Yunxia (Peter) Zhu
School of Management (SM **), The University of Texas at Dallas800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080-3021
Cell: 469-***-****, Email: aborzp@r.postjobfree.com
Home Page: http://www.utdallas.edu/"yunxia.zhu
Education
The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (Expected) July 2012
Doctoral Studies in Operations Management, PhD (GPA 3.98/4.00)
The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX May 2010
Master of Science, Concentration in Supply Chain Management
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH January 2006
Master of Science, Concentration in Supply Chain Management
Fudan University, Shanghai, China July 2001
Bachelor of Science, Concentration in Operations Research
Research
Working paper
Yunxia Zhu, Milind Dawande, Srinagesh Gavirneni, Vaidy Jayaraman, \Process Innovation
via?
an Industrial Symbiotic System: The Impact of Competition on the Willingness to
Implement,"
Submitted to Management Science
.
Publications
Areas of Interest
Research: Supply Chain Management, Sustainability and Innovation, Discrete Models in Manu-
facturing and Operations.
Teaching: Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability and Innovation,
Project Management, Lean Six Sigma, Logistics and Distribution, Probability and
Statistics, Quan-
titative Methods.
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Operations Management (Undergraduate Core), Spring 2011/Summer 2011, School
of
Management, The University of Texas at Dallas. O+cial Teaching Score: 4.67/5.00, Class
Size: 49
(Spring 2011). O+cial Teaching Score: 4.61/5.00, Class Size: 24 (Summer 2011).
Outstanding Student Teacher Award, 2010-2011.
Teaching Assistant, 2007 { Present, School of Management, The University of Texas at
Dallas
Undergraduate courses: Operations Management, Statistics.
MS/MBA/PhD level courses: Operations Management, Logistics and Distribution, Probability
and Statistics, Stochastic Models in Operations Research.
Work Experience
Business Analyst, Xindeco International Trade Company, Shanghai, China. Responsibilities
in-
cluded product procurement, supplier management, inventory management, and transportation
scheduling, 2003-2004.
Relevant Course Work
Deterministic Models in Stochastic Models in Stochastic Inventory Theory
Operations Research Operations Research
Game Theory Probability and Stochastic Stochastic Dynamic Programming
Processes
Network Flows Risk and Decision Analysis Optimal Control Theory
Scheduling Supply Chain Management Logistics
Advanced Managerial Economics Econometrics Data Analysis with SAS and Gauss
Statistics Quality Control Doctoral Seminar in Operations
Management
Conference Presentations
Process Innovation and Competition2011 Nov INFORMS Annual Meeting (Invited Session),
in an Industrial Symbiotic System
Process Innovation and Competition in2011 May POMS Annual Meeting (Invited Session),
an Industrial Symbiotic Sustainable System
Value of Local Cash Reuse: Inventory Models2011 May POMS Annual Meeting (Invited
Session),
for Medium-Size Depository Institutions under the New Federal Reserve Policy
Emerging Inventory Models in2010 Nov INFORMS Annual Meeting (Invited Session),
the Cash Supply Chain
Structural Search and Optimization in2009 Oct INFORMS Annual Meeting (Invited Session),
Social Networks
Generalized Maximum Commonality Problems2008 Oct INFORMS Annual Meeting (Invited
Session),
Associations, Awards and Honors
Outstanding Student Teacher Award, School of Management, The University of Texas at Dal-
las, TX, 2010-2011
Invited as a Visiting Scholar to Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell Uni-
versity, USA, May-June 2010 (Joint Research with Professor Srinagesh Gavirneni)
Graduate Scholarship, The University of Texas at Dallas, TX, 2007-present
Dean's Academic Achievement Award, Case Western Reserve University, 2006
Member INFORMS, MSOM, POMS, DSI
Invited to the DSI Doctoral Student Consortium, 2011 (Scheduled)
Invited to the INFORMS Future Academician Colloquium, 2011 (Scheduled)
Invited to the Purdue CIBER Doctoral Consortium Meeting on International Operations
Manage-
ment, 2011
Invited to the POMS Doctoral Student Consortium, 2011
Member TOASTMASTERS
References
Milind Dawande (Dissertation Chair)
Ashbel Smith Professor of Operations Management
School of Management
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, Texas 75080-3021
Email: aborzp@r.postjobfree.com; Phone: 972-***-****
Chelliah Sriskandarajah (Dissertation Co-Chair)
Ashbel Smith Professor of Operations Management
School of Management
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, Texas 75080-3021
Email: aborzp@r.postjobfree.com; Phone: 972-***-****
Srinagesh Gavirneni
Associate Professor of Operations Management
Johnson Graduate School of Management
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-6201
Email: aborzp@r.postjobfree.com; Phone: 607-***-****