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Education

Ph.D. in Operations Research, Econometric Institute/Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, September 1992. Dissertation: Global Optimization by Random Walk Sampling Methods. Advisors: A.H.G. Rinnooy Kan, R.L. Smith.
M.S. in Econometrics, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, June 1988. Master's Thesis: Shake-and-Bake algorithms for generating uniform points on the boundary of bounded polyhedra. Advisor: C.G.E. Boender.

Professional Employment

Professor, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 2008-present.
Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, August 2006-August 2008.
Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, August 2002-August 2006.
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, October 1999-August 2002.
Assistant Professor, Department of Decision and Information Sciences, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, October 1993-September 1999.
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, New York, New York, September 1992-September 1993.
Assistant researcher, Econometric Insitute/Tinbergen Insititute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 1988-June 1992.
Research/teaching assistant, Econometric Insitute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 1985-May 1988.

Visiting Positions

Visiting Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January-April 2007.
Visiting Scholar, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November-December 2006.
Visiting Scholar, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, California, September-October 2006.
Visiting Professor, Department of Decision Sciences, Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, July 22-August 22, 2002.
Visiting Professor, Department of Quantitative Economics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, May 20-June 20, 2002.
Visiting Scholar, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January-March 1998, June 1996, August 1994.
Visiting Professor, Department of Automation and Production, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, Nantes, France, April 1996.
Visiting Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 1992, May-June 1991, April-June and September-December 1990, January-August 1989.

Teaching Experience

The University of Michigan:

Function Space Methods in System Theory (Ph.D. level).
Optimization Methods in Finance (Master's level).
Stochastic Processes (Ph.D. level).

University of Florida:

Operations Research 1 (undergraduate level).
Operations Research 2 (undergraduate level).
Applied Probability Methods for Engineers (Master's level, Outreach Engineering Management program).
Fundamentals of Mathematical Programming (Ph.D. level).
Stochastic Modeling and Analysis (Ph.D. level).
Dynamic Programming (Ph.D. level).
Decision Support Systems for Industrial and Systems Engineers (undergraduate/Master's level).
Information Technology for Engineers and Scientists (undergraduate/Master's level).
Thesis supervision of Master's and Ph.D. students in Operations Research.

Erasmus University Rotterdam:

Introductory Management Science (undergraduate level).
Decision Systems for Inventory Management and Production Planning (Master's level).
Modern Quantitative Techniques in Logistics Planning (Ph.D. level).
Thesis supervision of Master's students in Logistics Management.

Ph.D. Students (graduated)

Chase Rainwater, Resource Constrained Assignment Problems with Flexible Customer Demand, August 2009, Co-chairman (with Joseph Geunes). Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Chunhua Men, Optimization Models for Radiation Therapy: Treatment Planning and Patient Scheduling, August 2009, Chairman. Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California at San Diego.
Mehmet Önal, Extensions to the Economic Lot Sizing Problem, August 2009, Chairman. Postdoctoral fellow, Innovative Scheduling, Gainesville, Florida.
Thomas Sharkey, Approaches to Nonlinear and Infinite-dimensional Network Design Problems in Supply Chain Optimization, August 2008, Chairman. Assistant Professor, Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.
Dionne M. Aleman, Optimization Methods in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning, December 2007, Chairman. Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
F. Zeynep Sargut, Efficient Approaches to Integrated Requirements Planning Problems in Supply Chain Optimization, August 2006, Chairman. Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey.
Ghina Yamout, Applications of Single Party and Multiple Party Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty to Water Resources Allocation Problems, August 2005, Co-Chairman (with Kirk Hatfield). Senior Water Resources Specialist, Parsons Transportation Group, Phoenix, Arizona.
Arvind Kumar, Novel Models for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning, August 2005, Co-Chairman (with Ravindra K. Ahuja). Research Director, Innovative Scheduling, Gainesville, Florida.
James Cao, Stochastic Inventory Control in Dynamic Environments, August 2005, Chairman. Senior Analyst, FedEx Services, Memphis, Tennessee.
Wei Huang, Optimization Models for Sourcing Decisions in Supply Chain Management, August 2004, Chairman. Research Director, Innovative Scheduling, Gainesville, Florida.
Sombat Sindhuchao, An Integrated Inventory-Transportation System for Multi-item Joint Replenishment with Limited Vehicle Capacity, April 2004, Co-Chairman (Chair: Rein Boondiskulchok). Lecturer, Department of Industrial Engineering, Ubonratchathani University, Ubonratchathani, Thailand.
Sandra Duni Ekşioğlu, Optimizing Integrated Production, Inventory and Transportation Problems in Supply Chains, December 2002, Co-Chairman (Chair: Panos M. Pardalos). Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi.
Joongkyu Choi, Stochastic Production and Inventory Models with Limited Resources, May 2001, Co-Chairman (Chair: S.X. Bai). Chief Statistician, The Sequoya Group, Sarasota, Florida.
Paveena Chaovalitwongse, Integrating Transportation and Inventory Decisions in a Multi-Warehouse Multi-Retailer System with Stochastic Demand, December 2000, Co-advisor and committee member (Chairs: P.M. Pardalos and B. Sivazlian). Lecturer, Department of Industrial Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Dolores Romero Morales, Optimization Problems in Supply Chain Management, October 12, 2000, Co-Chairman (Chair: J.A.E.E. van Nunen). University Reader, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.
Eligius M.T. Hendrix, Global Optimization at Work, June 23, 1998, Co-advisor and committee member (Chairs: P. van Beek and A.J.M. Beulens). Associate Professor, Operations Research and Logistics Group, Agricultural University Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands, and Contracted Researcher Ramón y Cajal, Department of Computer Architecture, Málaga University, Málaga, Spain.
Michiel A. Odijk, Railway Timetable Generation, January 12, 1998, Co-advisor and committee member (Chairs: R.M. Cooke and H. van Maaren). Consultant, ORTEC Consultants B.V., Gouda, The Netherlands.
Daniel J. Reaume, Efficient Random Algorithms for Constrained Global and Convex Optimization, May 1997, Co-Chairman (with R.L. Smith). Research Engineer, Research and Development Center, General Motors, Warren, Michigan.
Yu-Li Chou, Accelerating the Solution of Dynamic Programs through State Aggregation, May 1995, Co-Chairman (with R.L. Smith). Partner, Wolverine Decision Technology, Irvine, California.

Ph.D. Students (current)

Fei Peng. Projected graduation: Summer 2013.
Arleigh Waring. Projected graduation: Summer 2011.
Ehsan Salari, Chairman. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Michigan. Projected graduation: Summer 2011.
Kanya Auckara-aree, Co-chairman (with Rein Boondiskulchok), Department of Industrial Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Projected graduation: Summer 2011.

Honors and Awards

2006 IERC Best Paper Award, Service Systems Track, Orlando, FL.
2005 IERC Best Paper Award, Logistics and Inventory Track, Atlanta, GA.
2004 Young Investigator Award for paper presented at the ICCR conference in Seoul, Korea.
2003 Pierskalla Best Paper Award, Health Applications Section, INFORMS.
ERASM research fellow (1996-1999).
Tinbergen Institute external research fellow (1995-1999).
1993 George E. Nicholson Student Paper competition (ORSA), finalist.
NATO Science Fellowship of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), September 1992-September 1993.
1989 Master's thesis prize of the Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research (VVS).

Active Research Funding

National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research: Mitigating the cost of anarchy in complex supply chain systems (PI, with Joseph Geunes, University of Florida), US$ 251,589 (UM share; total US$ 424,000), 8/2009-7/2012.
National Science Foundation, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: integrated models and algorithms (PI, with co-PI James F. Dempsey), US$ 249,816, 7/2005-6/2010.

Past Research Funding

University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute (UFPTI) at Shands Jacksonville, Optimization of patient scheduling for multi-room proton therapy facility (PI), US$ 69,203, 5/2008-6/2009.
National Science Foundation, Solving tactical logistics planning problems under uncertainty (PI, with co-PI Joseph Geunes), US$ 245,984, 5/2004-5/2008.
Florida Department of Health, Optimization of proton therapy treatment planning (co-PI, with PI James F. Dempsey), US$ 429,275, 8/2004-6/2007.
Varian Medical Systems, Efficient global fluence map optimization (co-PI, with PI James F. Dempsey), US$ 143,532, 12/2004-11/2005.
Motorola, A simulation tool for improving operations planning at Motorola GTSS (co-PI, with PI Joseph Geunes), US$ 44,000, 2003.
Motorola, Motorola Global Telecommunications Solutions Sector inventory optimization (co-PI, with PI Joseph Geunes and co-PI Elif Akçalı), US$ 35,000, 2002-2003.
National Science Foundation, Solving large-scale logistics problems in real-time: models, algorithms and information systems (PI, with co-PI Ravindra K. Ahuja), US$ 102,890, 9/2000-9/2002.
St. John's River Water Management District, Development of a water supply operation management system for the city of Cocoa water resource department (co-PI, with PI Kirk Hatfield), US$142,047, 7/2000-7/2002.
ORTEC Consultants and World Bank, A stochastic programming approach to Asset Liability Management (PI), US$ 32,000, 1997-1998.
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO): several travel grants, US$ 6,500, 1988-1998.
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO): NATO Science Fellowship, US$ 26,000, September 1992-September 1993.
NATO Collaborative Research Grant, 1989-1992 (Research collaborator; PIs: Robert L. Smith, Jan Telgen).
Vereniging Trustfonds Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam: travel grant, US$ 1,750, May-June 1991.
Dutch Network of Operations Research (LNMB): travel grant, US$ 1,750, May-June 1991.

Professional Activities

Member, Departmental Committee, IOE Department, The University of Michigan (September 2009-present).
Member, Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid Committee, IOE Department, The University of Michigan (September 2009-present).
Seminar Coordinator, IOE Department, The University of Michigan (September 2009-present).
Area Coordinator for Operations Research, IOE Department, The University of Michigan (September 2009-present).
Member, Honors and Awards Committee, IOE Department, The University of Michigan (January 2009-present).
Member, Murty Prize Committee, IOE Department, The University of Michigan (September 2008-present).
Chair and graduate coordinator, ISE Department graduate committee (August 2004-August 2006 and August 2007-August 2008).
Member, ISE Department graduate committee (August 2000-August 2004).
Chair, ISE Department ABET-committee (January 2001-August 2004).
Member, ISE Department ABET-committee (August-December 2000, August 2004-August 2005).
Guest editor of Journal of Global Optimization (special issue on Supply Chain Optimization, 2002).
Associate editor of Optimization Letters (2008-present).
Associate editor of International Journal of Inventory Research (2006-present).
Associate editor of Journal of Global Optimization (1994-present).
Invited session chairman: INFORMS Computing 2009, INFORMS 2008, INFORMS 2007, INFORMS 2006, ISMP 2006, INFORMS International 2006, IERC 2006, INFORMS 2005, IFORS 2005, SIAM Optimization 2005, INFORMS 2004, INFORMS 2001, INFORMS Maui 2001, ISMP 1997, ISMP 1994.
Invited cluster/track organizer: IERC 2009, INFORMS 2007, INFORMS International 2007, INFORMS 2001.
Panel member for proposal review, National Science Foundation.
External reviewer for Marsden Fund of The Royal Society of New Zealand, National Institutes for Water Resources, Swedish Research Council.
Referee for numerous scientific journals.
Member of INFORMS, MPS, VVS (NGB), and AAPM.

Research Activities

Supply chain management; in particular: customer/warehouse allocation and production and inventory planning under dynamic demand.
Design of radiation therapy treatment plans for IMRT.
Asset/Liability Management, in particular for pension funds.
Probabilistic analysis of combinatorial problems.
Network flow problems in infinite networks.