Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Dr. Jose Espiritu, Ph.D.


Associate Professor and Interim Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies

Associate Professor and Interim Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, EC 323 
Texas A&M University - Kingsville. 700 University Avenue 
Kingsville, TX 78363. Tel: 361-593-4124. Fax: 361-593-4026 
E-mail jose.espiritu@tamuk.edu

Research interests
Reliability and Risk Assessment, Data Analytics, Systems Optimization and Sustainability Engineering

Education
PhD.  Industrial & Systems Engineering    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ  
M.S.  Industrial & Systems Engineering    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 
M.S.  Industrial Engineering - Quality     Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Celaya, Gto. MX
B.S.   Biochemical Engineering      Instituto Tecnológico de Zacatepec, Zacatepec, Mor. MX
   
Recent publications
  • Heidi Taboada, Yasser A. Davizon, Jose F. Espiritu and Jaime Sanchez-Leal. (2022). Mathematical Modeling and Optimal Control for a Class of Dynamic Supply Chain: A Systems Theory Approach. Applied Sciences. 2022, 12, 5347. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12115347.
  • Ana Cram, Jose Espiritu, Heidi Taboada, Delia J. Valles-Rosales, Young Ho Park, Efren Delgado and Jianzhong Su. (2022). Multi-objective biofuel feedstock optimization considering different land-cover scenarios and watershed impacts. Clean Technologies and Recycling. Volume 2, Issue 2: 103-118. https://doi.org/10.3934/ctr.2022006
  • Eduardo J. Castillo Fatule, Yuanrui Sang, Jose F. Espiritu and Heidi Taboada. Fine-Tuning the Parameters for Solving the Multi-Objective D-FACTS Allocation Problem. Proceedings of the 7th North American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Orlando, Florida, USA, June 12-14, 2022.
  • Eduardo J. Castillo Fatule, Yuanrui Sang, Jose F. Espiritu and Heidi Taboada. (2021). Co-Optimizing Operating Cost and Renewable Energy Curtailment in D-FACTS Allocation. The 53rd North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. November 14—16, 2021.
  • Trinidad Reyes and Jose F. Espiritu. Microgrid Supplier Selection Problem Considering Euclidean Distance and Ideal Vector System. 6th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Monterrey, Mexico, November 3-5, 2021.
  • Eduardo J. Castillo Fatule, Yuanrui Sang, Jose F. Espiritu and Heidi Taboada. (2020). A Computationally Efficient Evolutionary Algorithm for Stochastic D-FACTS Optimization. The 52nd North American Power Symposium, Tempe, AZ, October 11-13, 2020.
  • Tongdan Jin, Heidi A. Taboada, and Jose F. Espiritu. (2020). Variance of Reliability Estimate for K-Out-Of-N System with Cold Standby Units. 2020 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Advanced Reliability and Maintenance Modeling (APARM). Vancouver, Canada, August 20-23, 2020.
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Dr. Jose Espiritu, Ph.D.