Service

Memberships

• Institute of Industrial Engineers
• INFORMS
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers (MVA, NAMRI)

Offices Held

• Vice-president of Chaparral Chapter of Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1992-1995 .
• Treasurer of Chaparral Chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1995-1997 .
• Treasurer of El Paso Chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1995-1996.

Professional Service

• Member of Committee of Visitors that evaluated the Division of Design, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation, Washington, D.C., 2000
• Frequent Member of Review Panels for National Science Foundation, Division of Design, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation, Operations Research and Production Systems Program, Washington, D.C.
• General Chairman, First Annual Border Conference on Manufacturing and the Environment, May 24-25, 1993 , El Paso , TX
• General Chairman, Second Annual Border Conference on Manufacturing and the Environment, May 24-25, 1994 , El Paso , TX , 1996
• Facilitator and panelist in Faculty Forum, Graduate Engineering Education Program, Student Research Panel Presentations, Fourth National Conference, "Diversity in the Scientific and Technological Workforce," National Science Foundation, September 21-23, 1995, Washington, D.C.
• Reviewer for numerous technical journal, among others
  - Operations Research Journal
  - IIE Transactions
  - IEEE Transactions
  - European Journal of Operations Research
  - Materials Evaluation
• Track Coordinator and Moderator, Borderplex Conference, February, 1995, El Paso , TX
• Participation in the conference "Partners in Progress: A Dialog, Opportunities for Commercialization of technologies in Texas " sponsored by IC2, Thompson Conference Center , Austin TX, March 4, 1992
• Participant in planning Sessions for the Texas Manufacturing Resource Network. IC2 Institute, Austin , TX , February 1, 1992 , June 18, 1992
• Participant in Workshop on "Building Teaching Factories for World Class Manufacturing: Regional Deployment of Manufacturing Application and Education Networks," Sponsored by IC2 Institute, June 19-20, 1992
• Participant, "Hacia una Cultura Tecnologica para la Competitividad en la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa: Coloquio Internacional," FUNTEC, Mexico City. (1994)
• Member of the Steering Committee, Track Chairman and moderator of the Emerging Technologies Track , International Quality Forum, October 5-6, 1992, El Paso, TX

Community Service

• Improvement of traffic on International Cordova Bridge (El Paso-Juarez), El Paso , TX 1998
• Advisor for the Human Resources Department of the City of El Paso for development an entry test for Senior Industrial Engineers, 1992
• Volunteer, First Thanksgiving Festival, El Paso Mission Trail Association, 1993
• Participant, Electronics Cluster, DRI-McGraw Hill, Economic Study for the El Paso Region, 1994
• Participant, Camino Real Economic Alliance Meeting , Chihuahua , Mexico , 1994