College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Clinical Professor of Business Administration

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1989
M.S., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1986
B.S., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1983

Trappey, C., Wu, H., Taghaboni-Dutta, F., Trappey, A. 2011. Using patent data for technology forecasting: China RFID patent analysis. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 25: 53-64

Taghaboni-Dutta, F., Trappey, A., Trappey, C. 2010. An XML Based Supply Chain Integration Hub for Green Product Lifecycle Management. Expert Systems with Applications, 37: 7319-7328

Taghaboni-Dutta, F., Trappey, A., Trappey, C., Wu, H. 2009. An Exploratory RFID Patent Analysis. Management Research News, 32: 1163- 1176

List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, 2009 to present

Research focus is on of integration of technology with management and process improvement. Currently, the focus has been on the development and deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in manufacturing and global supply chain.

Teaching interests are mainly in the area of Operations/Process Management including: product development and design, and operation and technology strategy, and project management.