Karen Bursic
Karen Manning Bursic is an American industrial engineer who is a is professor and undergraduate program director in industrial engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering at University of Pittsburgh. She specializes in engineering economics and engineering management. She was elected a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education in 2023.
Bursic earned a B.S. in industrial engineering, a M.S. in engineering management, and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Her dissertation was titled, Factors Contributing to the Successful Use of Teams in Manufacturing Organizations. David I. Cleland was her doctoral advisor.