Rate My Professor Mingzhou Jin

Mingzhou Jin is the John D. Tickle Professor and Department Head of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He directs the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE) and the FERSC Center, a U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Center Tier-1 Center. Jin joined the University of Tennessee in 2012 after spending ten years at Mississippi State University from 2002 to 2011. His academic background includes a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Lehigh University in 2001, an MS in Management Science from the Business School of Zhejiang University in 1998, and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Mixed Class from Zhejiang University in 1995. Jin's research centers on sustainability, climate change, optimization, transportation and logistics, supply chain management, additive and smart manufacturing, and energy efficiency. His work has secured more than $19 million in grants and contracts from federal agencies such as the U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Transportation, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as well as state departments of transportation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and industry partners including FedEx, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Nissan, Schneider Electric, and America Makes.