Edward A. Pohl is a Professor and Head of the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Arkansas. Previously he served as the Director of the Master of Science in Operations Management online degree program. He has participated and led several risk and supply chain related research efforts at the University of Arkansas.

Before coming to Arkansas, Ed spent twenty-one years in the United States Air Force where he served in a variety of engineering, operations analysis and academic positions during his career. Previous assignments include the Deputy Director of the Operations Research Center at the United States Military Academy, Operations Analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense where he performed independent cost schedule, performance and risk assessments on Major DoD acquisition programs, and as a munitions logistics manager at the Air Force Operational Test Center.

Ed received his Ph.D. in Systems and Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona. He holds a M.S. in Systems Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and M.S. in Reliability Engineering from the University of Arizona, an M.S. in Engineering Management from the University of Dayton, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Boston University.

His primary research interests are in risk, reliability, engineering optimization, healthcare and supply chain risk analysis, decision making, and quality.  Ed is a Certified Materials and Resource Professional (CMRP).  Ed is a Fellow of IISE, ASEM, and SRE. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, and ASQ. A Diplomate in the Society of Health Systems, a member of INCOSE, INFORMS, and AHRMM.