For more than 30 years, the Department has consistently produced PhD graduates and succeeded in placing them in a variety of academic, research, and industrial organizations. Here is a list of some of our PhD graduates, dating back to 1971:
| Year | Graduate | Advisor(s) | Initial Placement |
| 2002 | Min Li | Yan Yu | California State Univ. - Sacramento |
| 2002 | Susan Norman | Mike Magazine | Northern Arizona Univ. |
| 2000 | Matthew Ford | Jim Evans | Northern Kentucky University |
| 2001 | Ian Clough | Marty Levy | Univ. Cincinnati - Clermont College |
| 2000 | Paul Stephans | Jim Evans | Bradley Univ. |
| 2000 | Eric Jack | Amit Raturi | Univ. Alabama-Birmingham |
| 2000 | E. Jack Chen | David Kelton | BASF Research |
| 1999 | Daling Wen | Marty Levy | GE Capital |
| 1999 | Graman, Greg | Mike Magazine | Wright State Univ. |
| 1999 | Shailesh Kulkarni | Amit Raturi, Mike Magazine | Univ. North Texas |
| 1997 | Jim Cochran | Jeff Camm, Marty Levy | Louisiana Tech Univ. |
| 1996 | Ram Ramabadran | Jim Evans | |
| 1996 | Terri Byczkowski | Marty Levy | Cincinnati Children's Hospital |
| 1996 | Fred Watson | David Rogers | Wright State Univ. |
| 1995 | Christine Noble | Jeff Camm | Miami Univ. |
| 1994 | Scott Welz | Jeff Camm | Mead Data Central |
| 1994 | Jan Hartley | Jack Meredith | Bowling Green State Univ. |
| 1993 | Timothy Keyes | Marty Levy | GE Capital |
| 1993 | Thomas B. Scott | Pick | Mead Data Central |
| 1993 | Daina Dennis | Jack Meredith | Univ. Cincinnati |
| 1991 | Shigero Tsubakitani | Jim Evans | Benders Associates |
| 1991 | Brian Downs | Jeff Camm | Southern Methodist Univ. |
| 1990 | Michael L. Vineyard | Jack Meredith | Univ. Memphis |
| 1990 | Bruce Johnson | Amit Raturi | Xavier Univ. |
| 1990 | Eleni Pratsini | Jeff Camm | Miami Univ. |
| 1990 | Donna Roberts | Morey | Univ. Memphis |
| 1990 | Jerry Braun | John Bryant | Xavier Univ. |
| 1990 | Adam Fadalla | Jim Evans | Cleveland State Univ. |
| 1990 | Mary J. Granger | Pick | George Washington Univ. |
| 1990 | K. Amoako-Gyampah | Jack Meredith | Univ. North Carolina - Greensboro |
| 1989 | Wonboo Lee | Mazlack | Univ. Baltimore |
| 1989 | Chyi Hung Hsu | Marty Levy, John Bryant | Riceria Inc. |
| 1989 | Richard A. Murphy | Mantel | Air Force Institute Technology |
| 1988 | Scott M. Shafer | Jack Meredith | Auburn Univ. |
| 1987 | Suresh K. Tadisina | Mantel | Southern Illinois Univ. |
| 1987 | Timothy Kloppenborg | Mantel | Xavier Univ. |
| 1986 | Nallan Suresh | Jack Meredith | State Univ. New York at Buffalo |
| 1985 | Richard N. Bialac | McKinney | Georgia Southern Univ. |
| 1985 | Margaret Cunningham | Mantel | Xavier Univ. |
| 1985 | Richard A. Feinauer | Mazlack | CINCOM Systems |
| 1985 | Richard Hall Grand | Valley State Univ. | |
| 1984 | Fabienna Godlewski | Arizona State Univ. | |
| 1984 | William Liegh | Univ. Southern Mississippi | |
| 1982 | Tigneh Mersha | Univ. Baltimore | |
| 1982 | Charles Wells | Univ. Dayton | |
| 1981 | Richard A. Evans | Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. | |
| 1980 | G. Edward Fox | American Airlines | |
| 1980 | R. Kipp Martin | Univ. Chicago | |
| 1979 | Prakash Abad | McMaster Univ. | |
| 1978 | Thomas Schaber | Miami Univ. | |
| 1977 | Michael Dreskin | ||
| 1977 | Probir Roy | Univ. Missouri at Kansas City | |
| 1977 | Bawa Jeet Singh | American Airlines | |
| 1977 | Edward Winkofksy | Mead Corp. | |
| 1976 | David Ashley | Univ. Missouri at Kansas City | |
| 1976 | Chris Ritz | Wharton School, Univ. Pennsylvania | |
| 1976 | Gregory White | Southern Illinois Univ. | |
| 1975 | Robert J. Graham | private consulting | |
| 1975 | Barry Render | George Mason Univ. | |
| 1974 | Thomas Gibbs | Mentor Systems | |
| 1974 | A.J. Klee | Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati | |
| 1974 | Richard A. Murphy | Schneider National Corp. | |
| 1973 | Richard McClure | Miami Univ. | |
| 1972 | Robert Krampf | Kent State Univ. | |
| 1971 | Mojena, Richard | Univ. Rhode Island | |
