David J. Sumanth
Professor
McArthur Engineering Building, Room 283
University of Miami
P.O. Box 248294
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0620
(305) 284-2366
dsumanth@miami.edu
EDUCATION TEACHING RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS EXPERIENCE HONORS SERVICE
EDUCATION:
BSME Osmania University, 1967.
MSME Osmania University, 1969.
MSIE Illinois Institute of Technology, 1974.
PhD Illinois Institute of Technology, 1979.
TEACHING:
Productivity Measurement & Evaluation
Productivity Planning & Improvement
Productivity Engineering
"Total Productivity Management" Probability and Statistics
Engineering Management
Total Quality Management
RESEARCH
Productivity Measurement & Evaluation
Productivity Engineering
Engineering Management
Reengineering
Total Quality Management
Technology Management
PUBLICATIONS:
A Re-engineering Methodology Applied to a Global Bank: Some Implications on Productivity and Quality, Productivity and Quality Management Frontiers, V (1995).
The Mathematical Relationship Between Quality of Conformance, Total Productivity, and Profit (with A. Wardhana).
Productivity and Quality Management Frontiers IV, (1993).
Productivity Engineering and Management, McGraw-Hill (1984, 1985, 1990, 1994). (the first book on the subject)
EXPERIENCE:
1979-Present Faculty Member, Industrial Engineering, University of Miami.
1984-1993 Coordinator, MBA/MSIE Program, University of Miami.
1992-Present Initiator and Director MBA Program with Total Productivity Management, Guatemala.
1979-Present Founding Director, Productivity Research Group, UM
1987-1995 Founding Chairman- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Conferences on Productivity and Quality Research.
HONORS:
"Outstanding Industrial Engineer of the Year", AIIE, 1983, 1984.
George Washington Honor Medal for Excellence in Economic Education, 1987.
Fellow, World Academy of Productivity Science, 1989.
Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1993.
SERVICE:
Student Advisor, University Committees, College Committees, Department Committees
Senior Judge (1992-93) and Judge (1993-94;94-95; 95-'96) in Governor's Florida Sterling Award.
