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Stephen Roberts

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Professor Emeritus

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Bio

Stephen Roberts has been a Professor of Industrial Engineering since 1990. From 1990 to 1999 he served as Head of the Industrial Engineering Department at NC State. Previously, he spent four years as a Professor at the University of Florida, and 18 years as a joint Professor at Purdue and Indiana University School of Medicine. He has two years experience with TRW, Inc. and was director of Health Systems Research Group, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care. He received the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award at Purdue and is an Associate Editor of Management Science and Simulation. He has developed INSIGHT and SLN simulation language. He was also a board member for the Winter Simulation Conference from 1988-1996 and served on the Editorial Advisory Committee for TOMACS. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, Society for Computer Simulation, and The Institute for Management Sciences.

Education

Ph.D. Purdue University 1968

MSIE Master of Science in Industrial Engineering Purdue University 1966

BSIE Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering Purdue University 1965

Area(s) of Expertise

Roberts's research interests include simulation modeling methodology and simulation software engineering.

  • C. A. Anderson Outstanding Faculty Award, ISE Department at NC State University 2015
  • C. A. Anderson Outstanding Faculty Award, ISE Department at NC State University 2009
  • Fellow, Institute of Industrial Engineers