On 2 July 2007, Dr. Jeffery K. Cochran joined the Department of Operational Sciences at AFIT's Graduate School of Engineering and Management as Department Head. Dr. Cochran came to AFIT from the Department of Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University, where he served on the faculty (as Assistant, Associate and Full Professor) since 1984. Dr. Cochran specializes in the optimization of complex systems involving uncertainty. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Cochran to the AFIT community!

Dr. Cochran received his PhD from Purdue University in 1984. His industrial experience includes Battelle Labs, the Los Alamos National Lab, NASA's LARS Lab, and dozens of funded research projects. He is an author of over 100 scholarly publications, and serves on four journal editorial boards.

Education

Ph.D. Industrial Engineering - Purdue University, 1984
M.S.I.E. industrial engineering - Purdue University, 1982
B.S.E. nuclear engineering - Purdue University, 1973