His research interests include modeling, analysis and control of discrete event systems, production planning and control, industrial information systems, data analysis and knowledge discovery, and engineering education research. He has taught courses in the areas of systems modeling and analysis, information systems design, production planning, facilities design, and systems simulation. He also co-authored the 2006 Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year textbook, Design of Industrial Information Systems, Elsevier. Address: Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave ENB118, Tampa FL 33620-5350; telephone: (+1) 813-974-5590; e-mail: ayalcin@usf.edu