Requirements
Requirements: Attendance for ALL SEMINARS and
three in-depth seminar critiques. Attendance of ALL
seminars is mandatory; appeals are required for any
absence. Each unapproved absence requires one
additional in-depth critique.
Absence: Absence of missed seminars must be
appealed in writing to the coordinator. An appeal should
have your name, student number, the date of seminar
missed and the reason(s). The appeal must be delivered
within one week of the absence. E-mailed appeals
are not acceptable. You are encouraged to
obtain approval before missing a seminar.
For
each appeal which is not approved, you have to write one
additional in-depth critique.
Guide Lines for In-Depth Critiques: If you are
registered in OR 590 for credit, you are responsible
for ‘in-depth’ critiques for three seminars this
semester. The in-depth critiques should be three pages
in length and double-spaced (font size 12). The
critiques should discuss the major points of the seminar
presentation, and assess their importance. The form of
the critiques must follow the outline shown below.
These in-depth critiques may be submitted to the
coordinator at any time during the semester. The last
day to submit the critiques is May 2, 2008 (5:00
pm.)
E-mailed
critiques are not acceptable.
Outline for
Critiques
Title: A Review of “_______________” (title of
the talk) by
“_____________” (name of the speaker.)
I. Overview of Seminar
Subject.
II. Key Topics.
III. Contributions of the Work Presented to the
Tools or Practice of Operations Research
IV. Assessment of the Presentation (as opposed
to the work)
·
Transparencies
·
Other visual aids
·
Speaking style
·
Organization of the presentation
·
Addressing questions
V. Summary (strengths,
weaknesses and benefit you received by attending).
OR590
Operations Research Colloquium Series
Spring Semester
2009
Refreshments
4:15 PM, Seminar 4:30-5:30 PM
102 Leonhard
Building
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January 13 Introduction, Requirements; Dr. M. Jeya Chandra, Chair, OR Program
January 20 Dr. Dennis Pegden, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Simio LLC, “Introduction to Simio: An Object- Based Modelling System.”
January 27 Dr. Russell Barton, Professor, Supply Chain and Information Systems, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University, “Quality Metrics and Monitoring for Supply Chain”.
February 17 Dr. Antonios Armaou , Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, “Optimal Operation & Control of Multiscale Chemical & Biological Processes”.
February 24 Dr. Amanda Schmitt, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, "Modeling and Mitigating Supply Chain Disruptions.”
March 3 Dr. Hoang Pham, Professor and Department Head, Department of Industrial Engineering, Rutgers University, “Research and Challenges in Reliability”
March 17 Mr. Joseph Wilck, Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, University of Tennessee, “Solving the Split Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem."
March 24 Dr. Jeffrey Kharoufeh, Associate Professor, , Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, “Unreliable Retrial Queues in a Random Environment.”
March 31 Dr. Robert Weaver, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Penn State University.
April 14 Dr. Gautam Natarajan, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas A & M University, “ Operations Research for Energy Efficiency with Applications to Data Centers.”
April 28 Ms. Deborah Montague, Walt Disney World, “Revenue and Profit Management at Walt Disney World.”