July 5, 2002

Fang Named IIE Fellow

Dr. Fang

Dr. Shu-Cherng Fang, Walter Clark Professor of Industrial Engineering and director of graduate programs in industrial engineering, was elected Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers in March 2002.

Fang, who joined the College of Engineering faculty in 1988, holds a joint appointment in industrial engineering and operations research at NC State. His research interests include variational inequalities, large-scale linear and nonlinear programming, entropy optimization, neurocomputing and fuzzy systems theory, with applications to building intelligent human-machine decision support systems for manufacturing and telecommunications.

He received the NC State Alumni Outstanding Research Award in 1998, the Advocacy Award from the Association for the Concerns of African-American Graduate Students at NC State in April 2001, the Jackson Rigney International Service Award from the NC State International Studies Honor Society in May 2001 and the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension in November 2001.

Fang received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1974 from The National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; his master's degree in mathematics in 1977 from The Johns Hopkins University; and his doctoral degree in industrial engineering and management sciences from Northwestern University in 1979.

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