Dr. Steve Thompson
Associate Professor

Class Taught
ENTC 434 - Process for Distributors
IDIS 634 - Quality Issues in Industrial Distribution

Research Interests
Quality and Quality Modeling, Transport Environment Analysis, Performance Metrics, Lean Methods, Business Intelligence.

Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland

Industry Experience
Dr. Thompson brings experience as a senior executive in the semi-conductor industry. He has an extensive technical and management background in wafer process, wafer-equipment fabrication and quality.

Dr. Thompson's proven record of driving world-class quality for global operations and products includes immediate improvement actions, detect prevention, model-based decision making and organizational commitment to quality management systems. He most recently served as Senior Director of Quality for Global Operations with Applied Materials.