IME DIrectory | Penn State Engineering

Charles Purdum

Professor of Practice and Director of Industry Relations

Affiliation(s):

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

344 Leonhard Building

clp73@psu.edu

814-865-5345

Research Areas:

Operations, Services, and Analytics

Education

BS, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 1978
MBA, Business, University of Massachusetts, 1987

Publications

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Faculty Award, PSU IISE Student Chapter, August 2021 - May 2022

Lamancusa/Soyster Learning Factory Mentoring Award, PSU Learning Factory, January 2022 - May 2022

Outstanding Faculty Award, PSU IISE Student Chapter, April 2019 - April 2020

Outstanding Faculty Award, Penn State University IISE Student Chapter, April 2018

University Teaching Award Nominee, PSU, September 2018 - September 2018

Service

Service to Penn State:

Assistance to Student Organizations, Advisor, National Organization for Business and Engineering, November 2016

Service to External Organizations:

Service to Business and Industry, Coordinator, Director of Industry Relations, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Charles Purdum, July 2018 - December 2022

Service to Business and Industry, Other, Associate Director, Service Enterprise Engineering 360 Initiative, Service Enterprise Engineering Advisory Board, August 2016 - June 2017

About

Home of the first established industrial engineering program in the world, the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) at Penn State has made a name for itself in the engineering industry through its storied tradition of unparalleled excellence and innovation in research, education, and outreach.

We are Innovators. We are Makers. We are Excellence in Engineering. We are Penn State IME.