Donald H. (Don) Liles (born February 14, 1947) was an American
engineer
Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...
, Professor of Industrial Engineering at the
University of Texas at Arlington
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, known for his seminal work on
enterprise engineering Enterprise engineering is the body of knowledge, principles, and practices used to design all or part of an enterprise.R.E. Giachetti (2010). ''Design of Enterprise Systems: Theory, Methods, and Architecture''. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. An enterpri ...
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Biography
Liles studied engineering at the
University of Texas at Arlington
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA or UT Arlington) is a public research university in Arlington, Texas. The university was founded in 1895 and was in the Texas A&M University System for several decades until joining the University of Te ...
, where he received his BS in 1970, his MS in 1974 and his PhD in 1978 all in
industrial engineering
Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex process (engineering), processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, kno ...
.
Liles has spent his academic career at the University of Texas at Arlington, starting in 1979 as assistant professor and later associate professor. From 1989 to 1998 he was also associate director at the Automation and Robotics Research Institute. From 1998 to 2012 he was professor of industrial engineering, and chair of the IMSE Department at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Liles has been executive council member of the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, and member of the National Honor Society for Industrial Engineering.
Publications
Liles authored and co-authored several books and articles.
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References
External links
Dr. Don Lilesat uta.edu.
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Living people
21st-century American engineers
Enterprise modelling experts
Systems engineers
University of Texas at Arlington alumni
University of Texas at Arlington faculty
1947 births