- Professor Emeritus, Industrial & Systems Engineering
- Email: drdon@tamu.edu

Educational Background
- Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, 1969
Research Interests
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- Manufacturing systems analysis
- Operations research
- Lean thinking and lean manufacturing
- systems simulation
- Product cost and analysis
- Control of remanufacturing/sustainment systems
Awards & Honors
- Book-of-the-Year Award for Operations Research: Principles and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1976
- Who's Who in America, 1976
- Joint-publishers' Books-of-the-Year, American Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1977
- E.D. Brockett Professorship, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1984-1985
- David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1989
- Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Research, Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University, 1990
- Award of Excellence, Halliburton Education Foundation, Outstanding Achievements in Education, Research, and Service, Texas A&M University, 1990
- Chevron Professorship, 1992