Publications

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering

José Zayas-Castro

	Publications
Journal Articles Invited Proceedings or Presentations Technical Reports Invited Presentations- non refereed
Under Review: “Evaluating the Impact of Walk-Ins and Late Patients in the Performance of Appointment Scheduling Rules through a Simulation-Optimization Based Approach,” Alcides Santander, Laila Cure, and José Zayas-Castro, submitted to Health Care Management Science, February 18, 2008 “Selecting the Best Performing Weibull Estimation Method for Randomly Right Censored Data,” Jonathan J. Bates, José L. Zayas-Castro, submitted to Reliability Engineering & System Safety, August 17, 2007. “Stocking policies for multiple operating components,” Jonathan J. Bates, José L. Zayas-Castro, submitted to the Journal of Quality and Maintenance Engineering, August 12, 2007. Work in Process: “A Methodology for Validating Outcome Studies in Medical Error,” Peter J. Fabri, and José Zayas-Castro. “Designing a Hybrid Simulation Process in Surgical Error,” Peter J. Fabri, and José Zayas-Castro. “Improving health care operational outcomes: Perspectives on patient safety” Laila Cure and José Zayas-Castro “Understanding the impact of priority rules on patient waiting time in outpatient clinics,” Alcides Santander and José Zayas-Castro. “Dynamic Analysis and interpretation of laboratory test results,” Alcides Santander, Peter Fabri, and José Zayas-Castro. “Improving patient flow in hospitals by using clinical care pathways,” Abhik Bhattacharya, and José Zayas-Castro. Refereed Journal Articles: “Human Error, not Communication and Systems, Underlies Surgical Complications,” P.J. Fabri, J Zayas-Castro, accepted for publication Journal of Surgery, September 2008 “The Learning Factory: Industry Partnered Active Learning,” John S. Lamancusa, José L. Zayas, Allen L. Soyster, Lueny Morell, Jens Jorgensen, Journal of Engineering Education, January 2008, Vol. 97, No. 1. “Simulating less-than-truckload operations,” Pranav J. Deshpande, Ali Yalcin, José Zayas-Castro and Luis E. Herrera, Special Issue on Benchmarking the Management of Operations and Information Systems in Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol 14, No. 1, 2007 Crowe, Thomas J., José L. Zayas-Castro, and Sompop Vanichsenee, “Assessing Organizational Readiness for Enterprise Resource Planning,” Information Technology & People. Crowe, Thomas J., Pekying Meghan Fong, Todd A. Bauman, and José Zayas-Castro (2002), "Quantitative Risk Level Estimation of Business Process Reengineering Efforts," Business Process Management Journal, v. 8 n. 5, 2002, pp. 490-511. Refereed or Invited Proceedings or Presentations: “Evaluating the Impact of Walk-ins and Late Patients in the Average idle Time for medical resources and patients in an Outpatient Clinic,” Alcides Santander, J. Zayas-Castro. IERC Annual research conference, Nashville, TN, May 2007. “Managing Patient Flow in Inpatient Services,” Abhik Bhattacharya, J. Zayas-Castro. IERC Annual Research Conference, Nashville, TN, May 2007. “Multi-criteria Decision Making in Outpatient Scheduling,” Jana Iezzi, J. Zayas-Castro, Alcides Santander-Mercado, Michael Weng. Invited, IERC Annual research conference, Nashville, TN, May 2007. “Improving Patient Flow and Resource Allocation Through Healthcare Decision-Making,” J. Zayas-Castro, Abhik Bhattacharya, Jana Iezzi, Alcides Santander, Michael Weng. Invited. INFORMS 2006, Pittsburgh, PA “Modeling and analysis of the security screening process at commercial airports,” G. Centeno, Ali Yalcin, José Zayas-Castro, Daniel Yankov, Abhik Bhattacharya, Arka Bhattacharya. IERC 2006 – Orlando, FL “Improving Service in Healthcare Inpatient Processes,” Abhik Bhattacharya, José Zayas-Castro, Michael Weng, Grisselle Centeno. Invited, IERC 2006 – Orlando, FL “Healthcare Decision Making in Outpatient Processes,” Jana Iezzi, José Zayas-Castro, Michael Weng. Invited, IERC 2006 – Orlando, FL “Statistical Process Analysis used to Improve Healthcare Decision Making,” José Zayas-Castro, Abhik Bhattacharya, Jana Iezzi, Michael Weng. Invited to Quality and Statistical Decision Making in Healthcare Applications, INFORMS 2005, San Francisco, CA. “A Decision Tool for Effective Classification and Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer.,” Das, Gopalappa, Nanduri, Zayas-Castro, Torres-Garcia. Presented on Sunday Nov 13, 08:00 - 09:30, Joint Session: Computational Biomedicine Chair: Ariela Sofer, Professor and Chair, George Mason University, INFORMS 2005, San Francisco, CA. “Re-Engineering Graduate Medical Education: An Analysis Of The Contribution Of Residents To Teaching Hospitals Utilizing A Model Of An Internal Medicine Residency Program,” Ian Elius, Peter J. Fabri, José L. Zayas-Castro. Submitted to the Journal of Academic Medicine, November 2005. “Engineering Service at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Hospital,” J. Iezzi, José Zayas-Castro, Michael Weng, Grisselle Centeno, Kiara Pérez, Angela Hatton, Cristina Pérez, IERC 2005 Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, May 14-18. “Progressing Towards an Optimal Maintenance/Inventory Policy,” J. J. Bates and José Zayas-Castro, IERC 2005 Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, May 14-18. “Modelando Cambio Organizacional,” Humberto R. Alvarez, Thomas J. Crowe, and José Zayas-Castro, Revista de I + D Tecnológico, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2004. "Formulating and Modeling the Dynamics of Enterprise Change," José L. Zayas-Castro, Thomas J. Crowe, and Humberto R. Alvarez (2003), IERC 2002 Conference Proceedings, Portland, May 19-21 (refereed). Marrs, M.B., Crowe, T., Burns, C., Zayas-Castro, J., Moesel, D., Occena, L., Wu, B., & Schwartz, S. (2003, February). “I get by with a little help from my friends: Business and engineering students working collaboratively on entrepreneurship projects,” Proceedings of the 2003 annual meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, NV. Bin Wu, Douglas D. Moesel, Thomas J. Crowe, Luis G. Occeña, José L. Zayas-Castro, Mary E. Marrs, Sally S. Schwartz, “Bridging Engineering and Business Education: A Case Study,” Hawaii International Conference on Business June 18-21, 2003, Honolulu Hawaii, USA. "EMILE: A concerted tech-based entrepreneurship effort between Engineering and Business," by José L. Zayas-Castro, Cathleen S. Burns, Thomas J. Crowe, Mary E. Marrs, Douglas D. Moesel, Luis G. Occeña, Sally S. Schwartz, and Bin Wu (2002) Proceedings of 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Canada, June 16-20 (refereed). "Organizational Change: A Case for More Systematic and Dynamic Modeling," José L. Zayas-Castro, Thomas J. Crowe, and Humberto R. Alvarez (2002), IERC 2002 Conference Proceedings, Orlando, May 19-21 (refereed). “Readiness Assessment for Enterprise Resource Planning,” by Crowe, Thomas J., José Zayas-Castro and Sompop Vanichsenee, Conference Proceedings IAMOT 2002 Conference, Miami, Fla (refereed). “The Learning Factory - Integrating Design, Manufacturing And Business Realities Into Engineering Curricula - A Sixth Year Report Card,” John S. Lamancusa, Jens E. Jorgensen, José L. Zayas-Castro, Lueny Morell de Ramirez, International Conference in Engineering Education (ICEE) 2001, August 6-10, 2001,Oslo-Norway (refereed). “Distance Learning between Two Countries: A Rationale for Distance Education Methodology,” by Stevenson, Johnissia, Eric Epperson, Rose Marra, José Zayas-Castro, Tom Noack, Harry Tyrer, ASEE 2001, Albuquerque, NM (refereed). “The Learning Factory and ABET 2000,” by Morell, Jorgensen, Vélez, Torres, Zayas, Lamancusa, ASEE 2000, St. Louis, MO (refereed). “Curricular Innovations Outcomes Assessment,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Velez-Arocho, Torres, ICEE 1998, Brazil (refereed). “A Decade of Partnership: A Success Story of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and Raytheon Corporation,” by Johnson, Morell, Vasquez-Espinosa, Fernandez-Sein, Velez, Zayas-Castro, Bujosa, Rodriguez, ICEE 1998, Brazil (refereed). “Developing and Assessing Teamwork Skills in a Multi-disciplinary Course,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Velez-Arocho, Torres, FIE 1998, Tempe, Arizona (refereed). “Confidence Intervals for Cpk when the Underlying Distribution is Weibull,” by Artiles-Leon, Zayas-Castro, Ramirez, IEMS-98, Coco Beach, FL March 1998 (refereed). “Some Assessment Tools for Evaluating Curriculum Innovations Outcomes,” Morell, Zayas-Castro, Velez-Arocho, ASEE 1998, Seattle, WA (refereed). “Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project,” by Morell, Lamancusa, Zayas-Castro, Jorgensen, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 87(5) 1998, pp. 519-528 (refereed). “The Learning Factory – A New Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing into Engineering Curricula,” by Lamancusa, Jorgensen, Zayas-Castro, ASEE, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 2, pp. 103-112, April 1997 (refereed). “Outcomes Assessment Results of a Multi-Institutional Curriculum Project,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Lamancusa, Jorgensen. Frontiers in Education, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 1997 (refereed). “An Educational Program in Products and Processes Realization,” Frontiers in Education, by Jorgensen, Lamancusa, Zayas-Castro Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 1997 (refereed). “Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Lamancusa, and Jorgensen, Proc. 1997 ICEE International Conference on Engineering Education, August 1997, Chicago, Ill (refereed). “Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Lamancusa, and Jorgensen, ASEE World Conference, Milwaukee, June 1997. “A Summative Assessment Strategy for a Multi-Institutional, Multi-Task Project: the Case of the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro,Lamancusa, Jorgensen and others, Frontiers in Education 1996, Utah (refereed). “Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Institutional, Multi-task Project: the Case of the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership,” by Morell, L., Zayas, J.L., Lamancusa, J. Jorgensen, J., Frontiers in Education Conference, Utah, November, 1996 (refereed). “Concurrent Engineering: A Partnership Approach,” by Smith, Barton, Novatek, Zayas-Castro, ASEE, Wash. D.C., 1996 (refereed). “The Learning Factory: A new Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing Into Engineering Curricula,” by Lamancusa, Jorgensen, Zayas-Castro and Ratner, Proceedings, ASEE 1995, Anaheim, CA (refereed). “The Design of a Skill-based Course Focused on Student Outcomes: A Partnership Template,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Vélez-Arocho, ASEE 1995, Anaheim, CA (refereed). “The Learning Factory: A new Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing Into Engineering Curricula,” by Lamancusa, Jorgensen, Zayas-Castro and Ratner, Proceedings, ASEE 1995 (refereed). “The Design of a Skill-based Course Focused on Student Outcomes: A Partnership Template,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Vélez-Arocho, ASEE 1995 (refereed). "The Design of an Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Course: Focusing on Student Outcomes," by Morell, Zayas-Castro and Vélez-Arocho, Engineering Education Congress XXIII UPADI, Acapulco, Mexico, Spring 1994. "Yield Improvement Through SPC and DOE," by González, M., J. L. Zayas-Castro ASQC - Transactions, 46th Annual Quality Congress, 1992. Technical Reports Description and Analysis of the TACLAN Training System - Phase II: Improvement of the Training System, (with A. Savachkin, P. Schnitzler, A.Yalcin, A. Bhattacharya, A. Santana-Reynoso, A. Santander, M. Bounds), April 2008 Description and Analysis of the TACLAN Training System - Phase I: Preliminary Results, (with A. Savachkin, P. Schnitzler, A.Yalcin, A. Bhattacharya, A. Santana-Reynoso, A. Santander, M. Bounds), December 2007. Simulation, Analysis and Re-Design of Security Checkpoints at Major Commercial Airports, Final Report (with A. Yalcin (PI), G. Centeno and others), January 2006. Engineering Service at H. Lee Moffitt Hospital, Tampa, FL, Progress Report, (with Jana Iezzi, M. Weng, Grisselle Centeno, Kiara Pérez and others), April 2005. Simulation, Analysis and Re-design of Security Checkpoints at Major Commercial Airports, Progress Report (with A. Yalcin (PI). G. Centeno and others.), March 2005, UCITSS. Vehicle Passenger Access System (VPAS) Simulation Model and Analysis, Progress Reports Jan-March 2005, (with Michael Weng and Ali Yalcin and others) IGERT-Bio Skins – Assessment Progress Report, (with Tara McCoy), Fall 2004, USF. VISS System Performance Modeling and Simulation (with Ali Yalcin and Michael Weng), May 2004, STS International. EMILE – Progress Report, NSF (with Thomas J. Crowe and others), 2002, University of Missouri-Columbia. Business Process Re-Engineering in the office for Academic and Research Affairs at the College of Engineering-UPRM (with Nicolás Salazar 1998). Design of an Activity Based Costing System for Hanes-Menswear Manufacturing (with J. Romero, Vilmari García and L. Padilla 1998). Computerized Information System and ABC at Baxter Dade (with Luis Mañan, 1995). Design of an Activity Based Cost System and Its Impact on Total Quality (with Carlos Oliveras) 1995. Improvement of Operations Management at Magna Medical Through the Use of World Class Techniques (with Juan Martínez) 1993-94. Design of an Activity Based Cost System at Baxter Dade. (with Alejandro Abreu/Carlos Oliveras) 1992-93. Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Engineering Education (Various reports- 1990-93 with A. Rullán, R. Fernandez-Seín, I. Baigés, L. Rosario, Jorge Velez-Arocho) The Basics of Engineering Design, 1993 (with F. Toledo, L. Morell, B. Calcagno) Re-Design of Activity Based Costing at Hewlett Packard, 1992 (with A. Abreu) Systematic Analysis of Process Development-Surface Mount Technology, 1991 (with N. Artiles, V Cesaní, R. Sánchez) Simulation Requirements at the Service Entrances at the Luis Munoz-Marín Airport, 1990 (with F. Luyanda, A. Cedeño) Improving the Low Profiles Valves Manufacturing Through SPC and DOE, 1990 (with V. Mundo) Micro-Computer Based System MMA-IBM Fishkill, 1989 (with Jack Allison, W. Padín, E. Baez) R & D Strategic Determinants at Digital-Puerto Rico, 1989 (with J. Rodríguez, A. Dykyj, M. Oliveras) Interdependency Information System-BellCore, 1989 (with Max Figueroa) Reduced Scale Work Station, 1987 (with J. Villa, L. Rodríguez) Yield Optimization Through Design of Experiments, 1987 (with M. González) Academic and Professional Presentation and Talks: (non-refereed) Speaker, “Developing Comprehensive Patients’ Profiles to Enhance Timely Disease Diagnostic,” Alcides Santander-Mercado, J. Zayas-Castro, Peter J. Fabri; IERC – Vancouver, CN, May 2008 Speaker, “A Synthesis Approach to Modeling Hospital-Based Clinical Pathways,” Abhik Bhattacharya, J. Zayas-Castro, Peter Fabri; IERC – Vancouver, CN, May 2008 Poster, “Near-Miss Analysis to Reduce Errors in Outpatient Health Care Settings,” Laila Cure, J. Zayas-Castro, and Peter J. Fabri; IERC – Vancouver, CN, May 2008 Speaker, “Disease Management Through Modeling,” HEA Symposium, Raleigh, NC, April 7, 2008 Speaker, “Diversity & Engineering Education in the 21st Century,” Raytheon, St. Pete, FL, Sept 20, 2007 Speaker, Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad de Las Americas, Puebla, Mexico, March 2007 Speaker, “The Learning Factory,” CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, November 2006 Speaker, “Toma de Decisiones Usando Herramientas Estadísticas,” Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería Industrial, Instituto Tecnológico de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, October 2006 Speaker, “The Learning Factory,” Universidad del Norte, College of Engineering, Barranquilla, Colombia, September 22, 2006 Speaker/Panelist, “Challenges in Education the Engineer for 2020,” ACOFI Conference, Colombian Association of Colleges of Engineering, Cartagena, Colombia, September 21, 2006 Speaker, “The Learning Factory,” ACOFI Conference, Colombian Association of Colleges of Engineering, Cartagena, Colombia, September 20, 2006 Speaker, “Innovación Tecnológica, Economia del Conocimiento y Desarrollo Sostenible,” (Technological Innovation, Knowledge Based Economy and Sustainable Development), 2do. Congreso Nacional de Ciencias y Tecnología, U. Tecnológica de Panamá, Panamá, August 9-12, 2006 Speaker, “The Life of the Professor,” 2006 SUS/USF Summer Program, Marshall Center, June 30, 2006 Speaker, “Process Redesign in Hospital Environment,” Healthcare Systems Engineering Workshop, NSF, June 16, 2006 Speaker (Keynote), “The Strategic Work & Direction of IIE,” IEM Conference 2006, University of West Indies, Trinidad, June 2006 Speaker, “Research in Healthcare,” Universidad del Mayab, Merida, Mexico, October 2005 Speaker/Panelist, “The Industrial Engineer of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,”50th Anniversary, Department of Industrial Engineering, UPR-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR, August 19-21, 2004. Speaker, “Research Opportunities in IMSE,”UPR-Mayagüez, January 2004. Speaker, “Relevance and Experiences of Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Collaborations and Experiences: A Perspective,” University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, San Juan, PR November 2003. Speaker, “EMILE: A concerted tech-based entrepreneurship effort between Engineering and Business," ASEE 2002, Montreal, Canada. Workshop “Implementing ABET 2000: The Learning Factory – A Model,” at the University of El Paso, Texas, October 1998; Southern University, Feb. 1999, North Carolina A&T, May 1999; ASEE 1999-Arizona; ASEE 2000-St. Louis, MO. Speaker, “Holistic Engineering Education,” Spring 1998, UPRM. Speaker, “Decision Making Models Using Activity Based Costing in Puerto Rican Dairies,” Annual Scientific Meeting of the Puerto Rican Society of Agricultural Sciences, November 1997. Speaker, “Interdisciplinary Education in Science and Engineering,” Plenary session - 1st Confraternization for Engineering students in Puerto Rico, Univ. of El Turabo, Fall 1995. Speaker, "Panel of: The Impact of Globalization on the Industrial Chemical Processes," Global Awareness Program-UPRM, April 1994. Speaker, "Benefits and Barriers to Interdisciplinary Education,"College of Engineering, UPRM, Spring 1994. Speaker, "Concurrent Engineering," Global Awareness Day, UPRM, Fall 1994. Evaluator/Committee Member, Puerto Rico 2000, San Juan, PR, 1992- Present Speaker, "TQM in Education," Puerto Rican Asociation for Higher Education, Fall 1993, San Juan. Speaker, "Activity Based Costing," Week of the Accountant, Joint Meeting for Baxter-Eduards and Baxter-Bentley, El Mesón, Mayaguez, April 1993. Speaker, "Motivation as a Resource for Better Project Construction Management," 19th AGC Conference, Dorado, PR, August 1992 Speaker, "Yield Improvement Through SPC & DOE," 46th. Quality Congress, Nashville, Tennessee, May 1992 Co-Speaker (with Dr. Noel Artiles), "Process Quality Improvement Through Design of Experiments at an Electronic Manufacturing Firm," ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, November 1991 Speaker, "Important Factors for Puerto Rico Competitive Position in the XXi Century," CAPOTECO, WPAB Radio Station, Ponce, P.R., September 1991 Speaker, "Yield Improvement Through SPC and DOE," First Puerto Rican Annual Quality Congress, San Juan, P.R., September 1991 Research Advisor, "Activity Based Costing," by Mr. Alejandro Abreu, 26th Junior Technical Meeting 11th Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, Cayey, PR, March 1991 Research Advisor, "A Decision Tool for Modeling Manufacturing Systems," by Ms. Zaida Ramírez, 26th Junior Technical Meeting 11th Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, Cayey, PR, March 1991 Research Advisor, "Modeling a Flexible JIT Manufacturing Systems," by Ms. Sandra González, 26th Junior Technical Meeting 11th Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, Cayey, PR, March 1991 Alpha Pi Mu (I.E. Honor Society), Speaker, "Graduate Studies in Manufacturing Engineering at the College of Engineering-UPRM," February 1991. Facilitator, "Quality Control Techniques in Road Construction," Transportation Technology Transfer Center, Civil Engineering Department, UPRM, April 1990. Speaker, "Statistical Process Control," World Class Manufacturing Excellence Conference, Sponsored by IIE-Chapter 188, Sands Hotel, San Juan, P.R., March 1990. Speaker, "Tools and Techniques for World Class Excelence," WEUC- Catholic Radio Station, CAPOTECO-Sponsor: College of Engineers and Land Surveyors, Ponce Chapter, Ponce, P.R., March 1990. Panelist, "The Situation at the UPRM Campus," Moderator: Mr. Totti Figueroa in "Comunicando," Channel 22, Mayagüez, P.R., January 1990. Speaker, "Statistical Process Control," IIE - Chapter 188 Conference, Cerromar-Hyatt Hotel, Dorado, PR, June 1989. Speaker, "The Industrial Engineering Career," WEUC-Catholic Radio Station, CAPOTECO- Sponsored by the College of Engineers and Land Surveyors, Ponce Chapter, Ponce, P.R., March 1989 Speaker, National Quality Forum: Statistical Process Management, UPRM, October 1988, Mayagüez, P.R. Referee, V Pan American Congress of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, UPRM, PR Speaker, Perspectives of Development at the Department of Industrial Engineering and the School of Engineering, Primer Reencuentro Industrial, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, P.R., March 1988 Speaker, Impact of Quality Control on the Economic Development of Puerto Rico, WKAQ Radio, Hato Rey, P.R., October 1987 Speaker, Impact of Total Quality in Improving the Standard of Living in Puerto Rico, WKAQ Radio, Hato Rey, P.R. April 1987 Chairman and Member, Evaluating Committee of Candidates for Graduate Scholarships in Industrial and Management Engineering, Economic Development Administration, Hato Rey, PR, 1987- 1998. Co-Chairman/Evaluator Engineering group 1987 International Science and Engineering Fair, Roberto Clemente Coliseum, PR, May 1987 Speaker, The Industrial Engineer in the Validation of Pharmaceutical Processes, IIE-Oeste Chapter 236, P.R., Nov. 1986 Speaker, The Office of the Future, APICS-Oeste Chapter 241, PR, July 1986 Speaker, New Trends in Engineering Science and Technology, Digital Equipment Corporation, PR, - Week of the Engineer -, Club Deportivo, Cabo Rojo, May 1986 Speaker, Back to Basics in Quality and Productivity Improvement, APICS-Oeste Chapter 241, P.R., April 1986 Evaluator - Group Leader, 7th. Puerto Rican Science and Engineering Fair, Interamerican University at San German, PR, April 1986 Speaker, Effective Economic Justification, Institute of Industrial Engineers-College of Engineers and Surveyors, San Juan, PR, January 1986 Speaker, Office Automation: Productivity Systems, Institute of Industrial Engineers 188, Convention Center, Condado, P.R., May 1985 Coordinator and Moderator, Entrepreneurial Opportunities for the Industrial Engineer, Department of Industrial Engineering, UPRM, Mayagüez, P.R., April 1985 Research Advisor, Automatización en la Oficina: Un Laboratorio Clinico (Office Automation: A Clinical Laboratory) by Ms. Carol Hutchison, 20th Junior Technical Meeting 5th Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, Humacao, PR, March 1985 Research Advisor, Productividad: Medición y Control (Productivity: Measurement & Control) by Ms Damaris Colón, 20th Junior Technical Meeting 5th Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, Humacao, P.R., March 1985 Graduate Staff Member, 1982 Interface: XIV Symposium on the Interface of Computer Science and Statistics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. "A Systematic Analysis of A Process Development Project: The Case of Equipment Calibration For Surface Mount," Digital Equipment Corp., San Germán, PR, Spring 1989, $60,316. "Simulation of the Needs at the Service Areas: Entrance and Exit, at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport," (with Dr. F. Luyanda) Puerto Rico Ports Authority, San Juan, P.R., Spring 1989, $50,680. "Development of Manufacturing Engineering Education at the School of Engineering of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez," (with Profs. B. Llorens and L. Rosario) AT&T Foundation Manufacturing Technology Grants Program, Princeton, N.J., Spring 1989, $25,000 (planning grant). "Reduced Scale Automated Work Station," (with J. C. Villa and Luis Rodríguez) College of Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, October 1986, $9,910. "Experimental Statistical Design of Experiments for Yield Optimization in Dental Floss Manufacturing at Johnson & Johnson-Gurabo," (with Dr. M. González) University/Industry Research Program, CEER, University of Puerto Rico, January 1987, $4000.

Publications

Journal Articles

Invited Proceedings or Presentations

Technical Reports

Invited Presentations- non refereed

Under Review:

“Evaluating the Impact of Walk-Ins and Late Patients in the Performance of Appointment Scheduling Rules through a Simulation-Optimization Based Approach,” Alcides Santander, Laila Cure, and José Zayas-Castro, submitted to Health Care Management Science, February 18, 2008
“Selecting the Best Performing Weibull Estimation Method for Randomly Right Censored Data,” Jonathan J. Bates, José L. Zayas-Castro, submitted to Reliability Engineering & System Safety, August 17, 2007.
“Stocking policies for multiple operating components,” Jonathan J. Bates, José L. Zayas-Castro, submitted to the Journal of Quality and Maintenance Engineering, August 12, 2007.

Work in Process:

“A Methodology for Validating Outcome Studies in Medical Error,” Peter J. Fabri, and José Zayas-Castro.
“Designing a Hybrid Simulation Process in Surgical Error,” Peter J. Fabri, and José Zayas-Castro.
“Improving health care operational outcomes: Perspectives on patient safety” Laila Cure and José Zayas-Castro
“Understanding the impact of priority rules on patient waiting time in outpatient clinics,” Alcides Santander and José Zayas-Castro.
“Dynamic Analysis and interpretation of laboratory test results,” Alcides Santander, Peter Fabri, and José Zayas-Castro.
“Improving patient flow in hospitals by using clinical care pathways,” Abhik Bhattacharya, and José Zayas-Castro.

Refereed Journal Articles:

“Human Error, not Communication and Systems, Underlies Surgical Complications,”
P.J. Fabri, J Zayas-Castro, accepted for publication Journal of Surgery, September 2008
“The Learning Factory: Industry Partnered Active Learning,” John S. Lamancusa, José L. Zayas, Allen L. Soyster, Lueny Morell, Jens Jorgensen, Journal of Engineering Education, January 2008, Vol. 97, No. 1.
“Simulating less-than-truckload operations,” Pranav J. Deshpande, Ali Yalcin, José Zayas-Castro and Luis E. Herrera, Special Issue on Benchmarking the Management of Operations and Information Systems in Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol 14, No. 1, 2007
Crowe, Thomas J., José L. Zayas-Castro, and Sompop Vanichsenee, “Assessing Organizational Readiness for Enterprise Resource Planning,” Information Technology & People.
Crowe, Thomas J., Pekying Meghan Fong, Todd A. Bauman, and José Zayas-Castro (2002), "Quantitative Risk Level Estimation of Business Process Reengineering Efforts," Business Process Management Journal, v. 8 n. 5, 2002, pp. 490-511.

Refereed or Invited Proceedings or Presentations:

“Evaluating the Impact of Walk-ins and Late Patients in the Average idle Time for medical resources and patients in an Outpatient Clinic,” Alcides Santander, J. Zayas-Castro. IERC Annual research conference, Nashville, TN, May 2007.
“Managing Patient Flow in Inpatient Services,” Abhik Bhattacharya, J. Zayas-Castro. IERC Annual Research Conference, Nashville, TN, May 2007.
“Multi-criteria Decision Making in Outpatient Scheduling,” Jana Iezzi, J. Zayas-Castro, Alcides Santander-Mercado, Michael Weng. Invited, IERC Annual research conference, Nashville, TN, May 2007.
“Improving Patient Flow and Resource Allocation Through Healthcare Decision-Making,” J. Zayas-Castro, Abhik Bhattacharya, Jana Iezzi, Alcides Santander, Michael Weng. Invited. INFORMS 2006, Pittsburgh, PA
“Modeling and analysis of the security screening process at commercial airports,” G. Centeno, Ali Yalcin, José Zayas-Castro, Daniel Yankov, Abhik Bhattacharya, Arka Bhattacharya. IERC 2006 – Orlando, FL
“Improving Service in Healthcare Inpatient Processes,” Abhik Bhattacharya, José Zayas-Castro, Michael Weng, Grisselle Centeno. Invited, IERC 2006 – Orlando, FL
“Healthcare Decision Making in Outpatient Processes,” Jana Iezzi, José Zayas-Castro, Michael Weng. Invited, IERC 2006 – Orlando, FL
“Statistical Process Analysis used to Improve Healthcare Decision Making,” José Zayas-Castro, Abhik Bhattacharya, Jana Iezzi, Michael Weng. Invited to Quality and Statistical Decision Making in Healthcare Applications, INFORMS 2005, San Francisco, CA.
“A Decision Tool for Effective Classification and Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer.,” Das, Gopalappa, Nanduri, Zayas-Castro, Torres-Garcia. Presented on Sunday Nov 13, 08:00 - 09:30, Joint Session: Computational Biomedicine Chair: Ariela Sofer, Professor and Chair, George Mason University, INFORMS 2005, San Francisco, CA.
“Re-Engineering Graduate Medical Education: An Analysis Of The Contribution Of Residents To Teaching Hospitals Utilizing A Model Of An Internal Medicine Residency Program,” Ian Elius, Peter J. Fabri, José L. Zayas-Castro. Submitted to the Journal of Academic Medicine, November 2005.
“Engineering Service at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Hospital,” J. Iezzi, José Zayas-Castro, Michael Weng, Grisselle Centeno, Kiara Pérez, Angela Hatton, Cristina Pérez, IERC 2005 Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, May 14-18.
“Progressing Towards an Optimal Maintenance/Inventory Policy,” J. J. Bates and José Zayas-Castro, IERC 2005 Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, May 14-18.
“Modelando Cambio Organizacional,” Humberto R. Alvarez, Thomas J. Crowe, and José Zayas-Castro, Revista de I + D Tecnológico, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2004.
"Formulating and Modeling the Dynamics of Enterprise Change," José L. Zayas-Castro, Thomas J. Crowe, and Humberto R. Alvarez (2003), IERC 2002 Conference Proceedings, Portland, May 19-21 (refereed).
Marrs, M.B., Crowe, T., Burns, C., Zayas-Castro, J., Moesel, D., Occena, L., Wu, B., & Schwartz, S. (2003, February). “I get by with a little help from my friends: Business and engineering students working collaboratively on entrepreneurship projects,” Proceedings of the 2003 annual meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, NV.
Bin Wu, Douglas D. Moesel, Thomas J. Crowe, Luis G. Occeña, José L. Zayas-Castro, Mary E. Marrs, Sally S. Schwartz, “Bridging Engineering and Business Education: A Case Study,” Hawaii International Conference on Business June 18-21, 2003, Honolulu Hawaii, USA.
"EMILE: A concerted tech-based entrepreneurship effort between Engineering and Business," by José L. Zayas-Castro, Cathleen S. Burns, Thomas J. Crowe, Mary E. Marrs, Douglas D. Moesel, Luis G. Occeña, Sally S. Schwartz, and Bin Wu (2002) Proceedings of 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Canada, June 16-20 (refereed).
"Organizational Change: A Case for More Systematic and Dynamic Modeling," José L. Zayas-Castro, Thomas J. Crowe, and Humberto R. Alvarez (2002), IERC 2002 Conference Proceedings, Orlando, May 19-21 (refereed).
“Readiness Assessment for Enterprise Resource Planning,” by Crowe, Thomas J., José Zayas-Castro and Sompop Vanichsenee, Conference Proceedings IAMOT 2002 Conference, Miami, Fla (refereed).
“The Learning Factory - Integrating Design, Manufacturing And Business Realities Into Engineering Curricula - A Sixth Year Report Card,” John S. Lamancusa, Jens E. Jorgensen, José L. Zayas-Castro, Lueny Morell de Ramirez, International Conference in Engineering Education (ICEE) 2001, August 6-10, 2001,Oslo-Norway (refereed).
“Distance Learning between Two Countries: A Rationale for Distance Education Methodology,” by Stevenson, Johnissia, Eric Epperson, Rose Marra, José Zayas-Castro, Tom Noack, Harry Tyrer, ASEE 2001, Albuquerque, NM (refereed).
“The Learning Factory and ABET 2000,” by Morell, Jorgensen, Vélez, Torres, Zayas, Lamancusa, ASEE 2000, St. Louis, MO (refereed).
“Curricular Innovations Outcomes Assessment,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Velez-Arocho, Torres, ICEE 1998, Brazil (refereed).
“A Decade of Partnership: A Success Story of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and Raytheon Corporation,” by Johnson, Morell, Vasquez-Espinosa, Fernandez-Sein, Velez, Zayas-Castro, Bujosa, Rodriguez, ICEE 1998, Brazil (refereed).
“Developing and Assessing Teamwork Skills in a Multi-disciplinary Course,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Velez-Arocho, Torres, FIE 1998, Tempe, Arizona (refereed).
“Confidence Intervals for Cpk when the Underlying Distribution is Weibull,” by Artiles-Leon, Zayas-Castro, Ramirez, IEMS-98, Coco Beach, FL March 1998 (refereed).
“Some Assessment Tools for Evaluating Curriculum Innovations Outcomes,” Morell, Zayas-Castro, Velez-Arocho, ASEE 1998, Seattle, WA (refereed).
“Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project,” by Morell, Lamancusa, Zayas-Castro, Jorgensen, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 87(5) 1998, pp. 519-528 (refereed).
“The Learning Factory – A New Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing into Engineering Curricula,” by Lamancusa, Jorgensen, Zayas-Castro, ASEE, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 2, pp. 103-112, April 1997 (refereed).
“Outcomes Assessment Results of a Multi-Institutional Curriculum Project,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Lamancusa, Jorgensen. Frontiers in Education, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 1997 (refereed).
“An Educational Program in Products and Processes Realization,” Frontiers in Education, by Jorgensen, Lamancusa, Zayas-Castro Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 1997 (refereed).
“Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Lamancusa, and Jorgensen, Proc. 1997 ICEE International Conference on Engineering Education, August 1997, Chicago, Ill (refereed).
“Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Lamancusa, and Jorgensen, ASEE World Conference, Milwaukee, June 1997.
“A Summative Assessment Strategy for a Multi-Institutional, Multi-Task Project: the Case of the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro,Lamancusa, Jorgensen and others, Frontiers in Education 1996, Utah (refereed).
“Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Institutional, Multi-task Project: the Case of the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership,” by Morell, L., Zayas, J.L., Lamancusa, J. Jorgensen, J., Frontiers in Education Conference, Utah, November, 1996 (refereed).
“Concurrent Engineering: A Partnership Approach,” by Smith, Barton, Novatek, Zayas-Castro, ASEE, Wash. D.C., 1996 (refereed).
“The Learning Factory: A new Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing Into Engineering Curricula,” by Lamancusa, Jorgensen, Zayas-Castro and Ratner, Proceedings, ASEE 1995, Anaheim, CA (refereed).
“The Design of a Skill-based Course Focused on Student Outcomes: A Partnership Template,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Vélez-Arocho, ASEE 1995, Anaheim, CA (refereed).
“The Learning Factory: A new Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing Into Engineering Curricula,” by Lamancusa, Jorgensen, Zayas-Castro and Ratner, Proceedings, ASEE 1995 (refereed).
“The Design of a Skill-based Course Focused on Student Outcomes: A Partnership Template,” by Morell, Zayas-Castro, Vélez-Arocho, ASEE 1995 (refereed).
"The Design of an Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Course: Focusing on Student Outcomes," by Morell, Zayas-Castro and Vélez-Arocho, Engineering Education Congress XXIII UPADI, Acapulco, Mexico, Spring 1994.
"Yield Improvement Through SPC and DOE," by González, M., J. L. Zayas-Castro ASQC - Transactions, 46th Annual Quality Congress, 1992.

Technical Reports

Description and Analysis of the TACLAN Training System - Phase II: Improvement of the Training System, (with A. Savachkin, P. Schnitzler, A.Yalcin, A. Bhattacharya, A. Santana-Reynoso, A. Santander, M. Bounds), April 2008
Description and Analysis of the TACLAN Training System - Phase I: Preliminary Results, (with A. Savachkin, P. Schnitzler, A.Yalcin, A. Bhattacharya, A. Santana-Reynoso, A. Santander, M. Bounds), December 2007.
Simulation, Analysis and Re-Design of Security Checkpoints at Major Commercial Airports, Final Report (with A. Yalcin (PI), G. Centeno and others), January 2006.
Engineering Service at H. Lee Moffitt Hospital, Tampa, FL, Progress Report, (with Jana Iezzi, M. Weng, Grisselle Centeno, Kiara Pérez and others), April 2005.
Simulation, Analysis and Re-design of Security Checkpoints at Major Commercial Airports, Progress Report (with A. Yalcin (PI). G. Centeno and others.), March 2005, UCITSS.
Vehicle Passenger Access System (VPAS) Simulation Model and Analysis, Progress Reports Jan-March 2005, (with Michael Weng and Ali Yalcin and others)
IGERT-Bio Skins – Assessment Progress Report, (with Tara McCoy), Fall 2004, USF.
VISS System Performance Modeling and Simulation (with Ali Yalcin and Michael Weng), May 2004, STS International.
EMILE – Progress Report, NSF (with Thomas J. Crowe and others), 2002, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Business Process Re-Engineering in the office for Academic and Research Affairs at the College of Engineering-UPRM (with Nicolás Salazar 1998).
Design of an Activity Based Costing System for Hanes-Menswear Manufacturing (with J. Romero, Vilmari García and L. Padilla 1998).
Computerized Information System and ABC at Baxter Dade (with Luis Mañan, 1995).
Design of an Activity Based Cost System and Its Impact on Total Quality (with Carlos Oliveras) 1995.
Improvement of Operations Management at Magna Medical Through the Use of World Class Techniques (with Juan Martínez) 1993-94.
Design of an Activity Based Cost System at Baxter Dade. (with Alejandro Abreu/Carlos Oliveras) 1992-93.
Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Engineering Education (Various reports- 1990-93 with A. Rullán, R. Fernandez-Seín, I. Baigés, L. Rosario, Jorge Velez-Arocho)
The Basics of Engineering Design, 1993 (with F. Toledo, L. Morell, B. Calcagno)
Re-Design of Activity Based Costing at Hewlett Packard, 1992 (with A. Abreu)
Systematic Analysis of Process Development-Surface Mount Technology, 1991 (with N. Artiles, V Cesaní, R. Sánchez)
Simulation Requirements at the Service Entrances at the Luis Munoz-Marín Airport, 1990 (with F. Luyanda, A. Cedeño)
Improving the Low Profiles Valves Manufacturing Through SPC and DOE, 1990 (with V. Mundo)
Micro-Computer Based System MMA-IBM Fishkill, 1989 (with Jack Allison, W. Padín, E. Baez)
R & D Strategic Determinants at Digital-Puerto Rico, 1989 (with J. Rodríguez, A. Dykyj, M. Oliveras)
Interdependency Information System-BellCore, 1989 (with Max Figueroa)
Reduced Scale Work Station, 1987 (with J. Villa, L. Rodríguez)
Yield Optimization Through Design of Experiments, 1987 (with M. González)

Academic and Professional Presentation and Talks: (non-refereed)

Speaker, “Developing Comprehensive Patients’ Profiles to Enhance Timely Disease Diagnostic,” Alcides Santander-Mercado, J. Zayas-Castro, Peter J. Fabri; IERC – Vancouver, CN, May 2008
Speaker, “A Synthesis Approach to Modeling Hospital-Based Clinical Pathways,” Abhik Bhattacharya, J. Zayas-Castro, Peter Fabri; IERC – Vancouver, CN, May 2008
Poster, “Near-Miss Analysis to Reduce Errors in Outpatient Health Care Settings,” Laila Cure, J. Zayas-Castro, and Peter J. Fabri; IERC – Vancouver, CN, May 2008
Speaker, “Disease Management Through Modeling,” HEA Symposium, Raleigh, NC, April 7, 2008
Speaker, “Diversity & Engineering Education in the 21st Century,” Raytheon, St. Pete, FL, Sept 20, 2007
Speaker, Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad de Las Americas, Puebla, Mexico, March 2007
Speaker, “The Learning Factory,” CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, November 2006
Speaker, “Toma de Decisiones Usando Herramientas Estadísticas,” Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería Industrial, Instituto Tecnológico de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, October 2006
Speaker, “The Learning Factory,” Universidad del Norte, College of Engineering, Barranquilla, Colombia, September 22, 2006
Speaker/Panelist, “Challenges in Education the Engineer for 2020,” ACOFI Conference, Colombian Association of Colleges of Engineering, Cartagena, Colombia, September 21, 2006
Speaker, “The Learning Factory,” ACOFI Conference, Colombian Association of Colleges of Engineering, Cartagena, Colombia, September 20, 2006
Speaker, “Innovación Tecnológica, Economia del Conocimiento y Desarrollo Sostenible,” (Technological Innovation, Knowledge Based Economy and Sustainable Development), 2do. Congreso Nacional de Ciencias y Tecnología, U. Tecnológica de Panamá, Panamá, August 9-12, 2006
Speaker, “The Life of the Professor,” 2006 SUS/USF Summer Program, Marshall Center, June 30, 2006
Speaker, “Process Redesign in Hospital Environment,” Healthcare Systems Engineering Workshop, NSF, June 16, 2006
Speaker (Keynote), “The Strategic Work & Direction of IIE,” IEM Conference 2006, University of West Indies, Trinidad, June 2006
Speaker, “Research in Healthcare,” Universidad del Mayab, Merida, Mexico, October 2005
Speaker/Panelist, “The Industrial Engineer of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,”50th Anniversary, Department of Industrial Engineering, UPR-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR, August 19-21, 2004.
Speaker, “Research Opportunities in IMSE,”UPR-Mayagüez, January 2004.
Speaker, “Relevance and Experiences of Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Collaborations and Experiences: A Perspective,” University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, San Juan, PR November 2003.
Speaker, “EMILE: A concerted tech-based entrepreneurship effort between Engineering and Business," ASEE 2002, Montreal, Canada.
Workshop “Implementing ABET 2000: The Learning Factory – A Model,” at the University of El Paso, Texas, October 1998; Southern University, Feb. 1999, North Carolina A&T, May 1999; ASEE 1999-Arizona; ASEE 2000-St. Louis, MO.
Speaker, “Holistic Engineering Education,” Spring 1998, UPRM.
Speaker, “Decision Making Models Using Activity Based Costing in Puerto Rican Dairies,” Annual Scientific Meeting of the Puerto Rican Society of Agricultural Sciences, November 1997.
Speaker, “Interdisciplinary Education in Science and Engineering,” Plenary session - 1st Confraternization for Engineering students in Puerto Rico, Univ. of El Turabo, Fall 1995.
Speaker, "Panel of: The Impact of Globalization on the Industrial Chemical Processes," Global Awareness Program-UPRM, April 1994.
Speaker, "Benefits and Barriers to Interdisciplinary Education,"College of Engineering, UPRM, Spring 1994.
Speaker, "Concurrent Engineering," Global Awareness Day, UPRM, Fall 1994.
Evaluator/Committee Member, Puerto Rico 2000, San Juan, PR, 1992- Present
Speaker, "TQM in Education," Puerto Rican Asociation for Higher Education, Fall 1993, San Juan.
Speaker, "Activity Based Costing," Week of the Accountant, Joint Meeting for Baxter-Eduards and Baxter-Bentley, El Mesón, Mayaguez, April 1993.
Speaker, "Motivation as a Resource for Better Project Construction Management," 19th AGC Conference, Dorado, PR, August 1992
Speaker, "Yield Improvement Through SPC & DOE," 46th. Quality Congress, Nashville, Tennessee, May 1992
Co-Speaker (with Dr. Noel Artiles), "Process Quality Improvement Through Design of Experiments at an Electronic Manufacturing Firm," ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, November 1991
Speaker, "Important Factors for Puerto Rico Competitive Position in the XXi Century," CAPOTECO, WPAB Radio Station, Ponce, P.R., September 1991
Speaker, "Yield Improvement Through SPC and DOE," First Puerto Rican Annual Quality Congress, San Juan, P.R., September 1991
Research Advisor, "Activity Based Costing," by Mr. Alejandro Abreu, 26th Junior Technical Meeting 11th Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, Cayey, PR, March 1991
Research Advisor, "A Decision Tool for Modeling Manufacturing Systems," by Ms. Zaida Ramírez, 26th Junior Technical Meeting 11th Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, Cayey, PR, March 1991
Research Advisor, "Modeling a Flexible JIT Manufacturing Systems," by Ms. Sandra González, 26th Junior Technical Meeting 11th Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, Cayey, PR, March 1991
Alpha Pi Mu (I.E. Honor Society), Speaker, "Graduate Studies in Manufacturing Engineering at the College of Engineering-UPRM," February 1991.
Facilitator, "Quality Control Techniques in Road Construction," Transportation Technology Transfer Center, Civil Engineering Department, UPRM, April 1990.
Speaker, "Statistical Process Control," World Class Manufacturing Excellence Conference, Sponsored by IIE-Chapter 188, Sands Hotel, San Juan, P.R., March 1990.
Speaker, "Tools and Techniques for World Class Excelence," WEUC- Catholic Radio Station, CAPOTECO-Sponsor: College of Engineers and Land Surveyors, Ponce Chapter, Ponce, P.R., March 1990.
Panelist, "The Situation at the UPRM Campus," Moderator: Mr. Totti Figueroa in "Comunicando," Channel 22, Mayagüez, P.R., January 1990.
Speaker, "Statistical Process Control," IIE - Chapter 188 Conference, Cerromar-Hyatt Hotel, Dorado, PR, June 1989.
Speaker, "The Industrial Engineering Career," WEUC-Catholic Radio Station, CAPOTECO- Sponsored by the College of Engineers and Land Surveyors, Ponce Chapter, Ponce, P.R., March 1989
Speaker, National Quality Forum: Statistical Process Management, UPRM, October 1988, Mayagüez, P.R.
Referee, V Pan American Congress of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, UPRM, PR
Speaker, Perspectives of Development at the Department of Industrial Engineering and the School of Engineering, Primer Reencuentro Industrial, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, P.R., March 1988
Speaker, Impact of Quality Control on the Economic Development of Puerto Rico, WKAQ Radio, Hato Rey, P.R., October 1987
Speaker, Impact of Total Quality in Improving the Standard of Living in Puerto Rico, WKAQ Radio, Hato Rey, P.R. April 1987
Chairman and Member, Evaluating Committee of Candidates for Graduate Scholarships in Industrial and Management Engineering, Economic Development Administration, Hato Rey, PR, 1987- 1998.
Co-Chairman/Evaluator Engineering group 1987 International Science and Engineering Fair, Roberto Clemente Coliseum, PR, May 1987
Speaker, The Industrial Engineer in the Validation of Pharmaceutical Processes, IIE-Oeste Chapter 236, P.R., Nov. 1986
Speaker, The Office of the Future, APICS-Oeste Chapter 241, PR, July 1986
Speaker, New Trends in Engineering Science and Technology, Digital Equipment Corporation, PR, - Week of the Engineer -, Club Deportivo, Cabo Rojo, May 1986
Speaker, Back to Basics in Quality and Productivity Improvement, APICS-Oeste Chapter 241, P.R., April 1986
Evaluator - Group Leader, 7th. Puerto Rican Science and Engineering Fair, Interamerican University at San German, PR, April 1986
Speaker, Effective Economic Justification, Institute of Industrial Engineers-College of Engineers and Surveyors, San Juan, PR, January 1986
Speaker, Office Automation: Productivity Systems, Institute of Industrial Engineers 188, Convention Center, Condado, P.R., May 1985
Coordinator and Moderator, Entrepreneurial Opportunities for the Industrial Engineer, Department of Industrial Engineering, UPRM, Mayagüez, P.R., April 1985
Research Advisor, Automatización en la Oficina: Un Laboratorio Clinico (Office Automation: A Clinical Laboratory) by Ms. Carol Hutchison, 20th Junior Technical Meeting 5th Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, Humacao, PR, March 1985
Research Advisor, Productividad: Medición y Control (Productivity: Measurement & Control) by Ms Damaris Colón, 20th Junior Technical Meeting 5th Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, Humacao, P.R., March 1985
Graduate Staff Member, 1982 Interface: XIV Symposium on the Interface of Computer Science and Statistics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y.
"A Systematic Analysis of A Process Development Project: The Case of Equipment Calibration For Surface Mount," Digital Equipment Corp., San Germán, PR, Spring 1989, $60,316.
"Simulation of the Needs at the Service Areas: Entrance and Exit, at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport," (with Dr. F. Luyanda) Puerto Rico Ports Authority, San Juan, P.R., Spring 1989, $50,680.
"Development of Manufacturing Engineering Education at the School of Engineering of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez," (with Profs. B. Llorens and L. Rosario) AT&T Foundation Manufacturing Technology Grants Program, Princeton, N.J., Spring 1989, $25,000 (planning grant).
"Reduced Scale Automated Work Station," (with J. C. Villa and Luis Rodríguez) College of Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, October 1986, $9,910.
"Experimental Statistical Design of Experiments for Yield Optimization in Dental Floss Manufacturing at Johnson & Johnson-Gurabo," (with Dr. M. González) University/Industry Research Program, CEER, University of Puerto Rico, January 1987, $4000.