Dr. Young Jun SON (at his office)


Associate Professor
Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0020
Telephone: 520-626-9530
Fax: 520-621-6555
E-mail: son@sie.arizona.edu
Office number: ENGR 317


Education

Ph.D., Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Major Advisor: Dr. Richard A. Wysk
M.S., Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
B.S., Industrial Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea
Exchange Program, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia
 

Course Information

SIE 583 -- Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Systems, (2000 Fall, 2001 Fall, 2003 Fall, 2005 Fall, 2007 Fall, 2009 Fall)
SIE 431/531 -- Simulation Modeling and Analysis, (2001 S&F, 2002 S&F, 2003 S&F, 2005 S&F, 2006 Fall, 2007 Fall, 2008 Fall, 2009 Spring)
SIE 631 -- Multi-paradigm Distributed Simulation, (2002 Fall, 2004 Fall, 2006 Fall, 2008 Spring, 2009 Spring, 2010 Spring)
SIE 584 -- Manufacturing Automation, (2007 Spring)
SIE 295S -- Systems and Industrial Engineering Sophomore Colloquium, (2003 Spring, 2004 Spring, 2006 Spring)
SIE 383 -- Integrated Manufacturing Systems, (2004 Spring, 2005 Spring, 2006 Spring, 2010 Spring)
 

Research Interests

Modeling and Control of Complex Enterprises
Distributed Federation of Multi-paradigm Simulations
Modeling Human Decision-Making (AFOSR-MURI, Cognitive Optimization and Prediction activities)
Cyber-Infrastructure (CI) MUST activities
Computer Integrated Control of the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise -- CIM lab at the U of A
Shop Floor Control: 1) Simulation-based Control, 2) Shop Floor Control System Design, and 3) Hierachical Process Planning
Modeling and Control in Emerging Applications (Emergency Evacuation; Homeland Security; Renewable Energy Power Network)
 

Work Experience

Systems and Industrial Engineering Department, The University of Arizona, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, 2000.8.7 ~ present
Director, Program in Advanced Integration of Manufacturing Systems and Technologies (AIMST), The University of Arizona, 2008.2 ~ present
Systems and Industrial Engineering Department, The University of Arizona, Chair of the Graduate Studies Committee, 2007.8 ~ present
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Guest Researcher, 1999.5 ~ 2000.8
The Pennsylvania State University, Research Assistant, 1997.5 ~ 2000.8
CIMMER, POSTECH, System Analyst, 1996.2 ~ 1996.7
Samsung Data System, Intern, 1995.6 ~ 1995.8
Baillie's Distribution, Australia, Computer Operator and Delivery Personnel, 1994.12 ~ 1995.2
 

Awards and Honors

IERC (Industrial Engineering Research Conference) 2009 Best Paper Award, Modeling and Simulation Track, Miami, FL, June 1, 2009 (U of A paper)
Nurcin Celik (Dr. Son's advisee) received best Ph.D. scientific poster award in the Ph.D. Colloquium, IERC 2009, Miami, FL, June 1, 2009 (U of A paper)
Nurcin Celik (Dr. Son's advisee) received the best MS thesis award, IIE Annual Meeting 2009, Miami, FL, June 1, 2009 (U of A paper)
Award for Excellence at the Student Interface, SIE Department, 2009
Best Paper published in IJIE (International Journal of Industrial Engineering) in the year 2007, Award presented in ICIE2008, Las Vegas, Sep. 7~10, 2008
IERC (Industrial Engineering Research Conference) 2008 Best Paper Award, Homeland Security Track, Vancouver, Canada, May 18, 2008 (U of A paper)
Seungho Lee (Dr. Son's advisee) received best Ph.D. scientific poster award in the Ph.D. Colloquium, IERC 2008, Vancouver, May 18, 2008 (U of A paper)
Award for Excellence at the Student Interface, SIE Department, 2006
Supervisor for the IIE (Rockwell Software) National Student Simulation Competition, Finalist, 2006
IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers) 2005 Outstanding Young Industrial Engineer Award (1: U of A paper, 2: Tucsoncitizen)
IERC (Industrial Engineering Research Conference) 2005 Best Paper Award, Modeling and Simulation Track, Atlanta, GA, May 15, 2005 (U of A paper)
SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) 2004 M. Eugene Merchant Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
Supervisor for the IIE (Rockwell Software) National Student Simulation Competition, Second Place, 2004 (SIE report)
Ritesh Kanetkar (Dr. Son's advisee) took the first place in the ICIE 2003 Student Paper Contest, Las Vegas, Nov. 11, 2003 (SIE report)
Monish Madan (Dr. Son's advisee) took the third place in the ICIE 2003 Student Paper Contest, Las Vegas, Nov. 11, 2003 (SIE report)
Supervisor for the IIE (Rockwell Software) National Student Simulation Competition, First Place, 2002 (1: SIE report, 2: U of A paper)
Supervisor for the IIE (Rockwell Software) National Student Simulation Competition, Finalist, 2001
Graham Endowed Fellowship at the Penn State University, 1999
Certificate of Ph.D. Colloquium presenter, 1999 Winter Simulation Conference, 1999
Certificate of Guest Researcher, NIST, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1999
Council of Logistics Management Scholar, 1997 - 1998
Rotary International Multi-year Ambassadorial Scholar, 1996 - 1997
Graduation with honors (Dean's list for all semesters), POSTECH, Korea, 1992 - 1995
POSCO Scholarship for Exchange Program in the University of Melbourne, Australia, 1994
 

Professional Societies and Activities

Associate Editor of the International Journal of Modeling and Simulation, 2000.12 ~ present
Associate Editor of the International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling, 2004.7 ~ present
Associate Editor of the International Journal of Systems and Software Engineering, 2009.8 ~ present
Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics, 2006.11 ~ present
Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2009.2 ~ present
Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems, 2008.11 ~ present
Program Co-Chair for INFORMS Western Regional Conference 2009, Tempe, AZ, USA
Interoperability, Networks, Web, and Telecom Track Coordinator, Winter Simulation Conference 2010
Track Coordinator, Modeling and Simulation, IERC 2009, Miami, FL, USA
Technical Committee, The second INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop, Coventry, England, June 25-27, 2009
Technical Committee, The 5th International Congress on Logistics and Supply Chain Management Systems, Seoul, Korea, June 2-5, 2009
Scientific Program Committee, SIMUL 2009, The First International Conference on Advances in System Simulation, Porto, Portugal, September 20-25, 2009
Program Co-Chair for IERC 2007, Nashville, TN, USA
Transportation and Supply Chain Applications Track Coordinator; Ph.D. Colloquium Co-Chair; Poster Track Co-Chair, Winter Simulation Conference 2007
Track Coordinator, Modeling and Simulation, IERC 2006, Orlando, FL, USA
Program committee for the IEEE on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics 2008 in Beijing, China, October 12-15, 2008
Workshop co-Organizer, Decision Modeling & Behavior in Uncertain and Complex Environments Workshop, Tucson, February 29~March 1, 2008
Program committee for the IEEE on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics 2007 in Beijing, China
Publication chair for the IEEE SMC 2001 in Tucson, U.S.A.
Ph.D. Colloquium Co-Chair; Chair of the best Ph.D. student paper award committee; Poster Track Co-Chair, Winter Simulation Conference, 2006
Workshop co-Organizer, Decision Modeling & Behavior in Uncertain and Complex Environments Workshop, Tucson, February 27~28, 2006
Ph.D. Colloquium Co-Chair; Poster Track Co-Chair, Winter Simulation Conference, 2005
Publicity chair for the Winter Simulation Conference, 2004
Organizing committee for International Conference of Industrial Engineering 2002 in Busan, Korea
Organizing committee for new faculty colloquium, IERC, 2003
Manufacturing Track Coordinator (10 sessions), Winter Simulation Conference 2004
Manufacturing Track Coordinator (10 sessions), Winter Simulation Conference 2003
Senior member of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
Professional member of IIE, IEEE, INFORMS, and ASME
Session chair: IEEE SMC 2001 (Tucson), WSC 2000 (Orlando), ICPR 2001 (Czech Republic), WSC 2001 (Arlington), SES 2002 (University Park), WSC
    2002 (Orlando), USP 2003 (Detroit), ICIE 2003 (Vegas), IERC 2004 (Houston), IERC (Atlanta), INFORMS (DC), WSC (Miami)
Reviewer: John Wiley and Sons, Inc, IERC, IIE Transactions, IJCIM, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, IEEE Transactions Robotics & Automation, C&IE,
    IJPR, WSC, INFORMS Journal on Computing, IJMS, ACM Transactions on Complex Systems, Computers and Industrial Engineering, NISTIR, IEEE SMC,
    Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation International, Simulation, Interfaces, IJMR, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation,
    Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, IEEE T-ASE, IJSOI, Scientia, OMEGA, International Journal of Systems Science, Journal of Defense Modeling and
    Simulation, IJFMS, Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory
 

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