Michael Kay
Director of IMSEI and Associate Professor
- Phone: 919.515.2008
- Email: kay@ncsu.edu
- Office: 4161 Fitts-Woolard Hall
Michael G. Kay has been a professor of Industrial Engineering at North Carolina State University since 1992. He is the director of the Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering graduate program, former director of the Operations Research graduate program, and past president of the College-Industry Council on Material Handling Education.
Teaching:
ISE 453: Design of Production, Logistics, and Service Systems
OR/ISE 501: Introduction to Operations Research
ISE 754: Logistics Engineering
Research:
Home Delivery Logistics Networks using Driverless Delivery Vehicles
Public Logistics Networks
Multimedia Sensor Fusion for Intelligent Camera Control
Tools:
PCV: Plan-Construct-Verify, structured planning for Claude Code
Logjam, Julia package for logistics engineering
ISE754 GPT
MHE GPT
Matlog: Logistics Engineering Matlab Toolbox
Lgpy: Logistics Engineering Python Package
GAOT: Genetic Algorithm Optimization Toolbox (zip)
Resources:
When AI Becomes a Learning Partner: New Research on Student Success (html)
Basic Concepts in Matlab (pdf)
Lecture Notes for Production System Design (pdf)
Material Handling Equipment (pdf)
Material Handling Equipment Taxonomy
Warehousing (pdf)
Research Interests
Michael G. Kay’s main research focuses on the design of public logistics networks. Areas of research interest include logistics network design, metaheuristics, freight transportation, material handling, warehousing, and production system design.
Education
| Degree | Program | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Industrial Engineering | NC State University | 1992 |
| MS | Industrial Engineering | University of Florida | 1984 |
| BA | Economics | University of Florida | 1981 |
Discover more about Michael Kay
- Computational ‘Short Cuts’ Offer Fast Answers to Complex Supply Chain Problems – By Matt Shipman
- COVID and Touchless Logistics for Home Delivery – By Robert Handfield
- New Tool Aims to Assist Military Logistics in Evacuating Noncombatants
- New Tool Tackles Uncertainty in Military Logistics Planning
- Supply Chainers Go Pro
- Driverless Delivery Vehicles
- Faculty Profile: Michael Kay
Publications
- Air movement operations planning heuristic improvement
- Nelson, R., Werner, J., Daniels, R., Kay, M. G., King, R. E., McConnell, B. M., & Thoney-Barletta, K. (2025), Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics, 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/JDAL-02-2024-0003
- Enhancing Military Load Planning: A Prioritized 2-D Orthogonal Packing Approach
- Kirschenman, W., Heese, H. S., Kay, M., King, R., & McConnell, B. (2025, December 20). , . https://doi.org/10.31224/6041
- I cast the drains down in Africa: AM-augmented casting as an enabler for the African manufacturing industry
- Sulleiman, M., Ahmed, R., Kay, M., Manogharan, G., & McComb, C. (2025, August 1), Proceedings of the Design Society, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2025.10214
- Implementing Trades of the National Football League Draft on Blockchain Smart Contracts
- Fukuzawa, M., Kay, M., McConnell, B., Thoney-Barletta, K., & Warsing, D. (2025, February 24). , . https://doi.org/10.31224/4395
- Military maritime load planning instances for prioritized two-dimensional orthogonal packing
- Kirschenman, W., Heese, H. S., Kay, M., King, R., & McConnell, B. (2025), Open MIND. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vt4b8gv5z
- Synthetic Demand Flow Generation Using the Proximity Factor
- Yalvac, E., & Kay, M. G. (2025), Forecasting, 7(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/forecast7010014
- The 2-D Orthogonal Packing Problem with Multiple Levels of Prioritization: A Spatial Optimization Perspective
- Kirschenman, W., Heese, H. S., Kay, M., King, R., & McConnell, B. (2025, May 23). , . https://doi.org/10.31224/4647
- Identifying Best Performance Scenarios For Micro Nuclear Reactors During Grid Disruption
- Ivey, C., Kay, M., Thoney-Barletta, K., Hodgson, T., & McConnell, B. (2024, November 4), Transactions on Computer Science and Applications, Vol. 1, pp. 78–89. https://doi.org/10.31224/4072
- Implementing A Letter Of Credit Style Business Process For Small-Scale Contracting Using Smart Contracts
- Fukuzawa, M., Kay, M., McConnell, B., Thoney-Barletta, K., & Warsing, D. (2024, August 19), Transactions on Computer Science and Applications, Vol. 2, pp. 1–18. https://doi.org/10.31224/3847
- Implementing trades of the National Football League Draft on blockchain smart contracts
- Fukuzawa, M. B., McConnell, B. M., Kay, M. G., Thoney-Barletta, K. A., & Warsing, D. P. (2024), International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 25(2), 330–359. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSMS-09-2023-0185
