David Sturrock

Co-founder and Technical Fellow for Simio, where he formerly led product development, training, and simulation services. With over 40 years of experience, he has applied simulation to improve productivity and reduce costs in transportation logistics, manufacturing, scheduling, high-speed processing, business processes, capacity analysis, process design, healthcare, and plant commissioning. He received his bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from The Pennsylvania State University with concentrations in manufacturing and automation and received the 2020 Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award from PSU. David began his career at Inland Steel Company as a plant industrial engineer. During a time of industry consolidation, he built an innovative simulation/scheduling group to improve company-wide effectiveness and efficiency. This effort was so successful that it was expanded to also assist the steelmaker’s suppliers and customers. He subsequently joined Systems Modeling as a development lead for SIMAN and Arena products, then joined Rockwell Automation as the Product Manager for Rockwell's entire suite of simulation and emulation products. He is a co-author of four simulation textbooks and is field faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. David is an active member of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), APICS, INFORMS, and other professional groups. He is also active with many service groups including ShelterBox, BPeace, Rotary, Junior Achievement, and a local food bank.

  • Sturrock, D.T., & Pegden, C.D. (2019). Flexible modeling with simio. In Modeling and Simulation of Complex Communication Networks. (pp. 27-54).
  • Sturrock, D. (2012). New solutions for production dilemmas. Industrial Engineer, 44(12), 47-52.
  • Sturrock, D. (2011). Simulation success skills. Industrial Engineer, 43(12), 35-40.
  • STURROCK, D.T., & HIGLEY, H.B. (1986). THE USE OF SIMULATION FOR GROSS PLANNING, SCHEDULING, STANDARDS, AND TRACKING. COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, 11(1-4), 411-415.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/0360-8352(86)90122-1.

  • Sturrock, D.T. (2020). Tested Success Tips for Simulation Project Excellence. In 2020 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 00, (pp. 1143-1151).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc48552.2020.9384109.
  • Collins, A.J., Thaviphoke, Y., Leathrum, J.F., & Sturrock, D. (2019). An Education of Simulation Discussion. In 2019 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 00, (pp. 3319-3331).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc40007.2019.9004903.
  • Sturrock, D.T. (2018). AVOID FAILURES! TESTED SUCCESS TIPS FOR SIMULATION PROJECT EXCELLENCE. In 2018 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 00, (pp. 252-260).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2018.8632366.
  • Sturrock, D.T. (2017). Avoid Failures! Tested Success Tips for Simulation Excellence. In 2017 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), (pp. 588-596).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2017.8247817.
  • Sturrock, D.T. (2015). Tutorial: Tips for Successful Practice of Simulation. In 2015 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2016-February, (pp. 1756-1764).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2015.7408293.
  • Sturrock, D.T. (2014). Tutorial: Tips for Successful Practice of Simulation. In Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014, 2015-January, (pp. 90-97).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2014.7019880.
  • Sturrock, D.T. (2013). TUTORIAL: TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE OF SIMULATION. In 2013 Winter Simulations Conference (WSC), (pp. 354-361).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2013.6721433.
  • Sturrock, D.T., & Carson, J.T. (2013). Risk-based Planning and Scheduling (RPS) solution for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. In Technical Paper - Society of Manufacturing Engineers, TP13PUB18.
  • Sturrock, D.T. (2012). TUTORIAL: TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE OF SIMULATION. In Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the 2012 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), (pp. 1-8).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2012.6465311.
  • Sturrock, D.T., & Carson, J. (2012). Aligning Supply chain and business strategies through risk-based planning and scheduling (RPS). In 62nd IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2012.
  • Pegden, C.D., & Sturrock, D.T. (2011). Introduction to Simio. In Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), (pp. 29-38).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2011.6147737.
  • Sturrock, D.T. (2011). Tips for Successful Practice of Simulation. In Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), (pp. 1415-1422).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2011.6147861.
  • Sturrock, D.T., & Pegden, C.D. (2011). Recent Innovations in Simio. In Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), (pp. 52-62).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2011.6147739.
  • Pegden, C.D., & Sturrock, D.T. (2010). INTRODUCTION TO SIMIO. In Proceedings of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference, (pp. 1-10).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2010.5679179.
  • Sturrock, D.T. (2010). TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE OF SIMULATION. In Proceedings of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference, (pp. 87-94).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2010.5679172.
  • Sturrock, D.T., & Pegden, C.D. (2010). RECENT INNOVATIONS IN SIMIO. In Proceedings of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference, (pp. 21-31).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2010.5679177.
  • Brown, J.E., & Sturrock, D. (2009). IDENTIFYING COST REDUCTION AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH SIMULATION. In Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 1, (pp. 2145-2153).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2009.5429674.
  • Pegden, C.D., & Sturrock, D.T. (2009). INTRODUCTION TO SIMIO. In Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 1, (pp. 314-321).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2009.5429338.
  • Sturrock, D.T. (2009). TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE OF SIMULATION. In Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), (pp. 34-39).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2009.5429317.
  • Sturrock, D.T. (2008). Tips for successful practice of simulation. In 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, (pp. 85-90).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2008.4736058.
  • Sadowski, D.A., & Sturrock, D.T. (2006). Tips for the Successful Practice of Simulation. In Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference, (pp. 67-72).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/wsc.2006.323039.
  • Bapat, V., & Sturrock, D.T. (2003). The Arena product family: Enterprise modeling solutions. In Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1, (pp. 210-217).
  • Sturrock, D.T., & Drake, G.R. (1996). Simulation for high speed processing. In Proceedings of the 28th conference on Winter simulation - WSC '96, (pp. 432-436).Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi: 10.1145/256562.256706.
  • Profozich, D.M., & Sturrock, D.T. (1995). Introduction to SIMAN/Cinema. In Proceedings of the 27th conference on Winter simulation - WSC '95, (pp. 515-518).Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi: 10.1145/224401.224672.
  • Profozich, D.M., & Sturrock, D.T. (1994). Introduction to SIMAN/Cinema. In Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, (pp. 427-430).
  • Smith, J.S., Wysk, R.A., Sturrock, D.T., Ramaswamy, S.E., Smith, G.D., & Joshi, S.B. (1994). Discrete event simulation for shop floor control. In Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, (pp. 962-969).
  • Glavach, M.A., & Sturrock, D.T. (1993). Introduction to SIMAN/Cinema. In Proceedings of the 25th conference on Winter simulation - WSC '93, Part F129590, (pp. 190-192).Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi: 10.1145/256563.256622.
  • Glavach, M.A., & Sturrock, D.T. (1993). Introduction to SIMAN/cinema. In Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, (pp. 190-198).
  • Conrad, S.A., Sturrock, D.T., & Poorte, J.P. (1992). Introduction to SIMAN/Cinema. In Proceedings of the 24th conference on Winter simulation - WSC '92, (pp. 377-379).Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi: 10.1145/167293.167381.
  • Kasales, C.J., & Sturrock, D.T. (1991). Introduction to SIMAN IV. In Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, (pp. 106-111).
  • Sturrock, D.T., & Pegden, C.D. (1990). Introduction to SIMAN. In Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, (pp. 109-114).
  • Sturrock, D.T., & Pegden, C.D. (1989). Introduction to SIMAN. In Proceedings of the 21st conference on Winter simulation - WSC '89, (pp. 129-139).Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi: 10.1145/76738.76753.
  • Sturrock, D.T. (1983). MAINFRAME COMPUTER-BASED I. E. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. In Fall Industrial Engineering Conference, American Institute of Industrial Engineers, (pp. 331-337).
Research Interests
Building Strategy, management and organisational behaviour Civil engineering Manufacturing engineering
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