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Authors
Dr. Erick C. Jones is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
and the director of the RFID and Auto-ID Deployment Lab, The University of Texas at Arlington,
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE), Arlington, Texas. He graduated from
Texas A&M University with a degree in industrial engineering. He later received his master’s and PhD
degrees in industrial engineering from the University of Houston. Dr. Jones received most of his sec-
ondary education while working in industry. He has held positions in industry, which include engineer-
ing specialist at UPS, engineering