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Randa L. Shehab

Randa Shehab

Randa Shehab

Nettie Vincent Boggs Professor
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development

Email: rlshehab@ou.edu
Office:
CEC 107
Phone: (405) 325-4277
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Ph.D., Industrial Engineering
University of Oklahoma
M.S., Industrial Engineering
University of Oklahoma
B.S., Industrial Engineering
University of Oklahoma

About

Randa Shehab is serving the OU Gallogly College of Engineering as the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development. Shehab previously served as the director of the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and she is a co-founder and co-coordinator of the Data Science and Analytics MS Program. She is a member of the Research Institute for STEM Education, a multi-disciplinary research group investigating factors related to equity and diversity in engineering student populations. Shehab has worked with the Spaceflight Ergonomics Research Program at OU since 1992 on issues related to cognitive performance of astronauts in microgravity. For more than the past decade, her research has focused on the advancement of equality and diversity in engineering education through the study of engineering students’ experiences and the improvement of the educational climate. She is a member of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. She serves on the Board of Directors for Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). 

Research Domains

  • Engineering education
  • Cognitive ergonomics
  • Human-system integration

Experience and Distinctions

  • Director, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2006-2016
  • Co-founder and co-coordinator, OU Data Science and Analytics Institute
  • Teaching Scholar Award, OU College of Engineering, 2007
  • SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, 2000
  • Ergonomics Consultant, General Motors North American Operations, Warren, MI, 1996