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Portrait of Dr. Clara M Novoa Ramirez

Dr. Clara M Novoa Ramirez

  • Professor at Ingram School of Engineering, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, School Curriculum Committee. November 2024 - Present.
  • Member, INFORMS Committee on Teaching and Learning (CTL). July 19, 2023 - Present.
  • IE Program Coordinator, IE Program Coordinator. August 22, 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Annual Review Committee for Evaluation of the Ingram School of Engineering Faculty AY 2022 - 2025. December 20, 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Graduate Students Selection Committee - Industrial Engineering Program. 2018 - Present.
  • University Mentor, H-LSAMP program. August 2013 - Present.
  • Member, School Personnel Committee. 2011 - Present.
  • Chair, Advise undergraduate students in Industrial Engineering about curriculum and career paths. Answer questions from parents and students interested in the School. January 2007 - Present.
  • Chair, Write recommendation letters for students applying to graduate school, jobs and scholarships. 2005 - Present.
  • Member, ABET accreditation taskforce. 2005 - Present.

2025

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Practice for Industrial Engineering. October 1, 2024 - August 12, 2025.
  • Member, Ph.D. in Mechanical, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering - Development and Implementation. September 1, 2024 - August 11, 2025.
  • Speaker, One Day Academy Home School Enrichment. December 13, 2024 - January 19, 2025.

2024

  • Member, 2023-2024 INFORMS Early Career Teaching Network (ECTN) Mentor. July 19, 2023 - December 31, 2024.
  • Speaker, Panelist INFORMS 2024 Meeting - Early Career Teaching Network (ECTN) Panel on Securing and Keeping Teaching Positions. October 19, 2024.
  • Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Lecturer for Industrial Engineering. July 1, 2024 - September 1, 2024.
  • Chair, Ingram School of Engineering Awards Committee 2024. November 2023 - August 2024.
  • Chair, Write recommendation letters for 3 lecturers applying to the new Faculty of Instruction positions. April 18, 2024 - August 14, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Application for promotion of a faculty working in a US university. November 26, 2023 - January 16, 2024.

2023

  • Coordinator / Organizer, Institute for the Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Minority Issues Forum (MIF). December 31, 2021 - December 31, 2023.
  • Chair, Elaboration of the Program Feasibility Study Form for a master's in Industrial and Business Operations Engineering. November 18, 2023 - December 6, 2023.
  • Organizer, of the tour for 4 Texas State University students in the Ingram School of Engineering to the 2023 University of Texas at Austin Mechanical Engineering Open House. September 19, 2023 - November 17, 2023.
  • Member, Proposal submitted to the THECB for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Major in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. July 4, 2023 - September 5, 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Computers and Operation Research. November 2022 - August 2023.
  • Member, Ingram School of Engineering Awards Committee 2021-2023. November 2020 - August 23, 2023.
  • Talks at the NASA High School Summer Camp leaded by Dr. Anthony Torres in the Engineering Technology Department, NASA High School Summer Camp. July 11, 2023.
  • Chair, Hiring a visiting professor from Pforzheim University to teach IE 4399G Special Topics in Project Management. January 1, 2023 - June 26, 2023.
  • Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Assistant Professor for Industrial Engineering. June 6, 2022 - May 31, 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Proceedings of the 2023 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference & Expo. Refereed 4 papers. February 28, 2023 - March 15, 2023.

2022

  • Member, INFORMS Empowered Community of Women of Color in Operations Research and Management Science. October 2020 - December 2022.
  • Member, Panelist INFORMS 2022 Panel on Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Research and Funding Opportunities. October 16, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, INFORMS DEI 2022 Best Student Paper Award Competition. July 15, 2022 - October 12, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Application for promotion of a faculty working in a US university. July 2022 - September 2022.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Two Lecturers for Industrial Engineering. January 6, 2022 - July 31, 2022.
  • Member, Faculty Workload Evaluation Select School Committee. December 16, 2021 - May 31, 2022.
  • Member, Ninth Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Conference planning committee. January 20, 2021 - May 20, 2022.

2021

  • Participant, Commencement. May 2006 - 2021.
  • Participant, Bobcat Days. 2005 - 2021.
  • Treasurer, Institute for the Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Minority Issues Forum (MIF). December 31, 2019 - December 31, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, European Journal of Operational Research. December 2020 - August 2021.

2020

  • Member, School IT Committee. August 2019 - August 2020.
  • Member, Eighth Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Conference planning committee. September 20, 2019 - May 20, 2020.

2019

  • Volunteer, University of Texas at Austin. “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.”. 2007 - 2019.
  • Member, Panelist INFORMS 2019 Panel on Job Search Strategies for Academic Positions. October 22, 2019.
  • Faculty Advisor and Counselor, Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Texas State Collegiate Section. August 2005 - August 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Proceedings of the International Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) Symposium. Refereed 2 papers. July 2019.
  • Member, Search Committee for the Director of the Ingram School of Engineering. September 2018 - May 2019.

2018

  • Member, Panelist INFORMS 2018 Panel on Job Search Strategies for Academic Positions”. November 7, 2018.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Assistant or Associate Professor for the Department of Engineering Technology. September 2017 - May 2018.
  • Member, Minor in Latino Studies Committee. August 20, 2015 - May 20, 2018.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, European Journal of Operational Research. April 2017 - August 2017.
  • University Mentor, SPARK program. July 2013 - May 2017.
  • Member, Fifth Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Conference planning committee. September 20, 2016 - May 20, 2017.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Assistant Professor for Industrial Engineering program. September 1, 2015 - May 20, 2017.

2016

  • Session Chair, Institute for the Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Conference 2016. November 16, 2016.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Ingram Endowed Chair. September 2015 - May 2016.

2015

  • Reviewer / Referee, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. June 2015.
  • Member, Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Scholarships committee. September 2014 - March 2015.

2014

  • Member, Committee organized by the Dean of the College of Science to submit an NSF STEP/IUSE proposal. September 2012 - May 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Computers and Operations Research. January 2014.

2013

  • Member, Fourth Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Conference planning committee. January 20, 2013 - December 20, 2013.

2012

  • Member, Third Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Conference planning committee. 2011 - 2012.
  • Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Assistant Professor for Industrial Engineering. 2011 - 2012.
  • Panel participant, National Science Foundation (NSF). September 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, European Journal of Industrial Engineering. February 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Refereed 5 papers. February 4, 2012.

2011

  • Member, Scholarships and Awards Committee. 2008 - 2011.
  • Chair, ABET first taskforce Data collection and Self-Study Report (SSR) elaboration. August 2000 - November 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Operations Research. October 2011.
  • Member, Second Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Conference planning committee. September 2010 - April 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Transportation Science. February 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Transportation Research Part E. February 2011.

2010

  • Organizer, First Women in Science and Engineering Conference (WiSE) tours. 2010.
  • Other, University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez (UPRM). Provided a support letter for an NSF-REU grant to recruit U.S. students for doing internships at the UPRM campus. Project funded and one Texas State student became selected as a participant for Summer 2010. 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Annals of Operations Research. November 2010.
  • Volunteer, Austin Science Fair. October 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Operations Research. August 2010.

2009

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Assistant Professor for Electrical Engineering. 2009.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Assistant professor for Industrial Engineering. 2009.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Adjunct professor for Industrial Engineering. 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Proceedings of the International Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) Symposium. Refereed 2 papers. August 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Zhejiang University – Science A (ZUSA). May 2009.

2008

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Associate Professor for Electrical Engineering. 2008.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Associate Professor for Industrial Engineering. 2008.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Adjunct Professor for Industrial Engineering. 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, European Journal of Operational Research. July 2007 - 2008.
  • Volunteer, Project Lead the Way (PLW) visit 2008. November 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Asia Pacific Journal of Operations Research. July 2008 - November 2008.

2007

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Director of the Ingram School of Engineering. 2007.
  • Member, STEM Committee. 2006 - 2007.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Suggested elimination of Mil-Std1567A Appendix from Methods, Standards and Work Design, Benjamin Niebel and Andris Freivalds, McGraw-Hill. The standard, cancelled in 1987, was left in subsequent editions and then removed from the 12th edition. June 2007.
  • Participant, Promoting Underrepresented Presence on Science and Engineering Faculty (PURPOSE) Institute. June 2007.
  • Volunteer, Promoting Underrepresented Presence on Science and Engineering Faculty (PURPOSE) Institute. June 2007.

2006

  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed chapters “Advanced Topics in Quality (design of experiments and quality function deployment)” and “Quality Costs” from the book, Quality, Donna C. S. Summers, 4th edition, Prentice Hall. December 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Refereed 5 papers. April 1, 2006.

2003

  • Reviewer / Referee, Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Refereed 2 papers. April 2003.

2001

  • Reviewer / Referee, The Engineering Economist. October 2001.