Last updated on July 14, 2015
Last updated on July 14, 2015
Barrett Thomas
108 John PappaJohn Business Bldg., W272
Iowa City, IA, USA 52242-1994 barrett-thomas@uiowa.edu
Tel 319.335.0938 Fax 319.335.0297
Education
Ph.D., Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, 2002
Industrial and Operations Engineering
Dissertation: “Anticipatory Route Selection Problems”
Advisor: Chelsea C. White, III
M.S., Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999
Industrial and Operations Engineering
B.A., Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, 1997
Mathematics and Economics
cum laude in Economics, Phi Beta Kappa
Academic Experience
Associate Professor, department of Management Sciences, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, July 2009 - Present
faculty Director, Strategic Innovation Academy, Fulltime MBA Program, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, July 2010 - Present
Leonard A. Hadley Faculty Research Fellow, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, July 2011 - Present
Coordinator, Process Excellence Track, Strategic Innovation Academy, Fulltime MBA program, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, July 2009 - June 2010
Assistant Professor, department of Management Sciences, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, August 2002 - june 2009
Honors and Awards
Tippie College of Business Dean’s Teaching Award, 2008
External Grants
National Science Foundation, “Collaborative Research: Solving Large-Scale, High-Fidelity Workforce Planning Models that Recognize the Potential of Human Learning," Award No. 1266064, $218,675, 2013 - 2016, PI, with co-PI Ken Brown
John Deere, $69,756, 2012, co-PI with Philip C. Jones
John Deere, $34,582, 2011, co-PI with Philip C. Jones
John Deere, $18,032, 2010, co-PI with Philip C. Jones
CIM in Higher Education Alliance, $9,000, 2008, co-PI with Philip C. Jones and Jeffrey Ohlmann
Publications
Published or To Appear in Peer-Reviewed Journals
1.“Continuous Time Scheduling for Sugarcane Harvest Logistics in Louisiana.” International Journal of Production Research, to appear. (with Kamal Lamsal and Philip C. Jones)
2.“Restocking-Based Rollout Policies for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demand and Duration.” Transportation Science, to appear. (with Justin C. Goodson and Jeffrey Ohlmann)
3.“Integer Programming Techniques for Solving Non-linear Programs with an Application to Workforce Planning Models with Learning.” European Journal of Operational Research, 2015:242(3), 942 - 950. DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2014.10.060 (with Mike Hewitt, Austin Chacosky, and Scott E. Grasman)
4.“A Priori Orienteering with Time Windows and Stochastic Wait Times at Customers.” European Journal of Operational Research, 2014:239(1), 70 - 79. DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2014.04.040. (with Jeffrey Ohlmann and Shu Zhang)
5.“Scheduled Penalty Variable Neighborhood Search.” Computers & Operations Research, 2014:52(Part B), 170 - 180. DOI:10.1016/j.cor.2013.12.004 (with Emanuele Manni)
6. “Rollout Policies for Dynamic Solutions to the Multi-Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demand and Duration Limits.” Operations Research, 2013:61(1), 138 - 154. DOI:10.1287/opre.1120.1127. (with Justin Goodson and Jeffrey Ohlmann)
7.“The Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows: Adapting Algorithms from Travel-time to Makespan Optimization.” Applied Soft Computing, 2013:12(9), 3806–3815. (with Manuel López-Ibáñez, Christian Blum, and Jeffrey W. Ohlmann)
8.“Scrambled Experts: Team Handicaps and Win Probabilities for Golf Scrambles.” Journal of the Quantitative Analysis of Sports, 2013:9(3), 217–227. (with Scott E. Grasman)
9.“Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows.” EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, 2013:2(1), 89-107. DOI:10.1007/s13676-013-0018-0. (with Ann Campbell and Stacy Voccia)
10.“Network Design for Time-Constrained Delivery Using Subgraphs.” Computational Management Science, 2012:9(4), 531 - 542. DOI:10.1007/s10287-012-0154-2. (with Hui Chen and Ann M. Campbell)
11.“A Comparison of Anticipatory Algorithms for the Dynamic and Stochastic Traveling Salesman Problem.” Transportation Science, 2012:46(3), 374 - 387. (with Emanuele Manni and Gianpaolo Ghiani)
12.“Cyclic-Order Neighborhoods for Vehicle Routing Problems.” European Journal of Operational Research, 2012:217, 312 - 323, DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2011.09.023. (with Justin Goodson and Jeffrey Ohlmann)
13.“The Orienteering Problem with Stochastic Travel and Service Times Times.” Annals of Operations Research, 2011:186(1), 61 - 81, DOI:10.1007/s10479-011-0895-2. (with Ann M. Campbell and Michel Gendreau)
14.“Minimax Flow Tree Problems.” Networks, 2009:54(3), 117 - 129. (with Hui Chen, Ann M. Campbell, and Arie Tamir)
15.“The Stochastic p-Hub Center Problem with Service-Level Constraints.” Computers & Operations Research, 2009:36(12), 3166 - 3177. (with Thaddeus Sim and Timothy Lowe)
16.“Runtime Reduction Techniques for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Deadlines.” Computers & Operations Research, 2009:36, 1231 - 1248. (with Ann M. Campbell)
17.“Network Design for Time-Constrained Delivery.” Naval Research Logistics, 2008:55(6), 493 - 515. (with Hui Chen and Ann M. Campbell)
18.“Route Design for Lean Production Systems.” Transportation Science, 2008:42(3), 352 - 370. (with Jeffrey Ohlmann and Michael J. Fry)
19.“Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Deadlines.” Transportation Science, 2008:42(1), 1–21. (with Ann M. Campbell)
20.“Waiting Strategies for Anticipating Service Requests at Known Customer Locations.” Transportation Science, 2007:41(3), 319-331.
21."A Compressed-Annealing Heuristic for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows." INFORMS Journal on Computing, 2007:19(1), 80-90. (with Jeffrey Ohlmann)
22.“The Dynamic Shortest Path Problem with Anticipation.” European Journal of Operational Research, 2007:176(2), 836-854. (with Chelsea C. White III)
23."Anticipatory Route Selection." Transportation Science, 2006:38(4), 473 - 487. (with Chelsea C. White III)
Submitted for Publication
“A Rollout Algorithm Framework for Heuristic Solutions to Finite-Horizon Stochastic Dynamic Programs.” Revised and resubmitted, June 2015. (with Justin Goodson and Jeffrey Ohlmann)
“Harvest Logistics in Agricultural Systems with Multiple, Independent Producers and No On-Farm Storage.” June 2015. (with Kamal Lamsal and Philip C. Jones)
“Technician Routing with Experience-based Service Times.” Revised and resubmitted, May 2015. (with Xi Chen and Mike Hewitt)
“Sugarcane Harvest Logistics in Brazil.” Revised and resubmitted, April 2015. (with Kamal Lamsal and Philip C. Jones)
“Data-Driven Approaches for Emissions-Minimized Paths in Urban Areas.” Revised and resubmitted, March 2015. (with Jan Fabian Ehmke and Ann M. Campbell)
“Dynamic Orienteering on a Network of Queues.” January 2015. (with Shu Zhang and Jeffrey W. Ohlmann)
In Revision
“Vehicle Routing to Minimize Time-Dependent Expected Emissions in Urban Areas.” July 2015. (with Jan F. Ehmke and Ann Campbell)
“Integer Programming Techniques for Makespan Models that Recognize Human Learning.” Revised and resubmitted, July 2015. (with Huan Jin and Mike Hewitt).
“Shape-based Clustering for Vehicle Routing.” Submitted for publication, July 2015. (with Fahrettin Cakir and W. Nick Street)
Working Papers
“A Scheduled Penalty Variable Neighborhood Search for the Team Orienteering Problem with Time Windows.” July 2015. (with Emanuele Manni)
“Stochastic Task Assignment with Individual Learning.” July 2015. (with Silviya Valeva and Mike Hewitt)
“Same-Day Delivery Routing.” July 2015. (with Stacy Voccia and Ann M. Campbell)
“A Rolling-Horizon Approach for Sugarcane Harvest Logistics in the Brazil.” July 2015. (with Kamal Lamsal and Philip C. Jones)
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
“Dynamic Vehicle Routing.” Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Edited by James J. Cochran. Wiley, 2010.
“Challenges and Advances in A Priori Routing.” The Vehicle Routing Problem: Latest Advances and Challenges. Edited by Bruce Golden, Raghu Raghavan, and Edward Wasil. Volume 43 of Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces, Springer, 2008. (with Ann M. Campbell)
Other Book Chapters
“Lean in Healthcare.” Handbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems. Edited by Yuehwern Yih. Industrial and Systems Engineering Series, CRC Press, 2010. (with Philip C. Jones)
Conference Proceedings
"Vehicle Routing when Future Service Requests are Anticipated." Proceedings of the Intelligent Vehicle Symposium 2001, IEEE, 2001. (with Chelsea C. White III)
Other
“Anticipatory Route Selection Problems.” Ph.D. Thesis. University of Michigan, 2002.
"Developing Trace Routes to Better Accommodate Routing Air Packages On Trace." Technical Report. United Parcel Service, 2001.
"The Vehicle Routing Problem with A Priori Routes and Premium Stops." Technical Report. United Parcel Service, 2000.
Case Studies
“Process Improvement at the University of Iowa’s Hospitals and Clinics Infusion Suite.” 2007. (with Philip C. Jones and Sabi Singh)
Software
Djinni (v2.2)
A templatized C++ framework with Python bindings for heuristic search algorithms
“Computational Infrastructure for Operations Research,” August 2011. (with Jeffrey Ohlmann, Robert Hansen, Tristan Thiede, and Justin Goodson).
Presentations
“Technician Routing and Scheduling Problems with Experience-based Service Times.” Decision Support Group, Carl-Friedrich Gauss Department of Business Information Systems, Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, July 2015.
“Same Day Delivery.” Fourth Transportation Science and Logistics Workshop, Berlin, Germany, July 2015.
“Minimizing Time- and Load-Dependent Emissions in Vehicle Routing for Urban Areas.” ODYSSEUS 2015 6th International Workshop on Freight Transportation and Logistics, Ajaccio, France, June 2015.
“Same Day Delivery for Online Purchases.” Third Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization (VeRoLog), Oslo, Norway, June 2014.
“The Technician Routing Problem with Experience-based Service Times.” Third Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization (VeRoLog), Oslo, Norway, June 2014.
“Analytics: Bringing the Sexy Back . . . to Math.” Kelvin Lecture. Department of Mathematics, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, April 2014.
“Sugarcane Harvest Logistics.” Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Iowa, April 2014.
“A Rollout Policy Framework for Dynamic Programming Approximations to the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demand and Duration Limits.” Department of Systems and Engineering Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, August 2013.
“The Daily Technician Routing Problem with Experience-based Service Times.” Eighth Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN), San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, June 2013
“A Rollout Policy Framework for Dynamic Programming Approximations to the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demand and Duration Limits.” Department of Management of Technology and Innovation, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, August 2012.
“Sugarcane Harvest Logistics in Brazil.” ODYSSEUS 2012 5th International Workshop on Freight Transportation and Logistics, Mykonos, Greece, May 2012.
“A Rollout Policy Framework for Dynamic Programming Approximations to the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demand and Duration Limits.” Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Iowa, April 2012.
“A Rollout Policy Framework for Dynamic Programming Approximations to the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demand and Duration Limits.” Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, January 2012.
“Sugarcane Harvest Logistics in Brazil.” 19th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Melbourne, Australia, July 2011.
“A Rollout Policy Framework for Dynamic Programming Approximations to the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demand and Duration Limits.” Department of Industrial Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, March 2011.
“A Rollout Policy Framework for Dynamic Programming Approximations to the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demand and Duration Limits.” CIRRELT, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, February 2011.
“Scheduled Penalty Variable Neighborhood Search.” Sponsored Presentation. INFORMS, Austin, TX, November 2010.
“Process Excellence: A New Specialization for MBA Students.” Lean Educator Conference, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida, May 2010.
“Subgraph Design for Time-Constrained Delivery.” Sponsored Presentation. INFORMS, San Diego, CA, October 2009.
“Anticipatory Insertion and Sample-Scenario Planning for the Dynamic Traveling Salesman Problem.” Odysseus: Fourth International Workshop on Freight Transportation and Logistics, Cesme, Turkey, May 2009.
“An Empirical Analysis of Real-Time Heuristics for the Dynamic Traveling Salesman Problem.” Sponsored Presentation. INFORMS, Washington, D.C. October 2008.
“Network Design for Time-Constrained Delivery.” Optimization Days, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, May 2008.
“Teaching Operations Management as Process Improvement.” Invited Presentation. Lean Aerospace Initiative EdNet Workshop, Boeing Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, July 2007.
“Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Deadlines.” Invited Presentation. ROUTE 2007, Jekyll Island, Georgia, May 2007.
“Waiting Strategies for Anticipating Requests from Known Customer Locations.” Invited Presentation. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, January 2007.
“Waiting Strategies for Anticipating Requests from Known Customer Locations.” Invited Presentation. Department of Quantitative Analysis and Operations Management, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 2006.
“Solution Approaches to the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Deadlines.” Sponsored Session. INFORMS, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2006.
“Lean Academy: Using Rockwell Collins as a Real-time Case Study.” Sponsored Session. INFORMS, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2006.
“Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Deadlines.” Invited Presentation. Dipartimento di Matematica “Ennio De Giorgio,” University of Lecce, Lecce, Italy, October 2006.
“Waiting Strategies for Anticipating Requests from Known Customer Locations.” Invited Presentation. Dipartimento di Matematica “Ennio De Giorgio,” University of Lecce, Lecce, Italy, October 2006.
“Waiting Strategies for Anticipating Requests from Known Customer Locations.” Odysseus: Third International Workshop on Freight Transportation and Logistics, Altea, Spain, May 2006.
“How Can a Blacksmith Help UPS and FedEx Save Money?” Grinnell College, February 2006.
“Real-time Heuristics for Anticipating Customer Service Requests from Known Customer Locations.” Sponsored Presentation. INFORMS, San Francisco, CA, November 2005.
“Waiting Strategies for Anticipating Service Requests at Known Customer Locations.” Invited Presentation. 17th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Honolulu, HI, July 2005.
“The Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Deadlines.” United Parcel Service, Timonium, Maryland, September 2005. (with Ann Campbell)
“New Directions in Time-Constrained Routing.” Invited Presentation. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, November 11, 2004.
“Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Deadlines.” Invited Presentation. Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, November 9, 2004.
“New Directions in Time-Constrained Routing.” Invited Presentation. Department of Engineering Management, University of Missouri-Rolla, November 5, 2004.
“Waiting Strategies for Anticipating Service Requests at Known Customer Locations.” Sponsored Presentation. INFORMS, Denver, CO, October 2004.
“A Compressed Annealing Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows.” Sponsored Presentation. CORS/INFORMS, Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 2004.
“A Compressed Annealing Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows.” United Parcel Service, Timonium, Maryland, January 2004.
“A Compressed Annealing Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows.” Sponsored Presentation. INFORMS, Atlanta, GA, October 2003.
“Dynamic and Stochastic Shortest Path Problem with Anticipation.” Invited Presentation. INFORMS, San Jose, CA, November 2002.
“Anticipatory Route Selection.” Invited Presentation. NSF Workshop on Real-time Logistics, Long Beach, CA, April 2002.
“Anticipatory Route Selection.” Schneider Logistics, Inc., December 2001.
"Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows." Invited Presentation. INFORMS, Miami, FL, November 2001.
"A Comparison of Anticipatory and Reactive Routing Policies." Invited Presentation. INFORMS, Miami, FL, November 2001.
"Developing Trace Routes to Better Accommodate Routing Air Packages On Trace." United Parcel Service, July 2001.
"The Vehicle Routing Problem with A Priori Routes and Time Windows." United Parcel Service, August 2000.
"Anticipatory Tour Selection." Invited Presentation. INFORMS, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2000.
Student Supervision
Current Advising
Fahrettin Cakir, Department of Management Sciences (co-advisor with Nick Street)
Xi Chen, Department of Management Sciences
Huan Jin, Department of Management Sciences
Silviya Valeva, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
Shu Zhang, Department of Management Sciences (co-advisor with Jeffrey Ohlmann)
Students Advised
Stacy Voccia, 2015, Department of Management Sciences. (co-advisor with Ann Campbell)
Thesis: Stochastic Last-Mile Delivery Problems with Time Constraints
Position: Senior Operations Research Analytics, FedEx
Kamal Lamsal, 2014, Department of Management Sciences. (co-advisor with Philip C. Jones)
Thesis: Sugarcane Harvest Logistics
Position: Assistant Professor, School of Business, Emporia State University
Justin Goodson, 2010, Department of Management Sciences. (co-advisor with Jeffrey Ohlmann)
Thesis: Solution Methodologies for Vehicle Routing Problems with Stochastic Demand
Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Decision Sciences and Information Technology Management, St. Louis University
Hui Chen, 2008, Department of Management Sciences. (co-advisor with Ann Campbell)
Thesis: Network Design for Time-Constrained Delivery
Position: Analyst, Delta Airlines
Emanuele Manni, 2008, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Innovazione, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. (co-advisor with Gianpaolo Ghiani)
Thesis: Topics in Real-time Fleet Management
Position: Assistant Professor, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Innovazione, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
Thaddeus Sim, 2007. Department of Management Sciences. (co-advisor with Timothy Lowe)
Thesis: The Hub Covering Flow Problem and the Stochastic P-Hub Center Problem
Position: Assistant Professor, LeMoyne College
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee
Alexander Vinel, 2015. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.
Thesis: Mathematical Programming Techniques for Solving Stochastic Programming Problems with Certainty Equivalent Risk Measures
Amit Verma, 2014. Department of Management Sciences.
Thesis: Strategic Placement of Telemetry and Locomotive Refueling
Nicolas Leifker, 2010. Department of Management Sciences.
Thesis: A Continuous-time Examination of the Last Buy Problem
Dengfeng Zhang, 2008. Department of Management Sciences.
Thesis: Essays on Supply Contracts and Dynamic Pricing
Li Zhang, 2004, Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences.
Thesis: The p-Hub Center Allocation Problem and the q-Upgrading Arc Problem
Lifang Wu, 2004, Department of Management Sciences.
Thesis: Essays on Product Variety Management
Yuan Gan, 2003, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.
Thesis: Clustering Algorithms for Data and Knowledge Exploration
Ph.D. Candidacy Committee
Alex Vinel, 2014, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Amit Verma, 2013, Department of Management Sciences
Peter Likarish, 2010, Department of Computer Science
Nicholas Leifker, 2009, Department of Management Sciences
Dengfeng Zhang, 2007, Department of Management Sciences
Lifang Wu, 2003, Department of Management Sciences
Yuan Gan, 2002, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Courses Taught
University of Iowa
06K:100 Operations Management
06N:216 Data and Decisions
06N:229 Operations Management
6K:270 Dynamic Programming
06K:277 Management Sciences Topics: Dynamic Programming
6K:291 Strategy Deployment and the Lean Enterprise
06K:292 Supply Chain Management
06K:293 Seminar in Lean Practices
06K:294 Rapid Continuous Improvement
06K:295 Field Studies in Operations Management
University of Michigan
IOE 201 Engineering Economic Decision Making
Other
Lean Academy Healthcare, Veteran’s Administration VISN1, Bedford, MA, June 2009
Dynamic Programming (short course), Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Innovazione, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, May 2009
Internal Grants
University of Iowa Council on Teaching Instructional Improvement Award, $3500, co-PI
UI Foundation Midwest Resource, University of Iowa, $7500, 2006 – 2008, co-PI
UI Foundation Midwest Resources, University of Iowa, $2500, 2005, co-PI
Old Gold Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2004, $6000
UI Foundation Midwest Resources, University of Iowa, $2000, 2004, co-PI
UI Foundation Midwest Resources, University of Iowa, $1800, 2003, co-PI
Old Gold Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2003, $6000
New Technology in the Learning Environment Grant, University of Iowa, 2003, $2000
MidAmerican Energy Research Award, University of Iowa, 2003, $900, co-PI
Professional Affiliations and Activities
Boards
President, INFORMS Transportation and Logistics Society, January 2015 - present
Trustee, Grinnell College, 2005 - present
Member, Executive Committee, Grinnell College Board of Trustees, September 2010 - present
Chair, Trustee and Trustee Organizations Committee, Grinnell College Board of Trustees, May 2015 - present
Vice Chair, Grinnell College Board of Trustees, September 2014 - May 2015
Vice President/President Elect, INFORMS Transportation and Logistics Society, January 2014 - December 2014
Chair, Audit & Assessment Committee, Grinnell College Board of Trustees, September 2010 - September 2014
Vice President for Sections/Societies, INFORMS, 2011 - 2012
Communications Chair, INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society, 2008 - 2009
Secretary/Treasurer, INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society, 2006
Editorial Positions
Associate Editor, Transportation Science - Special Issue: Uncertainty in Logistics and Transportation Systems, May 2014 - present
Associate Editor, IIE Transactions, Focused Issue on Operations Engineering and Analytics, Transportation Systems Analysis Department, 2013 - present
Member, Editorial Board, Surveys in Operations Research and Management Science, 2013 - present
Associate Editor, Infor: Canadian Journal of Operational Research and Information Processing, June 2004 – present
Departmental Committees
Member, Fulltime MBA Analytics Academy Curricular Design Committee, January 2015 - present
Member, Department of Management Sciences Graduate Analytics Program Committee, August 2014 - present
Member, Department of Management Sciences Ad-hoc Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2011 - August 2012
Member, Department of Management Sciences Graduate Student Committee, 2003 – 2011
Co-coordinator of the Department of Management Sciences’ Ph.D. seminar series, 2002 – 2003
College Committees
Member, Tippie College of Business MBA Core Committee, 2002 – 2004, 2011 - present
Member, Strategic Innovation Career Academy Business Director Search Committee, May 2014 - June 2014
Chair, Tippie College of Business Elected Faculty Council, July 2013 - June 2014
Member, Tippie College of Business Task Force on Educational Excellence, August 2013 - June 2014
Member, Tippie College of Business Fulltime MBA Experience Revision Committee, August 2013 - June 2014
Member, Tippie College of Business Strategic Planning Core Committee, November 2012 - May 2013
Member, Tippie College of Business Strategy Planning Steering Committee, November 2012 - May 2013
Member, Tippie College of Business Elected Faculty Council, July 2012 - June 2013
Member, Tippie College of Business Dean’s Search Committee, August 2011 - March 2012
Co-founder and co-coordinator, Tippie College of Business Speaker Series in Transportation, 2003 – 2009
Professional Committees
Co-Chair, INFORMS New Faculty Colloquium, 2015 - 2016
Member, Scientific Committee, 2015 INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society Annual Workshop, 2015
Member, Scientific Committee, ODYSSEUS 2015, 2015
Member, Scientific Committee, 2014 INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society Annual Workshop, 2014
Co-Chair, Workforce Management and Engineering Invited Cluster, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2014
Member, Sections and Societies Committee, INFORMS, 2013 - 2014
Member, Grinnell College Young Innovators in Social Justice Prize Committee, January 2013 - April 2014
Member, Grant Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation, Service Enterprise Engineering, 2013
Chair, Sections and Societies Committee, INFORMS, 2011 - 2012
Chair, Subdivisions Council, INFORMS, 2012
Member, Analytics Certification Taskforce, INFORMS, 2012
Member, Scientific Committee, ODYSSEUS 2012, 2011 - 2012
Member, Dissertation Prize Committee, Transportation Science and Logistics Society, 2011
Member, Lean Advancement Initiative Ednet Lean in Healthcare Curriculum and Instructor Team, 2008 - 2009
Representative, INFORMS Subdivision Council from INFORMS Transportation and Logistics Society, 2007 - 2009
Member, IEEE Service Operations, Logistics, and Informatics Conference Program Committee, 2009
Member, Grant Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation, Service Enterprise Engineering, 2008
Editor, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) Transportation Science and Logistics Society Newsletter, 2007
Chair, Lean Aerospace Initiative Lean Academy Quality Module Revision Committee, Spring 2006
Member, Lean Aerospace Initiative Lean Academy Day 2 Curriculum Revision Committee, Fall 2005
Co-Chair, INFORMS Transportation/Logistics Section Cluster Denver, 2004
Invited Session Chair, INFORMS, San Jose, 2002
Other
Ad Hoc Referee for Computers & Industrial Engineering, Computers & Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, IEEE Transaction on intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Networks, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Networks, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, Operations Research, Transportation Science
Member of INFORMS, 1998 - present
Consulting
Via Cheese, LLC, Swanson, Vermont, 2008
Bandag, Inc., Muscatine, Iowa, 2005