Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Director of Industry Partner Program
Director of Industry Partners Program
- PhD, Arizona State University
- MSIE, Clemson University
- BSIE, Ohio University
Leonard Perry, PhD, (ISE) has research interests in the area of system improvement via quality improvement methods especially in the area of applied statistics, statistical process control and design of experiments. Dr. Perry consults, instructs and collaborates on quality improvement projects with representatives from biotech, health care, defense and traditional manufacturing institutions. He has been an instructor for the Six Sigma Black belt training at the Six Sigma Institute for three years. He is a UCSD Certified Six-Sigma Master Black-Belt and an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer.
Areas of Expertise
operations excellence, Six Sigma, lean manufacturing
Scholarly Work
- With Susan M Lord, Rick Olson, Chell A Roberts, Caroline Baillie, and Odesma Onika Dalrymple, "Developing changemaking engineers–Year five," 2020.
- With Roberts, C., Olson, R., Lord, S., Camacho, M., and Huang, M., "Developing Changemaking Engineers (Year 2)," Paper at ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Columbus, OH, 2017.
- With Dalrymple, D., "A Study on Methods to Evaluate Teaching Effectiveness," Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), 2016.
- With Englehart, D., "Reducing Helicopter Maintenance Time using Experimental Design," Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), 2015.
- "Six Sigma Certification within an Industrial Engineering Program," International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), 2014.
- With Weber, R., "Maximizing Benefits of Class Projects for Students and Receiving Organization," Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), 2013.
- With Chase, B., "Should Industrial Engineering Programs Offer a Six Sigma Certification?" Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), 2013.
- With Wolford, E., Steckel, C., and Ackman, M., "Finding the True Root Cause in the Initial Nursing Assessment using PDCA," Society for Health Systems (SHS) Conference 2008, Las Vegas, NV, 2012.
- With Ackman, M., Wolfard, E., Steckel, C., and Hill, C., "Changing Nurse Practice, Letting Go of the Nurse History on Admission," Journal of Nursing Administration, vol. 42, 9, pp. 435-441, 2012.
- With Chase, B., "Integrating Six Sigma within the IE Curriculum," Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), Cancun, Mexico, 2010.