Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Turuna Seecharan is an Assistant Professor and Dr. Howard Higholt Endowed Professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. She received her PhD (2012) in Systems Design Engineering from University of Waterloo. Before joining UMD, she spent two and a half years as a postdoctoral associate at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on gamification and eco-drive training in young drivers, maintenance strategies and metamodels for probabilistic design optimization. Dr. Seecharan serves as a Board Member on the International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM).

Outside of Engineering, Dr. Seecharan serves as a Board Member on the Riverwalk Eating Disorders and Wellness Centres. She served as both co-chair and member of the Action Committee for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice in Swenson College of Science and Engineering (SCSE), co-chair of the Employee Code of Conduct Task Force within SCSE and is a member of the Swenson Gender Equity Team (SwenGET).

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4573-031X

Education

• Ph.D. in Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada

• M.A.Sc. in Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada

• B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

Professional Service

• Board Member, International Society of Engineering Asset Management

• Organizing Committee Member, 15th World Congress in Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM), August 16th to 18th 2021, Bonito, Brazil (Held Virtually)

Selected Publications