Dr. Ram Bishu is a professor of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering and chairman of the department Graduate Committee. His research areas include: Ergonomics, Quality Control, Information Processing, Design of Experiments, and Statistics.
Kim, B., and R.R.Bishu. 1998. "Evaluation of Fuzzy Linear Regression Models by Comparing Membership Function." Fuzzy Sets and Systems. vol. 100. pp. 343-352.
Bishu, R.R., W. Karwowski, and R. Goonetileke. 1998. Editors of The Proceedings of the First World Congress on Ergonomics for Global Quality and Productivity. University Press. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Hong Kong.
Najjar, L., and R.R. Bishu. 1998. "Service Quality: A Case Study of a Bank." Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice. Hong Kong.
Bishu, R.R., and A. Muralidhar. 1997. "Gloves." Handbook of Occupational Ergonomics. Editors: Karwowski and Marras. CRC Press. Ohio.
Bishu, R.R. (1995). "SPC and DOE: How good are they?" Presented at the 1995 Regional Quality Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, Oct 1995.
Bishu, R.R. (1995). "An overview of total quality management". Presented at an Invited Conference on Total Quality Management, Taipei, Taiwan, Aug 1995.
Bishu, R.R. (1995). "Case studies of service quality". Presented at an Invited Conference on Total Quality Management, Taipai, Taiwan, Aug 1995.
Batra, S., L. Bronkema, M.J. Wang, and R.R. Bishu (1994). "Glove Attributes: Can they predict performance?" International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, pp. 201-209, 1994.
Bishu, R.R. and G. Klute (1994). "The effects of extra vehicular activity on gloves on human performance" International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, pp. 165-174, 1995.
Batra, S. and R.R. Bishu (1994). "The feasibility of concurrent and retrospective protocol analysis in studying machinist control behavior with a CNC lathe" The Proceedings of IEA 94, Volume 4: Ergonomics and Design, Toronto, pp 105-107, Aug 1994.
Tarawneh, M.S., R.R. Bishu, P.T. McCoy, and J.L. Ballard (1993). "Factors associated with driving performance of older drivers" Transportation Research Record, 1405, pp. 64-71, 1993.
Department
News:
• Dr. Paul Savory has been selected to serve as Area Editor (Simulation) for the journal Computers and Industrial Engineering
• After 14 years as Associate Dean for the College of Engineering, Dr.
John Ballard will be returning to the IMSE department to teach and work
with students.
• Dr. Paul Savory has been appointed Director of Summer Sessions and
Flexible Programs for the University of Nebraska.