About Us

EMIS Faculty

Richard S. Barr

Richard Barr
Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems

B.S.E.E., University of Texas, Austin, 1966; M.B.A., University of Texas, Austin, 1972; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 1978
barr@lyle.smu.edu


Leslie-Ann Asmus

Lecturer

B.A., McDaniel College; M.S., New York University; Ph.D. George Mason University
lasmus@lyle.smu.edu


Narayan Bhat

Professor Emeritus 
Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems

Ph.D., Math. Statistics, University of Western Australia
nbhat@mail.smu.edu


Gretchen Coleman

Lecturer 
Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems

MBA (Systems Analysis), University of Texas at Arlington
gmiller@lyle.smu.edu


Margaret H. Dunham

Margaret Dunham
Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

B.A., Miami University, 1970; M.S., Miami University, 1972; Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 1984
mhd@lyle.smu.edu


Rachel Goodman

EMIS Undergraduate Advisor, Lecturer
Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems

B.S., Management Science, Math, Southern Methodist University, 2006; M.S.E.M., Southern Methodist University, 2007
rgoodman@lyle.smu.edu


Michael Hahsler

Michael Hahsler
Assistant Professor

Department of Engineering Management, Information and Systems

M.S. Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria; Ph.D., Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria
mhahsler@lyle.smu.edu


Richard V. Helgason

Richard Helgason
Associate Professor
Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems

B.S., Iowa State University, 1962; M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1965; M.S., University of Colorado, 1973; M.S., Southern Methodist University, 1976; Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 1980
helgason@lyle.smu.edu


Jeffery L. Kennington

Jeffrey Kennington
Professor
Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems

B.S.I.E., University of Arkansas, 1968; M.S.I.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1971; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1973
jlk@lyle.smu.edu


Eli V. Olinick

Eli Olinick
Associate Professor
Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems

B.S., Brown University, 1989; M.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1994; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1999
olinick@lyle.smu.edu


Tom Siems

Tom Siems
Senior Lecturer
Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems

Ph.D., Operations Research, Southern Methodist University
siems@lyle.smu.edu


Jerrell T. Stracener

Jerrell Stracener

Director
Systems Engineering Program

Associate Professor 
Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems

B.S., Arlington State College, 1965; M.S., Southern Methodist University, 1969; Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 1973
jerrells@lyle.smu.edu


Stephen A. Szygenda

Stephen Szygenda

Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Professor
Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems

B.S., Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1965; M.S., Northwestern University, 1967; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1968
szygenda@lyle.smu.edu


Jeff Tian

Jeff Tian
Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

B.S.E.E., Xian Jiaotong University, China, 1982; M.S., Harvard University, 1986; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1992
tian@lyle.smu.edu


Junfang Yu

Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering at Louisiana State University
yuj@lyle.smu.edu