Industrial Engineering

Golbon Zakeri

Professor

201C Engineering Lab I

University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

gzakeri@umass.edu

(413) 577 - 4290

(413) 545 - 1027

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Education

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1995

Research

Professor Zakeri’s research interests are analytics, economics and optimization under uncertainty with particular application to the electricity sector.

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Renewable Energy

Publications

Please see my Google Scholar page for full list.

Refined experimental design and response surface methodology workflow using proxy numerical models for probabilistic geothermal resource assessment, (with A. E. Ciriaco, W. Mannington and S. J. Zarrouk), Geothermics, 2020, 88, art. no. 101911.
On stochastic auctions in risk-averse electricity markets with uncertain supply, (with Ryan Cory-Wright), Operations Research Letters, 2020, 48 (3), pp. 376- 384.
Geothermal resource and reserve assessment methodology: Overview, analysis and future directions, (with A. E. Ciriaco and S. J. Zarrouk), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020, 119, art. no. 109515.
Co-optimization of demand response and interruptible load reserve offers for a price-making major consumer, (with M. Habibian, M. Ferris, A. Downward and M. Anjos), Energy Systems, 2020, 11 (1), pp. 45-71.
Multistage stochastic demand-side management for price-making major consumers of electricity in a co-optimized energy and reserve market, (with M.Habibian and A. Downward)European Journal of Operational Research, 2020, 280 (2), pp. 671-688.
Payment mechanisms for electricity markets with uncertain supply, (with Ryan Cory-Wright and Andy Philpott), Operations Research Letters, 2018, 46 (1), pp. 116-121.
Pricing wind: A revenue adequate, cost recovering, uniform price auction for electricity markets with intermittent generation, (with G. Pritchard, E. Bjorndal and M. Bjorndal), INFORMS Journal on Optimization, 2019, 1 (1), pp 35–48.
Single and Multi-settlement Approaches to Market Clearing under Demand Uncertainty, (with J. Khazaei and S. Oren), Operations Research, 2017, 65 (5), pp 1147–1164.
Investment and generation optimization in electricity systems with intermittent supply, (with A. Wu and A. Philpott), Energy Systems, 2017, 8, pp 127–147, DOI: 10.1007/s12667-016-0210-z.
Non-invasive test scheduling of the grid over live electricity markets, (with S.Batstone and G. Pritchard), Interfaces 2016, 46 (6), pp 482–492, DOI 10.1287/inte.2016.0865.

Links

CV:

resume-full.pdf

Anuj K. Pradhan

Assistant Professor

anujkpradhan@umass.edu

Research Website: Pradhan Research Group

Lab Website: Human Performance Laboratory

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Education

Post-doc, National Institutes of Health

PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009

MS, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004

B.E. Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, 1998

Research

Transportation Safety

Driver Behavior

Human Factors

Automated Vehicles

Driving Simulation

Young Drivers

Training & Education

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Human Factors

Publications

Selected Publications
Please see my Google Scholar page for a complete list

Pradhan, A.K., Jeong, H., Ross, B. (2019). Is Driving Simulation a Viable Method for Examining Drivers' Ethical Choices? An Exploratory Study. Tenth International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design
Pradhan, A.K., Crossman, J., Sypniewski, A. (2019). Improving Driver Engagement During L2 Automation: A Pilot Study. Tenth International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design
Du, N., Haspiel, J., Zhang, Q., Tilbury, D., Pradhan, A. K., Yang, X. J., & Robert Jr, L. P. (2019). Look who’s talking now: Implications of AV’s explanations on driver’s trust, AV preference, anxiety and mental workload. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 104, 428-442.
Du, N., Ayoub, J., Zhou, F., Pradhan, A., Robert Jr, L., Tilbury, D., ... & Yang, X. J. (2019). Examining the impacts of drivers’ emotions on takeover readiness and performance in highly automated driving. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 63rd Annual Meeting
Zhang, Y., Kang, T. P., Flannagan, M., Bao, S., Pradhan, A., & Sullivan, J. (2019). Hazard Cuing Systems for Teen Drivers: A Test-Track Evaluation on Mcity. SAE Technical Paper No. 2019-01-0399.
Pradhan, A. K., Sullivan, J., Schwarz, C., Feng, F., & Bao, S. (2018). Training and Education: Human Factors Considerations for Automated Driving Systems. In Meyer & Beiker (Eds.) Road Vehicle Automation Vol. 5 (pp. 77-84). Springer, Cham.
Molnar, L., Ryan, L., Pradhan, A.K., Eby, D.W., St. Louis, R., Zakrajsek, J., (2018). Understanding trust and acceptance of automated vehicles: An exploratory simulator study of transfer of control between automated and manual driving. Transportation Research Part F.
Buckley, L., Kaye, S., Pradhan, A.K., (2018). Psychosocial factors associated with intended use of automated vehicles: A simulated driving study. Accident Analysis and Prevention
Buckley, L., Kaye, S., Pradhan, A.K., (2017). A qualitative examination of drivers’ response to partially automated vehicles. Transportation Research Part F
Molnar, L.J., Pradhan, A.K., Eby, D.W., Ryan, L., St. Louis, R., Zakrajsek, J., Ross, B., Lin, B.T., Liang, C., Zalewski, B., Zhang, L. (2017). Age-Related Differences in Driver Behavior Associated with Automated Vehicles and the Transfer of Control between Automated and Manual Control: A Simulator Evaluation. (UMTRI Report - 2017).
Flannagan, M., Bao, S., Pradhan, A., Sullivan, J. et al. (2017), "Varying Levels of Reality in Human Factors Testing: Parallel Experiments at Mcity and in a Driving Simulator," SAE Technical Paper 2017-01-1374, 2017, doi:10.4271/2017-01-1374.
Pradhan, A.K. & Crundall, D. (2016) Hazard Avoidance in Young Drivers: Definitions and a Framework. In Fisher, Horrey, Caird, Trick (Eds.) Handbook of Teen and Novice Drivers, CRC Press.
Sullivan, J.M., Flannagan, M.J., Pradhan, A.K., Bao, S. (2016). Literature Review of Behavioral Adaptation to Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Washington DC
Pradhan, A. K., Buckley, L., & Hu, X. S. F. (2015). Risk-Taking Behaviors and Prefrontal Cortex Activity of Male Adolescents in the Presence of Peer Passengers during Simulated Driving: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Study (UMTRI Report - ATLAS-2015-05).
Simons-Morton, B.G., Klauer, S.G., Ouimet, M.C., Guo, F., Albert, P., Lee, S.E., Ehsani, J.P., Pradhan, A.K., Dingus, T.A. (2015). Naturalistic teenage driving study: Findings and lessons learned. Journal of safety research 54, 41-e29.
Ouimet, M.C., Pradhan, A.K., Brooks-Russell, A., Ehsani, J.P., Berbiche, D., Simons-Morton, B.G., (2015). Young drivers and their passengers: A systematic review of epidemiological studies on crash risk. Journal of Adolescent Health
McDonald, C. C., Goodwin, A. H., Pradhan, A. K., Romoser, M. R., & Williams, A. F. (2015). A review of hazard anticipation training programs for young drivers. Journal of Adolescent Health, 57(1), S15-S23.
Liu, D., Tran, V., Pradhan, A.K., Li, K., Bingham, C.R., Simons-Morton, B.G., Albert, P.S., (2014). Assessing Risk-Taking in a Driving Simulator Study: Modeling Longitudinal Semi-Continuous Driving Data Using a Two-Part Regression Model with Correlated Random Effects. Analytic Methods in Accident Research
Cascio, C., Carp, J., O’Donnell, M.B., Tinney, F.J., Bingham, C.R., Shope, J.T., Ouimet, M.C., Pradhan, A.K., Simons-Morton, B.G., Falk, E.B. (2014). Buffering social influence: Neural correlates of response inhibition predict driving safety in the presence of a peer. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Pradhan, A.K., Li, K., Bingham, C.R., Simons-Morton, B.G., Ouimet, M.C., Shope, J.T., (2014) Peer passenger influences on teen drivers’ visual scanning behavior during simulated driving. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54(5), S42–S49. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.01.004
Simons-Morton, B. G., Guo, F., Klauer, S. G., Ehsani, J. P., & Pradhan, A. K. (2014). Keep your eyes on the road: young driver crash risk increases according to duration of distraction. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54(5 Suppl), S61–7. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.11.021
Falk, E. B., Cascio, C. N., Brook O’Donnell, M., Carp, J., Tinney, F. J., Bingham, C. R., Shope, J.T., Ouimet, M. C., Pradhan, A. K., Simons-Morton, B. G. (2014). Neural Responses to Exclusion Predict Susceptibility to Social Influence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54(5), S22–S31. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.12.035
Simons-Morton, Bingham, Falk, Li, Pradhan, Ouimet, Almani, Shope (2014) Experimental Effects of Injunctive Norms on Simulated Risky Driving Among Teenage Males. Health psychology,33(7), 616.
Ouimet, M.C., Pradhan, A.K., Simons-Morton, B.G., Divekar, G., Mehranian, H., Fisher, D.L. (2013). The effect of male teenage passengers on male teenage drivers: Findings from a driving simulator study. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 58, 132-139
Simons-Morton, B., Bingham, R., Ouimet, M.C., Pradhan, A.K., Chen, R., Barretto, A., Shope, J., (2013) The Effect on Teenage Risky Driving of Feedback From a Safety Monitoring System: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Adolescent Health, 53 (1), 21-26
Pradhan, A.K., Divekar, G., Masserang, K., Romoser, M., Zafian, T., Blomberg, R.D., Thomas, F.D., Reagan, I., Knodler, M., Pollatsek, A., Fisher, D.L. (2011) The Effects of Focused Attention Training (FOCAL) on the Duration of Novice Drivers’ Glances Inside the Vehicle. Ergonomics, Vol 54; Issue 1; 917-931
Pradhan, A.K., Pollatsek, A., Knodler, M.A. and Fisher, D.L. (2009) Can Novice Drivers be Trained to Scan for Information Which Will Reduce Their Risk in Roadway Traffic Scenarios That are Hard to Identify as Hazardous? Ergonomics, 52:6, 657-673 [Liberty Mutual Award, Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors]
Fisher, D. L., Pradhan, A. K., Pollatsek, A. and Knodler, M. A. (2007) Empirical Evaluation of Hazard Anticipation Behaviors in the Field and on Driving Simulator Using an Eye Tracker. Transportation Research Record, No. 2018, pp. 80-86.
Pollatsek, A., Fisher, D. L. and Pradhan A. K. (2006) Identifying and Remediating Failures of Selective Attention in Younger Drivers. Current Directions in Psychological Science. Volume 15. Number 5, 255-259
Pradhan, A. K., Fisher, D. L. and Pollatsek, A. (2006) Risk Perception Training for Novice Drivers: Evaluating Duration of Effects of Training on a Driving Simulator. Transportation Research Record, No. 1969, pp. 58-64
Pollatsek, A., Narayanaan, V., Pradhan, A. K. and Fisher, D. L. (2005). The Use of Eye Movements to Evaluate a PC-Based Risk Awareness and Perception Training (RAPT) Program on an Advanced Driving Simulator. Human Factors, Volume 48, Number 3, 447-464.
Pradhan, A. K., Hammel, K. R., DeRamus, R., Pollatsek, A., Noyce, D. A. and Fisher, D. L (2005). Using Eye Movements to Evaluate Effects of Driver Age on Risk Perception in a Driving Simulator. Human Factors, Volume 47, No 4, 840-852

Honors

Liberty Mutual Award

Society Memberships:

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Society of Automotive Engineers
Transportation Research Board

Links

Lab Affiliation:

Lab Website: Human Performance Laboratory

Shannon Roberts

Assistant Professor

Marston Hall, 120F

160 Governors Drive
Amherst MA 01003

scroberts@umass.edu

(413) 545 - 2165

Roberts Research Group

Human Performance Laboratory

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Education

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
M.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2011
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2014

Research

Human Factors
Transportation Safety
Driver Feedback
Social Influence and Social Networks
Driver Behavior Modeling and Simulation
Young and Older Driver Training

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Human Factors

Publications

Fournier, N., Bakhtiari, S., Valluru, K. D., Campbell, N., Roberts, S. C., Christofa E., & Knodler, M. K. (2020). Accounting for bicycling frequency and familiarity with bicycle infrastructure treatments when evaluating safety. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 137
Roberts, S. C., Smith-Doerr, L., Zilberstein, S., Renski, H., Branch, E. H., & Wilkerson, T. (2019) Automation, work, and racial equity: How human systems engineering can shape the future of work. In R. D. Roscoe, E. K. Chiou, & A. R. Wooldridge (Eds.), Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice through Human Systems Engineering (pp. 191-214). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Zhang, F., Mehrotra, S., Roberts, S. C. (2019). Driving distracted with friends: Effect of passengers and driver distraction on young drivers’ behavior. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 132.
Ebadi, Y., Fisher, D., & Roberts, S. C. (2019). Impact of cognitive distractions on drivers’ hazard anticipation behavior in complex scenarios. Transportation Research Record, 2673 (9), 440-451
Lee, J., Roberts, S. C., Reimer, B., & Mehler, B. (2017). Does order matter? Investigating the effect of sequence on glance duration during on-road driving. PLOS ONE, 12(2).
Roberts, S. C., Horrey, W. J., & Liang, Y. (2016). Measurement of driver calibration and the impact of feedback on drivers’ estimates of performance. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 88, 150-158.

Honors

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society—Stephanie Binder Young Professional Award, Surface Transportation Technical Group, 2019
University of Massachusetts Amherst—Center for Research on Families Scholar, 2018-2019
University of Massachusetts Amherst—Industrial Engineering Professor of the Year (Student Voted), 2017-2018
U.S. Department of Transportation—Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellow, 2013-2014
National Science Foundation—Graduate Research Fellow, 2010-2013

Society Memberships:

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Transportation Research Board

Links

CV:

SCR_Biosketch_MIE Website.pdf

Chaitra Gopalappa

Associate Professor

120D Marston Hall

160 Governors Drive

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA 01003-2210

chaitrag@umass.edu

(413) 545-2306

(413) 545-1027

Disease Prediction and Prevention Modeling

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Education

B.E. in Industrial Engineering, Bangalore Institute of Technology, 2002

Masters in Industrial Engineering, University of South Florida, 2006

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of South Florida, 2010

Research

Systems simulation modeling, applied probability modeling, and economic analysis in public health, such as: projecting future cases of HIV and other STIs and analyzing impact and cost-effectiveness of national intervention strategies; and estimating transition parameters for modeling natural history of cancer and projecting disease burden.

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Publications

Stover, J., Gopalappa, C., Mahy, M., Doherty, M.C., Easterbrook, P.J., Weiler, G., and Ghys, P.D., The impact and cost of the 2013 WHO recommendations on eligibility for antiretroviral therapy, AIDS, 28 Suppl. 2:S225-30, 2014
Gopalappa, C., Stover, J., Shaffer, N., and Mahy, M., The Costs and Benefits of Option B+ for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, AIDS, 28 Suppl. 1:S5-14, 2014
Gopalappa, C., Huang, Y., Melanie, T., Kwame, O., and Gift, T., Cost-effectiveness of screening and treating men for chlamydia and gonorrhea in Maricopa correctional facilities to prevent possible pelvic inflammatory disease in women from transmissions, STD, 40 (10):776-783, 2013
Farnham, P., Gopalappa, C., Sansom, S., Costs and effectiveness of early versus late treatment in view of recent guidelines for starting treatment at an earlier HIV stage, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, JAIDS, 64(2):183-189, 2013.
Farnham, P.G., Holtgrave, D. R., Gopalappa, C., Angela B. Hutchinson, Stephanie L. Sansom, Lifetime Costs and QALYs Saved from HIV Prevention in the Test and Treat Era, Letter to the Editor, JAIDS, 64(2):e15-e18, 2013
Gopalappa, C., Farnham, P., Hutchinson, A., and Sansom, S., Cost-effectiveness of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) goal of increasing the proportion linking to care at diagnosis, JAIDS, 61 (1):99-105, 2012.
Gopalappa, C., Cremaschi, S., Das, T., Orcun, S., Applied Probability Models for Estimating Progression Rates between Colorectal Cancer Stages, Health Care Management Science 14(1), March 2011: Pg 1-21
Gopalappa, C., Das, T., Enkemann, S., and Eschrich, S., Removal of Hybridization and Scanning Noise from Microarrays, IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, 8(3), 2009

Honors

Invited talk, National Academy of Sciences’ Kavli Frontiers of Science fellow, 2016
Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 3rd Place, 2011
Finalist presentation, Pierskalla Best Paper Award, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2010
Graduate Student Challenge Grant, University of South Florida, 2009
Summer researcher, Cancer Care Engineering project, Purdue University, Funded by Regenstrief Foundation, Purdue University, 2008

Links

CV:

CV-Chaitra Gopalappa-2-16-2018.pdf

Lab Affiliation:

Disease Prediction and Prevention Modeling

J. MacGregor Smith

Professor

Marston 111B

111B Marston Hall
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

jmsmith@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-4542

(413) 545-1027

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Education

B.Arch., University of California at Berkeley, 1968;
M.Arch., University of California at Berkeley, 1969;
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978

Research

Topological network design; facility layout and location; stochastic network design and analysis

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

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Publications

Facilities Planning and Design. Pearson Prentice-Hall: New Jersey, 2008, ISBN 0-13-148191-6. with Alberto Garcia-Diaz.
Steiner Minimal Trees, Twist Angles, and the Protein Folding Problem. Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics 66. 889-902 (2007). with Yunho Jang and Moon Kim.
Optimal Buffer Allocation in Finite Closed Networks with Multiple Servers. Computers and Operations Research. Volume 35, Issue 8, August 2008, Pages 2579-2598, with Mustafa Yuzukirmizi.
Approximate Analysis of M/G/c/c State Dependent Queueing Networks.Computers and Operations Research 34. 2332-2344 (2007), with Frederico Cruz.
A Customer Threshold Property for Closed Finite Queueing Networks. Performance Evaluation Vol. 63, Númbers. 4-5 (2006), 463-492. with Mustafa Yuzukirmizi.

Honors

IE Professor of the Year Award 2005,2006,2007
Best Paper Award, IIE Transactions on Manufacturing Systems (2004-2005) with Frederico Cruz

Ana Muriel

Associate Professor

Associate Department Head

ELab 213D

213D ELab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

muriel@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-4242

(413) 545-1027

Supply Chain Management Research Group

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Education

B.Sc., University of Seville, 1993;
M.Sc., Northwestern University, 1994;
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1997

Research

Logistics and supply chain management

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Publications

“Machine Scheduling, Linear Programming and List Scheduling Heuristics,” L. M. A. Chan, A. Muriel and D. Simchi-Levi. Operations Research 46, Number 5, pp. 729-741 (1998).
“On the Effectiveness of Zero-Inventory Ordering Policies for Economic Lot-Sizing Models with Piece-Wise Linear Cost Structures,” L. M. A. Chan, A. Muriel, Z. J. Shen, and D. Simchi-Levi. Operations Research 50, Number 6, pp. 1058-1067 (2002).
“Effective Zero-Inventory Ordering Policies for the Single-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Problem with Piece-Wise Linear Cost Structures,” L. M. A. Chan, A. Muriel, Z. J. Shen, D. Simchi-Levi, and C.-P. Teo. Management Science 48, Number 11, pp.1446—1460 (2003).
“Capacitated Multicommodity Network Flow Problems with Piece-wise Linear Concave Costs,” A. Muriel and F. Munshi. IIE Transactions 36, Number 7 / July 2004, pp. 683 - 696.
“Managing Flexible Capacity in a Make-to-Order Environment,” E. Bish, A. Muriel and S. Biller. Management Science 51, Number 2, 167-180 (2005).
“Impact of Partial Manufacturing Flexibility on Production Variability,” A. Muriel, A. Somasundaram and Y. Zhang. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 8(2), pp.192-205 (2006).
“Optimal Implementation and Benefits of Rolling Inventory,” A. Muriel and R. Ruiz-Benitez. IIE Transactions 38, Number 6, July 2006, pp. 591 – 603. Highlighted in the Research section of IE Magazine, July 2006.
“Impact of Price Postponement on Capacity and Flexibility Investment Decisions,” A. Muriel, Y. Zhang and S. Biller. Production and Operations Management 15(2), pp. 198 – 214, (2006).
“Optimal Ordering Policies with Convertible Lead Times,” G. Gallego, Y. Jin, A. Muriel, G. Zhang and V.T. Yildiz. European Journal of Operational Research 176 (2), January 2007, pp. 892-910.
“Measuring the Impact of Increased Product Substitution on Pricing and Capacity Decisions under Linear Demands,” B. Lus and A. Muriel. Production and Operations Management 18(1), January 2009.
“Single-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Inventory Systems with Full TruckLoad Shipments,” Jin, Y. and A. Muriel. Naval Research Logistics 56(5), 450-464, August 2009.
“The Impact of Flexibility and Capacity Allocation on the Performance of Primary Care Practices,” H. Balasubramanian, A. Muriel and Liang Wang. Flexible Services and Manufacturing 24 (4), 422-447, December 2012.
“Consumer Returns in a Decentralized Supply Chain,” R. Ruiz-Benitez and A. Muriel. International Journal of Production Economics, 147, Part C, 573 – 592, January 2014.
“Dynamic allocation of same-day requests in multiphysician primary care practices in the presence of prescheduled appointments” H. Balasubramanian, S. Biehl and A. Muriel. Healthcare Management Science, 17(1), 31-48, 2014.
“Guidelines for Scheduling in Primary Care under Different Patient Types and Stochastic Nurse and Provider Service Times,” HJ Oh, A Muriel, H Balasubramanian, K Atkinson, T Ptaszkiewicz. IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering 3 (4), 263-279.
“When to Offer Low-Quality or Remanufactured Versions of a Product,” Y. Jin, A. Muriel and Y. Lu. Decision Sciences Volume 47, Issue 4, August 2016

Honors

2017 IISE Best Track Paper, IISE Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
2015 Leadership Award Finalist, Pratt & Whitney, E. Hartford, CT.
2015 Diversity Ally, College of Engineering, UMass Amherst
2009 INFORMS Moving Spirit Award.
Premio Nacional de I+D en Logística Integral (National R&D Award in Logistics), 1er Congreso de Logística y Gestión de la Cadena de Suministro, Zaragoza, Spain, Sept.’07.
Best Paper Award in the Closed Loop Supply Chain Track, POMS-Dallas, May 2007.
“2007, 2010, 2013, and 2015 IE Advisor of the Year,” UMass Amherst.
2006-2007 Community Service Learning Fellow, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
“2004 Meritorious Service Award,” Operations Research, An INFORMS Journal.
Oberwolfach NSF Fellow, 2004.
Ramón y Cajal Award, from the Ministry of Science and Technology in Spain, 2004.
Nominated for 2003 and 2011 Distinguished Teaching Award, U. of Massachusetts.
“2003 and 2009 IE Professor of the Year,” University of Massachusetts Amherst.
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002.
“2001 Meritorious Service Award,” Operations Research, An INFORMS Journal.

Donald L. Fisher

Emeritus Professor

ELab 220A

220A Engineering Lab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

fisher@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-1657

(413) 545-1027

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Education

B.A., Bowdoin College, 1971;
Ed.M., Harvard University, 1973;
Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1983

Research

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Publications

Tian, H., Gao, S., Fisher, D. L. and Post, B. (In review). Route choice behavior in a driving simulator with real-time information. Transportation Research C.
Fisher, D.L. (submitted). Cognitive Distraction in the Wild: Next Steps – Addressing a not so Humdrum Conundrum (commentary). Human Factors.
Yamani, Y., Samuel, S., and Fisher, D. L. (submitted). Evaluation of the effectiveness of a multi-skill program for training younger drivers on higher cognitive skills. Applied Ergonomics.
Taylor, T., Roman, L., McFeaters, K., Romoser, M., Borowsky, A., Merritt, D.J., Pollatsek, A., Lee, J.D. and Fisher, D. L. (submitted). Cell phone conversations impede latent hazard anticipation while driving, with partial compensation by self-regulation in more complex driving scenarios. Human Factors.
Borowsky, A., Horrey, W.J., Lian, Y., Garabet, A., Simmons, L. and Fisher, D.L. (accepted). The effects of momentary visual disruption on hazard anticipation and awareness in driving. Traffic Injury Prevention.
McDonald, C.C., Kandadai, V., Loeb, H., Seacrist, T., Lee, Y-C, Bonfiglio, D., Fisher, D. L. and Winston, F.K. (accepted February 2015). Evaluation of a risk awareness perception training program on novice teen driver behavior at left turn intersections. Transportation Research Record.
Samuel, S. and Fisher, D. L. (accepted February 2015). Evaluation of the Minimum Forward Roadway Glance duration critical to Latent Hazard Detection. Transportation Research Record.
Gómez, R., Samuel, S., Romoser, M. R. E., Knodler, M.A., Collura, J., & Fisher, D.L. (accepted February 2014). Mitigation of Pedestrian-Vehicle Conflicts at Stop-Controlled T-Intersections. Transportation Research Record.
Yamani, Y., Horrey, W.J., Liang, Y. and Fisher, D.L. (accepted). Sequential in-vehicle glance distributions: an alternative approach for analyzing glance data. Human Factors.
Amster, B., Marquard, J., Henneman, E., and Fisher, D. (in press). Using an eye tracker during medication administration to identify gaps in nursing students’ contextual knowledge. Nursing Educator, 20.
Samuel, S., Romoser, M. R. E., Roman, L. G., Hamid, M., Gómez, R., Collura, J., Knodler, M. & Fisher, D. L. (in press). Effects of advanced yield markings and symbolic signs on vehicle-pedestrian conflicts: a field evaluation. Transportation Research Record.
Henneman, E. A., Cunningham, H., Fisher, D. L., Plotkin, K., Roche, J. P., Reilly, C., Shen, Y., Nathanson, B. and Henneman, P. L. (2014). Eye-tracking as a debriefing mechanism in the simulated setting improves patient safety practices. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 33, 129-135
Brown, P. J., Marquard, J. L., Amster, B., Romoser, M., Friderici, J., Goff, S. and Fisher, D. L. (2014). What do physicians read (and ignore) in electronic progress notes? Applied Clinical Informatics, 5, 430-444.
Fisher, D.L. and Strayer, D. L. (2014). Modelling situation awareness and crash risk. The Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine, 58, 33-39.
Durbin, D.R., McGehee, D.V., Fisher, D.L. and McCartt. (2014). Special considerations in distracted driving with teens. The Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine, 58, 69-83.
Divekar, G., Pradhan, A. K., Masserang, K. M., Pollatsek, A. and Fisher, D. L. (2013). A simulator evaluation of the effects of attention maintenance training on glance distributions of younger novice drivers. Transportation Research F, 20, 154-159.
Marquard, J. L., Jo, J., Henneman, P. L., Fisher, D. L. and Henneman, E. A. (2013). Can visualizations complement quantitative process analysis measures? A case study of nurses identifying patients before administering medications. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 7, 471-478.
Taylor, T., Pradhan, A. K., Divekar, G., Romoser, M., Muttart, J., Gómez, R., Pollatsek, A. and Fisher, D. L. (2013). The view from the road: the contribution of on-road glance-monitoring technologies to understanding driver behavior. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 58, 175-186. doi: 10.1016
Ouimet, M.C., Pradhan, A.K., Simons-Morton, B.G., Divekar, G., Mehranian, H., & Fisher, D.L. (2013). The effect of male teenage passengers on male teenage drivers: findings from a driving simulator study. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 58, 132-139.
Romoser, M. R. E., Pollatsek, A., Fisher, D. L., & Williams, C. C. (2013). Comparing the glance patterns of older versus younger experienced drivers: Scanning for hazards while approaching and entering the intersection. Transportation Research Part F, 16, 104-116. PMCID: PMC3494462
Divekar, G., Pradhan, A. K., Pollatsek, A. and Fisher, D. L. (2012). External Distractions: Evaluation of their effect on younger novice and experienced drivers’ behavior and vehicle control. Transportation Research Record, 2321, 15-22.
Henneman, P.L., Marquard, J. L., Fisher, D.L., Bleil, J., Walsh, B., Henneman, J.P., Blank, F.S., Higgins, A.M., Nathanson, B.H. & Henneman, E.A. (2012). Barcode verification reduces but doesn’t eliminate medication and patient identification errors in clinical simulation. Journal of Nursing Administration, 42, 562-566.
Pollatsek, A., Divekar, G. and Fisher, D. L. (2012). A new measure of inattentiveness to the forward roadway. Transportation Research Record, 2321, 31-37.
Romoser, M. R. E., Deschamps, M., Wilson, H., & Fisher, D. L. (2012). Investigating differences between experienced adult drivers and teen drivers using lower cost vehicle data recording technology. Transportation Research Record, 2321, 79-87.
McDonald, C. C., Tanenbaum, J. B., Lee, Y., Fisher, D. L., Mayhew, D. R. and Winston, F. K. (2012). Using crash data to develop simulator scenarios for assessing young novice driver performance. Transportation Research Record, 2321, 73-78. PMCID: PMC3610562
Fisher, D. L. and Garay-Vega, L. (2012). Advance yield markings and drivers’ performance in response to multiple-threat scenarios at mid-block crosswalks. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 44, 35-41. NIHMSID # 406775.
Pollatsek, A.P., Romoser, M. R. E. and Fisher, D. L. (2012). Identifying and remediating failures of selective attention in older drivers. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21, 3-7. NIHMSID # 406775.
Marquard, J., Henneman, P., Jo, J., He, Z., Fisher, D., & Henneman, E. (2011). Nurses’ behaviors and visual scanning patterns may reduce patient identification errors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 17, 247-56.
Muttart, J. W., Peck, L. R., Guderian, S., Bartlett, W., Ton, L. P., Kauderer, C., Fisher, D. L. and Manning, J. E. (2011). Motorcycle rider glance and stopping behavior at intersections: it’s time to put our foot down. Transportation Research Record, 2265, 81-88. NIHMSID # 406992.
Gómez, R., Samuel, S., Roman Gerardino, L., Romoser, M. R. E. and Fisher, D. L. (2011). Do advance yield markings increase safe driver behaviors at unsignalized, marked midblock crosswalks: A simulator study. Transportation Research Record, 2264, 27-33. NIHMSID # 406994
Divekar, G., Mehranian, H., Romoser, M. R. E., Muttart, J. W., Garder, P., Collura, J. and Fisher, D. L. (2011). Predicting drivers’ route choices when given categorical and numerical information on delays ahead: The effect of age, experience, and prior knowledge. Transportation Research Record, 2248, 104-110. PMCID: PMC3486705Bo
Vlakveld, W., Romoser, M. R. E., Mehranian, H., Diete, F., and Fisher, D. L. (2011). Does the experience of crashes and near crashes in a simulator-based training program enhance novice driver's visual search for latent hazards? Transportation Research Record, 2265, 153-160. NIHMSID # 406998
Pradhan, A.K., Divekar, G, Masserang, K., Romoser, M., Zafian, T., Blomberg, R.D., Thomas, F.D., Reagan, I., Knodler, M., Pollatsek, A. and Fisher, D.L. (2011). The effects of focused attention training (FOCAL) on the duration of novice drivers’ glances inside the vehicle. Ergonomics, 54, 917-931. PMC # 3437545.
Muttart, J. W., Hurwitz, D. S., Pradhan, A., Fisher, D. L. and Knodler, M. A. (2011) Developing an adaptive warning system for backing crashes in different types of backing scenarios. Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, 3, 38-58.
Schweickert, R., Goldstein, W., and Fisher, D. L. (2010). Additive factors and stages of mental processes. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 54, 405-414.
Rothenberg, H. Knodler, M. A. and D. Fisher. (2010). An analysis of motorcycle crash causation. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 16, 79-84.
Chan, E., Pradhan, A. K., Knodler, M. A, Pollatsek, A. and Fisher, D. L. (2010). Are driving simulators effective tools for evaluating novice drivers’ hazard anticipation, speed management, and attention maintenance skills? Transportation Research F, 13, 343–353. PMC # 2923851.
Henneman, P.L., Fisher, D.L., Henneman, E.A., Pham, T.A., Campbell, M.M., and Nathanson, B.H. (2010). Patient identification errors are common in a simulated setting. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 55, 503-509.
Garay-Vega, L., Pradhan, A.K., Weinberg, G., Schmidt-Nielsen, B., Harsham. B., Shen, Y., Divekar, G., Romoser, M., Knodler, M., Fisher, D. L. (2010). Evaluation of different voice and touch interfaces to in-vehicle music retrieval systems. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 42, 913–920. PMC # 2854676.
Hurwitz, D.S., Pradhan, A. K., Fisher, D.L., Knodler, M.A., Menon, R., and Meissner, U. (2010). Backing collisions: a study of drivers’ eye and backing behavior using combined rear view camera and sensor systems. Injury Prevention, 16, 79-84.
Henneman, E. A., Roche, J., Fisher, D. L., Cunningham, H., Reilly, C. A., Nathanson, B., and Henneman, P. L. (2010). Error identification and recovery by student nurses using human patient simulation: Opportunity to improve patient safety. Applied Nursing Research, 23, 11–21.
Romoser, M. and Fisher, D. L. (2009) The effect of active versus passive training strategies on improving older drivers’ scanning for hazards while negotiating intersections. Human Factors, 51, 652-668. PMC # 2897097
Pradhan, A. K., Pollatsek, A., Knodler, M. and Fisher, D. L. (2009). Can younger drivers be trained to scan for information that will reduce their risk in roadway traffic scenarios that are hard to identify as hazardous? Ergonomics, 52, 657-673. PMC # 2707454.
Henneman, P. L., Fisher, D. L., Henneman, E. A., Pham, T. A., Mei, Y. Y., Talati, R., Nathanson, B. H. and Roche, J. (2008). Providers Do Not Verify Patient Identity During Computer Order Entry. Academic Emergency Medicine, 15, 641 - 648.
Knodler, M. A. Jr., Noyce, D. A., and Fisher, D. L. (2007). Evaluating the impact of two allowable permissive left-turn indications. Transportation Research Record, 2018,53-62.
Muttart, J., Fisher, D. L., Knodler, M. and Pollatsek, A. (2007). Driving Simulator Evaluation of Driver Performance during Hands-Free Cell Phone Operation in a Work Zone: Driving without a Clue. Transportation Research Record, 2018, 9-14.
Fisher, D. L., Pradhan, A. K., Pollatsek, A. and Knodler, M. A. Jr. (2007). Empirical evaluation of hazard anticipation behaviors in the field and on a driving simulator using an eye tracker. Transportation Research Record, 2018, 80-86.
Garay Vega, L., Fisher, D. L. and Pollatsek, A. (2007). Hazard Anticipation of Novice and experienced drivers: empirical evaluation on a driving simulator in daytime and nighttime conditions. Transportation Research Record, 2009, 1-7.
Pollatsek, A., Fisher, D. L. and Pradhan, A. K. (2006). Identifying and Remediating Failures of Selective Attention in Younger Drivers. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 255-259.
Pradhan, A. K., Fisher, D. L. and Pollatsek, A. (2006). Risk Perception Training for Novice Drivers: Evaluating Duration of Effects on a Driving Simulator. Transportation Research Record, 1969, 58-64.
Fisher, D. L., Pollatsek, A. and Pradhan, A. (2006). Can novice drivers be trained to scan for information that will reduce their likelihood of a crash? Injury Prevention, Volume 12, Supplement 1, i25-i29.
Pollatsek, A., Narayanan, V., Pradhan, A., and Fisher, D. L. (2006). The Use of Eye Movements to Evaluate the Effect of PC-Based Risk Awareness Training on an Advanced Driving Simulator. Human Factors, 48, 447-464.
Upchurch, J., Fisher, D. L., Waraich, B. (2005). Guide Signing for Two-Lane Exits with an Option Lane: A Human Factors Evaluation. Transportation Research Record: Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Rail-Highway Grade Crossings, 1918, 35-45.
Pradhan, A. K., Hammel, K. R., DeRamus, R., Pollatsek, A., Noyce, D. A. and Fisher, D. L (2005). The Use of Eye Movements to Evaluate the Effects of Driver Age on Risk Perception in an Advanced Driving Simulator. Human Factors, 47, 840-852.
Dutta, A., Fisher, D. L., and Noyce, D. A. (2005). Use of a Driving Simulator to Evaluate and Optimize Factors Affecting Understandability of Variable Message Signs. Transportation Research F, 7,209-227.
Fisher, D. L., Upchurch, J., Pradhan, A., Mehranian, H., Romoser, M. (2004). Signing Two-Lane Freeway Exits with an Option Through Lane in Extreme Conditions: Anatomy of Drivers’ Behavior. Transportation Research Record, 1899, 35-43.
Laurie, N. L., Zhang, S., Mundoli, R., Duffy, S. A., Collura, J. and Fisher, D. L. (2004). Evaluation of alternative DO NOT ENTER signs: Failures of attention. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, 7,151-166.
Schweickert, R., Fisher, D. L., Proctor, R. (2003). Steps towards building mathematical and computer models from cognitive task analysis. Human Factors, 45, 77-103.
Poli, C., Fisher, D. L., Pollatsek, A., and Woolf, B.P. (2003). Design for Stamping: Isolating Pedagogically Effective Components in Multimedia Tutors and the Classroom. Journal of Engineering Education, 92,227-237.
Dutta, A., Carpenter, R., Noyce, D. A., Duffy, S. A., Fisher, D. L. (2002). Drivers' Understanding of Overhead Freeway Exit Guide Signs: Evaluation of Alternatives Using an Advanced Fixed Base Driving Simulator. Transportation Research Record: Human Performance Models, Intelligent Vehicle Initiative, Traveler Advisory and Information Systems (Safety and Human Performance), No. 1803, pp. 102-109.
Fisher, D. L., Laurie, N. E., Glaser, R., Connerney, K., Pollatsek, A., Duffy, S. A. and Brock, J. (2002). The use of an advanced driving simulator to evaluate the effects of training and experience on drivers’ behavior in risky traffic scenarios. Human Factors, 44, pp. 287-302.
Holton, A. E., Fisher, D. L. and Collura, J. (2002). Advanced parking management systems: Drivers' parking decision strategies. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 128 (1), 49-57.
Katsikopoulos, K., Duse-Anthony, Y., Fisher, D. L. and Duffy, S. A. (2002). Risk attitude reversals in drivers' route choice when range of travel time information is provided. Human Factors, 44, pp. 466-473.
Kichhanagari, R., DeRamus Motley, R., Duffy, S. A., and Fisher, D. L. (2002). Airport terminal signs: Use of advance guide signs to speed search time. Transportation Research Record: Aviation, Airport and Air Traffic Economic and Operational Issues (Aviation), No. 1788, pp. 26-32.
Upchurch, J., Fisher, D. L., Carpenter, C., Dutta, A. (2002) Freeway Guide Sign Design with Driving Simulator for Central Artery-Tunnel: Boston, Massachusetts. Transportation Research Record: Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Rail-Highway Grade Crossings (Highway Operations, Capacity, and Traffic Control), No. 1801, pp. 9-17.
Katsikopoulos, K. and Fisher, D. L. (2001). Formal requirements of Markov state models for paired associate learning. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 45, 2, 324 – 333.
Katsikopoulos, K., Fisher, D. L. and Duffy, S. A. (2001). Experimental evaluation of policies for sequencing the presentation of associations. IEEE: Systems, Man & Cybernetics: Part A: Systems and Humans, 31, 55-59.
Katsikopoulos, K. V., Duse-Anthony, Y., Fisher, D. L. and Duffy, S. A. (2000). The framing of drivers’ route choices when travel time information is provided under varying degrees of cognitive load. Human Factors, 42, 470-481.
Gorman, M. and Fisher, D. L (1998). Visual Search: The slowing of strategic and nonstrategic processes. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 53B, P189-P200.
Laurie, N. E., Andres, R. O. and Fisher, D. L. (1998). The role of instruction sets in operator satisfaction while using a voice activated dialing system. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 23, 307-312.
Reichle, E. D., Pollatsek, A., Fisher, D. L. and Rayner, K. (1998). Towards a model of eye movement control in reading. Psychological Review, 105, 125-157.
Wallace, J. S. and Fisher, D. L. (1998). Sound localization: Theory and practice. Human Factors, 40, 50-68.
Wood, D. D., Fisher, D. L., and Andres, R. O. (1997). Minimizing fatigue during repetitive jobs: Optimizing work-rest schedules. Human Factors, 39, 83-101.
Fisher, D. L. and Glaser, R. (1996). Molar and latent models of cognitive slowing: Implications for aging, dementia, depression, development and intelligence. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 3, 458-480.
Fisher, D. L., Wisher. R. A. and Ranney, T. (1996). Static and dynamic training strategies: A framework for optimizing training strategies. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 40, 30-47.
Fisk, A. D. and Fisher, D. L. (1994). Brinley plots and theories of aging: The explicit, implicit and muddled debates. Journal of Gerontology, 49, P81-P89.
Fisher, D. L., Andres, R. O., Airth, D. and Smith, S. S. (1993). Repetitive Motion Disorders: The Design of Optimal Rate-Rest Profiles. Human Factors, 35, 283-304.
Fisher, D. L. (1993). Optimal performance engineering. Human Factors, 35, 115-140.
Fisher, D. L. and Tanner, N. (1992). Optimal symbol set selection: An automated procedure. Human Factors, 34, 79-92.
Fisk, A. D., Fisher, D. L. and Rogers, W. A. (1992). General slowing alone cannot explain age-related search effects: A reply to Cerella. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 121, 73-78.
Goldstein, W. M. and Fisher, D. L. (1992). Stochastic networks as models of cognition: Deriving predictions for resource constrained mental processing. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 36, 129-145.
Goldstein, W. M. and Fisher, D. L. (1991). Stochastic networks as models of cognition: Derivation of response time distributions using the Order-of-Processing method. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 35(2), 214-241.
Fisher, D. L., Yungkurth, E. and Moss, S. (1990). Optimal menu hierarchy design: Syntax and Semantics. Human Factors, 32(6), 665-683.
Fisher, D. L., Coury, B. G., Tengs, T. O. and Duffy, S. A. (1989). Optimizing the highlighting in visual displays. Human Factors, 31, 167-182.
Fisher, D. L. and Tan, K. (1989). Highlighting in visual displays: The highlighting paradox. Human Factors, 31, 17-30.
Fisher, D. L., Duffy, S. A., Young, C. and Pollatsek, A. (1988). Automatic detection in visual search: Masking, decision noise and load effects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 14, 253-266.
Rayner, K. and Fisher, D. L. (1987). Letter processing during eye fixations in visual search. Perception and Psychophysics, 42, 87-100.
Fisher, D. L., Saisi, D. and Goldstein, W. M. (1985). Stochastic PERT networks: OP diagrams, critical paths and the expected completion time. Computers and Operations Research, 12, 471-482.
Fisher, D. L. (1984). Central capacity limits in consistent mapping visual search tasks: Four channels or more? Cognitive Psychology, 16, 449-484.
Fisher, D. L. and Goldstein, W. M. (1983). Stochastic PERT networks as models of cognition: Derivation of the mean, variance and distribution of reaction time using Order-of-Processing (OP) diagrams. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 27, 121-151.
Fisher, D. L. and Knesper, D. K. (1983). Markov models and the utilization of mental health services. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 17, 21-31.
Fisher, D. L. (1982). Limited channel models of automatic detection: Capacity and scanning in visual search. Psychological Review, 89, 662-692.
Fisher, D. L. (1981). A three factor model of syllogistic reasoning. Memory and Cognition, 9, 496-514.
Fisher, D. L. (1981). Functional literacy tests: A model of question-answering and an analysis of errors. Reading Research Quarterly, 16, 418-448.

Honors

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA, Faculty Fellow, June 2013
Liberty Mutual Award Best Paper Award, Ergonomics 2009, Juried by Editors of Ergonomics, 2010.
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Board Award for Outstanding Achievement, 2008.
Outstanding Advisor of the Year, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2007 – 2008.
Community Service Learning Fellow, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2006 – 2007.
Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 2000
Minority Engineering Program Recognition Award, Minority Engineering Program, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1997
Outstanding Advisor Service Award, College of Engineering and Joint Student Engineering Societies, University of Massachusetts, 1996
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1986
Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1985
Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 2000
Minority Engineering Program Recognition Award, Minority Engineering Program, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1997
Outstanding Advisor Service Award, College of Engineering and Joint Student Engineering Societies, University of Massachusetts, 1996
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1986
Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1985

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Hari Balasubramanian

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B.E: Production Engineering, Regional Engineering College, Trichy, India, 2000
M.S: Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University, 2002
Ph.D: Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University, 2006

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Operations research applied to healthcare delivery, specifically patient access management and medical decision making and health policy; scheduling theory and algorithms; combinatorial optimization; heuristics; genetic algorithms.

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NSF CAREER Award, 2013-2018
IE Professor of the Year Award (student elected), 2012, 2013, and 2014
Program Chair, INFORMS Healthcare Conference, June 2013
General Chair, INFORMS Northeastern Regional Conference, Amherst, MA, May
2011
Finalist, Doing Good with Operations Research Competition, Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), 2010, for the paper, “Optimization of Prostate Biopsy Referral Decisions”
Finalist, Pierskalla Award for Healthcare Operations Management, Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), 2010, for the paper, “Optimization of Prostate Biopsy Referral Decisions”
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Erin Baker

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Faculty Director of The Energy Transition Initiative

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University of Massachusetts
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B.A. U.C. Berkeley, 1986
M.S. Stanford University, 1998
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2002

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Professor Baker’s research is in decision making under uncertainty applied to the field of energy and the environment; with focus on energy justice and publicly-funded energy technology Research and Development portfolios in the face of climate change. Her work uses modeling to address questions about energy policy and planning in the face of climate change. She links models to bridge geographic and temporal scales, and uses multiple parallel models to derive robust insights. Other topics include evaluating the sustainability of the electricity grid in New England as well as in developing countries, and evaluating the environmental costs and benefits of offshore wind energy.

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Ekholm, Tommi; Erin Baker, Multiple Beliefs, Multi-stage Decisions and Dynamic Consistency, Management Science, Forthcoming
Goldstein, A., Doblinger, C., Baker, E., Diaz Anadon, Laura, Patenting and business outcomes for cleantech startups funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. Nature Energy 5, 803–810 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-00683-8
Cranmer, Zana and Erin Baker, The Global Climate Value of Offshore Wind Energy, Environmental Research Letters, 15(5), page 054003, 2020
Baker, E., Bosetti V., Salo A., Robust Portfolio Decision Analysis: An Application to the Energy Research and Development Portfolio Problem, European Journal of Operations Research, Volume 284, Issue 3, Pages 1107-1120, 1 August 2020,
Nock, D., Baker, E., Levin ,T. Changing the Policy Paradigm: A Benefit Maximization Approach to Electricity Planning in Developing Countries, Applied Energy, Volume 264, 15 April 2020
Baker, E. and Khatami, N. The Levelized Cost of Carbon: A Practical, if Imperfect, Method to Compare CO2 Abatement Projects, Climate Policy 19(9), pp.1132-1143 (2019)
Nock, D. and Baker, E. Holistic Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Evaluation of Sustainable Electric Generation Portfolios: New England Case Study, Applied Energy, 242, pp.655-673 (2019)
Cranmer, Zana, Erin Baker, Juuso Liesiö, Ahti Salo, A Portfolio Model for Siting Offshore Wind Farms with Economic and Environmental Objectives, European Journal of Operations Research, 267:304-314 (2018)
Verdolini, E., Anadon, L.D., Baker, E., Bosetti, V., Aleluia Reis, L., Future Prospects for Energy Technologies: Insights from Expert Elicitations, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 19(2):133-153 (2018)
Nock, Destenie, Erin Baker, The Unintended Consequences of Northern Ireland’s Renewable Obligation Credit Policy, Electricity Journal, Volume 30, Issue 7, August–September 2017, Pages 47–54
Laura Diaz Anadon,* Erin Baker,* Valentina Bosetti Integrating uncertainty into public energy R&D decisions, Nature Energy, 2 (2017): 17071, * authors listed alphabetically, equal contribution
Cranmer, A., Smetzer, J., Welch, L., Baker, E. A Markov Model for Planning and Permitting Offshore Wind Energy: A Case Study of Radio-Tracked Terns in the Gulf of Maine, USA. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 193, 15 May 2017, Pages 400–409
Ryan Wiser, Karen Jenni, Joachim Seel, Erin Baker, Maureen Hand, Eric Lantz, Aaron Smith, Expert elicitation survey on future wind energy costs, Nature Energy, September 2016, page 16135
Marshall Burke, Melanie Craxton, Charles D. Kolstad, Chikara Onda, Hunt Alcott, Erin Baker, Richard Carson, Kenneth Gillingham, Joshua Graff-Zivin, W. Michael Hanemann, Geoffrey Heal, Solomon Hsiang, Benjamin Jones, David Kelly, Raymond Kopp, Matthew Kotchen, Robert Mendelsohn, Kyle Meng, Gilbert Metcalf, Juan Moreno-Cruz, Robert Pindyck, Ivan Rudik, James Stock, and Richard Tol. Opportunities for advances in climate change economics. Science, 352.6283 (2016): 292-293
Laura Diaz Anadon,* Erin Baker,* Valentina Bosetti*, Lara Aleluia Reis, Expert views - and disagreements - about the potential of energy technology R&D, Climatic Change (June 2016), Volume 136, Issue 3, pp 677–691 *First 3 authors listed alphabetically, equal contribution
Kaikai, Moijue, Erin Baker, Engineering for Sustainable Energy Education within Suburban, Urban, and Developing Secondary Schools, Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 10.1 (2016): 88-100.
Erin Baker, Olaitan Olaleye, Lara Aleluia da Silva Reis, Decision Frameworks and the investment in R&D, Energy Policy, volume 80 (2015): 275–285
Erin Baker,Valentina Bosetti, Laura Diaz Anadon, Max Henrion, Lara Aleluia Reis, Future Costs of Key Low-Carbon Energy Technologies: Harmonization and Aggregation of Energy Technology Expert Elicitation Data, Energy Policy, Volume 80 (2015): 219–232
Baker, E. and Solak, S., Management of Energy Technology for Sustainability: How to Fund Energy Technology R&D, Production and Operations Management, Volume 23, Issue 3, pages 348–365, (March 2014) (Online Supplement)
Baker, E. and Olaleye, O., Combining Experts: Decomposition and Aggregation Order, Risk Analysis, 33 (6), 1116-1127 (2013)
Greg Nemet, Erin Baker, Karen Jenni, Modeling the future costs of carbon capture using experts' elicited probabilities under policy scenarios, Energy, Volume 56, 1 Pages 218-228 (2013)
Erin Baker, Meredith Fowlie, Derek Lemoine, and Stanley S. Reynolds, The Economics of Solar Electricity, Annual Review of Resource Economics, 5:387-426 (2013)
Jenni, K., Baker, E., and Nemet, G, Expert Elicitations of Energy Penalties for Carbon Capture Technologies, International Journal of GHG Control, 12:136-145 (2013)
Baker E., Option Value and the Diffusion of Fuel Efficient Vehicles, The Energy Journal, Vol. 33, No. 4, p 49-59 (2012)
Baker, Erin, and Leon Clarke (2011) R&D Portfolio Analysis Tools and Methodologies, Workshop Report, Joint Global Research Institute
Baker, E. and Solak, S., Climate Change and Optimal Energy Technology R&D Policy, European Journal of Operations Research, 213: 442 – 454 (2011)
Shrimali, G. and Baker, E. Optimal Feed in Tariff Schedule, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 59, No. 2, p 310 – 322 (2012)

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Honors

Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Best Publication in Sustainability (2017)
Armstrong Professional Development Professorship, 2017
College of Engineering 2016 Outstanding Senior Faculty Award
Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Institute Participant 2015-2016
2014 Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award
The 2009 Campbell Watkins Energy Journal Best Paper Award
NSF CAREER Award, 2008
IEOR Advisor of the Year, 2005, 2006
Runner-Up, Decision Analysis Society Student Award, INFORMS 2003
Food Research Institute Fellowship, Stanford, 1995-1998
Second Year Honors awarded to the most outstanding second-year mathematics student at U.C. Berkeley, 1984

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Institute of Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)
International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE
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