Wu Kan
AssistantProfessor
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
Biography
Kan Wu is an Assistant Professor with the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering since Dec 2010. He received the B.S. degree from National Tsinghua University, M.S. degree from University of California at Berkeley, and Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. He has ten years experience in the semiconductor industry, from a consultant to an IE manager. Before joining NTU, he was the CTO and founding team member of a startup company in the US. His PhD dissertation was awarded the 3rd place for the IIE Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2010. His current research interests are primarily in the areas of queueing theory, with applications in the performance evaluation of supply chains and manufacturing systems.
Research Interest
Manufacturing system performance evaluation, Queueing theory, Productivity enhancement, Production planning and scheduling, Supply chain management
Publications
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Wu, K., N. Zhao and CKM Lee. (2016). Queue Time Approximation for a Cluster Tool with Job Cascading. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 13(2), 1200-1206.
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Wu, K., N. Zhao, L. Gao and CKM Lee. (2016). Production Control Policy for Tandem Workstations with Constant Service Times and Queue time Constraints, International Journal of Production Research, 54(21), 6302-6316.
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Wu, K., Y. Zhou and N. Zhao. (2016). Variability and the Fundamental Properties of a Production Line, Computer & Industrial Engineering, 99, 364-371.
