Powell Robinson

Dr. Robinson is a Professor of Supply Chain Management and a former President and Executive Director of the Decision Sciences Institute. Prior to joining UH, he was a faculty member and department head at Texas A&M University. He conducts research and consults in the areas of inventory management, facility network design, supply chain optimization, risk management and energy supply chains. He is currently focusing on designing sand supply networks to support drilling operations when the level of drilling activity is highly uncertain and varies over time.

Research Interests

• Business logistics
• S&OP Planning
• inventory management
• facility network design
• optimization

Education

• MBA in Marketing at The University of Texas
• Ph.D. in Operations Management from the University of Texas