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Dr. Erick Christopher Jones Sr. is an industrial engineer and professor at the University of Nevada at Reno. He is an expert in radio-frequency identification (RFID), quality engineering, and Lean Six Sigma. Jones was the program director of The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Research Centers.[1] He is currently Chair of the Supply Chain Technology Committee of International Supply Chain Education Alliance's (ISCEA) International Standards Board (IISB)[2] and Editor in Chief of the International Supply Chain Technology Journal (ISCTJ).[3]
Erick Jones | |
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Born | Houston, Texas |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Houston Texas A&M University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Industrial Engineer |
Jones's background led him to be invited to the National Science Foundation as program officer for the largest engineering investment in the country, the Engineering Research Center (ERC). He also worked in the largest fellowship program in the country, the NSF's Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP). Jones served as a rotating program director at the NSF.[1]
Jones has faced criticism for plagiarism and for the quality of his academic research. Papers that he published in the journal International Supply Chain Technology Journal, which he founded, have been described as “bizarre” and “incoherent.”[4] In addition, he has been accused of plagiarism.[5] In 2024, more than 100 students and faculty called for his resignation from the University of Nevada at Reno.[6]
From 2022 to 2024 he was dean of the College of Engineering at UNR. In April 2024 the university appointed a different 'acting dean'.[7]
Jones graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering in May 1993. He later earned a master's degree from University of Houston, where his thesis was "Turnover of Part-Time Hourly Employees in an Industrial Service Company" [8] under the guidance of Dr. Christopher Chung in May 1996. He further went on to obtain a PhD in industrial engineering from the University of Houston while concurrently working in the industry. Under the guidance of his advisor Chung, he worked on the topic "A Predictive SPC Model for Determining Cognitive Voluntary Turnover before Physical Departure" [9] and successfully conferred the Ph.D. in August 2003.[10][11]
He has held positions in industry that include Industrial Engineering Specialist, Director of Engineering, Consultant and Project Manager, and Executive Manager of a "Big 5" Accounting firm, and executive manager for United Parcel Service (UPS),[12] Tompkins Associates, Academy Sports and Outdoors, and Arthur Andersen. He managed teams and operations as small as 3 people and as large as 500 people.
Jones' research interests are mainly in the field of RFID and its applications and Lean Six Sigma. However, Jones's research also covers various other topics like supply-chain technology, logistics, operations research, engineering, training,[13] transportation[14] and healthcare. He has received external funding from agencies like the NSF[15][16] NASA, TexasMRC[17] and internal funding in support of his research pursuits. He has also worked with undergraduate, graduate students and other professors on different research projects under RAID LABS at The University of Texas at Arlington.
Jones has also been active in enriching the RFID technological toolkit with his focused research on RFID integration in cell phones and other automated monitoring systems, resulting in numerous potential new intellectual property developments. He is the former Editor in Chief of the International Supply Chain Technology Journal (ISCTJ).[18][19]
He has also published over 241 transcripts, books and publications and has written, edited, and published dozens of peer-reviewed articles and conference papers. Some of his most notable books are RFID and Auto-ID in Planning and Logistics: A Practical Guide for Military UID Applications,[20][21] RFID in Logistics: A Practical Introduction,[22] and Quality Management for Organizations Using Lean Six Sigma Techniques.[23]
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