Tom West received his BS and MS degrees from the University of Tennessee, and taught at both Georgia Tech and Tennessee before receiving his PhD from OSU in 1976 and joining the Department of Industrial Engineering. He helped modernize the curriculum of the department through establishment of the Manufacturing Engineering and MECOP programs and authored two classic texts in engineering economics with Jim Riggs. West has served the College as Department Head for IME, Associate Dean, and Interim Dean and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.
He was also on the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET and a member of the committee that established the current ABET 2000 criteria by which all engineering programs are now evaluated. West is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and a member of the College of Fellows for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He has been recognized as the National Society of Professional Engineers Outstanding Engineering Professor and as ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Industrial Engineer of the Year.
Degrees
- PhD IE 1976 - MIME