Dr. Thomas L. Landers |
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Oklahoma Aerospace Institute University of Oklahoma joint with Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma Aerospace Commission College of Engineering Oversight CommitteeAppointed: 2008 University of Oklahoma Oklahoma Transportation Center (OTC) affiliated with Oklahoma State University and Langston University Executive DirectorAppointed: 2006 University of Oklahoma College of Engineering DeanAppointed: 2005 University of Oklahoma College of Engineering AT&T ChairAppointed: 2005 |  |
Mailing Address202 W Boyd St. College of Engineering Deans' Office Room 107 Norman, Oklahoma 73019United States | Contact Information |
Qualifications
Ph.D., Texas Tech University, Industrial Engineering, 1985.
M.S., Texas Tech University, Industrial Engineering, 1973.
B.S., Texas Tech University, Industrial Engineering, 1972.
Expertise and Research Interests
Supply Chain Integration: Supply-chain integration leads to significant reductions in inventory and process cycle time. Shop floor material flow is integrted as a link in the supply chain through pull replenishment signals, point-of-use delivery and storage and intelligent tracking technologies. Decison support algorithms are developed for design and real-time execution of supply-chain processes. Several research projects have addressed design of point-of-use pull replenishment systems for materials unique to one workcenter/product and for materials common across numerous workcenters/products. Future research will deal with the integration of point-of-use pull replenishment systems upstream with suppliers and downstream with customers. The researchchallenges include; dependency; integrality; uncertainty, and nonlinearity.
Logistics Performance Measurement: A framework and methodology are developed for evaluation, benchmarking, and continuous improvement of logistics process performance. A balanced approach to performance evaluation includes financial, service quality, cycle time, and productivity metrics. Methods of statistical process control are developed and implemented.
Reliability and Maintenance: Member, Board of Directors, Center for Aircraft and Systems/Support Infrastructure. Product reliability and maintenance processes are affected by external variables such as environment, use application, and maintenance skill level. Accelerated testing and proportional hazards models, incorporating such explanantry variables, have proven useful in reliability, prediciton, maintainability analysis, and warranty management.
Logistics Performance Measurement: A framework and methodology are developed for evaluation, benchmarking, and continuous improvement of logistics process performance. A balanced approach to performance evaluation includes financial, service quality, cycle time, and productivity metrics. Methods of statistical process control are developed and implemented.
Reliability and Maintenance: Member, Board of Directors, Center for Aircraft and Systems/Support Infrastructure. Product reliability and maintenance processes are affected by external variables such as environment, use application, and maintenance skill level. Accelerated testing and proportional hazards models, incorporating such explanantry variables, have proven useful in reliability, prediciton, maintainability analysis, and warranty management.
Other Expertise
Primary interests in industrial applied research, development, and implementation: integration of shop floor material flows in the global logistics chain, through leading-edge procurement practices, point-of-use pull systems, intelligent tracking technologies, and performance metrics and benchmarking.
Experience in aerospace, electronics, automotive, and heating / ventilation / airconditioning (HVAC) industries. Recent specialization in the electronics industry. Developed a Certificate Program in Electronics Manufacturing Engineering, under sponsorship of the AT&T Foundation Manufacturing Technology Grants Program (over $1 million).
Prior to entering academia, worked in industry for over 10 years, including manufacturing engineer and development engineer in aerospace/electronics, plant manager in HVAC, warranty manager in automotive air conditioning and management consulting. Auto industry experience included information systems and quality programs for a supplier to Japanese auto-makers. Ledone of the earliest just-in-time and total quality initiatives in the U.S. Extensive international experience in the automotive and electronics industries. Overseas travel in Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia) and Europe (UnitedKingdom, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Spain) studying manufacturing and logistics operations.
Industrial Advisory Board, Texas Tech Univesity, Lubbock, Texas (1980 - 1982).
Logistics software licenses:
Dynamic Stock Location Assignment Algorithm, licensed to Global Concepts, Inc.
Shop Floor Logistics, licensured to Global Concepts, Inc.
Experience in aerospace, electronics, automotive, and heating / ventilation / airconditioning (HVAC) industries. Recent specialization in the electronics industry. Developed a Certificate Program in Electronics Manufacturing Engineering, under sponsorship of the AT&T Foundation Manufacturing Technology Grants Program (over $1 million).
Prior to entering academia, worked in industry for over 10 years, including manufacturing engineer and development engineer in aerospace/electronics, plant manager in HVAC, warranty manager in automotive air conditioning and management consulting. Auto industry experience included information systems and quality programs for a supplier to Japanese auto-makers. Ledone of the earliest just-in-time and total quality initiatives in the U.S. Extensive international experience in the automotive and electronics industries. Overseas travel in Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia) and Europe (UnitedKingdom, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Spain) studying manufacturing and logistics operations.
Industrial Advisory Board, Texas Tech Univesity, Lubbock, Texas (1980 - 1982).
Logistics software licenses:
Dynamic Stock Location Assignment Algorithm, licensed to Global Concepts, Inc.
Shop Floor Logistics, licensured to Global Concepts, Inc.
Keywords
COS Keywords:
Industrial Engineering, Inventory Control Systems, Logistics, Range and Tracking Systems, Safety Engineering, Transportation.Additional Terms:
Automatic Identification, Logistics, Logistics Performance Evaluation, Material Handling, Point-of-use Delivery and Storage Systems, Proportional Hazards Models, Proportional Intensity Models, Pull Replenishment Systems, Reliability Analysis.Memberships
American Production and Inventory Control Society
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Bioengineering Division
Army Science Board
Council of Logistics Management
Institute of Industrial Engineers
Material Handling and Management Society
National Society of Professional Engineers
Society of American Military Engineers
Honors and Awards
2005, IIE Fellow Award,
Institute of Industrial Engineers
2003, Academy of Industrial Engineers,
Texas Tech University
2000, Outstanding Service Award,
The Materials Handling Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1996-1997,
Texas Instruments Award for Outstanding Researcher in Industrial Engineering,
University of Arkansas
1995-1996,
Texas Instruments Award for Outstanding Researcher in Industrial,
University of Arkansas
1992-1993,
Halliburton Award for Outstanding Teacher in Industrial Engineering,
University of Arkansas
1992, Phillips Petroleum Company Award for Outstanding Professor in the,
University of Arkansas
1988-1990,
Halliburton Award for Outstanding Researcher in Industrial Engineering,
University of Arkansas
1987-1988,
Outstanding Teacher in Industrial Engineering,
University of Arkansas
1986-1987,
Halliburton Award for Outstanding Teacher in Industrial Engineering,
University of Arkansas
Previous Positions
2004-2006, Director,
University of Oklahoma,
College of Engineering,
Institute for Oklahoma Technology Applications (IOTA)
2001-2003, Director,
University of Oklahoma,
College of Engineering,
Oklahoma Transportation Center
2001-2003, Director,
University of Oklahoma,
College of Engineering,
Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution
2001-2005, Director,
University of Oklahoma,
Oklahoma Transportation Center (OTC),
Affiliated with Oklahoma State University
2001-2005, Associate Dean,
University of Oklahoma,
College of Engineering,
Research
2001-2003, Executive Director,
Center for Aircraft and Systems/Support Infrastructure,
University of Oklahoma,
College of Engineering
1999-2001, Co-Director,
Center for Aircraft and Systems/Support Infrastructure
1998-2005, Morris R. Pitman Professor,
University of Oklahoma,
College of Engineering,
School of Industrial Engineering
1995-1998, Director,
University of Arkansas,
The Logistics Institute
1993-1998, Center Director,
University of Arkansas,
College of Engineering,
Industrial Engineering,
The Logistics Institute
1993-1998, Professor,
University of Arkansas,
College of Engineering,
Industrial Engineering,
Logistics Institute
1992-1995, Research Program Leader,
University of Arkansas,
College of Engineering,
Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing and Info,
Material Handling Research Center
1989-1993, Associate Professor,
University of Arkansas,
College of Engineering,
Industrial Engineering
1989-1998, Coordinator,
University of Arkansas,
College of Engineering,
Electronics Manufacturing Engineering Certificate Program
1985-1989, Assistant Professor,
University of Arkansas,
College of Engineering,
Industrial Engineering
1984-1985, Lecturer,
Texas Tech University,
College of Engineering,
Industrial Engineering
1983-1983, Manager,
Lone Star Manufacturer,
Warranty
1979-1983, Manager,
Arthur Young & Company,
Management Services Division
1978-1978, Development Engineer,
Texas Instruments, Inc.,
Product Rationalization
1973-1977, Reliability and Maintainability Engineer,
United States Air Force,
Air Force Systems Command,
Aeronautical Systems Division,
F-16 System Program Office
1972-1973, Research Assistant,
Texas Tech University,
College of Engineering,
Industrial Engineering
Funding Received
- National Science Foundation: CELDi Supplement: Center for Engineering and Logistics and Distribution, $20,000, 2008 to 2008.
- State of Oklahoma, Economic Development Generating Excellence Program: Shape Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing (SEAM), $4,999,998.90, 2008 to .
- National Science Foundation: CELDi Supplement: Center for Engineering and Logistics and Distribution, $20,000, 2007 to 2007.
- OSU and University Transportation Center: Center Management Support Grant, $99,434, 2007 to 2008.
- Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma Transportation Center and (a USDOT National University Transportation Center): Center Management Support Grant, $99.434, 2007 to 2008.
- National Science Foundation: Collaborative Research Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution - Supplement for CELDi Award, $20,001, 2006 to 2007.
- Federal Highway Administration through Oklahoma Department of Transportation: Inter-modal Containerized Freight Security, $12,000,000, 2006 to .
- U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration: Reliability Based Costing, $14,754, 2005 to 2005.
- OK-TRAN State of Oklahoma, Department of Transportation: ODOT SPR Funds, $79,872, 2005 to 2005.
- OK-TRAN State of Oklahoma Department of Transportation: ODOT SPR Funds, $79,872, 2005 to 2005.
- U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration: Project Matrix Consulting, $42,861, 2004 to 2004.
- Federal Transit Administration: National Public Transportation Analysis Group (NAPTAG), $1,500.000, 2004 to 2005.
- Oklahoma Transportation Center: "OTC Infrastructure Improvement", $30,001, 2004 to 2004.
- DOT-FTA Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration: Paratransit Demand Response Service Quality and Cost Enhancement Through Information Technologies, $265,581, 2004 to 2007.
- Oklahoma Transportation Center: A Framework for Preparing Environmental Risk Assessments for the FTA's Major Capital Investment, $275,395, 2004 to 2007.
- Oklahoma Transportation Center: Measuring the Mobility Impact of Projects Competing for New Starts Funding, $272,566, 2004 to 2007.
- Oklahoma Transportation Center: Program Management, $64,290, 2004 to 2007.
- Oklahoma Transportation Center: Assisting the FTA's Office of Research, Demonstration & Innovation in Preparing a Strategic Research Plan, $184,427, 2004 to 2007.
- Oklahoma Transportation Center: Transportation Planning Process Web Enabled Training & Education, $282,481, 2004 to 2007.
- Oklahoma Transportation Center: Coordination of Services, $146,410, 2004 to 2007.
- Federal Aviation Administration: Stock Vulnerability Intervention, $94,773, 2002 to 2003.
- National Science Foundation (NSF): Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution, $150,000, 2002 to 2005.
- United States Department of Transportation: ANI - Distribution/Fabrication Orientations & Proposal Development Support, $24,489, 2002 to 2003.
- U.S. Air Force through Altech Services, Inc.: Project Collaboration - Phase 1," funded by U. S. Air Force through Altech Services, Inc., $12,077, 2002 to 2002.
- U.S. Air Force through Altech Services, Inc.: Material Handling, Storage, Transportation and Identification Study for the Aircraft Directorate (LA), Production Division (LAP) at Tinker Air Force Base- Phase 1, $113,095, 2002 to 2003.
- U.S. Air Force through Altech Services, Inc.: Project Collaboration - Phase 2," funded by U. S. Air Force through Altech Services, Inc., $12,370, 2002 to 2002.
- U. S. Air Force through Altech Services, Inc.: Process Improvement Methodology, $110,806, 2002 to 2003.
- U. S. Air Force through Altech Services, Inc.: Computer Security Analysis of Virtual Office Park Concept, $29,322, 2002 to 2003.
- National Science Foundation (NSF): Logistics Research Experience for Teachers, $29,322, 2002 to 2003.
- Federal Aviation Administration: Logistics Support Facility Material Flow Design and Implementation Assistance, $91,030, 2001 to 2001.
- Federal Aviation Administration: Logistics Support Facility Material Flow Design and Implementation Assistance, $91,030, 2001 to 2001.
- National Science Foundation (NSF): Planning Grant - Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution, $10,000, 2001 to 2001.
- Federal Aviation Administration: Analysis of Aircraft Parts Fulfillment, $21,928, 2001 to 2002.
- Federal Aviation Administration: Distribution Security Requirements, $99,969, 2001 to 2002.
- U.S. Airforce through Altech Services, Inc.: Establishment and Management of the Information Collection Center, $247,920, 2001 to 2003.
- Oklahoma Department of Transportation through Oklahoma State University: Oklahoma Transportation Center, $400,000, 2001 to 2003.
- Federal Aviation Administration: Logistics Support Facility Material Flow Design and Implementation Assistance, $91,030, 2001 to 2001.
- National Science Foundation (NSF): Planning Grant - Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution, $10,000, 2001 to 2001.
- Federal Aviation Administration: Analysis of Material Flows, $69,488, 2000 to 2000.
- U. S. Air Force: Optimization of Building 3001 Conveyor Material Handling System, $56,593, 2000 to .
- Federal Aviation Administration: Analysis of Material Flows, $69,488, 2000 to 2001.
- Global Concepts: Strategic Mdeling/Service Parts Inventory Planning/Lead Time Mgt., $74,277, 1998 to 1999.
- National Science Foundation: The Logistics Institute/Material Handling Research Center IUCRC, 1997 to 1998.
- Arkansas Science and Technology Authority: State Support for The Logistics Institute, Material Handling Research Center, $50,000, 1997 to 1998.
- National Science Foundation (NSF): Shop Floor Logistics, $27,500, 1997 to 1998.
- Lucent Technologies and Global Concepts: Logistics Performance Evaluation: Metrics and Benchmarking, $75,000, 1997 to 1998.
- Defense Logistics Agency: Logistics Performance Evaluation: Best Practices, $50,000, 1997 to 1998.
- Raytheon: Logistics Performance Evaluation: Monitoring Assets, $50,000, 1997 to 1998.
- Hytrol Conveyor: Stockkeeping for Focused Stores in Manufacturing, $25,000, 1997 to 1997.
- National Science Foundation (NSF): The Logistics Institute/Material Handling Research Center IUCRC, $30,000, 1996 to 1997.
- National Science Foundation (NSF): Basic Research in The Logistics Institute/Material Handling Research Center IUCRC, $30,000, 1996 to 1997.
- Lucent Technologies: Focused Stores Design Methodology, $34,000, 1996 to 1997.
- Global Concepts and the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority: Design Methodology for Engineered Storage Areas with Parts Commonality, $46,500, 1996 to 1997.
- Texas Instruments: Intelligent Tracking Technologies for Cycle Time Reduction, $50,000, 1996 to 2007.
- Material Handling Research Center: Decision Support Methodology for Material Handling Equipment Repair/Replacement Management, $54,125, 1995 to 1996.
- AT&T and the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority: Virtual Warehousing-Prototype Design and Evaluation, $50,000, 1995 to 1996.
- National Science Foundation (NSF): Basic Research in The Logistics Institute/Material Handling Research Center IUCRC, $61,281, 1995 to 1996.
- AT&T and Arkansas Science and Technology Authority: Virtual Warehousing-Prototype Design and Evaluation, $50,000, 1995 to 1996.
- Material Handling Research Center: Design Guidelines and Metrics for Material Logistics Flexibility in Manufacturing, $49,939, 1995 to 1996.
- Arkansas Department of Higher Education: State Support for The Logistics Institute, $70,000, 1995 to 1997.
- National Science Foundation (NSF): The Logistics Institute/Material Handling Research Center IUCRC, $61,000, 1995 to 1996.
- Texas Instruments: Logistics System Metrics and Focused Storage Models, $50,000, 1995 to 1996.
- Material Handling Research Center: A Decision Support System for Equipment Reliability Analysis, $79,000, 1994 to 1995.
- Hytrol Conveyor: High-speed Sortation Conveyor Integration, $20,000, 1994 to 1995.
- National Science Foundation (NSF): Repetitive Mixed Model Lot Processing, $20,577, 1994 to 1995.
- AT&T: Logistics Planning Methodology, $48,048, 1993 to 1994.
- United States Postal Service: Investigations into Inhibiting Factors of Bar Code Recognition Through Diaphanous Membranes, $13,500, 1993 to 1993.
- Material Handling Research Center: Flexible Feeder Process for Repetitive Mixed Model Assembly, $15,466, 1993 to 1994.
- Material Handling Research Center: Integration of Engineered Storage Areas in High-Mix Manufacturing, $76,596, 1993 to 1994.
- National Science Foundation (NSF): Startup Funding for A Multi-University Material Handling Research Center, $250,000, 1992 to 1995.
- National Science Foundation (NSF): Integrated CAD Approach for Conveyor System Design and Development, $10,000, 1992 to 1993.
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research: Proportional Intensity Reliability Analysis for Repairable Systems, $20,000, 1989 to 1990.
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research: Summer Faculty Research Fellowship in Reliability Expert Systems, $15,000, 1988 to 1988.
- AT&T Foundation: Manufacturing Technology Grants Program: Electronics Manfucturing Program & Automation Laboratories, $705,000, 1986 to 1995.
Publications
- Huck, Robert C., Al-Akkoumi, Mouhammad K, Cheng, Samuel, Sluss, James J., Landers, Thomas L. (2008) ESD08-SD101-4 Aerial Surveillance Vehicles Augment Security at Shipping Ports, SPIE Europe Security and Defense, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, 7112
- Landers, T., Mendoza, A, English, J (2008) Logistics Metrics, Logistics Performance Measurement, CRC Logistics Engineering Handbook (bookchapter)
- Landers, T., Jiang, S., Rhoads, T. (2006) Abstract: Semi-parametric Proportional Intensity Models Robustness for Right-censored Recurrent Failure Data, CSA Health and Science Abstracts
- Jiang S., Landers T., Rhoads T. (2006) "Assessment of Repairable System Reliability Using Proportional Intensity Models", IEEE Transactions on Reliability
- Landers T., Jiang S., Rhodes T. (2006) "Proportional Intensity Models Robustness with Overhaul Intervals", Quality and Reliability Engineering International
- Jiang, S., Landers, T., Rhoads, T. (2005) "Semi-parametric Proportional Intensity Models Robustness for Right-censored Recurrent Failure Data", Reliability Engineering and Systems Safety, 90, 91-98
- Cole, Michael H. {Montana State}, Gutierrez, Rafael S., Landers, Thomas L. {U. of Oklahoma}, Design of Deterministic Point-of-Use Delivery and Storage Systems, International Journal of Industrial Engineering, Dec 2004
- Landers, P. and Landers, T., Deterministic Point of Use Delivery and Storage Systems, International Journal of Industrial Engineering, Oct 2004
- Landers, P. and Landers, T., Survival Analysis of Dropout Patterns in Dieting Clinical Trials, Journal of American Dietetics Association, Oct 2004
- Jiang, S., Landers, T., and Rhoads, T., Semi-parametric Proportional Intensity Models Robustness for Right-censored Recurrent Failure Data, Reliability Engineering and Systems Safety, May 2004
- Cole, M., Gutierrez, R., Landers, T., Deterministic Point of Use Delivery and Storage, International Journal of Industrial Engineering, Sep 2003
- Sloan, N., Taylor, G., and Landers, T., A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Real-Time Tracking of Untethered Trailers, Proceedings, 5th International Conference on Engineering Design and Automation, Aug 2001
- Landers, T., Jiang, S.: Peek, J., Semi-Parametric PWP Model Robustness for Log-linear Increasing Rates of Occurrence of Failures, Reliability Engineering and Systems Safety, 73, 145-153, 2001
- Rhoads, T., Pulat, S, Landers, T., Shehab, R, Schlegel, R. and Grant, H., Using Independent Feedback Loops to Revise the Industrial Engineering Curriculum at the University of Oklahoma, Proceedings 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2001
- Landers, T., Cole, M., Walker, B., Kirk, R., The Virtual Warehousing Concept, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 36(2), 115-126, March 2000
- Brewer, A., Landers, T., Sloan, N., Intelligent Tracking in Manufacturing, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 10(34), 245-250, September 1999
- Humphrey, A., Taylor, G., Landers, T., Stock Level Determination in Repair/Rework Operations: Optimization Methods and Sensitivity Analysis, Internationa Journal of Operations and Production Management, 18(6), 612-630, June 1998
- Sadiq, M., Landers, T., Taylor, G., A Hybrid Clustering Algorithm for Reconfiguration of Dynamic Order Picking Systems, IIE Transactions, 28, 607-616, 1996
- Yan, L., Taha, H., Landers, T., A Recursive Approach for Enumerating All Minimal Cutsets in a Generalized Network, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 43(3), 383-388, September 1994
- Landers, T., Beavers, M., Sadiq, M., Stuart, D., Software for Dynamic Reconfigurable Picking Systems, Computers and Industrial Engineering, 27(1-4), 245-248, 1994
- Qureshi, W., Landers, T., Gbur, E., Robustness of a Proportional Intensity Model for Repairable Systems Reliability, Reliability Engineering and Systems Safety, 44(1), 103-109, 1994
- Landers, T., Martin, K., English, J., Decision Modeling for Thermal Stress Screening of Commercial Electronics, Microelectronics and Reliability, 34(10), 1643-1656, 1994
- Sadiq, M., Landers, T., Taylor, G., A Heuristic Algorithm for Minimizing Total Production Time for a Sequence of Jobs on a Surface Mount Placement Machine, International Journal of Production Research, 31(6), 1327-1341, 1994
- Landers, T. and Soroudi, H., Robustness of a Semi-parametric Proportional Intensity Model, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 40(2), 161-164, June 1991
- Landers, T., Taha, H, King, C., A Reliability Simulation Approach for Use in the Design Process, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 40(2), 177-181, June 1991
- Landers, T. and Qureshi, W., Repetitive Mixed-Model Lot Processing, Production and Inventory Management, 30(3), 9-13, July 1989
- Landers, T. and Kolarik, W., Proportional Hazards Analysis of Field Warranty Data, Reliability Engineering, 18, 131-139, 1987
- Landers, T. and Kolarik, W., Proportional Hazards Models and MIL-HDBK-217, 26(4), 763-771, 1986
- Jiang, S., Landers, T, Assessment of Semi-parametric Proportional Intensity Models, VDM Publishing House, In Press
- Landers, T., Cole, M., Walker, B., Kirk, R., The Virtual Warehousing Concept, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 36(2), 115-126
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