Robert Mee

Robert Mee is the William R. and Sara B. Clark Professor of Business Analytics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a Haslam Family Faculty Fellow. He holds a Ph.D. (1981), M.S. (1979) in Statistics from Iowa State University, and a B.S. (1977) in Management Science from Georgia Tech.

His expertise spans applied statistics, customer analytics, and the design and analysis of experiments. He teaches undergraduate statistics for the Global Leadership Scholars program, MSBA, and doctoral programs in analytics. Notably, he has taught the popular First-Year Studies 129: The Question of God course for 16 years.

His research focuses on experimental design methodologies, including factorial experiments, order-of-addition modeling, and optimization techniques. Recent work emphasizes efficient design construction, resolution properties, and applications in materials science (e.g., graphite oxidation studies).

He has contributed to foundational texts on fractional factorial designs and statistical methods. Awards include the Lloyd Nelson Award (2004) for best practitioner-focused article in Journal of Quality Technology and American Statistical Association Fellow designation (2002).

His advising and grant activities are extensive but unspecified in the provided texts. He is affiliated with the Business Analytics & Statistics department within the Haslam College of Business, contributing to both academic and applied research initiatives.