Professional Service

Key Editorial Positions

  • Associate editor, IIE Transactions on Healthcare (January 2011 – present)
  • Associate editor, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences (September 2011 – present)
  • Associate editor, Transportation Science (December, 2008 – present
  • Department editor, IIE Transactions (December, 2008 – present)
  • Editor-in-Chief, IIE Transactions, (January, 2001-December, 2004).
  • Editorial Board, IIE Transactions (1998-2000).
  • Editorial Board of Advisors, Transportation Science (1995-present).
  • Editor-in-Chief, Transportation Science (1990-1994).
  • Editorial Board, The International Journal of Logistics Management (1990-present).
  • Editorial Board, Location Science (1990-1998).
  • Associate Editor, Transportation Science (1984-1990).
  • Bibliographic Editor, Transportation Science (1983-1984).
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Transportation Research (1980-1990).

Major Professional Activities

  • Fellow Selection Committee, Chair, INFORMS, 2010
  • Nominating Committee member, INFORMS, 2010, 2012
  • Past-President, INFORMS (January, 2007-December, 2007)
  • President, INFORMS (January, 2006-December, 2006)
  • President-elect, INFORMS (January, 2005-December, 2005)
  • Nominating Committee member, INFORMS, 2005.
  • Strategic Planning committee, INFORMS, committee chair, 2005.
  • Transportation Science Editor Search Committee, committee chair (January, 2002-August, 2002)
  • Professional Recognition Committee, INFORMS, committee chair (January, 2001-December, 2002).
  • Review committee member, Math of OR, INFORMS, 2001.
  • Vice President, Publications, INFORMS (January, 1996-December, 1999)
  • Nominating Committee member, INFORMS, 1998.
  • Transportation Science Section Lifetime Achievement Award committee member, INFORMS, 1998.
  • Department Chair, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University (1995-2001).
  • Program Co-Chairman, TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Chicago, 1993.
  • Member, Advisory Board, TRISTAN Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis Conference (1990-1991).
  • Member, Transportation Supply Analysis Task Force, Transportation Research Board, (1983-1989).
  • Member, Transportation Supply Analysis Committee, Transportation Research Board.
  • Member, Rail Freight Classification Terminal Design Committee, Transportation Research Board (1982-1988).
  • Member, Transportation Science Section Council, ORSA, (1983-1986).
  • Member, NCPDM Ph.D. Dissertation Year Award Committee (1982).
  • Secretary, Committee on Public Issues, ORSA (1981-1983).
  • Member, Dissertation Prize Committee, Transportation Science Section, ORSA(1980, 1985, 1986)