University Catalog 2023-2024

Operations Research (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Required Courses17
Requirement A Course
Seminar in Operations Research
Requirement B Course
Select one of the following:
Linear Programming
Algorithmic Methods in Nonlinear Programming
Dynamic Programming
Requirement C Courses
Select four of the following:
Introduction to Operations Research
Introduction to Mathematical Programming 1
Linear Programming
Design and Analysis Of Algorithms
Algorithmic Methods in Nonlinear Programming 1
Experimental Statistics For Engineers II
Dynamic Systems and Multivariable Control I
Computer Methods and Applications
Probability and Stochastic Processes I
Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering
Simulation Modeling
Nonlinear Programming
Integer Programming
Dynamic Programming 1
Probability and Stochastic Processes II
Applied Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering
Queues and Stochastic Service Systems
Computer Simulation Techniques
Stochastic Simulation Design and Analysis
Elective Courses6-55
"Elective Courses" are determined in conjunction with the academic committee to meet the 72 total credit hours
Total Hours23-72

Professors

  • Kristin Barletta
  • John W. Baugh
  • Rada Yuryevna Chirkova
  • Joseph F. DeCarolis
  • Umut Dur
  • Shu-Cherng Fang
  • Yahya Fathi
  • Subhashis Ghoshal
  • Robert B. Handfield
  • Christopher Graham Healey
  • Hans Sebastian Heese
  • Ilse Ipsen
  • Kazufumi Ito
  • Jeffrey A. Joines
  • Carl Timothy Kelley
  • Russell E. King
  • Zhilin Li
  • George F. List
  • Ning Lu
  • Louis A. Martin-Vega
  • Maria A. Mayorga, Director & Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Operations Research
  • Negash G. Medhin
  • Rainer Mueller
  • Tao Pang
  • Harry G. Perros
  • William M. Rand
  • Ranji S. Ranjithan
  • Michael A. Rappa
  • Joseph P. Roise
  • George N. Rouskas
  • Munindar P. Singh
  • Ralph C. Smith
  • Matthias F.M. Stallmann
  • Julie LeAnne Swann
  • Hien T. Tran
  • Yannis Viniotis
  • Mladen Alan Vouk
  • Wenye Wang
  • Fen Wu
  • Zhaobang Zeng
  • Dmitry V. Zenkov

Associate Professors

  • Jacob J. Adams
  • Adolfo Raphael Escobedo
  • Zhishan Guo
  • Ali Hajbabaie
  • Arnav Jhala
  • Michael G. Kay
  • Eda Kemahlioglu-Ziya
  • Min J. King
  • Timothy C. Kraft
  • Yunan Liu
  • Osman Ozaltin
  • Andrew Papanicolaou
  • David Papp
  • Anderson de Queiroz
  • Thomas W. Reiland
  • Charles E. Smith
  • Hong Wan
  • Donald P. Warsing

Assistant Professors

  • Leila Hajibabai Dizaji
  • Xiaolei Fang
  • Daniela S. Jones
  • Jordan Kern
  • S. Sebnem Ahiska King
  • Shawn Mankad
  • Benjamin Rachunok
  • Sara Shashaani
  • Wentao Tang
  • Zhuoting Yu
  • Mengmeng Zhu

Research Assistant Professor

  • Brandon McConnell

Emeritus Faculty

  • Peter Bloomfield
  • Julie S. Ivy
  • Carl Timothy Kelley
  • Harry G. Perros