Siqian Shen

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Professor
Department of Industrial & Operations Engineering
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Address:
2793 IOE, 1205 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2011

Email: siqian [at] umich [dot] edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

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Dr. Shen is currently rotating as a Program Director for the Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS) program under ENG/CMMI division in the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Bio:

Education

  • Ph.D., 2011, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida

  • B.S., 2007, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Employment

  • Program Director, National Science Foundation, Division of CMMI, Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS) Program, 2023-present

  • Professor of IOE and CEE (courtesy appointment), University of Michigan, 2023-present

  • Associate Professor of IOE, University of Michigan, 2017-2023

  • Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE; courtesy appointment), University of Michigan, 2018-2023

  • Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE), University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 2011-2017

Research Interests

  • Theory: Stochastic programming, robust optimization, linear/nonlinear integer programming, network optimization.

  • Application: transportation, energy, healthcare

Editorial Board

  • Operations Research (2024-present)

  • Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2021-present)

  • European Journal of Operational Research (2022-2025)

Past:

  • Transportation Science (2021-2023)

  • Networks (2019-2023)

  • Service Science (2019-2023)

  • INFORMS Journal on Computing (2019-2023)

  • IISE Transactions (2018-2023)

Honors and Awards

  • 2021-2024 IOE Richard Wilson Faculty Scholar, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

  • 2023 Best Conference Paper Award Finalist in the IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2023)

  • 2022 Best Conference and Application Paper Award Finalist in the IEEE 18th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2022)

  • 2022 Best Track Modeling & Simulation Paper in the 2022 IISE Annual Conference & Expo

  • 2021 IOE Department Faculty Award, University of Michigan

  • Honorable Mention, Best Paper in the 2020 IISE Transactions Focus Issue on Operations Engineering and Analytics.

  • 2017 Department of Energy (DoE) Early Career Award

  • 2016 INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Award, 1st Place (faculty advisor)

  • 2014 Best Paper Award Honorable Mention, INFORMS Section on Public Programs, Services and Needs

  • 2013 Best Paper Award Finalist, INFORMS Service Science Section

  • 2012 IBM Smarter Planet Innovation Faculty Award

  • 2012 IIE Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award, 1st Place

  • 2011 Graduate Award for Excellence in Research, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida

  • 2010 INFORMS Computing Society Student Paper Award, Runner-Up

Affiliations at University of Michigan

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