Neslihan Alp,Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Department Head of Engineering Management &Technology, Director of Graduate Programs, and Chattanooga Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) Professor.

ADMINISTRATIVE & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

· Associate Dean of Academic Affairs,Department Head of Engineering Management & Technology, Director of Graduate Programs, andChattanooga Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) Professor

College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2016-Present

· Program Evaluator (PEV), Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)

Engineering Accreditation Committee (EAC), 2016-Present

· Interim Dean

College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2014-2016

· UC Foundation Full Professor, Tenured

College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2008-Present

EDUCATION

· Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Engineering Management, December 1996

University of Missouri-Rolla, (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Graduated with the Alpha Iota Delta Honor

· Master of Science (M.S.), Industrial Engineering, June 1994

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

· Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Engineering Management, June 1989

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Professional Engineer (P.E.), Tennessee, No. 107445, 2004-Present

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2016 – Present

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs;

Department Head of Engineering Management & Technology; Director of Graduate Programs;

Chattanooga Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) Professor; and UC Foundation Professor;

College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)

2014 – 2016

Interim Dean and UC Foundation Professor

College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS)

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Registered Professional Engineer (TN 107445) , 2004-Present

Faculty Advisor of the Society of Women Engineers Student Chapter

Founding Member of the Architecture, Construction, and Engineering (ACE) Mentor Program

Member of Chattanooga Engineers Club

Member of Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)

HONORS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (2018)

The editorial board member

Quality Matters (QM) Certification (2017)

To teach and develop online courses that will be QM certified

Chattanooga Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) Professorship (2016)

Recipient of the 2016 UnBought and UnBossed Awards by Girls Inc.

The award honors local women who through their career achievement and/or community involvement, have made a significant impact on the lives of women and girls.

Lean & Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification (2016)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Neslihan Alp, Ph.D., P.E.and Anthony Schmidt, M.S.,“Improving Patient Care Through Earlier Discharge Times by Using Six-Sigma Tools,” 37thAmerican Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) International Conference, Huntsville, AL on October 18-21, 2017.

Neslihan Alp, Ph.D., P.E.and Xavier Morales, M.S.,“Managing a Corrective Action Program,” 36thAmerican Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) International Conference, Charlotte, NC on October 26-29, 2016.

Neslihan Alp, Ph.D., P.E.,“Quality through Design: A Six Sigma Approach,” Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET) 2016 International Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, September 4-8, 2016.

Neslihan Alp, Ph.D., P.E.and Connie Tsai, M.S.,“Using Industry-Sponsored Projects to Improve Outcomes,” 34thAmerican Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) International Conference, Virginia Beach, VA on October 15-18, 2014.

Neslihan Alp, Ph.D., P.E.and Chase Manning, M.S.,“Creating a Plan for Building Information Modeling”, Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET) 2014 International Conference Proceedings, Kanazawa, Japan, July 27-31, 2014

RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GRANTS

· National Science Foundation (NSF) ($561,669) – March 2018

Collaborative Research: SFS Program: Strengthening the National Cyber Security Workforce (Co-PI)

· Engineering Information Foundation (EIF) ($14,586) – May 2017

UTC Girls to Engineers Network (GEN) (PI)

· Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners (TBAEE) ($20,000) – March 2017

Low-Income Community Design Studio (PI)

· Tennessee Higher Education-Improving Teaching Quality Grant ($73,991) – November 2016

EXCEL: Exploring Clean Energy through hands-on Learning (PI)

· National Science Foundation (NSF) ($1,540,766) – September 2016

Collaborative Research: SFS Program: Strengthening the National Cyber Security Workforce (Co-PI)

· Gift-in-kind from KordSA to support Engineering Labs ($353,560) – September 2016

· Tennessee Higher Education Commission ($755,577) – July 2015

To support UTC’s Center of Excellence in Applied Computational Engineering (PI)

· Electric Power Board (EPB) ($125,000) – May 2015

To support projects and research activities for 5 years.

· Volkswagen Group of America ($70,000 ) – January 2015

To support the diversity scholarship to increase the diverse student population in the College, To support the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Mini Baja student competition and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Southeast Student Conference.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

· Computer Science Faculty Search Committee Chair (2018)

· Council of Academic Department Heads (CADH), (2009-14, 2016-Present)

· Graduate Council, (2002-2012, 2016-Present)

· College of Engineering and Computer Science Graduate Coordinators Committee

o Chair, (2006-Present)

· College of Engineering and Computer Science Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

o Chair, (2016-Present)

· Diversity Advisory Council (2014-2016)

· Strategic Planning Committee (2014-2016)

· Chancellor’s Roundtable Member (2014-2016)

· Deans’ Council (2014-2016)

· Provost’s Council (2014-2016)

· University Planning and Resources Advisory Council (UPRAC) (2014-2016)