Students' Experiences with an Open-ended Client Project in a Graduate Course

Jessica L. Heier Stamm is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Kansas State University. She holds a B.S. in industrial engineering from Kansas State University and a Ph.D. in industrial and manufacturing systems engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research interests include the development of quantitative models and algorithms to design and improve humanitarian relief and public health logistics systems. In particular, she uses operations research and game theory tools to analyze systems in which decisions about system control are made in a decentralized way. This work is complemented by engineering education research in the areas of broadening participation in engineering and enhancing supply chain engineering education.