Dr. Palmer received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1982, his M.S. in Applied Statistics from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1990, and his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1998. Prior to joining the faculty at USC, Dr. Palmer was employed by the Eastman Kodak Company as a Manufacturing Engineer and owned Quality Management Consulting in Rochester, NY.
Dr. Palmer's area of research is broadly described as engineering statistics. More specifically, his research interests lie in data collection planning, empirical model building, and quality improvement of manufacturing and service processes.
"A Minimum Bias Latin Hypercube Design",
IIE Transactions , vol. 33, no. 9,
pp. 793-808, September 2001 (with K.-L. Tsui)
Abstract
"Metamodeling Approach to Optimization of
Steady-State Flowsheet Simulations: Model Generation",
Trans. IChemE, Part A: Chemical Engineering Research and Design ,
vol. 80, no. 7, pp. 760-772, October 2002 (with M. Realff)
Abstract
"Optimization and Validation of
Steady-State Flowsheet Simulation Metamodels",
Trans. IChemE, Part A: Chemical Engineering Research and Design ,
vol. 80, no. 7, pp. 773-782, October 2002 (with M. Realff)
Abstract
"Development of a Rapid Prototyping System
Using Response Surface Methodology",
Quality and Reliability Engineering International ,
vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 919-937, December 2006 (with B. Asiabanpour and B. Khoshnevis)
Abstract
"Factors Influencing Productivity and Operating Cost
of Demand Responsive Transit",
Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice ,
vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 503-523, March 2008 (with M. Dessouky and Z. Zhou)
Abstract