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Viviana Cesaní, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor

Office: II-218
Tel. No.: 787-832-4040
Ext. No.: 3328

Home Page:
EMail: vcesani@uprm.edu
Curriculum Vitae: N/A

Research interest:
Experience in the following areas
Lean Manufacturing
Supply-Chain Management
Spectral and time series analyses
Inventory Control
Education
Manufacturing
Service Industries
Production Scheduling
Interested in the following areas
Healthcare
Material Handling
Technology integration in mfg
Work Physiology
Multivariate Analysis
Distribution & Logistics
Network Flows
Stochastic Opt. & Control
Financial Engineering
Concurrent Eng
Facility Layout & Design
Simulation
Technology Management
Work Measurement
Decision Analysis
Design of Experiments

Grants and Contracts
1. Funded External Grants and Contracts
  - Popular Insurance Inc. ($23,000)
    (2007)
Scholarly and Creative Activities
1. Completed Graduate Thesis as major professor
  - Nabil Parsiani Shull (2006) "Project Evaluation using Fuzzy Logic and Risk Analysis Techniques"
  - Carolina A. Cuevas Aguilar (2004) "Modelo para medir la calidad en los servicios brindados por los hospitales puertorriqueños."
  - Heidi L. Romero Encarnación (2003) "Genetic algorithm approach for reorder cycle time determination in multi-stage systems."
  - Héctor R. Sandino Neira (2002) "Project management and resource-constrained project scheduling using an integer programming approach."
  - Luisa C. Torres Leal (2002) "Landed cost estimation for managing purchase orders in the supply chain: A statistical approach."
2. Completed Graduate Projects as major professor
  - Aguilar-Ramos, Catherine (2005) "Aplicación de Conceptos de Gestión de Proyectos y Gestión de Riesgo en el Desarrollo de Productos Nuevos en el Campo de Tecnología de Información."
  - Carlos A. Gómez Villa (2004) "Un Caso de Estudio para Evaluar Alternativas de Inversión Usando Opciones Reales"
  - Marlene J. Suárez Bello (2003) "A case study approach to the supplier selection process."
3. Completed Graduate Thesis as committee member
  - Dalmaris González () "Determinación y estudio de riesgos ergonómicos asumidos debido al uso prolongado de computadoras portátiles "
4. Completed Graduate Projects as committee member
  - Julián Rivera García (2003) "Electronic signatures : a computer based model oriented to 21 CFR Part 11 "
  - Eliécer Gutiérrez García (2002) "An integrated approach for lot sizing and scheduling problems using metaheuristics: Genetic algorithms (GA) and simulated annealing (SA)."
  - Betty Durán Peña () "Mejoramiento del proceso de una línea de ensamblaje manual en una industria farmacéutica usando simulación animada "
  - Darwin Bencosme Santana () "Mejoramiento de la productividad de un sistema de línea de manufactura de interruptores utilizando simulación animada "
  - Aracelis Jiménez Liranzo () "Mejoramiento del proceso de manufactura de una línea de ensamblaje manual por medio de la simulación computarizada de un sistema de terminal "
  - José Colón Pérez () "Evaluación por simulación de reglas de secuenciación en una línea de montaje sobre superficie "
  - Roque Sánchez () "El Caso de Calibración de Equipo para la Tecnología de Montaje sobre Superficie"

Phone: (787) 832-4040, Extension: 3819, 3204
Fax: (787) 265-3820
E-mail: inin@uprm.edu
Office hours : Monday - Friday from 7:45 to12:00M and 1:00 to 5:00PM

Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
Call Box 9000
Mayagüez, PR 00681-9000

Viviana Cesaní, Ph.D., P.E. Professor

Viviana Cesaní, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor