John R. English

John R. English, dean of the K-State College of Engineering, held the LeRoy C. and Aileen H. Paslay Chair from 2007-13. Under his leadership, the college promoted and expanded its research venues and experienced increases in both private giving and research funding. English holds a doctorate in industrial engineering and management from Oklahoma State University. He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in operations research from the University of Arkansas.

A respected expert on quality and reliability engineering, English is currently dean of the University of Arkansas College of Engineering where he was a faculty member in the department of industrial engineering from 1991 to 2007, as well as head of the department from 2000-07. He was founding director of the University of Arkansas Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution and has served as director of the GENESIS Technology Business Incubator. He was also on the faculty at Texas A&M University, taught at Oklahoma State University and gained industry experience at AT&T Communications.

English has been active on the national level in shaping the future of engineering education, participating in significant committees for the Institute of Industrial Engineers and serving as a member of the board of directors for the Reliability and Maintainability Symposium. He also holds the membership level of fellow in the Institute of Industrial Engineers.