Samuel N Peffers
- Professor of Practice, Systems and Industrial Engineering
Contact
- (928) 317-7067
- Engineering, Rm. 111
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- samuelpeffers@arizona.edu
Biography
Dr. Samuel Peffers is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering. He is the Director of Engineering Programs for the University’s distance campus in Yuma, AZ. Dr. Peffers teaches courses in the Sophomore Colloquium, Embedded Computer Systems, and Senior Capstone Design. He mentors students in the Internship for Academic Credit course, and supervises students in the Directed Research course. He also serves as Faculty Advisor to Engineering students on the Yuma campus, and is a member of the Department’s Undergraduate Studies Committee. Dr. Peffers conducts extensive outreach to both grow Engineering student enrollment and to build relationships with regional Engineering employers to continue providing internship, project, and employment opportunities for students and graduates. His professional experience includes U.S. Federal Government service, Engineering support services contracting, management consulting, and higher education teaching and administration. His academic background and research focus is in Human Factors Engineering, with a particular focus on performance assessment, industrial process control systems, and human component optimization.Degrees
- Ph.D. Technology Management
- Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
- Identifying Innovative Work Behaviors: an Inquiry Using Critical Incident Technique
- M.S. Administration
- Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States
- The Effect of the U.S. Army Officer Promotion Process on the Gender and Ethnic Composition of the Officer Corps
- B.A. History
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Interests
Research
Human Factors Engineering and ErgonomicsIndustrial Process Control Systems and Decision Aids/Process Control DashboardsHuman/System Interaction Assessment and EvaluationHuman/System Interaction Optimization
Teaching
Sophomore ColloquiumEmbedded Computer SystemsSenior Capstone DesignInternship for CreditDirected Research
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Embedded Computer System
SIE 370 (Spring 2025) -
Senior Dsgn Projects II
SIE 498B (Spring 2025) -
Directed Research
SIE 492 (Fall 2024) -
Hum Fact+Ergonomics/Dsgn
SIE 410A (Fall 2024) -
SIE Sophomore Colloq
SIE 295S (Fall 2024) -
Senior Design Projects I
SIE 498A (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Internship
SIE 493 (Summer I 2024) -
Biosystms Engr Design II
BE 498B (Spring 2024) -
Embedded Computer System
SIE 370 (Spring 2024) -
Senior Dsgn Projects II
SIE 498B (Spring 2024) -
Biosystems Engr Design I
BE 498A (Fall 2023) -
Hum Fact+Ergonomics/Dsgn
SIE 410A (Fall 2023) -
SIE Sophomore Colloq
SIE 295S (Fall 2023) -
Senior Design Projects I
SIE 498A (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Directed Research
SIE 492 (Summer I 2023) -
Internship
SIE 493 (Summer I 2023) -
Embedded Computer System
SIE 370 (Spring 2023) -
Senior Dsgn Projects II
SIE 498B (Spring 2023) -
Hum Fact+Ergonomics/Dsgn
SIE 410A (Fall 2022) -
SIE Sophomore Colloq
SIE 295S (Fall 2022) -
Senior Design Projects I
SIE 498A (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Directed Research
SIE 492 (Summer I 2022) -
Internship
SIE 493 (Summer I 2022) -
Embedded Computer System
SIE 370 (Spring 2022) -
Internship
SIE 493 (Spring 2022) -
Senior Dsgn Projects II
SIE 498B (Spring 2022) -
SIE Sophomore Colloq
SIE 295S (Fall 2021) -
Senior Design Projects I
SIE 498A (Fall 2021) -
Senior Dsgn Projects II
SIE 498B (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Internship
SIE 493 (Summer I 2021) -
Directed Research
SIE 492 (Spring 2021) -
Embedded Computer System
SIE 370 (Spring 2021) -
Senior Design Projects I
SIE 498A (Spring 2021) -
Senior Dsgn Projects II
SIE 498B (Spring 2021) -
SIE Sophomore Colloq
SIE 295S (Fall 2020) -
Senior Design Projects I
SIE 498A (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Embedded Computer System
SIE 370 (Spring 2020) -
Internship
SIE 493 (Spring 2020) -
Senior Dsgn Projects II
SIE 498B (Spring 2020) -
Internship
SIE 493 (Fall 2019) -
Intro Engr Probab+Stats
SIE 305 (Fall 2019) -
SIE Sophomore Colloq
SIE 295S (Fall 2019) -
Senior Design Projects I
SIE 498A (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Internship
SIE 493 (Summer I 2019) -
Embedded Computer System
SIE 370 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
SIE 499 (Spring 2019) -
Internship
SIE 493 (Spring 2019) -
Senior Dsgn Projects II
SIE 498B (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
SIE 499 (Fall 2018) -
Internship
SIE 493 (Fall 2018) -
Intro Engr Probab+Stats
SIE 305 (Fall 2018) -
SIE Sophomore Colloq
SIE 295S (Fall 2018) -
Senior Design Projects I
SIE 498A (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Internship
SIE 493 (Summer I 2018) -
Senior Dsgn Projects II
SIE 498B (Summer I 2018) -
Embedded Computer System
SIE 370 (Spring 2018) -
Senior Design Projects I
SIE 498A (Spring 2018) -
Senior Dsgn Projects II
SIE 498B (Spring 2018) -
Hum Fact+Ergonomics/Dsgn
SIE 410A (Fall 2017) -
Intro Engr Probab+Stats
SIE 305 (Fall 2017) -
SIE Sophomore Colloq
SIE 295S (Fall 2017) -
Senior Design Projects I
SIE 498A (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Internship
SIE 493 (Summer I 2017) -
Embedded Computer System
SIE 370 (Spring 2017) -
Engr Experiment Design
SIE 330R (Spring 2017) -
Internship
ABE 493 (Spring 2017) -
Intro Engr Probab+Stats
SIE 305 (Spring 2017) -
Senior Dsgn Projects II
SIE 498B (Spring 2017) -
Independent Study
ABE 499 (Fall 2016) -
Intro Engr Probab+Stats
SIE 305 (Fall 2016) -
SIE Sophomore Colloq
SIE 295S (Fall 2016) -
Senior Design Projects I
SIE 498A (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Embedded Computer System
SIE 370 (Spring 2016) -
Intro Engr Probab+Stats
SIE 305 (Spring 2016)
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