Mixed-model Assembly Lines, 2008, 9th ASME conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, Haifa, Israel 8. Wang, H., Roy, S., Das, A. and Paul, S., A Framework for Security Quantication of Networked Machines, submitted to The 2nd International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworkS (COMSNETS), 2010, Bangalore, India * The paper is based on the internship work with Infosys Inc, summer 2009 PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT 1. Actively contributed to the winning proposal GOALI: Modeling Product Variety Induced Manufacturing Complexity for Assembly System Design, Award number CMMI-0825438, NSF CMMI Program, 2008, total funding $349,000 (PI: S. Jack Hu) 2. Contributing to a new collaborative proposal of University of Michigan and University of Nebraska, Module-centric Approach to Integrated Adaption of Assembly Products and Supply Chains, to be submitted to the NSF CMMI program INVITED PRESENTATIONS Co-chair & Presenter in session Performance and Configuration of Production/Supply Systems for Multiple Product Production, 2009 INFORMS Conference, San Diego, CA Co-chair & Presenter in session Design of Supply Chain Configurations for Product Variety Management, 2008 INFORMS Conference, Washington DC Presenter in session Modeling, Supply Chain, Production Management & Quality Engineering, 2008 UM Engineering Graduate Symposium Presenter in session Manufacturing Complexity Management for Product Variety, 2007 IN- FORMS Conference, Seattle, WA HONORS AND REWARDS UM Rackham Graduate School Conference Grant, 2007, 2008, 2009 UM Mechanical Engineering Department Fellowship, 2004 Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship, Tianjin University, China, 2002 2nd Place of Genius Cup for Innovation Championship, Tianjin University, China, 2000 4
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Professional Membership Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) American Statistical Association (ASA) Professional Service Invited Reviewer of Journal of Manufacturing Systems Invited Review of Transactions of NAMRI/SME Invited Reviewer of International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology Other Actitivites Attendee of Preparing Future Faculty Conference, UM Rackham Graduate School/ Center for Research, Learning and Teaching, Oct 16, 2008 Volunteer of UM College of Engineering Tech Day, Nov 12, 2008 Department Chair of UM Chinese Student & Scholar Association (CSSA), 2004-2006 5