Alice E. Smith is an American industrial engineer whose research concerns mathematical optimization for complex applications in manufacturing, business planning, advanced materials, and communication networks, based on problems including facility location and network design.
[1] Smith is a 1979 graduate of Rice University, where she majored in civil engineering.
[2] Smith was named a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers in 2003.
[3] Smith was the 2009 winner of the WORMS Award for the Advancement of Women in Operations Research and Management Science.
[4] In 2012, the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers gave Smith their Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award.