Dr. Seamus McGovern is Visiting Associate Professor of Operations Management in the School of Professional Studies at Brown University. His academic research is focused on the application of specialized algorithms and metaheuristics to combinatorial optimization sequencing and scheduling problems in manufacturing and supply chains. 

Prior to his appointment at Brown, Seamus was assigned in varied technical capacities at half a dozen federal laboratories over three decades, working on and managing engineering research projects—primarily in transportation—encompassing simulation, risk, test, automation, and AI for the FAA, DOD, and NASA.  

A former Naval officer, helicopter pilot, and aerospace engineer, he subsequently earned his Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Northeastern University. Seamus is the recipient of three best-of-session paper awards, four fellowships, a national best dissertation prize, election to four honor societies, and various professional awards and military decorations.  He is a reviewer for nine journals, has been a committee member for eight Ph.D. candidates, designated a faculty associate in two university research institutes, served as session chair for six conferences, performed proposal reviews for 13 pre-publication books, and has sat on various boards, working groups, and committees.  

Seamus has taught more than 100 sections of nine courses in engineering, business, and mathematics to approximately 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students.  He has authored or co-authored over 60 technical reports related to his funded field and laboratory research, as well as 48 academic publications including conference papers, journal papers, book chapters, and an award-winning McGraw-Hill book.