Background
Smith, Philip John was born on July 11, 1953 in Bradenton, Florida, United States. Son of John Fredrick and Valerie Eline (Polk) Smith.
Industrial and systems engineering educator
Smith, Philip John was born on July 11, 1953 in Bradenton, Florida, United States. Son of John Fredrick and Valerie Eline (Polk) Smith.
Bachelor in Psychology, University of Michigan, 1975; Master of Science in Industrial and Operations Engineering, University Michigan, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology and Industrial Engineering, University Michigan, 1979.
Lecturer department industrial engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1979-1980; research scientist Center for Ergonomics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1979-1980; assistant professor department industrial engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1980-1986; associate professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1986-1992; professor industrial and system engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1992. Consultant Ford, Dearborn, Michigan, since 1986, Travellers Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut, since 1991.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Sys., Man and Cybernetics, American Society for Information Science, Association Computing Machinery (special interest group for information retrieval 1992-1993), Human Factors Society.