Erick Jones

Dr. Erick Christopher Jones Sr. is an industrial engineer and professor at the University of Nevada at Reno. He is an expert in radio-frequency identification (RFID), quality engineering, and Lean Six Sigma. Jones was the program director of The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Research Centers. He is currently Chair of the Supply Chain Technology Committee of International Supply Chain Education Alliance's (ISCEA) International Standards Board (IISB) and Editor in Chief of the ''International Supply Chain Technology Journal'' (ISCTJ).

Jones's background led him to be invited to the National Science Foundation as program officer for the largest engineering investment in the country, the Engineering Research Center (ERC). He also worked in the largest fellowship program in the country, the NSF's Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP). Jones served as a rotating program director at the NSF.

Jones has faced criticism for plagiarism and for the quality of his academic research. Papers that he published in the journal ''International Supply Chain Technology Journal'', which he founded, have been described as “bizarre” and “incoherent.” In addition, he has been accused of plagiarism. In 2024, more than 100 students and faculty called for his resignation from the University of Nevada at Reno.

From 2022 to 2024 he was dean of the College of Engineering at UNR. In April 2024 the university appointed a different 'acting dean'. Provided by Wikipedia