IMSE is hosting a panel with Jaime Cantu, Kelsey Medeiros, and Janice Tolk for the Seminar Monday April 9 at 1:15pm in Room 105 of Nedderman Hall (NH). The title, summary, and biographical sketches of the panelists are below.
Title: Panel on Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Panelists: Dr. Jaime Cantu, Dr. Kelsey Medeiros, and Dr. Janice Tolk
Location: Nedderman Hall (NH) Room 105
Date: Monday, April 9
Time: 1:15pm – 2:15pm
Panel Summary: Join us for panel discussion on the 5 Hallmarks of High Reliability Organizations, importance of culture, and High Reliability Systems. Dr. Jaime Cantu, Assistant Professor of Industrial, Manufacturing, and System Engineering. Dr. Kelsey Medeiros, Assistant Professor of Psychology. Her research focuses on complex problem solving in organizations, and she has worked with several national and international organizations on HR-related issues including Hogan Assessment Systems and NBC Universal. Dr. Janice Tolk, Windswept Plains Consulting and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Windswept helps companies implement HRO structures into their organizations.
Dr. Kelsey Medeiros, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Organizational (I-O) Psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington. She earned her PhD in I-O psychology with a minor in quantitative psychology from the University of Oklahoma (OU) in May 2016. She also holds a Master’s degree in I-O psychology from OU and a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Penn State University. Kelsey has published over 25 articles and book chapters on creativity, leadership, and organizational ethics.
Dr. Janice N. Tolk, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee Space Institute and the Managing Partner of Windswept Plains Consulting, LLC. She is on the Board of Directors of High Reliability Summits, LLC. She consults with a variety of industries on High Reliability Organization (HRO) theory and practice. She retired from the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas where she served in a variety of management and leadership positions and in multiple organizations, thus gaining a wide range of experience in facility engineering and construction; maintenance management; safeguards and security; high explosives manufacturing, research and development; and special nuclear materials development and testing.
Dr. Jaime Cantu, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington. He received his Ph.D. in Systems & Engineering Management from Texas Tech University. Jaime’s Postdoctoral work was funded by Department of Energy to work with the CNS Pantex plant on using system dynamics in High Reliability Organizations. His research incorporates economic decision analysis, organizational performance measurements, and system modeling; so that engineers, technical managers, and researchers will have better decision analysis tools.
-Posted by Jay Rosenberger