Biography

Rachel Wood-Ponce is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. She received her PhD and MS in Industrial Engineering from UTK. In addition to her research, she focused on gaining knowledge and experience in engineering education while in graduate school. Specifically, she took courses to contribute to an Engineering Education Certificate, which covered pedagogy, methodology, and practical application of teaching engineers, and taught three undergraduate classes in the IE department.

Education

• PhD, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Industrial Engineering
• MS, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Industrial Engineering
• BS, Lee University, Mathematics, Pre-Engineering Emphasis

Courses Taught

• Operations Research I: Deterministic Models
• Engineering Statistics
• Introduction to Reliability Engineering
• Financial Management for Engineering Managers
• Information Systems Analysis and Design