Professional of the Year for 2006 in Education/Industrial Engineering: Magd E. Zohdi, Ph.D.

	Magd E. Zohdi, Ph.D.
Industry	Education
Title	Professor
Expertise	Engineering and project management
Current Organization	Louisiana State University
Type of Organization	University
Major Product	Higher education, research
Area of Distribution	International
University/Degree	B.S., Production Engineering, Cairo University, 1962; M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas, 1965; Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Management, Oklahoma State University, 1968
Born	April 18, 1933, Cairo, Egypt
Honors & Awards	Recipient of: LSU System Distinguished Faculty Fellowship for 1984-85 in recognition of Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching; Outstanding Educators of America Award, 1972; Standard Oil Foundation Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1971; Presidential Honor Award, 1968; Listed in: The Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1997; Personalities of America, 1988; Who's Who in America, 1984; Directory of World Researchers, 1980's Subjects, Tokyo, Japan; International Who's Who of Intellectuals, England, 1981; Outstanding Professor of the Year, 2006 and 2007 in Industrial Education; Professional of the Year in Industrial Education, 2006-07, Strathmore's Who's Who
Published Works	Numerous publications in the field of Manufacturing, Material, Nondestructive Testing, Operations Research, Quality Control, Project Management and Mathematical Optimization, most recent, "Manufacturing Processes and Equipment", Materials Selection, 2002, John Wiley; "Statistical Quality Control" Handbook Co-Author Dr. T.I. Zohdi; Mechanical Engineering Handbook, 2006, John Wiley
Affiliations	Since 1977, Member of U.S./U.N. Advisory Board, University of Qatar, Editorial Board Member, Mechanical Engineering Handbook, J. Wiley Publishing Co., 1988 Society of Manufacturing Engineering and Management; S.M.E., American Institute of Industrial Engineering; American Military Engineers; Honorary Societies; Alpha Pi Mu; Sigma Xi; Tau Beta Pi
Hobbies & Sports	Tennis, swimming, bicycling, volunteer work
Career Accomplishments	Application and Mathematical Programming for optimization of air-to-ground gunnery, U.S. Air Force; Since 1969, Developing and Directing Manufacturing and Computer Aided Manufacturing Laboratories, 1969-2006
Work History	Director, Manufacturing Engineering and Numerically Controlled Machining Laboratories, 1969-2005; U.S. Engineering Advisory Committee to the State of Qatar, 1977-97; Research for the U.S. Air Force in the application of mathematical programming for optimization of air-to-ground gunnery design and effectiveness; Editorial Board Member, John Wiley
Children	Tarek 1965, Mona 1971; Grandchildren-Sophia, Helena, Mia, Cameron, Adam
Spouse	Omnia Menshawy
Married	September 17, 1964
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