• 2006-2008   
• 2004 - 2005
  
• 2002 - 2003
• 2000 - 2001
• 1998 -1999
• 1996 - 1997
• 1994 -1995
  

2009  

• Ira Gerhardt, Visiting Assistant Professor, Manhattan College
  "Stochastic Modeling and Simulation of Nonstationary Queueing Networks Using Markovian Processes"
  
  
• Michael K. Lim, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  "Supply Chain Network Design in the Presence of Disruption Risks"
   
• Zigeng (Yin) Liu, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison
  "Risk Mitigation of Supply Chain Disruptions"
  
  
• Rafael Mendoza-Arriaga, Assistant Professor, McCombs School of Business, University of Texis
  "Unified Credit-Equity Modeling"
  
  
• Souvik Banerjee, Financial Engineer, Jump Trading
  "Strategic R&D and Capital Budgeting Under Uncertainty"
   
• Evren Baysal, Quantitative Risk Management, Inc.
  "Advances in Risk Management Simulation"
   
• Sheng Yuan Chen, Assistant Professor, York University
  "Solving Static and Dynamic Stochastic Optimization Problem via Sparse Grid and Interior Point Methods and its Complexity Analysis"
   

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2008

• Amit Bhandar, Quantstar
  "The Impact of Consumption and Liquidity Constraints on Optimal Consuption and Investment Decisions"
  
  
• Huaite Chao, Assistant Professor, Kutztown University
  "External Quality Cost Sharing Contracts in Supply Chain"
   
• Shane Drew, Assistant Professor, Valparaiso University
  "Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods for Stochastic Programming"
  
  
• Robert Lien, Beghou Consulting
  "Design and Control Principles for Distribution Systems: Studies in Commercial & Nonprofit Operations"
  
  
• Fang Liu, Merrill Lynch
  "The Impact of Collaboration Networks on Organizational Performance"
   
• Min Huang, Merck Pharmaceuticals
  "Markov Chain Population Models in Medical Decision Making"
   
• Taylan Ilhan, Quantlab Financial Quantitative Research
  "Routing and Resource Allocation with Probabilistic Objectives"
   
• Dingxi Qui, Assistant Professor, University of Miami
  "Cluster Analysis for Correlated Multivariate Normal and Binary Data"
   
• Shing Tsai, Assistant Professor, National Cheng Kung University
  "Control-Variate Methods for Selecting the Best Simulated System"
  
  
• Guangming Zhang, Federal Express
  "Operational Flexibility in Drayage Vehicle Routing: Multi-Resource Routing Problem with Flexible Tasks"

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2007

• Frank E. Curtis, Assistant Professor, New York University
  "Inexact Sequential Quadratic Programming Methods for Large-Scale Nonlinear Optimization"
   
• Long Hei, Chicago Trading Company
  "Practical Techniques for Non-Linear Optimization"
   
• Xuefeng (Jennifer) Jiang, Qualitative Analyst, Standard & Poor's
  "Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Finance"
   
• Bora Kolfal, Assistant Professor at University of Alberta
  "Computational Methods for Levy and Jump-Diffusion Processes: Applications in Financial Engineering"
  
  
• Zhen Liu, Assistant Professor at University of Missouri
  "High Performance Methods for Portfolio Optimization Problems Under Various Transaction Costs: An Option Pricing Approach"
   
• Pavlo Kovalov, Qualitative Risk Management, Inc.
  "Pricing Multi-Variable American Options and Convertible Bonds: A Finite Element Method of Lines"
   
• Reuben Thomas, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  "Inference of Regulatory Interactions in Genetic Systems"
  
  
• Kristin Sahyouni, Walt Disney Company
  "Product Lifecycle Considerations in Closed-Loop Supply Chain Management"

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2006

• Feng Yang, Assistant Professor, West Virginia University
  "Efficient Generation of Cycle Time-Throughput Curves via Simulation for Manufacturing"
   
• Gigi Yuen, Consultant, IBM Corporation
  "White Collar Workforce Agility"
   
• Gokhan Ozevin, Associate Consultant, ZS Associates
  "Decomposition Based Interior-Point Methods for Two-Stage Stochastic Convex Conic Programming with Recourse"
   
• Liming Feng, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  "Computational Methods for Levy and Jump-Diffusion Processes: Applications in Financial Engineering"
   
• Peter Francis, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Operations, University of Chicago
  "Service Choice in Periodic Distribution Operations: Models and Algorithms"
   
• Vadim Lesnevski, Royal Bank of Scotland
  "Simulation of Coherent Risk Measures Based on Generalized Scenarios"

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2005  

• Biying Shou, Post-Doctoral Position, Motorola
  "Modeling and Knowledge Management for Agile Production Systems with Automation"
   
• Umut Aytekin, Booz Allen Hamilton Consulting
  "Three Essays in Operations Management"
   
• Viatcheslav Gorovoi, Quantitative Analyst, UBS Investment Bank
  "Applications of the Eigenfunction Expansion Method in Interest Rate Modeling"
   
• Viji Krishnamurthy, Supply Chain Integration, Lumileds Lighting
  "Design and Control of Production Systems with Agile Repair Crew and Advance Order Information"
   
• Xiaodong Xu, Deutsche Asset Management, Deutsche Bank
  "Equity Valuation, Integrated Investment and Financial Decisions"
   
• Xiaowei Xu, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
  "Strategic Product Line Selection and Pricing"
   
• Zhifeng Li, SAS Institute, Inc.
  "Lattice Basis Reduction and Mixed Integer Convex Programming"
  

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2004

• Boray Huang, Assistant Professor, School of Business Administration, University of Mississippi
  "Value of Information in Supply Chains"
   
• Hong Wan, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
  "Controlled Sequential Bifurcation: A New Factor-Screening Method for Discrete-Event Simulation"
  
  
• Jamison Todd Graff
  "Transaction Costs, Equipment Leasing, and the Economic Theory of the Firm"
  
   
• L. Jeff Hong, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  "Discrete Optimization via Simulations: Algorithms and Error Control"
  
   
• Leonardo B. Lopes, Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona
  "Modeling Stochastic Optimization: From Idea to Instance"
  
   
• Leyla Ozsen, Assistant Professor, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
  "Location-Inventory Planning Models: Capacity Issues and Solution Algorithms"
  
   
• Louis Luangkesorn, Associate Operations Researcher, RAND Corporation
  "Hybrid Produce-to-Order/Produce-to-Stock Systems"
  
  

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2003   

• Lawrence Snyder, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Lehigh University
  "Supply Chain Robustness and Reliability: Models and Algorithms."
  
  

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2002

• Bahar Deler, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University
  "A Comprehensive Input-Modeling Framework and Software for Stochastic, Discrete-Event Simulation Experiments."
   
• Chien-Wen Shen, Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Dayeh University
  "The Marginalization Method for Parameter Learning in Belief Networks."
   
• Eylem Tekin, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
  "Performance Opportunity for Workforce Agility."
   
• Yao Zhao, Department of Management Science, Rutgers University
  "The Value of Information Sharing in Supply Chains with Production Capacity Constraints."
   
• Ying Yang, Senior Manager, Pfizer Global Manufacturing
  "Identification of Location and Dispersion Effects for Ordered Categorical Data in Industrial Experiments."
  

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2001  

• Cheng-Feng Mabel Chou, National University of Singapore
  "Asymptotic Analyses of Machine Scheduling Problems with Release Dates."
   
• Julie L. Swann,  Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
  "Dynamic Pricing Models to Improve Supply Chain Performance."
   
• Juta Pichitlamken, Kasetsart University in Thailand
  "A Combined Procedure for Optimization via Simulation."
   
• Robert Wolcott, Center for Research in Technology & Innovation at Kellogg School of Management
  "Network Strategy, Innovation and Performance: A Taxonomy of Firm Networks Based on Competencies, Network Economics and Market Structure, and its Application to the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries."
  

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2000

• Christopher Scherpereel, Northern Arizona University
  "Decision Order Theory: The Semantic Dimensions of Decision Making."
   
• Deniz Caglar, Booz Allen Hamilton
  "A Multi-Echelon Spare Parts Inventory System with Emergency Lateral Shipments subject to a Response Time Constraint."
   
• Hui Liu, Research & Development, Verizon
  "Probabilistic Analysis and Practical Algorithms for Machine Scheduling Problems with or without Release Dates Constraints."
   
• Ivelisse Aviles, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  "Optimal Designs for Mixed-Effects Models with Random Nested Factors."
   
• Marcelo Marazzi, Senior Analyst, Research & Development, United Airlines
  "Nonlinear Optimization With and Without Derivatives."
   
• Michael George Hegedus, Research Engineer, IBM Research Laboratories
  "Setting Lead Times and Due Dates in Stochastic Assembly Systems Using MRP"
   
• Seong-Hee Kim, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech
  "Highly Efficient Selection Procedures for Stochastic Simulation."
   
• Zuo-Jun Max Shen, Assistant Professor, The University of California - Berkeley
  "Approximation Algorithms for Various Supply Chain Management Problems."
  

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1999  

• Bill McDaniel, Senior Analyst, United Airlines
  "Using Simulation to Compare Experimental Design Strategies for Quality Improvement with Minimal Changes to Factor Levels."
   
• Ebru Korular Bish, Virginia Tech
  "Theoretical Analysis and Practical Algorithms for Operational Problems in Container Terminals."
   
• Esma Senturk-Gel, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University
  "Stochastic Models of Workforce Agility in Production Systems."
   
• Melanie Roof, Research Analyst, Allegiance Corporation
  "Control Chart Methods for Setting WIP Levels and Due Date Quotes to Meet Target Throughput Rates and Customer Service Levels"
   
• Sergio Chayet,  Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
  "Strategic Capacity Planning: Analyzing Risk and Competition"
  

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1998

• Ann E. Bixby, Supply Chain Consultant, Aspentech
  "Polyhedral Analysis and Effective Algorithms for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem."
   
• Guanghui Liu, United Airlines
  "Robust and Efficient Primal Interior Point Methods for Nonlinear Programming."
   
• Jonathan H. Owen, General Motors Research
  "Disjunctive Approaches for Solving General Mixed-Integer Linear Programs"
   
• Justin Boesel, Senior Simulation and Modeling Engineer, MITRE Corporation
  "Search and Selection for Large-Scale Stochastic Optimization."
   
• Kenneth S. Alberts, St. Olaf College
  "Diagnosing Decision Making Groups: Testing the General Group Dynamics Self-administered Q-sort (GDS) Using Faculty and Administrative Groups from Oberlin College"
   
• Rasika M. Abeysinghe, Lucent Technologies
  "External Effects on Firm Technology Strategy in Sri Lanka: An Analysis of Firm Technology Strategy in Local and Global Contexts."
   
• Susan Hesse Owen, Truck Product Center, General Motors
  "Scenario Planning Approaches to Facility Location: Models and Solution Methods"
   
• Thomas A. Kappel, Lucent Technologies
  "Technology Roadmapping: An Evaluation."
  

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1997  

• Cecelia M. Wigal, University of Tennesse - Chattanooga
  "Introducing SAGT: A Methodology Evaluating Large Complex Systems, A Case Study Application."
   
• Manisha Warke Rohatgi, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University
  "Supply Chain Management of Two-Stage Multi-Product Manufacturing Systems"
   
• Rosemary Berger, ILOG, Inc.
  "Location-Routing Models for Distribution System Design."
   
• Thomas M. Brody, EPA
  "Investing in Clean Up: A New Look at Decision Criteria For The Comparison and Management of Risk"
  

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1996

• Ana Muriel,  Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  "On the Effectiveness of the Set-Partitioning Formulation for Various Difficult Combinatorial Problems."
  
  
• Jennifer Ryan,  Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
  "Analysis of Inventory Models with Limited Demand Information."
   
• Michael Watson, Logic Tools, Inc.
  "A Standardization Analysis Process Applied to Steel Coils in the Automotive Industry"
   
• Michael Johnson,  Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
  "An Optimization Model for Location of Subsidized Housing in Metropolitan Areas."
   
• Peter Creticos, National Alliance for Business
  "Task and Skill Based Job Matching"
   
• Phil Kaminsky, University of California at Berkeley
  "Probabilisitic Analysis and Effective Algorithms for Large Scale Machine Scheduling Problems."
   
• Sanjay Melkote
  "Integrated Models of Facility Location and Network Design"
  

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1995  

• Arthur Hsu, United Technologies
  "Exploiting Network Structure for Solving Large-Scale Linear Programming Models"
   
• James Felli, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis
  "The Expected Value of Perfect Information as an Alternative to Sensitivity Analysis in Multiparametric Decision Problems"
  

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1994

• Rachel Zhang, Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  "Easily Implementable Spare Parts Inventory Policies"
  

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