Michael Smith
Currently executive director of the Accelerated Masters Program in Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia, Michael Smith's experience involves teaching, research, and application of a broad spectrum of management science and operations management techniques with emphasis on systems analysis, design, and evaluation problems in public and private sector settings. His technical expertise spans applied quantitative methods, strategic planning, technology evaluation, and organizational assessment. He has worked across a variety of application domains including transportation operations, transportation security, national security, manufacturing, and health care. Most recently, Smith completed a National Cooperative Highway Research Program project, Costing Asset Protection: An All Hazards Guide for Transportation Agencies.
Before joining the Systems and Information Engineering faculty at UVa, Smith was a senior scientist at Science Applications International Corporation, where, during his twenty-plus years tenure, he led numerous studies and analysis in transportation operations, transportation policy, and transportation security. Before his employment at SAIC, Smith was a member of the Industrial Engineering faculties at the University of Missouri and Oregon State University.
Smith earned his bachelor's and master's in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and his PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
