Dr. Mark Daskin

Professor

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Biography

Professor Daskin received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by a Certificate in Post-Graduate Study in Engineering from the University of Cambridge. He completed his Ph.D. at MIT specializing in Civil Engineering. His research interests center around the application of operations research techniques to problems in transportation, supply chain management, healthcare, and facility location modeling. He has served as the editor-in-chief for 'Transportation Science' and 'IIE Transactions,' and was the president of INFORMS in 2006. Additionally, he chaired the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern University from 1995 to 2001. He is a fellow of both INFORMS and the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and he has received numerous awards including the Fred C. Crane Award and the Technical Innovation Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers. His scholarly contributions have significantly influenced the fields of analytics and operations research.

Research Interests

Analytics Data Analytics Applications Healthcare Operations Healthcare Quality Improvement Manufacturing Service Systems Transportation Urban Sustainability Resilience Risk Management Risk Analysis Industrial Operations Distribution & Logistics Facility Location Modeling Inventory Control Production Scheduling Supply-Chain Management Operations Research Tools Discrete Optimization Integer Optimization Math Modeling Mathematical Optimization Network Flows Optimization Uncertainty Queuing Theory

Experience

Clyde W. Johnson Collegiate Professor Emeritus

— Present

University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI

Chair

— Present

Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University • Evanston, IL

Awards

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Elected to National Academy of Engineering

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Lifetime Achievement Award Location Analysis

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David F. Baker Award Distinguished Research Award

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Joint Publishers Book of the Year Award

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George E. Kimball Medal

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Clyde W. Johnson Collegiate Professorship

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Walter P. Murphy Professor

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Graduate Teaching Award

Requirements for University of Michigan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:84
GRE General
Verbal
Required:155
Verbal Percentile
Required:50
Quantitative
Required:168
Quantitative Percentile
Required:50
Analytical Writing
Required:3.6
Writing Percentile
Required:50
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics Calculus Physics
Application Checklist
  • Rackham Graduate School Application
  • Official Transcripts
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal Statement
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science