Background
Trafalis, Theodoros Vassilios was born on September 17, 1959 in Athens, Attica, Greece. Son of Vassilios and Joanna Trafalis. came to the United States, 1982.
Industrial engineering educator
Trafalis, Theodoros Vassilios was born on September 17, 1959 in Athens, Attica, Greece. Son of Vassilios and Joanna Trafalis. came to the United States, 1982.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, U. Athens, 1982; Master of Science in Mathematics, Purdue University, West LaFayette, Indiana, 1984; Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West LaFayette, Indiana, 1987; Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research, Purdue University, West LaFayette, Indiana, 1989.
Instructor department mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, 1982-1989;
visiting assistant professor industrial engineering, Purdue University, 1989-1990;
assistant professor industrial engineering, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1991-1997;
associate professor industrial engineering, U. Oklahoma, Norman, since 1997. Visiting assistant professor CUST, U. Blaise Pascal, France, 1998. Visiting associate professor Technology U. Crete, Greece, 1998.
Invited lecturer XIV Sys. Engineering Meeting, Santiago, Chile, 1989.
President Hellenic Student Association Purdue University, 1987-1989, faculty advisor, 1989-1990. With Greek Navy, 1990. Member Operations Research Society American, Hellenic Operational Society, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Engineering Education, International Society Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Institute Industrial Engineers, International Society Neural Networks, Omega Rho.
Married Irini Iordani Nerantzopoulou, August 17, 1987.