Jang Ra, Ph.D., Chair, Professor, Department of Engineering and Science Management

    * Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh,  1988
    * M.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1987
    * M.S., University of Bridgeport, 1983
    * B.S., Han-Yang University, Seoul, Korea, 1981

Telephone:  907-786-1862
Fax:    907-786-1079
Email:  afjwr
Office:  ENGR 209






Teaching
 
ESM 590     Project Management Professional (PMP) Refresher Course
ESM 609     Project Management
ESM 620     Statistics
ESM 621     Operations Research
ESM 622     Management Decisions Under Uncertainty
ESM 694     Logistics Systems & Management
ESM 684     ESM Project
ESM 698     Individual Research
ESM 699     Thesis

Research
 

Project	Sponsor
Feasibility Study for PAYLOAD	Alaska Department of Transportation
Customized Project Management Trainings	Computer Task Group, Inc., US Public Health Service, US Army Corps of Engineers
Predictive Corrosion Model	Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

University Service

• School of Engineering, Engineering & Science Management Program (Chair), 1998-present
• School of Engineering, Computer Advisory Committee
• UAA Graduate Affairs Board, 1994-1996, 1999-2001
  

Professional Society Memberships

• Editorial Board Member, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, since 1989
• Program Committee Member, Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology (PICMET), 1991, 97, 99
• Program Chair, The Institute of Management Science (TIMS) International Conference, Anchorage, 1994
  
• Cluster Chair, INFORMS/KORMS International Conference in Korea, June 18-21, 2000
• Project Management Institute, Decision Sciences Institute, INFORMS