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Karen Bursic

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Karen Manning Bursic is an American industrial engineer who is a is professor and undergraduate program director in industrial engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering at University of Pittsburgh.[1] She specializes in engineering economics and engineering management.[1] She was elected a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education in 2023.[2]

Bursic earned a B.S. (1984) in industrial engineering, a M.S. (1987) in engineering management, and a Ph.D. (1990) in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.[1] Her dissertation was titled, Factors Contributing to the Successful Use of Teams (and Benefits Gained from their Use) in Manufacturing Organizations.[3] David I. Cleland was her doctoral advisor.[3]

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  1. ^ a b c "University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering Karen Bursic". www.engineering.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  2. ^ "Karen Bursic was elected as a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education". University of Pittsburgh. 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  3. ^ a b Bursic, Karen Manning (1990). Factors Contributing to the Successful Use of Teams (and Benefits Gained from their Use) in Manufacturing Organizations (Ph.D. thesis). University of Pittsburgh.