G. Kemble Bennett
G. Kemble Bennett is a Senior Professor of engineering at Texas A&M University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and of the International Society of Logistics.
G. Kemble Bennett | |
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| Born | George Kemble Bennett April 2, 1940 Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
| Citizenship | American |
| Awards | Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | manufacturing, maintainability, reliability, logistics, and quality engineering |
| Institutions | Texas A&M University |
| Thesis | "Smooth Empirical Bayes Estimation with Application to the Weibull Distribution" (1970) |
Education
Bennett received a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics (minor in Chemistry) from Florida State University in 1962. He received his Masters of Science in Engineering Mathematics from San Jose State University in 1968. He then received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University in 1970.
Career
In 2006, Bennett was appointed by then Texas Governor Rick Perry as a Board Chair, among other positions, on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers.[1]
In 2011, Bennett stepped down as the Dean of the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University.[2]
Currently, he is a Senior Professor in the Industrial & Systems Engineering department in the Dwight Look College of Engineering.[3]
Awards
- Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award[4]
References
- Tribune, The Texas. "Political People and their Moves". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- "G. Kemble "Kem" Bennett steps down". The Eagle. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- A, Texas; Engineering, M. University College of; Tamu, 3127; Station, College; Tx 77843-3127. "Bennett, G. Kemble". engineering.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "IIE Award Winners". www.iise.org. Retrieved 2019-11-20.