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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# overview
Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam joined the Industrial Distribution Program in 2007 as an Assistant Professor and is now an Associate Professor (with tenure) since 2013. Natarajarathinam received her Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from The University in 2007. She received her Bachelor of Engineering (Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering) from Anna University [Tamilnadu, India], her MS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University, her MA in Management Science, and MS in Applied Statistics from The University of Alabama. Before coming to Academia, she worked with several automotive companies on transportation, material handling, and decision analysis systems.

She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on education and learning sciences with an emphasis on Engineering and STEM fields. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess the impact of good supply chain practices such as coordinated decision making in stochastic supply chains, handling supply chains during times of crisis, and optimizing global supply chains on the financial health of a company. She has published her research in the Journal of Business Logistics, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, and peer-reviewed proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education.

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Human Resource Development, Workplace Incivility, Crisis Management, Work-life Issues

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Human Resource Development and African Americans

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3509 Transportation, Logistics And Supply Chains

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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3509 Transportation, Logistics And Supply Chains

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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3509 Transportation, Logistics And Supply Chains

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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8.1 Organisation And Delivery Of Services

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3509 Transportation, Logistics And Supply Chains

# keywords[]
35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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3509 Transportation, Logistics And Supply Chains

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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Anna University, Chennai - (Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)

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University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa - (Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States)

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University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa - (Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States)

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Auburn University - (Auburn, Alabama, United States)

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University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa - (Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States)

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Simulating and designing the stochastic inbound inventory routing problem

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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WIP: Emergence of Shared Leadership Dynamics during Engineering Student Design Projects

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Motivating STEM Participation through a 'Making as Micro-manufacture (M3)' Model

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Transforming the CREDLE (Capstone Research Experience for Distance Learning Executives)

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Redesigning an online executive Master's class for a large number of students

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Service Learning as a Philanthropy Effort of a Student Organization

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Improving manufacturing process for biomedical products: a case study

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Lean Strategies for Scheduled Maintenance Operations

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The Future of Work: Identifying Future-ready Capabilities for the Industrial Distribution Workforce

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Design and Development of a Horizontal CTE Curriculum to Prepare Students for the New Manufacturing Economy (Work in Progress)

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Developing Communities of Practice through Peer Mentorship in Making through Micro-manufacturing Model

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Managing supply chains in times of crisis: a review of literature and insights

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Redesigning a Course on Electronics Distribution Networks to Meet the Contemporary Industry Needs

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American Society for Engineering Education

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How Deep is Your Knowledge? Consideration to the Breadth and Depth of Knowledge of CAD/CAM in M3-powered Technology CTE Classes

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Business communication experiences in the US, Mexico, and China

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Measuring performance of material handling systems: a conveyor system analysis

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Detecting food pantry clients needs post-COVID-19: A project design for future service-learning courses

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Engagement in Practice: Building service focused multidisciplinary groups to develop adaptable solutions

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American Society for Engineering Education

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A METHODOLOGY FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF INTERNATIONAL PROCUREMENT COSTS

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Project-based Learning for a Class on Manufacturer-Distributor Relationships

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Fifty-three years of the Journal of Engineering Education: A bibliometric overview

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Women in Industrial Distribution: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges for Female College Graduates

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Designing and Assessing a Multidisciplinary Service-Learning Course in Supply Chain Management

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Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

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The storage constrained, inbound inventory routing problem

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Lessons learned: faculty watch parties are a powerful approach to foster diversity and inclusivity discussions

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American Society for Engineering Education

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BP's Procurement and Supply Chain Management Teaching Notes

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Making in the Colonias: Motivating STEM Participation through a Making as Micro-Manufacturing Model

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Impact of Mentor-Mentee Fit in Preparing Undergraduate STEM Students to Teach Engineering Technology for Elementary Students

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American Society for Engineering Education

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A multi-dimensional new-market pricing paradigm

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Supply Chain Management Competency and Firm Financial Success

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9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Near-optimal heuristics and managerial insights for the storage constrained, inbound inventory routing problem

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A holistic approach to market assessment for a manufacturing company in an emerging economy

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Project based learning for a class on manufacturer-distributor relationships

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Effects of the COVID Pandemic on Industrial Warehouse Personnel Training and Education

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Engagement in Practice: Community Engagement Challenges for Food Supply-chain Engineering

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Effect of Accounting Policies on Effectiveness of Inventory Management Strategies

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A methodology for modelling comprehensive international procurement costs

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Making Location Decision Based on Regional Industrial Capabilities: A Case of a Distributor

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Engagement in Practice: Lessons Learned from a Two-Year Multidisciplinary Service-Learning Course

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Diversity Among Mentors in STEM+Computing MentorCorps

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Effective Industry Support for Higher Education of Employees

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American Society for Engineering Education

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A multi-dimensional new-market pricing paradigm

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

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Industrial Distribution and Warehousing in Industry 4.0 era: A survey

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Optimising packaged gas inventory placement at welding supply distributors

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Tool Use and Activities of Practicing Engineers over Time: Survey Results

# publications[].publisher
American Society for Engineering Education

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All Together Now - Integrating Horizontal Skills in CareerTechnical Education Classes with Making and Micro-manufacturing

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Everybody Needs Somebody to Teach: Embodiment, Telecommunication, and Telepresence in STEM Learning

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Customer Stratification for an Industrial Distributor With a Service and Repair Business

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EFFECT OF ACTIVE TEACHING IN A PROJECT BASED CLASS

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Making STEM real: the design of a making-production model for hands-on STEM learning

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What Are Crucial Barriers and Opportunities to Bringing Our Whole Selves to Engineering Education? Moving Watermelons Together

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Applied Capstone Project for Working Professionals: A Decade of Experiences in Design, Execution, and Creating Value for Employers

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American Society for Engineering Education

# publications[].label
Redesigning a course on electronics distribution networks to meet the contemporary industry needs

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Recruiting and Mentoring the Mentors: Practices from the STEM+C MentorCorps Project

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Spreadsheet analysis to show effect to customer service level on inventory

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AC 2012-3293: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING FOR A CLASS ON MANUFACTURER-DISTRIBUTOR RELATIONSHIPS

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Warehouse Workforce Preparedness in the Wake of Industry 4.0: A Systematic Literature Review

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American Society for Engineering Education

# publications[].label
Tool use and activities of practicing engineers over time: Survey results

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Engagement in Practice: Engaging Undergraduate Students in a Multidisciplinary Service-Learning Environment

# publications[].publisher
American Society for Engineering Education

# publications[].label
Creating a Student Organization to Engage Female Students Better

# publications[].publisher
American Society for Engineering Education

# publications[].label
Optimising packaged gas inventory placement at welding supply distributors

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AC 2011-173: TOOL USE AND ACTIVITIES OF PRACTICING ENGINEERS OVER TIME: SURVEY RESULTS

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Lean strategies for scheduled maintenance operations

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Community engagement in engineering education: A systematic literature review

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Work in Progress: Micro-skills and Mini-habits in Engineering Student Teams: Facilitating a Confluence of Perspectives and Talent

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American Society for Engineering Education

# publications[].label
Current Trends in Supply Chain Training Programs in the Context of Industry 4.0 Technologies

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Workforce Training and Industry 4.0 Adoption in Warehouses at SMEs

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American Society for Engineering Education

# publications[].label
How to structure an internship that is great for the intern and the manager?

# publications[].publisher
American Society for Engineering Education

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Making in The Colonias: Motivating STEM Participation through a Making as Micro-Manufacturing Model

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Broadening Participation for Remote Communities: Situated Distance -Telepresence Mentoring through Embodied Communication

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Collaborative Research: Preparing Students for the New Manufacturing Economy: An Integrative Learning Approach

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Directorate for Education & Human Resources - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Engineering Technology; 3367 TAMU

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Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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Texas A&M Researchers To Test Technology-Based Learning At Bryan Independent School District