Sunderesh Heragu

Co-Author and Editor of "Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management"

January 15, 2021

Sunderesh S. Heragu is a Regents Professor and is the head of the School of Industrial Engineering and Management at Oklahoma State University where he holds the Donald and Cathey Humphreys Chair. Previously, he was the Duthie Chair in Engineering Logistics and Director of the Logistics and Distribution Institute (LoDI) at the University of Louisville. He has also served as a Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Assistant Professor in State University of New York, Plattsburgh and held visiting appointments at State University of New York, Buffalo; Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands; University of Twente, the Netherlands; and IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

He is the author of the 4th edition of Facilities Design and has authored or co-authored over 250 articles. He has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on research projects totaling over $20 million funded by the Department of Homeland Security, National Science Foundation, Defense Logistics Agency and private companies. Dr. Heragu is a fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). He has received IISE’s David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award and the Award for Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering, both considered Prestigious Awards by the National Academies of Engineering, Medicine and Science. Dr. Heragu received the Reed-Apple award from MHI for lifetime contributions and a record of demonstrated passion, contributions, influence and impact in material handling and logistics education, practice and research.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2021-honorees/sunderesh-heragu

Last Updated: 4 March 2021