News & Events

Yao Zhao, PhD

Professor in

Supply Chain Management

News & Events

Talk at MIT – SDM on 787 Dreamliner:

News:

·      5/23-25/2016: The second Chinese Executive Certificate program in Supply Chain Analytics will be jointly held by RBS Executive Education and Supply Chain Analytics Lab.

·      5/9/2016: PhD students Arim Park, Fred Li and Maryam Mahdikhani won the 2016 Dean’s summer research fund.

·      5/18/2015: Dr. Raza Rafique received an offer from the # 1 business school in Pakistan, the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), and will become a tenure-track assistant professor in its Suleman Dawood School of Business in July. Congratulations!

·      4/8/2015: Anh Ninh successfully defended his PhD thesis today. He will join the College of William and Mary soon as a tenure-track assistant professor in Operations Research.

·      3/31/2015: He (Bonnie) Zhang, a current PhD student, won summer research assistantship from the Dean’s office by her study of coauthor network. She also secured a data analytics intern at German Academic Exchange Service for summer 2015.

·       3/5/2015: Dr. Adam Fleischhacker (graduated in 2008) got tenure from the University of Delaware. Congratulations!

·       3/4/2015, 3-5pm at 1WP 508: The PhD job-placement Seminar.  5 successful recent graduates contributed to “Lessons Learned Forum - How to Secure a Great Job?” They are Drs. Anh Ninh (William and Mary), Xin Xu (Ernst Young), Andy Johnson (Rowan), Jim Shi (NJIT) and Raza Rafique (Fulbright scholar). Open to SCMMS and MSIS PhD students.

 

Research Seminars by Dr. Zhao

·      2/2015: “Breaking the Vicious Cycle – A Supply Chain Management Perspective on Pakistan’s Energy Crises” at Rutgers Energy Institute, Rutgers University, NJ.

·      10/2014: “Collaborative Innovation: Lessons from 787 Dreamliner” at Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, MD.

·      9/2014: “Collaborative Innovation: Lessons from 787 Dreamliner” at Alfred Lerner School of Business and Economics, University of Delaware, DE.

·      2/2014: “Why 787 Slips Were Inevitable?” at Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, MI.

·      11/2013: “Why 787 Slips Were Inevitable?” IBM Watson Research Center, NY.

·      10/2013: “Why 787 Slips Were Inevitable?” at Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, IL.

·      9/2013: “Why 787 Slips Were Inevitable?” at Operations Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA.

·      4/2013: “Why 787 Slips Were Inevitable?” at Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Northwestern University, IL.

·      3/2013: “Why 787 Slips Were Inevitable?” at IEOR/DRO Distinguished seminar series, Columbia University, NY.

·      1/2013: “Personalized Prediction Models for Warfarin Patients” at New York Presbyterian Hospital, NY.

·      12/2012: “Why 787 Slips Were Inevitable?” at Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, AZ.

·      6/2012: “Positioning Inventory in Clinical Trial Supply Chains”. International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering, MD.

·      05/2010: “Resell vs. Direct Models in Brand Drug Distribution” at Dept. of  Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY.

·      11/2009: “Resell vs. Direct Models in Brand Drug Distribution” at Expeditors International, NJ.