University Catalog 2024-2025

Operations Research (MR)

Degree Requirements

Required Courses15
Requirement A Courses
Seminar in Operations Research
Requirement B Courses
Select one of the following courses:
Linear Programming
Algorithmic Methods in Nonlinear Programming
Dynamic Programming
Requirement C Courses
Select four of the following courses:
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
Stochastic Simulation
Advanced Stochastic Simulation
Elective Courses15
"Elective Courses" that will be applied to reach 30 credit hours will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee 2
Total Hours30
1

OR 505, OR 506, and OR 709 cannot be double counted toward "Requirement C" courses if already used toward "Requirement B" courses.

2

"Elective Courses" cannot be double counted if already used to fulfill requirements "A-C" courses

Professors

  • Kristin A. Barletta
  • John W. Baugh
  • Rada Yuryevna Chirkova
  • Huaiyu Dai
  • Joseph DeCarolis
  • Umut Dur
  • Shu-Cherng Fang
  • Yahya Fathi
  • Subhashis Ghoshal
  • Robert B. Handfield
  • Christopher Graham Healey
  • Hans Sebastian Heese
  • Ilse Ipsen
  • Jeffrey A. Joines
  • Russell E. King
  • Zhilin Li
  • George F. List
  • Edgar Lobaton
  • Ning Lu
  • Louis A. Martin-Vega
  • Maria A. Mayorga, Director & Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Operations Research
  • Negash G. Medhin
  • Rainer Mueller
  • Tao Pang
  • 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 Kemahliglu-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

  • Chao Chen
  • Leila Hajibabai Dizaji
  • Xiaolei Fang
  • Seyedmohammadhossein Hosseinian
  • 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 M. McConnell

Emeritus Faculty

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