Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

John Jackman

Associate Professor
Office: 2106 Black Engineering
Email: jkj@iastate.edu
Tel: 515.294.0126
Fax: 515.294.3524










Research in Metaengineering
Engineering is a complex process that begins with a known set of requirements and ends with a set of descriptions about structures and behaviors (physical or logical) that satisfy those requirements. Our studies examine the engineering process from a metaengineering perspective. We use the term metaengineering to describe the “engineering of engineering.” Specifically, our research investigates the role of information in the context of metaengineering. Recent work includes stochastic modeling of the engineering process, detection of conflicts in engineering requirements, validation of tolerance specifications, and the identification of task relevant information.

Working Papers
Lai, Y. C., and J. Jackman, A Hierarchical Probabilistic Model for Product Development Processes.
Lai, Y. C., and J. Jackman, A Composite Stochastic Model for Individual Product Development Tasks.

Recent Publications
Kumsaikaew, P., Jackman, J., and V. Dark (2006) “Task Relevant Information in Engineering Problem Solving,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 95 (3), p. 227-239.