Vita
Dilip Chhajed
Professor of Business Administration
Office Address
Department of Business Administration
1206 South Sixth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-3778 Fax (217) 244-7969
Home Address
2705 Willow Bend Rd.
Champaign, IL 61822
(217) 359-0386
Date Joined Faculty: August 21, 1989
Birthdate: 25 November 1962
Education
1986-89 Ph. D. (Management), Purdue University
1984-86 M.S. (Concentration: MIS), The University of Texas at Dallas
1979-84 B. Tech. (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Professional Positions
Director, Master of Science in Technology Management Program, 2005-
Academic Director, Master of Science in Business Administration - International Managers Program, 1999-
2005
Professor (2002-present); Associate Professor (1996-2002); Instructor and Assistant Professor (1989-1996),
Department of Business Administration, University of Illinois
Visiting Professor, Sogang Business School, Sogang University, South Korea, August 2007, 2008
Visiting Associate Professor of Management, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University,
2000-2003
Faculty-in-Residence, Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc., Spring 1998
MBA Faculty, International Postgraduate Management Center, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland,
December 1997, March 1999, July 2001, January 2003, March 2005
Faculty, OIC-Lublin, Poland, May 1998, March 1999, 2000
Membership in Academic Organizations
Production and Operations Management Society
Institute For Operations Research and Management Sciences
Section on Location Analysis, INFORMS
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society, INFORMS
Positions in Academic Organizations
Board Member, POMS College of Product Innovation and Technology Management, 2004-2006
Executive Vice-President, College on Location Analysis, The Institute of Management Sciences, 1993-1997
Academic and Professional Honors
Academic Leadership Fellow, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, 2007-08
Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Spring 2001, 2007, 2008
Executive Educator of the Year, 2000
Dissertation Prize, 1992, College On Location Analysis, The Institute of Management Sciences.
David Ross Research Fellow, Purdue University (1988-1989)
The Ameritech Dissertation Fellowship, The Center for the Management of Manufacturing
Enterprises, Krannert School of Management (1988-89)
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PUBLICATIONS
Books
1.
Chhajed D., Lowe T. (eds.), Building Intuition: Insights from Basic Operations Management
Models and Principles , Springer Publishing, 2008
Parts of Books (Refereed)
1.
Lowe, T.J. and D. Chhajed (2008),“The Median Problem,” Building Intuition: Insights from Basic
Operations Management Models and Principles , Chhajed D. and T.J. Lowe, Editors, Springer
Publishing, pp. 101-114.
2.
W. K. Chiang and D. Chhajed (2005), “Optimal Supply-Chain Channel Design in B2B Electronic
Commerce,” Supply Chain Optimization , Geunes, J. and P. Pardolas, Editors, Springer, 145-168.
3.
Lee, In, D. Chhajed and M. Shaw (2001), "A Strategic Evaluation Model for Flexible
Manufacturing Systems: Integration of Product, Process and Financial Features." Economic
Evaluation of Advanced Technologies: Techniques and Case Studies, Lavelle, Liggett, and Parsaei,
Editors, Taylor and Francis, 119-146. An extended abstract published in Results , Fall 1999, CCBA,
UIUC.
4.
Chhajed, D., R.L. Francis, and T.J. Lowe (2001), "Facility Location ", Encyclopedia of Operations
Research and Management Science , S. Gass and C. Harris, Editors, Kluwer Academic Publishers, second edition.
5.
Chhajed, D., T. J. Lowe and B. Montreuil (1993), "Integrated Station Location and Flow Network
Design for Manufacturing Systems Layout," Operations Research in Production Planning and
Control , G. Fandel, T. Gulledge and A. Jones, Editors, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, 120-
137.
Refereed Journals
1.
Blocher, J. and D. Chhajed (2008), “Minimizing Customer Order Lead-Time in Two Stage Assembly
Supply Chain,”
Annals of Operations Research , Vol. 161, 25-52
2.
Wu, Chongqi. N. Petruzzi, and D. Chhajed (2007), “Vertical Integration with Price-Setting Competitive
Newsvendors,” Decision Sciences , Vol. 38, 4, 581-610
3.
Mallik, S. and D. Chhajed (2006), “Optimal Temporal Product Introduction Strategies Under Valuation
Changes and Learning,” European Journal of Operational Research , 172, 2, 430-452.
4.
Chhajed, D. and K. Kim (2005), “Strict-Product-Ordering Approach in the Vertical Product Line Design
Problem,” IIE Transactions , 37, 4, 319-332 (Also featured in January 2005 Industrial Engineer
Magazine ).
5.
Baris, Y., N. Petruzzi and D. Chhajed (2005), “Integrated Product Returns System,” European Journal of Operational Research, 161, 1, 162-182.
6.
Chhajed, D. and K. Kim (2004), “The Role of Inclination and Part Worth Differences Across Segments in Designing a Price Discriminating Product Line,” International Journal of Research in Marketing, 21,
313-320.
7.
Lucas, M. and D. Chhajed (2004), “Location Problems in Agribusiness,” Journal of Operational
Research Society , 55, 6, 561-578
8.
Chiang, W. K., D. Chhajed, and J. D. Hess (2003), Direct Marketing, Indirect Profits: A Strategic
Analysis of Dual-Channel Supply Chain Design,” Management Science, 49, 1, 1-20.
9.
Kim, K. and D. Chhajed (2002), “Product Design with Multiple Quality-Type Attributes,” Management
Science , 48, 11, 1502-1511.
10.
Kim, K., D. Chhajed, and U. Palekar (2002), “A Comparative Study of the Performance of Push and Pull
Systems in the Presence of Emergency Orders,”
International Journal of Production Research , 40, 7,
1627-1646..
11.
Kim, K. and D. Chhajed (2001), “An Experimental Investigation of Valuation Change Due to
Commonality in Vertical Product Line Extension,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, ” 18, 4,
219-230. An extended abstract published in Results , Spring/Summer 2000, CCBA, UIUC.
12.
Kim, K. and D. Chhajed (2000), “Commonality in Product Design: Cost Saving and Cannibalization,”
European Journal of Operational Research , 125, 602-621.
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13.
Chhajed, D. and T.J. Lowe (2000), “Tooling Choices and Product Performance,” IIE Transactions, 32,
1, 49-58.
14.
Chhajed, D. and T.J. Lowe (1998), “Solving a Selected Class of Location Problems by Exploiting
Problem Structure: A Decomposition Approach,” Naval Research Logistics , 45, 8, 791-815.
15.
Blocher, J, D. Chhajed, M. Leung (1998), “Customer Order Scheduling in a General Job-Shop
Environment,”
Decision Sciences , 29, 4, 951-981.
16.
Hsu, N., D. Chhajed and T.J. Lowe (1998), “Tool Design Problems in a Punch Press Flexible
Manufacturing Systems,” IIE Transactions , 30, 4, 331-340.
17.
Chhajed, D. (1997), " Edge Coloring a K-Tree into Two Smaller Trees," Networks , 29, 191-194.
18.
Chhajed, D. and U. Palekar (1997), “Dominant Graphs for Rectilinear Network Design in the Presence of Barriers,” IIE Transactions , 28, 4, 255-263.
19.
Blocher, J.D., and D. Chhajed (1996), “The Customer Order Lead Time Problem on Parallel Machines,”
Naval Research Logistics , 43, 629-654.
20.
Sikora, R., D. Chhajed and M. Shaw (1996), “Integrating the Lot-Sizing and Sequencing Decisions for
Lead-Time Reduction in Printed Circuit Boards Manufacturing Environment,” Computers and Industrial
Engineering , 30, 4, 659-679.
21.
Raman, N. and D. Chhajed (1995), “Simultaneous Determination of Product Attributes and Prices, and
Production Processes in Product-Line Design,” Journal of Operations Management , 12, 3-4, 187-204.
22.
Chhajed, D. (1995), “A Fixed Interval Due-Date Scheduling Problem with Earliness and Due-Date
Costs,” European Journal of Operational Research, 84, 2, 533-549.
23.
Chhajed, D. and V. Chandru (1995), “Rectilinear Hull - Efficient Sets - Convex Hull: Relationship and
Algorithms,” ORSA Journal on Computing, 7, 1, 78-83.
24.
Chand, S., D. Chhajed, and R. Traub (1994), “Single Machine Scheduling with Fixed Delivery Dates,”
Production and Operations Management, 3, 4, 296-307.
25.
Chhajed, D. and T.J. Lowe (1994), “Solving Structured Multifacility Location Problems Efficiently,”
Transportation Science , 28, 1, 104-115 .
26.
Chhajed, D., R.L. Francis, and T.J. Lowe (1993), “Contributions of Operations Research to Location
Theory,” Location Science, 1, 4, 263-287.
27.
Chhajed, D. and T.J. Lowe (1992), “Locating Facilities which Interact: Some Solvable Cases,” Annals of
Operations Research , 40, 101-124.
28.
Chhajed, D. and T.J. Lowe (1992), “An O(np) Algorithm for a Special Case of the Multimedian
Location Problem on a Tree,” European Journal of Operational Research , 63, 2, 222-230.
29.
Chand, S. and D. Chhajed (1992), “A Single Machine Model for Determination of Optimal Due Dates and Sequence,” Operations Research , 40, 3, 596-602.
30.
Chhajed, D. and T.J. Lowe (1992), “M-Median and M-Center Problems with Mutual Communication:
Solvable Special Cases,” Operations Research, 40, 1, S56-S66 .
31.
Chhajed, D., B. Montreuil and T.J. Lowe (1992), “Flow Network Design for Manufacturing Systems
Layout,” European Journal of Operational Research, 57, 2, 145-161.
32.
Chhajed, D. (1988), “A Note on Minimizing the Maximum Deviation of Job Completion Time About a
Common Due Date,” Applied Mathematics Letters , 1, 161-163.
Published Proceedings (Non-Refereed)
1.
Kim, K. and D. Chhajed (2000), “Experimental Investigation of Valuation Change Due to Commonality in Product Design,” DSI Conference Proceedings, Orlando, 1180-1181.
2.
Chhajed, D., N. Xu, and T.J. Lowe (1994), “Tool Design Problems in a Punch Press Flexible
Manufacturing Systems,” ORSA Technical Section on Manufacturing Management (TECMAN)
Conference Proceedings, Pittsburgh, 25-30.
3.
Chhajed, D. and T.J. Lowe (1993), “A Generic Multifacility Location Problem: Examples and Solution
Procedure,” International Symposium on Location Decision (ISOLDE VI) Proceedings, Greece, 55-60.
4.
Chhajed, D. and N. Raman (1992), “Integrated Product and Process Design,” Proceedings of
International Conference on Optimization Techniques and Applications, Edited by K. H. Phua et al.,
World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1172-1180.
Other Publications
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Chhajed, D. and K. Kim (1995), “How Important are Leadtimes?” Purchasing Magazine , 119, October
5.
2.
Chhajed, D. and M. Viswanathan (1997), “Modern Supply Management Makes Market Entry Difficult?”
Purchasing Magazine , 121, September 4, 24-30.
Editorial Board
Associate Editor, INFOR (1997-2005)
Associate Editor, e-Locator (2000-)
Associate Editor, International Journal of E-Business Research (2004-)
Member Editorial Review Board, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (1996-) , International
Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management , (1994-)
Editorial Service (Including Ad Hoc Reviews and Proceedings)
Referee for
NSF Panel (2002, 2003)
Research Board, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009
KPMG/UIUC Measurement Program, 2002, 2003, 2004
South-West College Publishing, 1998 (Book Proposal).
Reviewed proposals for the Partnershipís Illinois Seed Grant (2 proposals), 1997.
Addison Wesley Longman, 1998 (Book Proposal).
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998 (Book Proposals).
Reviewed text book, Chase and Aquilano, Production and Operations Management, 1996.
Fourth Industrial Engineering Research Conference, 1995 (2)
Tenure Review
CUNY, Buffalo, 2008
Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, 2008
Syracuse University, 2007
Wake Forest University, 2005
Indiana University, 2003
Journals
European Journal of Operational Research, IIE Transactions, International Journal of Flexible,
Manufacturing Systems, Journal of Operations Management, Location Science, Management Science, Naval,
Research Logistic, Operations Research , OPSEARCH, OR Letters, OR Spectrum, ORSA Journal on
Computing, Production and Operations Management, Transportation Science, Manufacturing and Service
Operations Management, IEEE Transactions
Manuscripts - Not In Other Categories And Not Yet Accepted For Publications (Work-in-Process)
1.
Wu, Chongqi and D. Chhajed, “Optimal Channel Design and Pricing in a Centralized Distribution
System,” under review.
2.
Baris, Y., D. Chhajed, N. Petruzzi, “Remanufacturing Economics: Product and Contract Design,” under revision.
3.
Li, Kunpeng, D. Chhajed, and S. Mallik, “Extended Warranty Design in Supply Chain
Management” under review.
4.
Kim, K. and D. Chhajed “Commonality in Product Design under Horizontal Preference Structure,” under review.
5.
Shao, B. and D. Chhajed, “The Impact of Process Flexibility on First-Mover Advantages,” manuscript under review.
6.
Shao, B. and D. Chhajed, “Product Design for the Bottom of the Market,” manuscript under preparation.
7.
Shao, B. and D. Chhajed, “The Impact of Context Effect on Product Design,” manuscript under preparation.
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Li, Kunpeng, D. Chhajed, and S. Mallik, “The Interaction of Quality, Warranty, and Price,” inactive.
Research Grants
Office of Research, College of Business, Summer 2006, 2007, 2008
MBA Instructional Development Grant, 2007
Scholars Travel Fund (for 17 conferences)
UIUC Campus Research Board, $4950, 2005-06
College of Business, $7,500 Summer 2004
Office of Research, CCBA, Summer 2000-2001, 2003-05, 2007, 2008 25% RA
KPMG and UIUC Business Measurement Research, Summer 2002, 25% RA Center for Machine Tools
Systems Research, 1997-1998, $ 18,039.
Office of Research, College of Commerce and Business Administration, Fall 1995, $2,125.
College Research Support, CCBA, UIUC, Summer 1995, $5,500.
UIUC Campus Research Board, 1995-1996, $4,250.
Manufacturing Research Center Grant, UIUC, (with Mike Shaw), 1994-95, $17,452.
UIUC Campus Research Board (1994-1995), $4,453.
Manufacturing Research Center Grant, UIUC, (with Mike Shaw), 1993-94, $14,000.
College Research Support, CBA, UIUC, Summer 1993, $3,000.
Food and Agribusiness Management Program, UIUC (Summer 1992), 1/9 salary.
UIUC Campus Research Board, (with Narayan Raman), 1991-1992, $14,472.
UIUC Campus Research Board (Summer, 1990), $2,960.
Investors in Business Education Grant (Summer, 1990), 1/9 salary.
David Ross Research Fellowship , The Purdue Research Foundation, 1988-1989.
The Ameritech Dissertation Fellowship , The Center for the Management of Manufacturing
Enterprises, Krannert School of Management, 1988-89.
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED (Unpublished and not listed elsewhere)
Outside UIUC (many of these are with co-authors)
1.
“Commonality in Product Line Design under Negatively Correlated Preference Structure,” INFORMS,
San Diego, October 2009
2.
“System Components Bundling,” INFORMS, Washington, D.C., October 2008
3.
“Better Process Management,” Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur, July 2008
4.
“Commonality in Product Line Design under Horizontal Preference Structure,” University of Iowa, April
2008
5.
“Product Design for the Bottom of the Pyramid Market,” INFORMS, Seattle, November 2007
6.
“The impact of process flexibility on first-mover advantages.” INFORMS, Puerto Rico, July 2007
7.
“The impact of process flexibility on first-mover advantages.” INFORMS, Pittsburgh, November 2006
8.
“Impact of Context Effect on Product Design,” INFROMS, Hong Kong, June 2006
9.
“Design of Extended Warranty,” INFORMS, San Francisco, November 2005
10.
“Product Line Design Problem with Multiple Custom and Common Attributes,” POMS, Chicago, 2005
11.
“Extended Warranty Design in Supply Chain Management,” INFORMS, Denver, October 2004
12.
“Customer vs. Firm Selection of Sales Contract Parameters in Remanufacturing,” INFORMS, Denver,
October 2004
13.
“Simultaneous Channel and Quality Design for Channel Discriminating Customers,” INFORMS,
Denver, October 2004
14.
“Optimal Supply-Chain Channel Design in B2B Electronic Commerce,” NSF Supply Chain Conference,
Gainesville, FL, March 2004
15.
“The Interaction of Quality, Warranty, and Price,” INFORMS, Atlanta, October 2003.
16.
“Optimal Sales Contracting for Remanufacturing ,” INFORMS, Atlanta, October 2003.
17.
“Optimality of First Best Solution,” POMS, Savannah, April 2003.
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18.
“On the Appropriateness of Attribute-Level Ordering Approach in Vertical Product Line Design,” DSI
Annual meeting, San Diego, November 2002.
19.
“Optimal Temporal Product Introduction Strategies Under Valuation Changes and Learning ,”
INFORMS, San Jose, November 2002
20.
“Remanufacturing Economics: Product, Process, and Contract Design” INFORMS, San Jose, November
2002
21.
“An Integrated Product Return Model,” INFROMS meeting, Miami, November 2001.
22.
“Experimental Investigation of Valuation Change Due to Commonality in Product Design,” DSI Annual
Meeting, Orlando, November 2000.
23.
“Price Setting in Direct and Retail to Customer Supply Channels,” INFORMS Salt Lake City, May
2000.
24.
“Minimizing Customer Order Leadtime in a 2-Stage Assembly Flowshop,” INFORMS Cincinnati, May
1999.
25.
“Product Design with Multiple Attributes,” INFORMS meeting, Montreal, April 1998.
26.
“Product Design with Commonality,” 5 th Mid-West Roundtable on Manufacturing and Logistics, West
Lafayette, October 1998.
27.
“Edge Partitioning a K-Tree into Two Smaller Trees,” INFORMS meeting, San Diego, May 1997.
28.
“Modular Product Design,” XXIX Convention of the Operations Research Society of India, Mumbai,
India, December 1996.
29.
“Why Should You Reduce Your Leadtime,” INFORMS meeting, Washington, D.C., May 1996.
30.
“Tool Choices and Product Design: Specially Structured Integer Programming Problems,” INFORMS meeting, Washington, D.C., May 1996.
31.
“Six Blind People and the Elephant: After the Surgery (Integrated MBA Curriculum),” Production and
Operations Management Meeting, Indianapolis, April 1996.
32.
“Customer Order scheduling Problem on Dedicated Machines,” Production and Operations Management
Meeting, Indianapolis, April 1996.
33.
“Justifying Investment in Manufacturing Technologies,” 2nd Mid-West Round Table on Manufacturing and Logistics, Iowa City, December 1995.
34.
"A Decomposition Approach to Solve Location Problems, " INFORMS meeting, Los Angeles, April,
1995.
35.
"Scheduling Jobs with Multiple Jobs Customer Orders," XXVII Convention of Operations Research
Society of India, Calcutta, India, December 1994.
36.
"A Single-Machine Scheduling Model with Fixed-Interval Deliveries," (with S. Chand and R. Traub),
ORSA/TIMS meeting, Detroit, October 1994.
37.
"Tool Design Problems in a Punch Press Flexible Manufacturing Systems" (with Ning Xu and T. J.
Lowe), TIMS/ORSA meeting, Boston, April 1994.
38.
"Integrated Product Line Design and Process Selection," (with N. Raman), ORSA/TIMS meeting,
Phoenix, November 1993.
39.
"Customer Order Lead Time Problem," (with D. Blocher), Production and Operations Management
Society meeting, Washington, D.C., October, 1993.
40.
"Scheduling Customer Orders Problem," (with D. Blocher), TIMS/ORSA meeting, Chicago, May, 1993.
41.
"Location Problems in Agribusiness," Regional Science Association meeting, Chicago, November 1992.
42.
"Solving the Multifacility Location Problem by a Decomposition Approach," ORSA/TIMS meeting, San
Francisco, November 1992.
43.
"Integrated Station Location and Flow Network Design for Manufacturing Systems Layout," (with T. J.
Lowe and Benoit Montreuil), Joint US/German Conference on New Directions in Manufacturing and
Operations Research, NIST, August 1991.
44.
"Node Selection Problem: Application and Solvable Cases," (with T.J. Lowe), ORSA/TIMS meeting,
Philadelphia, October 1990.
45.
"M-median and M-center Problems with Mutual Communication: Solvable Special Cases," International
Symposium on Location Decisions, Fullerton, CA, June 1990.
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46.
"Relaxed Quadratic Assignment Problem on a Series-Parallel Graph," (with T. J. Lowe), TIMS/ORSA meting, Las Vegas, May 1990.
47.
"A Single Machine Model for Determination of Optimal Due Dates and Sequence," (with Suresh
Chand), ORSA/TIMS meeting, New York, October 1989.
48.
"Integrated Optimization Models for Layout and Flow Network Design" (with T. J. Lowe and B.
Montreuil), CORS/TIMS/ORSA meeting, Vancouver, May 1989.
49.
"Material Flow Network Design" (with T. J. Lowe and B. Montreuil), ORSA/TIMS meeting, Denver,
October 1988.
Discussant, Session Chair, Conference Organizer
Panelist, Doctoral Student Consortium, POMS Chicago Conference, April 2005
Co-Chair of Track on Product and Process Design, POMS Chicago Conference, April 2005
Co-Chair of Track on Product and Process Design, POMS San Diego Conference, April 2002
Organized the 3rd Mid-West Round Table on Manufacturing and Logistics, University of Illinois,
Champaign, October 1996.
Organized and chaired sessions at the following meetings:
INFORMS San Diego, April 1997, Application of Integer Programming Models
TIMS/ORSA Los Angeles, April 1995, Teaching Supply Chain Management
TIMS/ORSA Boston, April 1994 - Applications of Location Analysis
ORSA/TIMS San Francisco, November 1992 -
TIMS/ORSA Nashville, May 1991 -
ORSA/TIMS Philadelphia, October 1990 -
Location Analysis: Applications
Network Location
Integrated Models in Operations Management
Instructional Innovations and Development
Teaching note, “Process Fundamentals,” (with Suresh Chand), 2003
New Courses Developed
(1) MBA elective, Supply Chain Management (taught under various names), taught in Fall
1991,1992, 1993, 1997
(2) Ph.D. Seminar, Location and Distribution, taught in Spring 1992, and
(3) MBA Core Theme - Manufacturing and Service Operations, taught in Fall 1995.
(4) Ph.D. Seminar, Models in Operations Management, Spring 1997
(5) Executive MBA, Operations Management, Spring 1997
(6) MS-Tech Program, Project Management, Spring 2006
(7) Part-Time MBA Program, Process Improvement – A project based course, Fall 2006
Mini-case, Avanti Furniture (with Tom Finnegan). This case integrates production planning with budgeting.
It also requires the use of linear programming and sensitivity analysis. 2002
Mini-Case, Admit it, it’s too Late (with Gopesh Anand). This case is about admissions process at a major
University and provides an opportunity to do process analysis, develop flow chart, and observe process improvement in service setting. 2007
Developed the following games:
(i) The Distribution Game (1998).
(ii) The Boat Exercise used in MBA402, 1996-2000.
(iii) Kanban Demonstration, BADM467Ex, 1997.
Doctoral Dissertation Committee
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Wenjun Gu
Shao, Bin
Kunpeng Li
Chongqi Wu
Baris Yalabik
Kevin Chiang
In Lee
Kilsun Kim
Hongyan Shi
Qin Geng
A. Baiyee-Mbi
Shabbir Ahmed
Chialin Chen
Marilyn Lucas
Sanjeev Sinha
Selwyn Piramuthu
Bus. Adm.
Bus. Adm.
Bus. Adm.
Bus. Adm.
Bus Adm.
Bus. Adm.
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MIE
Bus. Adm.
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Bus. Adm.
2009-
2005-08
2002-08
2003-05
2001-06
1999-02
1996-98
1995-98
2010
2005-07
2002-03
1999-00
1999-01
1994-97
1994-96
1991
Chair
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Reading Member
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Executive Education
Ujjain Charitable Hospital, “Can Hospitals Learn from Toyota Production System,” September 2007
MS-Tech/MSBA Program, “ Bottleneck Management,” Spring 2005-2008
LEAD Summer Business Institute, “Process Management,” June 2006-2007, 2009
ADM Executive Training, October 2004, April 2005, September 2006, 2007
Student CBA Program, “Process and Supply Chain Management,” Spring 2003-2007
EMBA students from Ibmec Business School, Brazil, “Process Management,” June 2002
China Senior Managers, “Supply Chain Management,” September 2002
Veterinary Medicine CBA Program, Managing Processes: Improving Flow and Quality, March 2001
SPIM Program, Effective Project Management, February 2001
CBA Program, “Process Management,” April 2000, October 2000, March 2001, October 2001
SPIM Program, Effective Project Management, October 2000
SPIM Program, “Theory of Constraints,” December 1999
SPIM/PIM Program, “Effective Project Management,” April 1999
GRASIM Industries, India, “Quality Process,” June 1998.
SPIM Program, “Supply Chain Management,” September 1998.
Automotive Service Industry Association, “Supply Chain Management,” August 1998.
SPIM/PIM Program, “Effective Project Management,” May 1998.
China Senior Managers Program, “Fundamentals For Operations Excellence,” January 1998.
China Senior Managers Program, “Operations Management,” and “Supply Chain Management,” August
1996
Korean Officers from Government, Industry, and Academia, “Supply Chain Management: Critical
Elements,” February 1996.
China Senior Managers Program, “Operations Management: Design and Improvement,” August, 1995.
SERVICE
University
Parking System Review Committee, 2008-2009
Search Committee, Graduate College Dean, 2007-2008
Search Committee, IESE Department Head, 2006-2007
Faculty Advisory Committee, Technology and Management Program, 2003-4
Partnership Illinois Sector Committee on Manufacturing and Service, 1996-1998
Panelist, “An Ideal Graduate Student,” International Student Orientation, 2002, 2003
College
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Executive Committee, 2008-2009
Search Committee, Director of Budget and Resource Planning, 2007
Equal College Committee, 2006-2008
Executive Committee, 2006-2007
MBA Structure Committee, 2006-2007
Chair, P&T Appeals Committee, 2005
Academic Integrity Committee, 2003, 2004-
Part Time MBA Curriculum Committee, 2005
Research Policy Committee, 2004-2005
Academic Integrity Committee, 2004-
MBA Curriculum Committee, 2002-2004
Search Committee, Assistant/Associate OSBI Director, 2002
Search Committee, Associate Dean, MBA Program, 1999-2000, 2000-2001
EMBA Admissions Committee, 1999, 2000, 2001
EMBA Advisory Committee, 1999-
MBA Faculty Policy Advisory Committee, 1998-2002
Placement Committee, 1998-2000
Search Committee, Resource and Policy Analyst, EDC, 1998-1999
Coordinator, mini-ABP, 1996-2003
MBA Curriculum Committee, March 1995- 1996
Spring 1997 Applied Business Perspective Seminar Committee
Operations Management Track Coordinator, 1995-
Panelist in Academic Adjustment Session for entering international students, MBA
Orientation 1995, 1996, 1997
Coordinator of Spring 1996, Applied Business Perspective
Search Committee, Resource and Policy Analyst, EDC, 1996
Ad hoc Grades Appeal Committee for MBA Program 1996, 1997
Executive MBA Distance Learning Committee 1997
Department
Department Head Search Committee, 2009
Department Advisory Committee, 2008-2009
Chair, MS/PM Faculty Recruiting Committee, 2008-2009
Chair, MS/PM Visiting Faculty Recruiting Committee, 2006
Undergraduate Major Implementation Committee, 2006-
Chair, MS/PM Faculty Recruiting Committee, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008
Technology/Entrepreneurship Faculty Recruiting Committee, 2004-2005
Search Committee, Stellner Professorship, 2002-2003
Chair, MS/PM Faculty Recruiting Committee, 2001-2002
Department Advisory Committee, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2003-2004
Graduate Studies Committee, 1998-1999
Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1998-1999, 2001-2002
Department Head Search Committee, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2003
MSBA Advisory Committee, 1997-1999
Co-Chair, MS/PM Faculty Recruiting Committee, 1995-1996, 2000-2001
MSBA Admissions Committee, 1996, 1997
DIS Faculty Recruiting Committee, 1994-95
Faculty Advisor, Graduate Operations Management Association, 1994-1997
Organized DIS seminar series (1990-1995)
Unit Leader-Campus Charitable Fund Drive (1994-1995)
Operations Management Ph.D. Students Coordinator (1994-2000)
Professional
Co-Chair of Track on Product and Process Design, POMS Chicago Conference, April 2005
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Co-Chair of Track on Product and Process Design, POMS San Diego Conference, April 2002
Chair, MSOM Electronic Communications Initiative Committee, Manufacturing and Service
Operations Management Section of INFORMS, 1997.
Organized the 3rd Midwest Roundtable on Manufacturing and Logistics, October 12, 1996.
Name search committee for the INFORMS section formed by the merger of ORSA Section on Manufacturing Management and TIMS College on Production and Operations
Management, 1994-95.
Cluster chair for sponsored sessions on Location Analysis:
Washington D.C. INFORMS meeting, May 1996,
New Orleans INFORMS meeting , October 1995,
Los Angeles INFORMS meeting , April 1995,
Detroit ORSA/TIMS meeting , October 1994.
April 2010
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