Xinhui Zhang, Ph.D.   Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering Wright State University 234 Russ Engineering Center 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy. Dayton, OH 45435 E-mail: xinhui.zhang@wright.edu Office: 937-775-5151 Fax:    937-775-7364

        Since August 2003, I have been a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering at Wright State University, located in Dayton, OH.   I was born and raised in Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China.  I received my B. S. and M. S. in Mechanical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in May 1994 and May 1998 respectively.  In September 1998, I entered into Operations Research & Industrial Engineering Program at the University of Texas at Austin where I got my Ph.D. in 2003.

        My research focuses in the area of optimization, especially theory and solution methodology in linear, integer programming and combinatorial optimization.  I am extremely interested in solving practical large scale problems such as those arises manufacturing, logistics, transportation, media and service management and engineering design.   Some of my latest projects include

• Airline crew scheduling and recovery for airlines

• Advertising allocation for media industry

• Equipment and personnel management for United States Postal Service mail processing and distribution centers

• Design and optimization for VLSI testing structure.

• Novel neighborhood search for integer program with multiple solutions

        I am currently teaching or will be teaching the following courses.

• Deterministic Operations Research Models,                                          

• Probabilistic Operations Research Models,  

• Supply Chain Management, Facility Planning,

• Heuristic Optimization,

• Integer Optimization,                                        

• Engineering Statistics I                                    

• Seminar--Model Based Decision Aiding,     

• Seminar--Successful Applications of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering

        To know more about me and what I do, please go to my resume, research summary and publications pages.   To know more about the wonderful world of Operations Research, please go to www.scienceofbetter.org and see what OR can do for you.   For our professional organization, please go to INFORMS website at  www.informs.org.  This page is recently updated on 1/2/2006

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