• Senior Associate Professor Emeritus, Industrial & Systems Engineering
  • Working retiree
Donald R. Smith

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas, 1973

Research Interests

    • Large systems database design
    • Highway segment data collection and analysis
    • Systems simulation
    • Cost modeling for advanced manufacturing systems

Certifications & Memberships

  • Professional Engineer (PE)

Awards & Honors

  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Texas A&M Former Students Association, 1988
  • Nominated for Former Students Award for Continuing Education, 1997
  • Nominated for Former Students Award for Outstanding Service, 1998

Selected Publications

  • Das, Beman, Smith, Yeager, R. L., and Smith, Donald R. "Personal Factors Affecting Performance Rating Ability", IIE Transactions, September 1991, Vol. 23, No. 3 (0740-817X/91), pp. 267-272.
  • Das, Beman, Smith, D. R., Hennigan, J. K., and Yeager, R. L., "Situational Factors Affecting Performance Rating Ability", Int. J. of Operations and Production Mgmt., Vol. 13, No. 3, 1993, pp. 49-56.
  • Yuanidis, Petro, Styblinslci, Maciej. A., Smith, Donald R. and Singh, C, "Reliability Modeling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Int. J. of Microelectronics and Reliability, VOL 34, No. 7, pp. 1203-1220, June, 1994.