Xinhui Zhang, Ph.D.

                                                    1515 Langdon Dr,

                                                    Centerville, OH, 45440

                                                    xinhui.zhang@wright.edu

                                                   (937) 775 - 5151 (office)                                                                             

Education

  • Ph. D.                   The University of Texas at Austin,                                              August, 2003

                                       Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Program

  • M. S.                     Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China,             May 1998

                                        Mechanical Engineering           

  • B.S.                       Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China,             May 1994

                                         Mechanical Engineering

 

Academic Appointment

  • 09/03–present     Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering

          Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering

          Wright State University

 

Professional Activities

  • 09/01~05/02        Operations Research Analyst, Planmatics Corp.,       Rockville, MD,

  • 06/01~08/01        Operations Research Analyst, Net Exchange Corp., San Diego, CA,

  • 03/00~05/01        Operations Research Analyst, Caleb Tech. Corp.      Austin, TX,

 

Research Focus

       Mathematical Programming / Optimization and its applications in Manufacturing Systems, Production and Inventory Control, Logistics and Transportation,

       Service Management, Design Optimization, and Decision Support System.

Publications

US Patent

  • System and Method for Optimizing Equipment Schedules (pending), Patent Application No. (10/929,771), Filed 08/31/2004 based on provisional Application 60/507,504, filed 10/02/2003

Published or Accepted

  • Zhang, X. and J. F. Bard, “Equipment Scheduling at Mail Processing and Distribution Centers,” IIE Transactions on Scheduling & Logistics, 37:2 175-187, 2005. 

  • Zhang, X. and J. F. Bard, “Comparative Approaches to Equipment Scheduling in High Volume Factories”, Computer and Operations Research, 37:1, 132-157 2006.

  • Zhang, X. and J. F. Bard, “A Bi-Criteria Multi-Period Machine Assignment Problem,” Under Review by European Journal of Operational Research, accepted, to appear, 2005

  • Zhang, X, “Mathematical Models for the Television Primetime Advertising Allocation Problem,”  International Journal of Operational Research, 1:3, 2006

  • Zhang, X., H. Chen and A. Chakravarthy “Structure Design and Optimization for 2D LFSR Based Multi-Sequence Test Generator in Built-In Self-Test,“ submitted to IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Accepted with Minor Revisions, 2006

 

Under Review

  • Zhang, X., A. Chakravarthy and Q. Gu, “Daily Equipment and Workforce Scheduling at USPS Mail Processing and Distribution Centers” Submitted to Journal of Operational Research Society, 2006

  • Zhang, X., Q. Gu and A. Chakravarthy, “Review of Model and Methodologies for Scheduling Problems at USPS Mail Processing and Distribution Centers,” Submitted to Journal of Scheduling, 2005

 

To Be Submitted

  • Zhang, X., & Q., Gu, “A New LP Based Neighborhood Search Heuristic to Solve Integer Programs and its Applications in a Staffing Scheduling Problem,” Working Paper, Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 2005, (to be submitted to Journal on Computing or Computer & Operations Research)

  • Zhang, X. and Q. Gu, “A Novel Heuristic to Solve Knapsack Problems,” Working Paper,  Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, Write State University, Dayton, OH 2005, (to be submitted to Operations Research Letters or Operations Research)

  • Zhang, X., Q. Gu, G. Yu and J. F. Bard, “Model and Solution Approaches to Solve Large Scale Crew Recovery Problems during Airline Irregular Operations,” Working Paper, Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, Write State University, Dayton, OH 2005, (to be submitted)

 

Reports 

  • Zhang, X., H. Chen, “The Reduction of VLSI Testing Signals using Integer Programming Based on Linear Sum independency,“ to be submitted.

 

Conference Presentations

  • “Linear Integer Programming Optimization for Multi-Sequence Test Generator in Built-In Self-Test,” IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Lake Como, Italy, May, 2004

  • “Dynamic Shared Path Protection in WDM Optical Networks”. 7th INFORMS Telecommunications Conference, Boca Raton, FL, March 2004

  • “A Piece-by-Piece LP Based Heuristic for a Multi-Level Lot-Sizing Problem in High Volume Factories,” INFORMS Fall Meeting, Atlanta (November 2003).

  • “Equipment Scheduling in High Volume Factories,” INFORMS Fall Meeting, San Jose (November 2002).

 

Research Projects

  • US Postal Equipment Scheduling Project (Chief Developer)

  • Primetime Advertising Allocation Project for TV Networks (Chief Developer)

  • Crew Management in Airline Irregular Operations (One of the Key Developers) -- the Franz Edelman Prize Winning Project, INFORMS 2002

  • Design and  Optimization of VLSI Testing Structure (Chief Developer)

  • Neighborhood Search for Integer Programs (Chief Developer)

 

Awards and Full Fellowships

  • University  Continuing Fellowship   : The University of Texas at Austin, 2000 ‑2001

  • Preemptive Recruiting Fellowship  : The University of Texas at Austin, 1998 ‑1999

  • Outstanding Award (Rank: No.2)    : First National Students' Software Competition,

                                                                        Department of Education, China, 1997

Society Membership

  • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science (INFORMS)

  • Institute for Industrial Engineering (IIE)

  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)