University Catalog 2025-2026

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Operations Research (MR)

Degree Requirements

Required Operations Research Seminar Course1
OR 601
Seminar in Operations Research
Core Course in Deterministic Models 53
Select one of the following courses:
OR/ISE 501
Introduction to Operations Research
OR 504
Introduction to Mathematical Programming
OR/MA/ISE 505
Linear Programming
OR 506
Algorithmic Methods in Nonlinear Programming
OR/MA 531
Dynamic Systems and Multivariable Control I
OR/MA 731
Dynamic Systems and Multivariable Control II
OR 565
Graph Theory
OR/MA 706
Nonlinear Programming
OR 708
Integer Programming
OR/ISE 709
Dynamic Programming
OR/MA 719
Vector Space Methods in System Optimization
OR/ISE/MA 766
Network Flows
Core Course in Stochastic Models 53
Select one of the following courses
OR/ISE 560
Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering
OR/ISE 562
Simulation Modeling
OR/ISE 709
Dynamic Programming 1
OR/ISE 760
Applied Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering
OR/ISE 761
Queues and Stochastic Service Systems
OR/ISE 762
Stochastic Simulation
OR/ISE 772
Simulation Optimization
MA/ST 546
Probability and Stochastic Processes I
MA/ST 747
Probability and Stochastic Processes II
Data Science and AI 4,53
Select one of the following courses
OR/CSC/ECE 579
Introduction to Computer Performance Modeling
OR/CE 537
Computer Methods and Applications
CSC 505
Design and Analysis Of Algorithms
MA 540
Uncertainty Quantification for Physical and Biological Models
ST 516
Experimental Statistics For Engineers II
ST 554
Analysis of Big Data
ST 558
Data Science for Statisticians
ISE 519
Database Applications in Industrial and Systems Engineering
ISE 535
Python Programming for Industrial & Systems Engineers
ISE 537
Statistical Models for Systems Analytics in Industrial Engineering
ISE 538
Practical Machine Learning for Engineering Analytics
Elective Courses 2,321
"Elective Courses" that will be applied to reach 31 credit hours will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee. Courses used to satisfy the required core courses requirement cannot be used to satisfy the elective course requirement.t
Total Hours31
1

OR 709 cannot be double counted for the deterministic and stochastic core course categories.

2

"Elective Courses" cannot be double counted if already used to fulfill the Required Courses or Core Courses requirements.

3

Must have at least 12 credits of OR prefix courses across core or elective courses.

4

Other graduate-level CSC, STAT or ISE courses may be substituted with approval.

5

Special topics courses (such as OR 591/OR 791, ISE 589/ISE 789, MA 591/MA 791) may be counted as appropriate core categories with DGP approval.

Professors

  • Kristin A. Barletta
  • John W. Baugh
  • Rada Yuryevna Chirkova
  • Huaiyu Dai
  • Joseph DeCarolis
  • Umut Dur
  • Do Young Eun
  • Shu-Cherng Fang
  • Yahya Fathi
  • Subhashis Ghoshal
  • Ali Hajbabaie
  • 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
  • Maria E. Mayorga, Director & Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Operations Research
  • Rainer Mueller
  • Osman Ozaltin
  • Tao Pang
  • David Papp
  • 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
  • Wenye Wang
  • Cranos M. Williams
  • Fen Wu
  • Zhaobang Zeng
  • Dmitry V. Zenkov

Associate Professors

  • Jacob J. Adams
  • Adolfo Raphael Escobedo
  • Xiaolei Fang
  • Zhishan Guo
  • Leila Hajibabai Dizaji
  • Arnav Jhala
  • Min J. Kang
  • Michael G. Kay
  • Eda Kemahliglu-Ziya
  • Jordan Kern
  • Timothy C. Kraft
  • Andrew Papanicolaou
  • Anderson de Queiroz
  • Sara Shashaani
  • Charles E. Smith
  • Hong Wan
  • Donald P. Warsing

Assistant Professors

  • Chao Chen
  • S. Mohammad Hosseinian
  • Daniela S. Jones
  • Shawn Mankad
  • Gal Mendelson
  • Benjamin Rachunok
  • Wentao Tang
  • Renran Tian
  • Mengmeng Zhu

Teaching Associate Professor

  • Sebnem Ashika King

Associate Research Professor

  • Brandon M. McConnell

Research Assistant Professor

  • Hana T. Chmielewski

Adjunct Associate Professor

  • Yunan Liu

Lecturer

  • Subramanian Pazhani

Emeritus Faculty

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