Jaejin Jang - Associate Professor


Contact Information

Office Address:
EMS 1075
3200 North Cramer Street
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: 414-229-5643
Fax: 414-229-6958
Email: jang@uwm.edu

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 784
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201

 Jaejin Jang
Education

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1993
M.S., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, 1989
M.S., Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, 1986
B.S., Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, 1984

Research Interests

Optimization, Real-time Resource Management (Scheduling/Dispatching, Service/Production), Logistics (Supply Chain Management and Facility Planning), Health Care Systems Management.

Selected Publications
  • Lee, J. H., Kang, D.-H., Lo, Y.-D., Jang, J., Seo, D.-S. and Yun, I., “Neural Network Modeling of the Cell Gap Process for liquid Crystal Display Fabricated on Plastic Substrates,” Expert Systems with Applications, August 10, 2007 (online)
  • Chung, J. W. and Jang, J., “The Integrated Room Layout for Semiconductor Facility Plan: Equipment Layout and Material Handling System Design” IEEE transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Vol. 20, No. 4, November 2007, pp. 517-527.
  • Jang, J., Chung, J., Suh, J. and Rhee, J., “Estimation of the Mean Waiting Time of a Customer Subject to Balking: A Simulation Study,” International Journal of FMS, Vol. 18, No. 2, June, 2006, pp. 121 - 144.
  • Bae, Y., Lee, S., Kim, H., Lee, B., Jang, J. and Lee, J., “A real-time intelligent multiple fault diagnostic system,” International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 17, No. 5, June, 2006, pp 23-38
  • Koo, P-H, Jang, J. and Suh, J., “Vehicle dispatching for highly loaded semiconductor production considering bottleneck machines first,” International Journal of FMS, Vol. 17, 2005, pp. 23-38.
  • Koo, P.-H., Jang, J. and Suh, J., “Estimation of Part Waiting Time and Fleet Sizing in AGV Systems,” International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing System, Vol. 16, No. 3, July, 2005, pp. 211-228.
  • Suh, J., Jang, J. and Koo, P.-H., “Development of a Look-Ahead AGV controller for a Clean Bay Operation,” International Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2003, pp. 547-554.
  • Koo, P.-H. and Jang, J., “Vehicle Travel Time Models for AGV Systems under Various Dispatching Rules,” International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 14, No. 3, July 2002, pp. 249-261.
  • Jang, J., Suh, J. and Ferreira, P, “An AGV routing policy reflecting the current and future state of semiconductor and LCD production lines,” International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 39, 2001, pp. 3901-3921.
  • Jang, J., Suh, J., Park, N. and Liu, C. R., "A Look-Ahead Routing Procedure for Machine Selection in a Highly Informative Manufacturing System," International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 13, No. 3, 2001, pp. 287-308.
  • Jang, J., Suh, J. and Liu, C. R., "A new procedure to estimate waiting time in GI/G/2 system by server observation," Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 28, No. 6, 2001, pp. 597-611.
  • Rhee, J. and Jang, J., “Realtime Multiple Vehicle Routing Problem using Self-Organization Map,” Journal of Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society, Vol. 25, No. 4, December 2000, pp. 97-109. (In Korean)
  • Jang, J., Koo, P.-H. and Nof, Y. S., "Application of Design and Control Tools in a Multirobot Cell," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 32, No. 1, January 1997, pp 89-100.
  • Jang, J. and Liu, C. R., "Waiting Time Estimation in a Manufacturing System Using the Number of Machine Idle Periods," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 78, 1994, pp 426-440.
  • Jang, J. and Liu, C. R., "Estimating the Reduction in Labor Hours Due to a New Technology under Uncertain Demand," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 29, 1993, pp 211-222.
  • Jang, J. and Lie, C. H., "A Corrective Maintenance Policy which Determines Replacement or Repair for the Maintenance of System Failures," Journal of Korean Military OR, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1989.

Funded Research

  • Jaejin Jang (PI), Material Handling Optimization Interfaced with an On-line Data Collection System, UWM Research Foundation, $20,000, July 1, 2007~Dec. 31, 2008.
  • Jaejin Jang (PI), Improvement of Supply Chain Management (SCM) for Samhwa Nonferrous Metal Co. Delivery Planning and Distribution Center Inventory Policy, Samhwa Nonferrous Metal Co., $14,112, June 2006~March 2008.
  • Jaejin Jang (PI), Performance Improvement for Maintenance Van Dispatching at Wisconsin Lift Truck, Wisconsin Lift Truck Inc., $11,387, August 2005~July 2006.
  • Jaejin Jang (PI), Simulation for Maintenance/Material Handling Workforce Dispatch, Technology Center, General Motors, Warren, MI, $11,998, Aug 2005~ July 2006.
  • Jaejin Jang (PI), Integration of production and maintenance scheduling using prognostic information, University of Wisconsin System, $48,443, July 1, 2005 ~ June 30, 2006.
  • Jungdae Suh (PI), Jaejin Jang, Pyung-Hoi Koo (Co-PIs), An Intelligent Material Flow Control for Semiconductor and LCD Production Lines, Korea Research Foundation (in Korea), $150,000, November 1, 2002 ~ October 31, 2005.
  • Jungdae Suh (PI), Jaejin Jang (Co-PI), An AGV Controller in a Semiconductor and LCD Production Shop, KOSEF (in Korea), $40,000, September 1, 2000 ~ August 31, 2002.
  • Jaejin Jang (PI), Development of an Intelligent Scheduling System for Printed Circuit Board Production Line, Samsung Electronics (in Korea), $90,000, December 1, 1999 ~ October 31, 2002.