James C. Benneyan, Ph.D.
Mechanical, Industrial, and
Manufacturing Engineering
Northeastern University, Boston MA
Funding and Support
"Statistical Quality Control Methods for Health Systems Problems", Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, NSF grant #DMI-0085262, 2000-2003.
"Optimal Policies for Clinical Laboratory Quality Control", Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), Principal Investigator, AHCPR grant #ROS HS09329-01, 1996-1997.
"Signal-Based Analysis of Clinical Microbiology, Phase I", Consultant, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Small Business Innovation Research Grant (R43-AI-48332-01) 2000-2001.
"NIAID Bacteriology and Mycology Study Group - BAMSG", External Advisor, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (N01-AI-65296), 2001-2006.
"Integrating Practice-Oriented Education with Urban and National Outreach", Principal Investigator, Northeastern University President's Excellence Fund, 2001-2003.
"Development of Predictive Models of Capacity and Throughput", Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2000.
"Analysis and Simulation of Gillette's Blades Manufacturing Process", Project Advisor, The Gillette Company, 2001.
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Approaches to Quality in the Presence of Inspection Error", American Society for Quality (ASQ), 1995."
Research Topics on the Use of Industrial Quality Engineering Methods to Improve Health Care", Principal Investigator, Northeastern University Provost Research and Scholarship Development Fund, 1998-1999.Anonymous family trust grant for NU-FIRST, Program Director, 2001.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Technical Advisor, 2000-present.
Boston Latin Alumni Foundation Grant, Program Director, NU-FIRST program support, 1999-2000.
Boston Latin Alumni Foundation Grant, Program Director, NU-FIRST program support, 2001-2002.
Milton Academy, Program Director, NU-FIRST program support, 2000-2001.
NASA (Langely), Program Director, NU-FIRST program support, 1999-2000.
$37,000 raised from industry to partially fund FIRST program from Textron Systems, Perceptive BioSystems, Flexcon Industries, Gibson Engineering, Parsons Brinkerhoff, NECCO, and others.
Institute for Women in Technology and Hewlett Packard, participant in a 2-year $400,000 women-in-engineering grant, including the receipt of $50,000 in laptops, equipment, and design software and $1,500 in additional Autodesk software to support NU-FIRST program, 1999-2001.