Alice E. Smith

Alice E. Smith
Ph.D., P.E.
Alice E. Smith Ph.D., P.E.
Occupations	Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Title	Joe W. Forehand, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University
Board member of	Editor-in-Chief, INFORMS Journal on Computing; Area Editor, Computers & Operations Research;
Awards	Member, National Academy of Engineering (2025); Life Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Fellow, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences; Fellow, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers; Yellowhammer Women of Impact (2020); Auburn University 100 Women Strong Leadership in Diversity Faculty Award (2017); Wellington Award (2016); Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award (2012); WORMS Award for the Advancement of Women in OR/MS (2009); E. L. Grant Best Paper Awards (1999, 2006); William A. J. Golomski Best Paper Award (2002);
Academic background
Education	B.S.C.E., Rice University; M.B.A., Saint Louis University; Ph.D., Missouri University of Science and Technology; B.A. in Spanish, Auburn University;
Alma mater	Missouri University of Science and Technology (Ph.D.)
Academic work
Discipline	Industrial and systems engineering
Institutions	Auburn University; University of Pittsburgh; Southwestern Bell Corporation;
Main interests	Analysis, modeling, and optimization of complex systems; nature-inspired computation

Alice E. Smith is an American industrial engineer whose research concerns analysis, modeling, and mathematical optimization of complex systems in manufacturing, business planning, advanced materials, and communication networks, with an emphasis on nature-inspired computation with operations research and statistical methods. She is the Joe W. Forehand, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Auburn University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. In 2025 she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for advancements in computational intelligence applied to modeling and optimization of complex systems.