Lori M. Houghtalen
Assistant ProfessorEngineering Education and Leadership
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Dr. Houghtalen earned a doctoral and master’s degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee. She is the recipient of the EURO/INFORMS 2007 Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize, a National Science Graduate Research Fellow, and the recipient of the 20/20 Teaching Innovation Grant at ACU. She served as the executive associate dean for sciences at the College of Arts and Sciences, Abilene Christian University (ACU). Her research interests revolve around enhancing logistics and sustainability through optimization techniques while also focusing on broadening access and participation for under-represented groups in engineering. Her teaching interests involve Capstone design and engineering leadership development. In her previous role at ACU, Dr. Houghtalen designed industry-sponsored capstone experiences for engineering students and was a key contributor to initial ABET accreditation and recent re-accreditation of the general engineering program. earned a doctoral and master’s degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee. She is the recipient of the EURO/INFORMS 2007 Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize, a National Science Graduate Research Fellow, and the recipient of the 20/20 Teaching Innovation Grant at ACU. Outside of academia, Dr. Houghtalen enjoys traveling and baking with her family.
Dr. Houghtalen earned a doctoral and master’s degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee. She is the recipient of the EURO/INFORMS 2007 Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize, a National Science Graduate Research Fellow, and the recipient of the 20/20 Teaching Innovation Grant at ACU. She served as the executive associate dean for sciences at the College of Arts and Sciences, Abilene Christian University (ACU). Her research interests revolve around enhancing logistics and sustainability through optimization techniques while also focusing on broadening access and participation for under-represented groups in engineering. Her teaching interests involve Capstone design and engineering leadership development. In her previous role at ACU, Dr. Houghtalen designed industry-sponsored capstone experiences for engineering students and was a key contributor to initial ABET accreditation and recent re-accreditation of the general engineering program. earned a doctoral and master’s degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee. She is the recipient of the EURO/INFORMS 2007 Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize, a National Science Graduate Research Fellow, and the recipient of the 20/20 Teaching Innovation Grant at ACU. Outside of academia, Dr. Houghtalen enjoys traveling and baking with her family.
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