Education
- Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin,1986
- M.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1983
- B.S.I.E., Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico), 1980
Courses
- Six-Sigma Quality
- Engineering Statistics
- Lean Production
- Optimization and Other Research Courses
- Simulation
- Human Factors and Ergonomics
- Engineering Ethics
- Technology and Society
- Senior Design Project
- Engineering Economy
Biography
Rafael Moras, Ph.D., P.E., joined St. Mary’s University in 1990. He earned his bachelor’s in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Monterrey Tech (Mexico). His master’s and doctoral degrees in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering are from The University of Texas at Austin.
His areas of interest are lean six-sigma and professional ethics. Moras has published articles in engineering journals such as Production and Inventory Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation, Production Planning and Control, and International Journal of Industrial Engineering. He is a sought-after speaker and has delivered papers and keynote presentations in more than 50 national and international professional conferences.
He offers consulting services and workshops in the areas of lean and six-sigma quality, professional ethics and the delivery of effective presentations. In 2020, Moras published “The Internship: An Engineering Ethics Novel” which features the adventures of four engineering students who face layered dilemmas dealing with professional ethics and principles as they embark on an industrial internship.
Moras formerly served as Graduate Program Director and Director of the St. Mary’s Pre-Freshman Engineering Program (PREP). He serves as one of the Department’s liaisons with local industry in our efforts to guarantee that all the senior design and graduate capstone projects conducted by engineering students are conducted in conjunction with an industrial internship.
Publications
Parten, L, G. Easwaran, R. Moras y P.X. Uhlig, “Machine dominance in flowshops with minimization of mean flow times,” J. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 217, 2010, 110-116.
R. Moras and T. Gamarra, A Survey of Ergonomic Issues Associated with a University Laptop Program, Journal of Education and Human Development, Vol. 1, 2, 2007.
Moras, R., J. Castaneda, G. Easwaran, and P. Uhlig, “Special Cases of Dominance in Flowshop Scheduling,” Proceedings, Third Annual World Conference of the Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering, Oct. 20-22, 2014, San Antonio, TX, www.ieworldconference.org.
Moras, R. and R. Skipper, “El uso de casos en la enseñanza de la ética ingenieril”, (The use of cases in teaching engineering ethics) Congreso Internacional de Investigación de Academia Journals, Celaya, México, Nov. 2013, pp. 2313-2317
Velázquez Trujillo, S., Escobar Gómez, E.N., Moras, R., Hernandez de Leon, H., “Propuesta para mejorar la distribución en el almacén de una empresa comercial, bajo el enfoque Lean logistics”, (A proposal to use lean logistics to improve the plant layout of a comercial entity), Congreso Internacional de Investigación de Academia Journals, Juarez, Mexico, April 2012.
Garcia, V., J. Compton, R. Moras, G. Easwaran, R. Escamilla, A. Machorro, and G. Cabrera, “Cross-cultural differences in self-reported perception of ethical dilemmas”, Global Conference on Business and Finance, Las Vegas, Jan. 2011.