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Operations Area Faculty

 

The Operations, Technology and Innovation Management Area, first and foremost, is a cohesive functioning faculty group who share a common vision  about the mission and future of the Area, who work cooperatively to achieve common goals, and who value the collegiality within the Area.

The OTIM faculty are leading experts in their areas of research having published in journals including: Management Science, Operations Research, MSOM, POMS, IIE and Decision Science. Their  research has been recognized at national and international levels. Professor Swaminathan´s research has been recognized with several national and international awards including - CAREER award , George Nicholson Prize and George Dantzig Best Dissertation Prize.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the journal Management Science the membership of INFORMS selected Professor Harvey Wagner's 1958 article Dynamic Version of the Economic Lot Size Model, coauthored with Thomas Whitin, as one of its ten most influential published papers.

The OTIM area faculty are renowned for their teaching and are often recognized by students as the top educators in the school. Professor Douglas Elvers was awarded the 2000 Tanner Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The award recognizes excellence in inspirational teaching of undergraduate students. 

In 2003 Associate Professor Wendell  Gilland was honored with the Weatherspoon Award for Excellence in MBA teaching.

In 2006 Professor and Chair Jay Swaminathan received the Weatherspoon Award for Excellence in PhD teaching.

Professor Ann Marucheck has been awarded the Weatherspoon Award for Excellence in Ph.D. teaching in 1986, 1991 and in 2000. 

Professor Brian Tomlin was also awarded the Weatherspoon Award for Excellence in undergraduate teaching in 2004.

Professor Swaminathan served as the Vice President of MSOM society in 2003-04.

In addition our faculty serve as editors and members of editorial boards of prominent journals such as Management Science, MSOM, POMS, IIE, Operations Research, Naval Research Logistics and IEEE

 

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Douglas A. ElversProfessor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919-962-3196 Emerituselvers@unc.edu
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Curtis P. McLaughlinProfessor Emeritus; Adjunct Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management  Emerituscurtis_mclaughlin@unc.edu
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David S. RubinProfessor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919-962-3151 Emeritusdavid_rubin@unc.edu
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D. Clay WhybarkMacon G. Patton Distinguished Professor919-962-3206 Emeritusclay_whybark@unc.edu
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John P. EvansPhillip Hettleman Distinguished Professor919-843-2025 Full-Time Activejack_evans@unc.edu
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Wendell G. GillandAssociate Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919-962-8465 Full-Time Activewendell_gilland@unc.edu
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J. Morgan JonesAssociate Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919-962-3178 Full-Time Activemorgan_jones@unc.edu
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Eda Kemahlioglu ZiyaAssistant Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919-962-8768 Full-Time Activeeda_kemahliogluziya@unc.edu
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Saravanan KesavanAssistant Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919 962-3140 Full-Time Activekesavans@unc.edu
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Dimitris KostamisAssistant Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919-962-3176 Full-Time Activedimitris_kostamis@unc.edu
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Lauren LuAssistant Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management919-962-3154 Full-Time Activelauren_lu@unc.edu
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Ann MarucheckArea Chair and Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919-962-3193 Full-Time Activeann_marucheck@unc.edu
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Adam MersereauAssistant Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919-962-8407 Full-Time Activeajm@unc.edu
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Alan W. NeebeProfessor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919-962-3204 Full-Time Activealan_neebe@unc.edu
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Ali ParlakturkAssistant Professor of of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919-962-3181 Full-Time Activeali_parlakturk@unc.edu
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Jayashankar SwaminathanSenior  Associate Dean and Kay and Van Weatherspoon Distinguished Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919-843-8341 Full-Time Activemsj@unc.edu
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Brian TomlinBenjamin Cone Research Scholar and Associate Professor 919-843-3620 Full-Time Activebrian_tomlin@unc.edu
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Harvey M. WagnerProfessor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management 919-962-3169 Full-Time Activehmwagner@email.unc.edu