Senay Solak

Education

PhD Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology MS Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute Of Technology BS Electrical Engineering, United States Naval Academy

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Operations Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 9/2014-Present Assistant Professor of Operations Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 9/2008-8/2014

Research Interests

• Airline and Airport Operations
• Technology/R&D Portfolio Management
• Nonprofit Operations including Healthcare
• Stochastic Modeling and Optimization

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate

• Manufacturing and Service Operations Methods
• Business Process Simulation

Masters

• Supply Chain Management
• Stochastic Models

PhD

• Stochastic Models
• Supply Chain Management

Recent Honors & Awards

Best Publication Award in Environment and Sustainability, INFORMS Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment Section, 2017 Outstanding Paper Award in Air Transportation, INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society, 2016 Research Excellence Award, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015 Outstanding Researcher Award, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014 Best Paper Award in Computer and Information Systems, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Annual Conference, 2014 Honorable Mention, INFORMS Section on Public Programs, Services and Needs (SPPSN) Best Paper Award, 2013 Best Paper Award in Operations Research and Management, 3rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 2012 Best Paper Award in Conference, Second Place, 28th Digital Avionics System Conference, 2009 Best Paper Award in Air Traffic Management, 28th Digital Avionics System Conference, 2009

Selected Publications

"Optimizing Foreclosed Housing Acquisitions in Societal Response to Foreclosures", with A. Bayram, M. Gumus, Y. Zhuo, Operations Research, accepted (2018).

“Optimal Metering Point Configurations for Optimized Profile Descent Based Arrival Operations at Airports”, with H. Chen, Transportation Science, 52 (1), pp. 150-170 (2018).

“Stochastic Runway Scheduling,” with G. Solveling, J-P. Clarke, E. Johnson, Transportation Science, 52 (4), pp. 739-1034 (2018).

"Models for Single-sector Stochastic Air Traffic Flow Management under Reduced Airspace Capacity," with Y. Chang, J-P. Clarke, E. Johnson, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 67 (1), pp. 54-67 (2016).

"Value of Extended Time-based Metering in Optimized Profile Descent Operations," with H. Chen, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2600, pp. 27–38 (2016).

"Lower Cost Arrivals for Airlines: Optimal Policies for Managing Runway Operations under Optimized Profile Descent," with H. Chen, Production and Operations Management, 24 (3), pp. 402-420 (2015).

"Stochastic Models for Strategic Resource Allocation in Foreclosed Housing Acquisitions," with A. Bayram, M. Johnson, European Journal of Operational Research, 233 (1), pp. 246-262 (2014).

"Management of Energy Technology for Sustainability: How to Fund Energy Technology R&D," with E. Baker, Production and Operations Management, 23 (3), pp. 348-365 (2014).