Timothy Vaughan, Ph.D.

Chair of Department,
Department of Management and Marketing
Director of College of Business Research,
Professor, Management

Education

Ph.D., University of Iowa
B.A., University of Northern Iowa

Teaching Interests

Operations management
Lean production
Simulation modeling and analysis
Quantitative methods

Research Interests

Quality management
Statistical process control
Inventory management
Labor scheduling
Production scheduling
Simulation & statistics

Dr. Vaughan teaches in the Operations Management area. He has published over 20 research articles on inventory control and quality management techniques, and has delivered inventory management seminars across the country.

“I particularly enjoy teaching the Process Simulation course. Here students develop computer simulation models for analyzing a variety of production systems. Students are able to critically investigate a number of important issues in system design and operation, free from the limitations and often unrealistic assumptions of simpler models presented in most textbooks. Students not only learn a valuable modeling technique, but develop advanced intuition regarding the behavior of dynamic systems.”