Najam Khan

Najam Khan recently joined Crow’ Nest after working for Custom Source Woodworking in Tumwater, Washington, for five years. Khan primary work experience has been in operations management, operations research, and statistical analysis. Khan is currently finishing his Doctorate in Ag, Biosystems, and Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota State University with a focus on particle systems, fluid dynamics and microeconomics. Khan completed a Master’s degree in Production and Operations Management with an emphasis in Industrial Manufacturing and Systems Engineering prior to enrolling in the doctoral program. He was also awarded the MAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Master's Thesis Award in the fields of Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering for this work. Khan's main areas of interest are project management, forecasting, numerical optimization, job shop scheduling, time series analysis, inventory and capacity management, systems and statistical analysis, queuing models, and industrial engineering.