Education

1983	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Ph.D., Management
1981	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	M.B.A.
1979	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	M.S. Industrial and Mgt. Engineering
1978	University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez	B.S. Industrial Engineering

Academic Experience

08/2015-Present	Executive Associate Dean	College of Engineering, U. of South Florida
11/2013-Present	Courtesy Appointment, Professor	Department of Community & Family Health, College of Public Health
12/2011-08/2015	Associate Dean for Research	College of Engineering, U. of South Florida
2002-Present	Full Professor	Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, U. South Florida
2002-12/2011	Professor (tenured) & Chair	Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, U. South Florida
2009-Present	Research Associate	James A. Haley Tampa VA, Tampa, FL
2008-Present	Member	H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center at USF, Tampa, FL
2006-Present	Assistant Director of the Center For Entrepreneurship & Coordinator for Engineering Entrepreneurship	College of Engineering, U. of South Florida
2004-Present	Associate Faculty	Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR), U of South Florida
2003-Present	Associate Faculty	Center for Entrepreneurship, U. South Florida
2001-2002	Professor (tenured) & Director of Graduate Studies	Department of Industrial and Manufacturing, Systems Engineering, UM-Columbia
1999 -2001	Visiting Professor	Department of Industrial and Manufacturing, Systems Engineering, UM-Columbia
1999-2002	Diversity in Engineering Program	College of Engineering, UM-Columbia
1995-1998	Associate Dean for Academic & Research Affairs	College of Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
1994-1997	Baxter Chair in Manufacturing Engineering (Co-Holder)	College of Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
1993-1999	Director	Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Advancement of Interdisciplinary Education College of Engineering, UPR-Mayagüez
1992-2001	Professor	Department of Industrial Engineering University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
1987-1992	Associate Professor (tenured)	Department of Industrial Engineering University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
1987-1990	Head	Department of Industrial Engineering University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
1987-1995	Small Business Institute Director (SBA/U.S.A.)	Department of Industrial Engineering University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
1983-1987	Assistant Professor	Department of Industrial Engineering University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

Research

Current Research

Improving primary care access to older adults in need of preventive and patient-centered care

Primary care is having a more significant role in the United States healthcare system given the fast growing in chronic patients. However, delivering primary care in a timely manner is becoming more difficult because of the increment in elderly people and the shortage of primary care physicians. The research objective is to improve the access to the older adultss that more benefit from preventive and patient-centered primary care. To achieve this goal, we will develop a set of multi-objective and stochastic optimization formulations, as well as, novel methodologies to identify the older adults that are at the highest risk of worsening their current conditions. This research will provide numerical evidence for policy and decision making in healthcare to improve the access to the older adults that are in need of preventive and patient-centered primary care. Moreover, focusing on those elderly people will reduce the morbidity and mortality, the emergency department visits, the hospitalizations, and thus, the total healthcare costs.

Reduce cost growth of care under Accountable Care Organization payment reform

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) represents a major healthcare reform in the fragmented and misaligned state of the U.S. healthcare system where providers will be incentivized to improve value by reducing costs while either maintaining or improving the quality of care. However, Most of the ACOs are struggling to perform well because of the inefficient use of healthcare resources and the lack of proper combination of reimbursement schemes. The objective of the research to reduce the cost growth without diminishing the overall quality or outcome of care under the ACO payment reform. To achieve this objective, we will first develop a machine learning based algorithm to predict patient’s resource usage and a DEA based multi objective optimization model for efficient allocation of resources. Furthermore, we will also build a novel game theory-based coordination of benefit (COB) model to reduce adverse event as well as to achieve strategic alignment among ACO partners. Together these efforts will not only address key unsolved issues of payment and delivery reform integration but also reduce the total healthcare cost and improve the overall well-being of the patients.

Funded Proposals

• 2016-2018 Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (FGLSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate Activity; Role: Co-PI (FAMU is the lead) & USF Site Director; 08/01/18-7/31/19; $1,075,000. Summary:  Provides two-year funding, PhD recruitment, academic retention and professional development activities for 16 URM students within 7 STEM departments and 4 Colleges at USF. 
• “Hillsborough County Tax Collector’s Office,” PI, $25,772, July-Nov., 2018.
• “NSF I-Corps Site at USF,” Co-PI, PI: Paul Sanberg, Co-PIs: Sudeep Sarkar , Jose Zayas-Castro, Valerie McDevitt, $160,000, 10/1/2018 to 9/30/2020
• “PFI: AIR-TT Passive membrane photobioreactor for cultivation and harvesting of algal biomass and sustainable nutrient management,” Co-PI, PI: D. Yeh, NSF, May 2016- October 2017, $200,000 (Approved).
• “I-Corps Teams: Pathways to Market for ICARUS algae cultivation and harvesting technology,” Co-PI, PI: D. Yeh , NSF (I-Corps), April 2015-Dec 2016, $50,000 (Approved).
• “Smart Appliance Technology,” submitted to E-Team Program Grant, NCIIA, PI (w two undergraduate students), $5k, June 2014 (Completed).
• “I-Corps: Mobile E-network Smart Health Care (MESH),” Co-PI, PI: H. Yang, submitted to NSF, June 2014, $50,000; 7/20/2014-1/19/2015 (Completed)
• “University Center of Exemplary Mentoring,” PI, Co-PIs: Frank Muller-Karger, College of Marine Science submitted to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, $630,000 Approved (Spring 2014-Spring 2017).
• “Product Review, Redesign, Testing and Manufacturability,” PI: J. L. Zayas-Castro, submitted to IRES Corp., $147,026, Approved (April 2012-Dec 2012, Task 1).Completed.
• “Branch Operational Process Improvement at The Hillsborough County Tax Collector’s Office,” PI: J. L. Zayas-Castro, $20,000, Approved (Oct 2011-March 2012). Completed.
• “Reducing Hospital Preventable Readmissions”, Collaborative Research of three sites (Purdue University, USF and Northeastern University), PI-USF: J. Zayas-Castro, Submitted to Regenstrief Foundation, Indiana, $100,000. Approved, (May 2010-May 2011). Completed.
• “TACLAN/iGOV (DoD) –Research and Training”, PI: J. Zayas-Castro, Co-PIs: Alex Savachkin, R. Kasturi, M. Labrador, and J. Ligatti, Submitted to iGov-TACLAN Team, $799,474 ($399,888 for IMSE), September 2008. Approved (October 2008-May 2010). Completed.
• “TACLAN /iGOV (DoD)– Leap Ahead – Research and Training”, PI: J. Zayas-Castro, Co-PIs: R. Kasturi, M. Labrador, J. Ligatti, Paul Schnitzler, Alex Savachkin. Submitted to iGov-TACLAN Team, $844,460, ($442,000 for IMSE) August 2007. Approved (August 2007-September 2008). Completed
• “Virtual Medical Device Laboratory (Virtual MedLab) for manufacturing education with medical device concentration” PI: Susana Lai-Yuen, Co-PI: J. Zayas-Castro, N. Crane, R. Dubey, K. Reeves. Submitted to the Society for Manufacturing Engineers – Education Foundation - MEP, $257,000, December 2006 – approved Spring 2007. Completed.
• “An Economic Sequential Probability Ratio Test (ESPRT) Approach to Enhance Surveillance Alert Utility of BioDefendä .” Army’s Research, Development & Engineering Command (through USF Center for Bio-Defense) PI: T. Das, Co-PIs: Zayas-Castro, Reeves. Approved: $176,000. Fall 2006. Completed.
• “Simulation, Analysis and Re-Design of Security Checkpoints at Major Commercial Airports”, Co-PI (PI: Ali Yalcin), University Consortium for Intermodal Safety and Security (UCITSS), August 2004-05, $205,000. Completed.
• “Outcomes Based Assessment for Bridge to the Doctorate Program”, Principal Evaluator, University of South Florida, (PIs: Ashanti Pyrtle and Shekhar Bhansali), 2004- 2008. Completed.
• “VISS, ASC & CAMS Research”, renewal, Co-PI, (PI: Rangachar Kasturi), STS International (ARMY), August 2004-05, $591,548 (IMSE: $248,684). Completed.
• “Outcomes Based Assessment for IGERT-SKINS Program”, Principal Evaluator, University of South Florida (PI: Shekhar Bhansali), 2003- 2007. Completed.
• “VISS, ASC & CAMS Research”, Co-PI (PI: Rangachar Kasturi), STS International (ARMY), August 2003-04, $433,269 (IMSE: $174,549). Completed.
• “Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Innovation: Adapting and Implementing MEEP’s Learning Factory”, PI, National Science Foundation-DUE/CCLI, April 2001, $106,687. Completed.
• “Establishing an Inter-College Honors Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, Co-PI (PI: Crowe), University of Missouri-Columbia, Mission Enhancement-Connections, $375,000 (for four faculty in IMSE & Management) March 2000. Completed.
• “Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships (CSEMS)”, Co-PI (PI: M. Lee), National Science Foundation, $200,000 (2 years), August 1999. Completed.
• “Outcomes Based Engineering Education: The Learning Factory and ABET 2000”, Co-PI with L. Morell (PI) and others, Raytheon Corporation, $31,500, June 1998. Completed.
• “The Learning Factory: Implementing ABET 2000 A Hands-On Workshop” Co-PI with Morell (PI) and Jorge I. Velez-Arocho at UPRM, NSF 98-27 (Systemic…), VA, $179,965, March 1998. Completed.
• “Design of an Activity Based Costing System at Hanes Menswear, Inc.,” Hanesmenswear, Ponce, PR, $21,790, Nov. 1997. Completed.
• “Distance Learning Education Through Video Conferencing Technology,” PI (with Rafael Fernández) AT&T Foundation, $50,000, 1996. Completed.
• “Development of an SMT Lab in the Learning Factory at UPRM,”PI (with A. Rullán and M. Vélez) Motorola, $200,000, 1996. Completed.
• “Advising Small Businesses in PR,” Small Business Administration, USA, $40,000, 1987-95. Completed.
• “Outreach for Interdisciplinary Education in Manufacturing,” Upjohn Foundation, $75,000, October 1995. Completed.
• “Desktop Video Conferencing,” ATT Foundation, $15,000, Spring 1995, (with A. Rullán and M. Torres).
• "Planning Project Proposal to the National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing extension Partnership Program, Co-PI," (Economic Development Administration-Leading Institution), NIST, $120,000, April 1994.
• "The Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership," (UPRM Co-PI with PSU:Drs. Soyster & Lamancusa, UW: Dr. Jorgensen), ARPA/NSF, $2,750,000, 1994.
• "Design and Implementation of a Cost Database System at Baxter Diagnostics," Baxter-Diagnostics, Aguada, PR, $17,720, 1992.
• "Design of an Activity Based Cost System at Baxter Diagnostics," Baxter-Diagnostics, Aguada, PR, $14,360, 1993.
• "Global Manufacturing Education in Puerto Rico," PI(with Profs. R. Fernández, A. Rullán, L. Rosario, I. Baigés, Jorge I. Vélez) AT&T Foundation-Phase III, New Jersey, $200,000, 1991.
• "By Design: Manufacturing Engineers," (with Profs. R. Fernández, L. Morell, L. Rosario, D. Serrano, A. Rullán, F. Toledo) National Science Foundation, Washington D. C., Fall 1991, $75,000.
• "Design, Review and Implementation of Activity Based Costing," Hewlett-Packard, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, July 1991, $15000.
• "A Systematic Analysis of the Solder Joint Reliability and Verification for Multiple Pitch SMT," (with Dr. Noel Artiles) Digital Equipment Corporation, San Germán, PR, Fall 1989, $73,427
• "A Systematic Analysis of A Process Development Project: The Case of Equipment Calibration For Surface Mount," Digital Equipment Corp., San Germán, PR, Spring 1989, $60,316.
• "Simulation of the Needs at the Service Areas: Entrance and Exit, at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport," (with Dr. F. Luyanda) Puerto Rico Ports Authority, San Juan, P.R., Spring 1989, $50,680.
• "Development of Manufacturing Engineering Education at the School of Engineering of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez," (with Profs. B. Llorens and L. Rosario) AT&T Foundation Manufacturing Technology Grants Program, Princeton, N.J., Spring 1989, $25,000 (planning grant).
• "Reduced Scale Automated Work Station," (with J. C. Villa and Luis Rodríguez) College of Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, October 1986, $9,910.
• "Experimental Statistical Design of Experiments for Yield Optimization in Dental Floss Manufacturing at Johnson & Johnson-Gurabo," (with Dr. M. González) University/Industry Research Program, CEER, University of Puerto Rico, January 1987, $4000.

Publications

Under Review (or to be submitted)

• “Ambulance allocation optimization model for the overcrowding problem in US emergency departments: A case study in Florida” Acuna-Melo, J.A., Zayas-Castro, J.L., Charkhgard, H., to be submitted to Socio Economic Planning Sciences (Dec 2018).

• “Prediction of Chronic Disease Related Inpatient Prolonged Length of Stay Using Machine Learning Algorithms,” Symum, H., Zayas‐Castro, J. L., to be submitted to Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research (Dec 2018).

•  “A Decision Support System for Hospitals in the Implementation of Disease-Specific Interventions to Reduce Preventable Hospital Readmissions.” Andrés García-Arce and José Zayas-Castro, To be re-submitted

 

Refereed Journal Articles

• "Office-based and home-care for older adults in primary care: a comparative analysis using the Nash bargaining solution," Jennifer Mendoza-Alonzo, José Zayas-Castro, Hadi Charkhgard, accepted for publication in Journal of Socio-Economic Planning Sciences , May 10 2019 (to be published in vol. 71).
• "Osteonecrosis in individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus: A predictive model;     Osteonecrosis en individuos con lupus eritematoso sistémico: un modelo predictivo." Jennifer Mendoza-Alonzo, José Zayas-Castro, Karina Soto-Sandoval https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reuma.2018.05.002
• “A strategic gaming model for health information exchange markets”. Martinez, D. A., Feijoo, F., Zayas-Castro J., J. L., Levin, S., & Das, T. K. (2018). Health care management science, 21(1), 119-130.
• "Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for the Prediction of Preventable Hospital Readmissions". Garcia-Arce, Andres, Florentino Rico, and José L. Zayas-Castro. Journal for healthcare quality, May/June 2018, Vol 40, Issue 3 pp. 129-138, doi: 10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000080.
• “A literature review of preventable hospital readmissions: Preceding the Readmissions Reduction Act”. Wan, H., Zhang, L., Witz, S., Musselman, K.J., Yi, F., Mullen, C.J., Benneyan, J.C., Zayas-Castro, J.L., Rico, F., Cure, L.N. and Martinez, D.A., 2016. IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 6(4), pp.193-211, https://doi.org/10.1080/19488300.2016.1226210
• “Activating clinical trials: a process improvement approach”. Martinez, D.A., Tsalatsanis, A., Yalcin, A., Zayas-Castro, J.L. and Djulbegovic, B., 2016.Trials, 17(1), p.106.
• “Preventable readmission risk factors for patients with chronic conditions”. Rico, F., Liu, Y., Martinez, D.A., Huang, S., Zayas-Castro, J.L. and Fabri, P.J., 2016. Journal for Healthcare Quality, 38(3), pp.127-142.
• “Technological Innovation, R&D Activities and Innovation System Between Organizations,” Jonas Pedro Fabris, Maria Emilia Camargo, Suzana Leitão Russo, Jose Zayas-Castro. Journal on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: JSCI, Volume 13 - Number 5 - Year 2015, pp. 87-90, ISSN: 1690-4524 (Online), http://www.iiisci.org/journal/sci/issue.asp?is=ISS1505
• “A user needs assessment to inform health information exchange design and implementation”. Strauss, A.T., Martinez, D.A., Garcia-Arce, A., Taylor, S., Mateja, C., Fabri, P.J. and Zayas-Castro, J.L., 2015. BMC medical informatics and decision-making, 15(1), p.81.
• “Uncovering hospitalists’ information needs from outside healthcare facilities in the context of health information exchange using association rule learning”. Martinez, D.A., Mora, E., Gemmani, M. and Zayas-Castro, J., 2015. Applied clinical informatics, 6(4), pp.684-697.
• “Interventions as an alternative to penalties in preventable readmissions”. Garcia-Arce, A. and Zayas-Castro, J.L., 2015. Journal of Hospital Administration, 4(3), p.p70.
• “Statistical and prognostic analysis of dynamic changes of platelet count in ICU patients”. Puertas, M., Zayas-Castro, J.L. and Fabri, P.J., 2015. Physiological measurement, 36(5), p.939.
• “Learning high-dimensional networks with nonlinear interactions by a novel tree-embedded graphical model”. Liu, Y., Zayas-Castro, J.L., Fabri, P. and Huang, S., 2014. Pattern Recognition Letters, 49, pp.207-213.
• “Bounceback branchpoints: Using conditional inference trees to analyze readmissions”. Hartney, M., Liu, Y., Velanovich, V., Fabri, P., Marcet, J., Grieco, M., Huang, S. and Zayas-Castro, J., 2014. Surgery, 156(4), pp.842-848.
• “Challenges and opportunities in the analysis of risk in healthcare”. Cure, L., Zayas-Castro, J. and Fabri, P., 2014. Challenges and opportunities in the analysis of risk in healthcare. IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 4(2), pp.88-104.
• “Clustering-based methodology for analyzing near-miss reports and identifying risks in healthcare delivery”. Cure, L., Zayas-Castro, J. and Fabri, P., 2011. Journal of biomedical informatics, 44(5), pp.738-748.
• “Evaluating the Impact of Patient Arrival Patterns in the Performance of Appointment Scheduling Rules”. Santander-Mercado, A., Zayas-Castro, J., Cure, L. and Yalcin, A., 2011. International Journal of Applied Management Science
• “Selecting the Best Performing Weibull Estimation Method for Randomly Right Censored Data”. J. Bates, José L. Zayas-Castro, 2010. International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 17(02), pp.105-118.
• “Evaluation of an error-reduction training program for surgical residents”. Brannick, M.T., Fabri, P.J., Zayas-Castro, J. and Bryant, R.H., 2009. Academic Medicine, 84(12), pp.1809-1814.
• “Human error, not communication and systems, underlies surgical complications” Fabri, P.J. and Zayas-Castro, J.L., 2008. Surgery, 144(4), pp.557-565.
• “The Learning Factory: Industry Partnered Active Learning,” John S. Lamancusa, José L. Zayas-Castro, Allen L. Soyster, Lueny Morell, Jens Jorgensen, Journal of Engineering Education, January 2008, Vol. 97, No. 1.
• “Simulating less-than-truckload terminal operations”. Deshpande, P.J., Yalcin, A., Zayas-Castro, J. and Herrera, L.E., 2007. Benchmarking: An international journal, 14(1), pp.92-101.
• “Assessing Organizational Readiness for Enterprise Resource Planning,” Crowe, Thomas J., José L. Zayas-Castro, and Sompop Vanichsenee, Information Technology & People, 2003
• "Quantitative Risk Level Estimation of Business Process Reengineering Efforts," Crowe, Thomas J., Pekying Meghan Fong, Todd A. Bauman, and José Zayas-Castro,  Business Process Management Journal, v. 8 n. 5, 2002, pp. 490-511.
• “Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project,” by Morell, Lamancusa, Zayas-Castro, Jorgensen, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 87(5) 1998, pp. 519-528.
• “The Learning Factory – A New Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing into Engineering Curricula,” by Lamancusa, Jorgensen, Zayas-Castro, ASEE, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 2, pp. 103-112, April 1997.

 

Refereed or Invited Proceedings or Presentations

• Osteonecrosis in Chilean patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus”. Mendoza-Alonzo J., Zayas-Castro J., Soto-Sandoval K., “. 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting. Invited by Dr. Shuai Huang. Oct 22-25, Houston, Texas, United States.
• “Interventions as an alternative to penalties in preventable readmissions,” A. Garcia, JL Zayas-Castro, Health Systems Optimization Workshop, Northwestern University (sponsored by NSF), September 2014.
• “Health Information Exchange: The Potential for Impact on Clinical care,” A. Strauss, Diego Martinez, Andres Garcia-Arce, Candice Mateja MD, Stephanie Taylor MD, Peter Fabri, MD,  Jose Zayas-Castro, ISERC, Montreal, Canada, May 2014
• “New approach to looking at complex physiologic data," Monica Puertas, Jose Zayas-Castro, Peter J. Fabri; ISERC, Montreal, Canada, May 2014.
• “Modeling and Decision Making For Healthcare Management,” J Mendoza, M Puertas, J Zayas-Castro, Peter Fabri, INFORMS 2013, Minneapolis, MN
• “Data Mining Approach using Hemodynamic parameters,” M. Puertas, J Zayas-Castro, Peter Fabri, INFORMS 2013, Minneapolis, MN
• “Interventions as an alternative to penalties in the fight against preventable readmissions,” Andres Garcia, Jose Zayas-Castro, INFORMS 2013, Minneapolis, MN
• “Identifying Readmission-Related Clinical Associations by a High-Dimensional Tree-Embedded Graphical Model,” Y. Liu, S. Huang, J Zayas-Castro, Peter Fabri, INFORMS 2013, Minneapolis, MN
• “Incorporating Health Systems Engineering (HSE) in Medical Education,” Peter J Fabri, Alicia D. H. Moore, Jose L. Zayas-Castro, 87th Meeting of The Halsted Society, U of Minnesota, Sept 11-14, 2013, Minneapolis, MN
• “Identifying Factors to Reduce Preventable Readmissions among Congestive Heart Failure Patients,” F. Rico, Y Liu, D Martinez, J. Zayas-Castro, ISERC, San Juan, PR 2013
• “Data Mining Approach Using Hemodynamic Parameters’” M. Puertas, J Zayas-Castro, P. Fabri, ISERC, San Juan, PR 2013
• “Patient Care and Resource Management Optimization,” M. Puertas, P. Fabri, J. Zayas-Castro, B. Zeng, INFORMS, Phoenix, AR, 2012
• “Identifying Patient and Hospital Factors to Reduce Preventable Readmissions,” F. Rico, D. Martinez, Y. Liu, J Zayas-Castro, P. Fabri, ISERC 2012. Orlando, FL
• “Outcome-Based Resource Utilization Assessment,” J. Mendoza-Alonso, J. Zayas-Castro, P. Fabri, ISERC 2012, Orlando, FL
• “Determining Patient Flow and Resource Utilization,” M. Puertas, C. Feliciani, S. Gunpinar, J. Zayas-Castro, B. Zeng, P. Fabri, ISERC 2012, Orlando, FL
• “Using Markov Models to Support the Identification of Risk in Healthcare Systems,” L. Cure, J. Zayas-Castro, INFORMS, Charlotte, NC 2011
• “Post-surgical Complication Patterns Based on Laboratory Test Results and Electrical Heart Signals,”
• D. Martinez, M. Puertas, C. Kan, J. Zayas-Castro, H.Yang, P.Fabri, INFORMS, Charlotte, NC 2011
• “Determining Patient Flow and Resource Utilization,” C.Feliciani, M. Puertas, S. Gunpinar, J. Zayas-Castro, B. Zeng, P. Fabri, INFORMS, Charlotte, NC 2011
• “Determining Patient Flow and Resource Utilization,” C. Feliciani, M. Puertas, S. Gunpinar, J.L. Zayas-Castro, B. Zeng, P.J. Fabri, Margaret Veneman, IERC 2011, Reno, NV.
• “Analysis of Temporal Variations of Laboratory Test Results of Patients in Intensive Care Units,” J.L. Zayas-Castro, A. Santander, P. J. Fabri, INFORMS, Austin, TX, 2010
• “A Methodology to Guide Risk Analysis in Health Care Delivery Systems,” L. Cure, J. Zayas-Castro, P. J. Fabri, INFORMS, Austin, TX, 2010
• “Time-Series Analysis for Forecasting Patient Arrivals in Emergency Departments,” Alcides Santander,  Jose Zayas-Castro, Ramzi Sinokrot, Peter Fabri, IERC 2010, Cancún, MX, June 2010
• “Clustering Near-Miss Reports to Identify Risk in Healthcare Delivery,” L. Cure, J. Zayas-Castro, P. Fabri, IERC 2010, Cancún, MX, June 2010.
• “Identification of Patient Recovery Patterns after Cardiac Surgery based on Laboratory Tests Results,” A. Santander, J. Zayas-Castro,  Ramzi Sinokrot, P. Fabri, P. Foulis, INFORMS, San Diego, CA, October 2009
• “Developing Models for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Patient Safety Interventions,” L. Cure, J. Zayas-Castro, INFORMS, San Diego, CA, October 2009
• "VirtualMD Lab - Integrating Medical Device Design and Manufacturing into Undergraduate Engineering Education," Lai-Yuen, S. K., Gooding, D., and Zayas-Castro, J. L.,  Manufacturing Education Transformation Summit, Austin, TX, June 18-19, 2009.
• “Time Series Clustering of Patients Who Underwent Heart Bypass Surgery Based on Laboratory Test Results,” A. Santander, J. Zayas-Castro,  P. Fabri, IERC, Miami, FL, June 2009
• “Development of a Framework to Identify Patient Pathways in a Segment of the Health Care Cycle,” M. Bounds, A. Bhattacharya, J. Zayas-Castro,  P. Fabri, IERC, Miami, FL, June 2009
• “An Economic Sequential Probability Ratio Test (ESPRT) Model to Detect Epidemic Outbreaks,” Dayna Martinez, Tapas Das, J. Zayas-Castro, INFORMS, Washington, DC, October 2008
• “Modeling Flow for Patients Undergoing Lung Resection at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital,” Abhik Bhattacharya, J. Zayas-Castro, P. Fabri, INFORMS, Washington, DC, October 2008
• “Risk Identification, Assessment, and Monitoring in the Delivery of Health-care Services,” Laila Cure, J. Zayas-Castro, P. Fabri, INFORMS, Washington, DC, October 2008
• “Time Series Analysis of Laboratory Test Results to Prevent Adverse Patient Outcomes,” Alcides Santander, J. Zayas-Castro, P. Fabri, INFORMS, Washington, DC, October 2008
• “A modular synthesis approach to modeling hospital-based clinical pathways,” Abhik Bhattacharya, J. Zayas-Castro, P. Fabri, IERC 2008, Vancouver, CN, May 2008
• “Near miss analysis to reduce errors in outpatient health care settings,” Laila Cure, J. Zayas-Castro, P. Fabri, IERC 2008, Vancouver, CN, May 2008
• “Developing patients' comprehensive profiles to enhance timely disease diagnostic,” Alcides Santander, J. Zayas-Castro, P. Fabri, IERC 2008, Vancouver, CN, May 2008
• “Interpreting Laboratory Test Results as a Dynamic Model,” Alcides Santander, J. Zayas-Castro, P. Fabri, Seattle, WA, October 2007.
• “Error Minimization in Health Care Settings Through the Dynamic Analysis of Near-Misses,”L. Cure, J. Zayas-Castro, P. Fabri, Informs, Seattle, WA, October 2007
• "Improving Operational Quality of Care in Health Care Inpatient Processes," A. Bhattacharya, J Zayas-Castro, P Fabri, Informs, Seattle, WA, October 2007.
• “Evaluating the Impact of Walk-ins and Late Patients in the Average idle Time for medical resources and patients in an Outpatient Clinic,” Alcides Santander, J. Zayas-Castro. IERC Annual research conference, Nashville, TN, May 2007.
• “Managing Patient Flow in Inpatient Services,” Abhik Bhattacharya, J. Zayas-Castro.  IERC Annual Research Conference, Nashville, TN, May 2007.
• “Multi-criteria Decision Making in Outpatient Scheduling,” Jana Iezzi, J. Zayas-Castro, Alcides Santander-Mercado, Michael Weng. Invited, IERC Annual research conference, Nashville, TN, May 2007.
• “Improving Patient Flow and Resource Allocation Through Healthcare Decision-Making,” J. Zayas-Castro, Abhik Bhattacharya, Jana Iezzi, Alcides Santander, Michael Weng. Invited. INFORMS 2006, Pittsburgh, PA
• “Modeling and analysis of the security screening process at commercial airports,” G. Centeno, Ali Yalcin, José Zayas-Castro, Daniel Yankov, Abhik Bhattacharya, Arka Bhattacharya. IERC 2006 – Orlando, FL
• “Improving Service in Healthcare Inpatient Processes,” Abhik Bhattacharya, José Zayas-Castro, Michael Weng, Grisselle Centeno. Invited, IERC 2006 – Orlando, FL
• “Healthcare Decision Making in Outpatient Processes,” Jana Iezzi, José Zayas-Castro, Michael Weng. Invited, IERC 2006 – Orlando, FL
• “Statistical Process Analysis used to Improve Healthcare Decision Making,” José Zayas-Castro, Abhik Bhattacharya, Jana Iezzi, Michael Weng. Invited to Quality and Statistical Decision Making in Healthcare Applications, INFORMS 2005, San Francisco, CA.
• “A Decision Tool for Effective Classification and Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer,” Das, Gopalappa, Nanduri, Zayas-Castro, Torres-Garcia. Presented on Sunday Nov 13, 08:00 - 09:30, Joint Session: Computational Biomedicine Chair:  Ariela Sofer, Professor and Chair, George Mason University, INFORMS 2005, San Francisco, CA.
• “Engineering Service at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Hospital,” J. Iezzi, José Zayas-Castro, Michael Weng, Grisselle Centeno, Kiara Pérez, Angela Hatton, Cristina Pérez, IERC 2005 Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, May 14-18.
• “Progressing Towards an Optimal Maintenance/Inventory Policy,” J. J. Bates and José Zayas-Castro, IERC 2005 Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, May 14-18.
• “Modelando Cambio Organizacional,” Humberto R. Alvarez, Thomas J. Crowe, and José Zayas-Castro, Revista de I + D Tecnológico, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2004
• "Formulating and Modeling the Dynamics of Enterprise Change," José L. Zayas-Castro, Thomas J. Crowe, and Humberto R. Alvarez (2003), IERC 2002 Conference Proceedings, Portland, May 19-21.
• Marrs, M.B., Crowe, T., Burns, C., Zayas-Castro, J., Moesel, D., Occena, L., Wu, B., & Schwartz, S. (2003, February).  “I get by with a little help from my friends:  Business and engineering students working collaboratively on entrepreneurship projects,” Proceedings of the 2003 annual meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, NV.
• Bin Wu, Douglas D. Moesel, Thomas J. Crowe, Luis G. Occeña, José L. Zayas-Castro, Mary E. Marrs, Sally S. Schwartz, “Bridging Engineering and Business Education: A Case Study,” Hawaii International Conference on Business June 18-21, 2003, Honolulu Hawaii, USA.
• "EMILE: A concerted tech-based entrepreneurship effort between Engineering and Business," by José L. Zayas-Castro, Cathleen S. Burns, Thomas J. Crowe, Mary E. Marrs, Douglas D. Moesel, Luis G. Occeña, Sally S. Schwartz, and Bin Wu (2002) Proceedings of 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Canada, June 16-20 (refereed).
• "Organizational Change: A Case for More Systematic and Dynamic Modeling," José L. Zayas-Castro, Thomas J. Crowe, and Humberto R. Alvarez (2002), IERC 2002 Conference Proceedings, Orlando, FL.
• “Readiness Assessment for Enterprise Resource Planning,” by Crowe, Thomas J., José Zayas-Castro and Sompop Vanichsenee, Conference Proceedings IAMOT 2002 Conference, Miami, FL
• “The Learning Factory - Integrating Design, Manufacturing And Business Realities Into Engineering Curricula - A Sixth Year Report Card,” John S. Lamancusa, Jens E. Jorgensen, José L. Zayas-Castro, Lueny Morell de Ramirez, International Conference in Engineering Education (ICEE) 2001, August 6-10, 2001,Oslo-Norway.
• “Distance Learning between Two Countries: A Rationale for Distance Education Methodology,” by Stevenson, Johnissia, Eric Epperson, Rose Marra, José Zayas-Castro, Tom Noack, Harry Tyrer, ASEE 2001, Albuquerque, NM.
• “The Learning Factory and ABET 2000,” by Morell, Jorgensen, Vélez, Torres, Zayas, Lamancusa, ASEE 2000, St. Louis, MO.
• “Curricular Innovations Outcomes Assessment,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Velez-Arocho, Torres, ICEE 1998, Brazil.
• “A Decade of Partnership: A Success Story of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and Raytheon Corporation,” by Johnson, Morell, Vasquez-Espinosa, Fernandez-Sein, Velez, Zayas-Castro, Bujosa, Rodriguez, ICEE 1998, Brazil
• “Developing and Assessing Teamwork Skills in a Multi-disciplinary Course,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Velez-Arocho, Torres, FIE 1998, Tempe, Arizona
• “Confidence Intervals for Cpk when the Underlying Distribution is Weibull,” by Artiles-Leon, Zayas-Castro, Ramirez, IEMS-98, Coco Beach, FL, March 1998.
• “Some Assessment Tools for Evaluating Curriculum Innovations Outcomes,” Morell, Zayas-Castro, Velez-Arocho, ASEE 1998, Seattle, WA.
• “Outcomes Assessment Results of a Multi-Institutional Curriculum Project,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Lamancusa, Jorgensen.  Frontiers in Education, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 1997.
• “An Educational Program in Products and Processes Realization,” Frontiers in Education, by Jorgensen, Lamancusa, Zayas-Castro Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 1997.
• “Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Lamancusa, and Jorgensen, Proc. 1997 ICEE International Conference on Engineering Education, August 1997, Chicago, Ill (refereed).
• “Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Lamancusa, and Jorgensen, ASEE World Conference, Milwaukee, June 1997.
• “A Summative Assessment Strategy for a Multi-Institutional, Multi-Task Project: the Case of the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Lamancusa, Jorgensen and others, Frontiers in Education 1996, Utah (refereed).
• “Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Institutional, Multi-task Project: the Case of the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership,” by Morell, L., Zayas, J.L., Lamancusa, J. Jorgensen, J., Frontiers in Education Conference, Utah, November, 1996.
• “Concurrent Engineering: A Partnership Approach,” by Smith, Barton, Novatek, Zayas-Castro, ASEE, Wash. D.C., 1996.
• “The Learning Factory: A new Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing Into Engineering Curricula,” by Lamancusa, Jorgensen, Zayas-Castro and Ratner, Proceedings, ASEE 1995, Anaheim, CA.
• “The Design of a Skill-based Course Focused on Student Outcomes: A Partnership Template,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Vélez-Arocho, ASEE 1995, Anaheim, CA.
• “The Learning Factory: A new Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing Into Engineering Curricula,” by Lamancusa, Jorgensen, Zayas-Castro and Ratner, Proceedings, ASEE 1995.
• “The Design of a Skill-based Course Focused on Student Outcomes: A Partnership Template,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Vélez-Arocho, ASEE 1995.
• "The Design of an Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Course: Focusing on Student Outcomes," by Morell, Zayas-Castro and Vélez-Arocho, Engineering Education Congress  XXIII UPADI, Acapulco, Mexico, Spring 1994.
• "Yield Improvement Through SPC and DOE," by González, M., J. L. Zayas-Castro ASQC - Transactions, 46th Annual Quality Congress, 1992.

 

Doctoral Dissertation

• "Research and Development, Strategic Factors and Profitability," Ph. D. Dissertation, 1983, Lally School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

 

Technical Reports

• Description and Analysis of the TACLAN Training System -  Final Report – Year 1: Improvement of the Training System, (with A. Savachkin, P. Schnitzler, A.Yalcin, A. Bhattacharya, A. Santana-Reynoso, A. Santander, M. Bounds), September 2008
• Description and Analysis of the TACLAN Training System -  Phase III: Improvement of the Training System, (with A. Savachkin, P. Schnitzler, A.Yalcin, A. Bhattacharya, A. Santana-Reynoso, A. Santander, M. Bounds), September 2008
• An Economic Sequential Probability Ration Test (ESPRT) Approach to Enhance Surveillance Alert Utility of BiodefendTM ( Das (PI), J Zayas-Castro, K. Reeves, Dayna Martinez), July 2008
• Description and Analysis of the TACLAN Training System -  Phase II: Improvement of the Training System, (with A. Savachkin, P. Schnitzler, A.Yalcin, A. Bhattacharya, A. Santana-Reynoso, A. Santander, M. Bounds), April 2008
• Description and Analysis of the TACLAN Training System -  Phase I: Preliminary Results, (with A. Savachkin, P. Schnitzler, A.Yalcin, A. Bhattacharya, A. Santana-Reynoso, A. Santander, M. Bounds), December 2007.
• Simulation, Analysis and Re-Design of Security Checkpoints at Major Commercial Airports, Final Report (with A. Yalcin (PI), G. Centeno and others), January 2006.
• Engineering Service at H. Lee Moffitt Hospital, Tampa, FL, Progress Report, (with Jana Iezzi, M. Weng, Grisselle Centeno, Kiara Pérez and others), April 2005.
• Simulation, Analysis and Re-design of Security Checkpoints at Major Commercial Airports, Progress Report (with A. Yalcin (PI). G. Centeno and others.), March 2005, UCITSS.
• Vehicle Passenger Access System (VPAS) Simulation Model and Analysis, Progress Reports Jan-March 2005, (with Michael Weng and Ali Yalcin and others)
• IGERT-Bio Skins – Assessment Progress Report, (with Tara McCoy), Fall 2004, USF.
• VISS System Performance Modeling and Simulation (with Ali Yalcin and Michael Weng), May 2004, STS International.
• EMILE – Progress Report, NSF (with Thomas J. Crowe and others), 2002, University of Missouri-Columbia.
• Business Process Re-Engineering in the office for Academic and Research Affairs at the College of Engineering-UPRM (with Nicolás Salazar 1998).
• Design of an Activity Based Costing System for Hanes-Menswear Manufacturing (with J. Romero, Vilmari García and L. Padilla 1998).
• Computerized Information System and ABC at Baxter Dade (with Luis Mañan, 1995).
• Design of an Activity Based Cost System and Its Impact on Total Quality (with Carlos Oliveras) 1995.
• Improvement of Operations Management at Magna Medical Through the Use of World Class Techniques (with Juan Martínez) 1993-94.
• Design of an Activity Based Cost System at Baxter Dade. (with Alejandro Abreu/Carlos Oliveras) 1992-93.
• Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Engineering Education (Various reports- 1990-93 with A. Rullán, R. Fernandez-Seín, I. Baigés, L. Rosario, Jorge Velez-Arocho)
• The Basics of Engineering Design, 1993 (with F. Toledo, L. Morell, B. Calcagno)
• Re-Design of Activity Based Costing at Hewlett Packard, 1992 (with A. Abreu)
• Systematic Analysis of Process Development-Surface Mount Technology, 1991 (with N. Artiles, V Cesaní, R. Sánchez)
• Simulation Requirements at the Service Entrances at the Luis Munoz-Marín Airport, 1990 (with F. Luyanda, A. Cedeño)
• Improving the Low Profiles Valves Manufacturing Through SPC and DOE, 1990 (with V. Mundo)
• Micro-Computer Based System MMA-IBM Fishkill, 1989 (with Jack Allison, W. Padín, E. Baez)
• R & D Strategic Determinants at Digital-Puerto Rico, 1989 (with J. Rodríguez, A. Dykyj, M. Oliveras)
• Interdependency Information System-BellCore, 1989 (with Max Figueroa)
• Reduced Scale Work Station, 1987 (with J. Villa, L. Rodríguez)
• Yield Optimization Through Design of Experiments, 1987 (with M. González)

Awards

2018          Certificate of Appreciation, Florida Educational Fund, 34^th Annual McKnight Fellows Meeting & 22^nd Annual Graduate School Conference

2018          USF INFORMS Student Chapter Award, Summa Cum Laude - Advisor

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2009	Outstanding Service Award, Manufacturing & Design Division, IISE USF INFORMS Student Chapter Award, Summa Cum Laude - Advisor USF INFORMS Student Chapter Award, Cum Laude - Advisor USF INFORMS Student Chapter Award, Magna Cum Laude - Advisor USF INFORMS Student Chapter Award, Summa Cum Laude - Advisor USF INFORMS Student Chapter Award, Summa Cum Laude - Advisor USF INFORMS Student Chapter Award, Summa Cum Laude - Advisor USF INFORMS Student Chapter Award, Summa Cum Laude - Advisor USF INFORMS Student Chapter Award, Magna Cum Laude - Advisor INFORMS Moving Spirit Award, October 2009 USF INFORMS Student Chapter Award, Magna Cum Laude - Advisor
2009 2008	ASEE John L. Imhoff Global Excellence Award for Industrial Engineering Education, June 2009 USF INFORMS Student Chapter Award, Cum Laude - Advisor
2006	USF Hispanic Pathways Award, USF Latin American Advisory Committee, October 5, 2006
2006	HENAAC Education Award – University, HENAAC Annual Conference, October 7, 2006
2006	Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education, National Academy of Engineering, Co-Recipient, February 2006
2005	UPS (IIE) Minority Advancement Award, May 2005
2003	SBIR/STTR – National Science Foundation, Service Recognition, 2003
2002	Listed in Who’s Who in Engineering Education (WWEE), 2002
2002	Member of International WHO'S WHO Historical Society, Mass, January 2002.
2001	Technica Magazine and HENAAC, Recognition, Los Angeles, CA, August 2001.
2001	Fellow Award-Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Dallas TX, May 2001,
2001	Non-Regular Academic Appointment Award, College of Engineering, UM-Columbia, March 16, 2001
1998-1999	Distinguished Professor Award, IE-Dept., UPRM (awarded Spring 2000)
1998-1999	Academic Productivity Bonus Award, UPRM.
1998	Recognition for Excellent Contribution as UPRM Engineering School Liaison with INTEL-PR.
1997	First recommended (of twenty candidates) by Chancellor’s Search Committee of UPRM’s, Fall 1997
1997	Teaching Recognition, by students of the Capstone Design Course, Fall 1997.
1996	Curriculum Innovation Award (Learning Factory), ASME International.
1994-1997	Co-Holder (with Dr. Gursel Suer) of Baxter Endowed Chair in Manufacturing Engineering, 1994-1997.
1994	Nominated for Dean of Engineering and Dean of Students Affairs at UPR- Mayagüez, 1994.
1994-1995	Immaculate Conception Academy, Recognition for supporting elementary basketball team, 1994-95
1994	Offered the position of Dean of Engineering at University of El Turabo, Ana G. Méndez System, Summer 1994.
1992	Recommended for Dean of Administration at UPRM, 1992.
1992	ASQC Quality Award, Puerto Rico Section 1500, 1992.
1989-1991	Certificates of Appreciation, NSF Young's Scholar Program, College of Business, UPRM, 1989-91.
1990	Teaching Recognition, Senior Capstone Design Course, Fall 1990, UPRM.
1988-1989	IIE Chapter 188, Special Contribution as member of Board of Directors, 1988-89.
1988	Best Department Head at UPRM’s-College of Engineering (Dean: Dr. L. Rodríguez), 1988.
1985-1986	Distinguished Industrial Engineer of the Year 1985-86, IIE, Chapter 188, San Juan, PR
1986-1987	National Award of Excellence - IIE Student Chapter 891, UPRM, Mayagüez, PR, 1986-87
1985-1986	National Award of Excellence - IIE Student Chapter 891, UPRM, Mayagüez, PR, 1985-86
1985	Outstanding Young Men of America
1984-1985	National Award of Excellence - IIE Student Chapter 891, UPRM, Mayagüez, PR, 1984-85
1979-1983	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Scholarships, 1979-83
1980-1983	National Hispanic Fund Scholarships, 1980-83
1978-1979	Economic Development Administration of Puerto Rico Scholarship, 1978-79
1983	Resume Published in “1983 Outstanding Resumes of Business and Law Graduates”, by The Graduate Group, West Hartford, Connecticut.

Students

CURRENT STUDENTS

 

GRADUATE COMMITTEES

Ph.D. Committees

Major Professor (or Co-Major Prof.)

Mr. Hasan Symum	in progress	USF
Mr. Jorge Acuña-Melo	in progress	USF
Ms. Jennifer Mendoza-Alonzo	in progress	USF
Mr. Andrés García	graduated 2017	USF
Ms. Yazhuo Liu	graduated 2105	USF
Mr. Diego Martínez-Cea	graduated 2015	USF
Ms. Mónica Puertas	graduated 2014	USF
Ms. Laila Cure	graduated 2011	USF
Mr. Alcides Santander	graduated 2011	USF
Mr. Peter J. Fabri, MD	graduated 2007	USF
Mr. Jonathan J. Bates	graduated 2007	USF
Mr. Humberto Alvarez (Co-Major)	graduated 2002	UM-Columbia
Mr. Sangwook Kim (Co-Major)	graduated 2002	UM-Columbia

Master’s Thesis/Project

Chairperson (or Co-Chairperson)

Ms. Alesandra Strauss (also MD)	graduated 2013	USF
Ms. Jennifer Mendoza-Alonzo	graduated 2013	USF
Ms. Courtney Feliciani	graduated 2011	USF
Ms. Meredith Bounds	graduated 2010	USF
Mr. Ramzi Sinokrot	graduated 2009	USF
Mr. Abhik Bhattacharya	graduated 2009	USF
Ms. Jana Iezzi	graduated 2006	USF
Ms. Vuslat Nazilli	graduated 2005	USF
Mr. Ian Elius	graduated 2005	USF
Mr. Sompop Vanichsenee (Co-Chair)	graduated 2002	UM-Columbia
Ms. María Baez	graduated 1998	UPRM
Mr. Johny Romero	graduated 1998	UPRM
Mr. Nicolás Salazar	graduated 1998	UPRM
Mr. Socrates Dotel	graduated 1997	UPRM
Ms. Isabel Ramírez	graduated 1997	UPRM
Mr. Luis Mañan	graduated 1996	UPRM
Mr. Carlos Oliveras	graduated 1995	UPRM
Mr. Juan Martínez	graduated 1994	UPRM
Mr. José Velazco	graduated 1994	UPRM
Mr. Armando Fajardo	graduated 1994	UPRM
Ms. Blanca Tallaj	graduated 1994	UPRM
Ms. Yuderki Tejada	graduated 1993	UPRM
Mr. Alejandro Abreu	graduated 1993	UPRM
Ms. Zaida Ramírez	graduated 1992	UPRM
Ms. Sandra González	graduated 1992	UPRM
Mr. Benjamín Lizardo	graduated 1991	UPRM
Mr. Víctor Mundo	graduated 1991	UPRM
Mr. Ricardo Albino	graduated 1991	UPRM
Ms. Angela Cedeño	graduated 1990	UPRM
Mr. Roque Sánchez	graduated 1990	UPRM
Mr. Héctor Ortiz	graduated 1989	UPRM

Committee Member: (PhD at University of South Florida)

Ms. Mona Haghioghi	Mr. Patricio Rocha
Mr. Seyed Javad Sajjadi	Mr. Ozan Ozcan
Mr. Gang Liu	Mr. Vishnuteja Nanduri
Mr. Florentino Rico	Mr. Xi Zhang
Mr. Long Zhao	Mr. Cihan Babayigit
Mr. Oguz Cimenler	Mr. Hui Wang
Mr. Alfredo Santana	Mr. Luis Otero
Mr. Andrés Uribe	Mr. Rajesh Ganesan

Committee Member: (Masters at University of South Florida)

Mr. Gang Liu	Ms. Paula López
Mr. Arka Bhattacharya	Mr. Alok Buch
Mr. Vijay Veerachandran	Mr. Sandeep Iyer
Mr. Hani Kababji	Ms. Radhika Poolla
Mr. Balaji Rajan	Mr. Pranav Deshpande
Mr. Bharath Natarajan	Ms. Santosh Kothamasu
Mr. Chaitanya Damle	Mr. Sanket Gupte
Mr. Steve Christian

Committee Member: (Masters at UPRM)

Mr. Harry Ramírez	Mr. Ricardo Pérez
Mr. Joseph Nair	Ms. Nilda Ríos
Mr. Jaime Montes	Ms. Celia A. González
Mr. Omar Rosado	Ms. Indhira Caraballo
Ms. Carolina Domenech	Ms. Gloria García
Mr. José Mejías	Mr. José Castro
Ms. Gloria Godoy	Mr. Néstor Porcell
Mr. Gabriel Ferrer	Ms. Rosa Milagros Espino
Ms. María Medina	Mr. Jorge Pagán
Ms. Rosa María Espino	Mr. Rolando Quesada
Mr. Luis Nieves de Jesús

External Committee Member: (PhD at other institutions)

Ms. Martha T. Ramirez-Valdivia, Catholic University, Chile, S.A. - July 2010

 

Contact Information

Work Address	4202 E. Fowler Ave., ENG 030 Tampa, FL USA 33620 Office of the Dean: ENB 105H
Phone	Work: (813) 974-5589
Fax	Work: (813) 974-5953
E-mail	josezaya@usf.edu