Manbir Sodhi

| Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Manbir Sodhi

Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering

Department of Mechanical, Systems and Industrial Engineering

103 Gilbreth Hall

Kingston, RI 02881

EDUCATION

Ph. D. University of Arizona, 1991.

M.S. University of Arizona, 1987.

B.S. Jadavpur University, 1984.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1991 ... Assistant, Associate, Full Professor, University of Rhode Island.

2007 Summer Faculty Fellowship, NUWC- Rhode Island

2005-06 Visiting Scientist, NATO Undersea Research Lab., La Spezia, Italy.

1987-1988 Sabbatical Fellowship, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI

RESEARCH FOCUS

My research currently focuses on three broad topics (and there is a common theme running through all three...): Driver Safety, based on eye movement detection for focus tracking; Highly automated manufacturing systems, and Increasing sustainability of consumer products by enhancing redesign, recovery, reuse and recycling.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Highly Automated Manufacturing:

Agnetis, A., Deti, P., Pranzo, M. and Sodhi, M.S., 2009, Sequencing Unreliable Jobs on Parallel Machines, Journal of Scheduling,, 12, 1, 45-54.

Noel M., Lamond B. F., and Sodhi M. S., Simulation of Random Tool Lives in Metal Cutting on a Flexible Machine, International Journal of Production Research, 2007.

Sodhi, M.S., Quackenbush, M., Noel M., and Lamond B., Tool Condition Monitoring Using Machine Vision and Protocols for Sensor Sampling, Journal of Machine Engineering, Vol. 6, (2): 84 - 97, 2006.

Lamond, B. F. and Sodhi, M.S., Minimizing the Expected Processing Time on a Flexible Machine with Random Tool Lives, IIE Transactions, Vol. 38 (1): 1–11, 2006.

Sodhi, M.S., Lamond, B. F., Gautier A., and Noel, M., Heuristics for Determining Economic Processing Rates in a Flexible Manufacturing System, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 129 (1): 105-115, 2001

Sodhi, M.S., Agnetis A., Askin R., 1994, Tool Addition Strategies in Flexible Manufacturing Systems, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, 6, 287--310.

Driver Safety and Driver Eye Movement Detection: (www.movielab.uri.edu)

Reimer, B. and Sodhi, M. S., Detecting Eye Movements in Dynamic Environments, Behavior Research Methods, Vol. 38 (4): 667-682, 2006.

Reimer, B., Sodhi, M.S. and Jayaraman, V., 2006, Truck Sizing Models for Recyclables Pick-up, Computers & Industrial Engineering Vol. 51 (4): 621–636, 2006.

Sodhi, M.S., Reimer, B. and Llamazares, I., Glance Analysis of Driver Eye Movements to Evaluate Distraction, Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, Vol. 34 (4): 529-538, 2002.

Sustainable Operations:

Sodhi, M. S. and Reimer B., Models for Recycling Electronics End-of-life Products, OR Spectrum, Vol. 23 (1): 97-115, 2001.

Sodhi, M. S., Young, J and Knight, W, Modeling Material Separation Processes in Bulk Recycling, International Journal of Production Research, Volume 37, Number 10 , pp. 2239-2252(14), 1999.

Sodhi, M. and Knight, W, Product Design for Disassembly and Bulk Recycling, CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, , Volume 47, Issue 1, Pages 115-118, 1998.

Han, S. B., Chen, S. K., Ebrahimpour, M. and Sodhi, M.S., A Conceptual QFD Planning Model, The International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 18 (8): 796-812, 2001.

PRESENTATIONS

Workshop, Electronics and the environment, IEEE, Chicago 1997.

Presentations at INFORMS, ETRA (Acm), IEEE, IIE, CORS, IIE-Data Fusion Conference, etc.

Academic presentations at Harvard (Schepens Eye Research Institute), U. Connecticut, Naval Post Graduate School, University of Siena, RPI, Louisiana State University, Florida State University, U. Pittsburgh, Laval University.