Maciek Nowak

About

Through his research, Dr. Nowak has worked with Federal Express, United Parcel Service, and the Georgia Ports Authority.  He has also received grants for research from the Federal Highway Administration, the U. S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. State Department. Dr. Nowak’s current research focuses on the use of various heuristic optimization techniques for vehicle routing problems.  He was selected as a Fulbright Scholar to conduct research as a visiting scholar at the Warsaw School of Economics.  He was also a visiting scholar at Northwestern University and the University of Tunis-El Manar.  His research has been published in Transportation Science, European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & OR, and the Journal of Transportation Management.  He has also written book chapters on the package express industry and the use of technology in the trucking industry.

Degrees

PhD Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2005, Industrial and Systems Engineering

MSE University of Michigan, May 2000, Industrial and Operations Engineering

MSE University of Michigan, December 1998 Environmental Engineering

BSE University of Michigan, May 1997 Civil and Environmental Engineering

## Research Interests

Vehicle routing

Vehicle tracking

Supply chain management

Operations management

Logistics, data analysis

Operations research

Quantitative methods

Heuristic search

Professional & Community Affiliations

Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)

Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)

Courses Taught

• SCMG 338. Logistics in a Global Economy
• SCMG 480. Intro to Operations Management
• SCMG 486: Global Logistics
• SCMG 489: Supply Chain Analytics