Professional Summary
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay Ph.D., Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University Worked at Cornell University, University of British Columbia, Carnegie Mellon University before University of Cincinnati Consulting projects with Bell Laboratories, Ford-Visteon, Caterpillar Inc., RFID Solutions Center, Cincinnati Fire Department, Cincinnati Children"s Hospital, Luxottica Retail, GE Aviation, and a few local entrepreneurial ventures (e.g. West Chester Protective Gear)
Education
Ph D: 1992 (Manufacturing Systems)
MS: Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, SORIE, Cornell University 1990 (Manufacturing Systems)
BS: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, 1987 (Mechanical Engineering)
Research and Practice Interests
Supply Chain Management under Uncertainty Cyclic Scheduling for Repetitive Manufacturing Advanced Resource Planning Long & Short Term Capacity Analysis Stochastic Inventory Systems Simulation-Based Optimization Reconfiguration for Remanufacturing Hub Location for Fixed Wireless Telecom Workforce Staffing, Cross-training Intelligent Software Agents, Reinforcement Learning New Products (RFID tags, Pharmaceuticals) Healthcare Delivery Operations (Automatic Dispensing Machines & Inventory, Emergency Department - Operating Room dedication to Electives/Emergencies, team-to-patient assignment, Scheduling ED Physicians)
Positions and Work Experience
09-2001 - Associate Professor, CoB, University of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati, OH.,
09-1994 -09-2001 Assistant Professor, GSIA, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA,
05-1993 -08-1994 Visiting Assistant Professor, SORIE, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.,
08-1991 -04-1993 Visiting Assistant Professor, Faculty of Commerce (now Sauder School of Business),University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,
05-1986 -08-1987 Engineering Intern, Auto. Manufacturing, TELCO, Pune, India,
Research Support
Investigators:Magazine, Michael; Froehle, Craig; Rao, Uday 07-2010 -12-2013 NSF Clinic Scheduling 400000.00 Currently Under Review Type:Grant Level:Federal
Investigators:Kelton, David; Fernandez, Emmanuel; Fry, Michael; Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday 2011 -2012 University of Cincinnati Research Council Interdisciplinary Faculty Research Support Grant Program Demand Modeling, Simulation, and Optimal Operational Models for Large-Scale Problems in Manufacturing and Service Enterprises 25000 Funded Type:Grant Level:The University of Cincinnati
Investigators:Rao, Uday 2005 -2008 CoB Faculty Research Fellowship
Investigators:Fry, Michael; Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday -2007 RFID Solutions Center/US Air Force Developing Business Case Studies for Hazardous/Perishable Materials Storage 60000
Investigators:Rao, Uday; Diwekar, U. 2001 -2002 National Science Foundation Characterizing Sampling Error for Optimization under Uncertainty: A Fractal Dimension Approach 100000
Investigators:Rao, Uday -03-2000 CMU Multidisciplinary Grant for educational materials development 9500
Investigators:Rao, Uday -1999 Ford-Visteon Contract: Remanufacturing Case Study 15000
Investigators:Rao, Uday 1998 -1999 Entrepreneurship Grant: Strategic Tools for Operational Design 7500
Investigators:Rao, Uday 1996 -1998 Faculty Development Fund, Center # 1-14164 Material Logistics in Complex Production / Distribution Networks 4500
Publications
Published Abstracts
Magazine, Michael;Rosales, Claudia;Rao, Uday 2-bin inventory systems .[Abstract]
Rao, Uday;Palaparambil Dinesh, Lakshmi;Camm, Jeff;Kenneth A Contract Design Model for Power Interruption Contracts .[Abstract]
Palaparambil Dinesh, Lakshmi;Camm, Jeff;Rao, Uday An Integrated Model for Power Interruption Contracts .[Abstract]
Magazine, Michael;Ferrand, Yann;Rao, Uday Capacity Utilization in ED Department .[Abstract]
Kuppusamy, Saravanan;Rao, Uday;Bollapragada Component procurement in uncertain supply and demand environment .[Abstract]
Raturi, Amit;Rao, Uday;Caridi, Maria Configuring a rapid response supply network with Prof. Uday Rao and Prof. Maria Caridi .[Abstract]
Qin, Fei;Rao, Uday;Fry, Michael Consumer Trade-in Program Design and the Quality of Returns .[Abstract]
Rao, Uday;Kuppusamy, Saravanan;Magazine, Michael Contract Design in a Decentralized Electric Vehicle Supply Chain .[Abstract]
Rao, Uday;Kuppusamy, Saravanan;Magazine, Michael Electric Vehicle Adoption for a Taxicab Fleet .[Abstract]
Froehle, Craig;Torabi, Elham;Rao, Uday;Magazine, Michael Evaluating Partial Flexibility in Healthcare Systems with Multi-Priority Patients: A Queueing Approach .[Abstract]
Froehle, Craig;Torabi, Elham;Rao, Uday;Magazine, Michael Proactive Scheduling: Safe Scheduling in Complex Outpatient Clinics .[Abstract]
Magazine, Michael;Rao, Uday;Ferrand, Yann Surgical Room Assignments .[Abstract]
Rosales, Claudia;Magazine, Michael;Rao, Uday Technology Enabled Hybrid Inventory Control Policies in Hospitals .[Abstract]
Rao, Uday;Bollapragada;Wu Telecom Hub-Concentrator Location in Combined Wireline and Wireless Networks .[Abstract]
Magazine, Michael;Rosales, Claudia;Rao, Uday Two item joint and hybrid policies .[Abstract]
Other Publications
Rao, Uday; Magzine , M.; Rosales, C. Pyxis Machine Medical Supplies Inventory Management .
Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday; Ferrand, Yann Who to See Next-Emergency Department Priorities .
Palaparambil Dinesh, Lakshmi; Camm, Jeff; Rao, Uday; Skinner, K An Integrated Model for Power Interruption Contracts in the Electric Utility Sector .
Bollapragada , R.; Kuppusamy, Saravanan; Rao, Uday; Seshadri, Sridhar Maintenance Scheduling of Optic-Fiber Networks .
Rosales, Claudia; Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday; Two-product Hybrid Inventory Control Policy under Joint-order Costs . IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Kuppusamy, Saravanan; Magazine, Mike; Rao, Uday Electric Vehicle Fleet Selection and Infrastructure Service Pricing Decisions . Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
Ferrand, Yann; Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday; Glass, Todd (03-29-2018. ) Managing responsiveness in the emergency department: Comparing dynamic priority queue with fast track .58-59 , Journal of Operations Management / Elsevier
Kuppusamy, Saravanan; Magazine, Mike; Rao, Uday (2017. ) Electric Vehicle Adoption Decisions in a Fleet Environment .262 , European Journal of Operational Research / Elsevier
Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday; Rosales, Claudia (2015. ) The 2-bin System for Controlling Medical Supplies at Point-of-Use .243 (1 ) , European Journal of Operational Research
Bollapragada, Ramesh; Kuppusamy, Saravanan; Rao, Uday (2015. ) Component Procurement and End Product Assembly in an Uncertain Supply and Demand Environment .53 (3 ) , International Journal of Production Research
Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday; Rosales, Claudia Hybrid Sourcing and Joint Replenishment of Medical Supplies . POMS
Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday; Ferrand, Yann (2014. ) Partially Flexible Operating Rooms For Elective and Emergency Surgeries .45 (5 ) , Decision Sciences
Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday; Rosales, C;audia (2014. ) Point-of-Use Hybrid Inventory Policy for Hospital .45 (5 ) , Decision Sciences
Bollapragada, Ramesh; Kuppusamy, Saravanan; Rao, Uday Component Procurement and End Product Assembly in an Uncertain Supply and Demand Environment . International Journal of Production Research
Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday; Ferrand, Yann (2014. ) Managing Operating Room Efficiency and Responsiveness for Emergency and Elective Surgeries – A Literature Survey .4 (1 ) , IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering
Kuppusamy, Saravanan; Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday Electric Vehicle Adoption for a Taxicab Fleet Environment . Production Operations Management Journal
Qin, Fei; Rao, Uday; Gurnani, Haresh; Bollapragada, Ramesh (2013. ) Role of Random Capacity Risk and the Retailer in Decentralized Supply Chains with Competing Suppliers . DECISION SCIENCES
Rosales, Claudia; Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday Dispensing and Controlling Medical Supplies at the Point-of-Use: the RFID Enabled Two-Bin System . European Journal of Operational Research
Rosales, Claudia; Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday Point-of-Use Technology Enabled Hybrid Inventory Control Policy . Decision Sciences
Rosales, Claudia R.; Rao, Uday; Rogers, David (2013. ) Retailer Transshipment versus Central Depot Allocation for Supply Network Design .44 (2 ) , Decision Sciences
Magazine, Michael; Ferrand, Yann; Rao, Uday (11-2011. ) Building Cyclic Schedules for Emergency Department Physicians .41 (6 ) , Interfaces
Magazine, Michael; Rosales, Claudia; Rao, Uday Technology Enabled Hybrid Control Policies in Hospitals . MSOM
Feng, Keli; Rao, Uday; Raturi, Amit (2011. ) Setting Planned Orders in Master Production Scheduling under Demand Uncertainty .49 (13 ) , International Journal of Production Research
Feng, Keli; Rao, Uday; Raturi, Amit; Setting Planned Orders in Master Production Scheduling under Demand Uncertainty . Decision Sciences
Rao, Uday; Bollapragada , R.; Li, Y. (2006. ) Budget-constrained, Capacitated Hub Location to Maximize Expected Demand Coverage in Fixed-wireless Telecom Networks .18 (2 ) , INFORMS Journal of Computing
Fry, Michael; Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday (2006. ) Firefighter Staffing with Temporary Absences and Wastage .54 (2 ) , Operations Research
Rao, Uday; Bollapragada, R. (2006. ) Replenishment Planning in Discrete Time, Capacitated, Non-stationary Inventory Systems with Demand and Supply Uncertainty .38 , IIE Transactions
Rao, Uday; Bollapragada , R.; Sadeh, N. A Supply Uncertainty Model for TAC-SCM .
Camm, Jeff; Bollapragada, R; Rao, Uday; Wu, J (2005. ) Two-stage Greedy Hub Location-Allocation for Fixed-wireless Broadband-access .33 , Operations Research Letters
Rao, Uday; Swaminathan , J. M.; Zhang, J. (2005. ) Demand and Production Management with Uniform Guaranteed Lead Time .14 (4 ) , Production and Operations Management
Additional Publications
Presentations
Invited Presentations
Rao, Uday (05-06-2017. ) Applying Operations Research to Manage Patient Flow in the OR/ED .Celebrating Peter Jackson’s Service to Cornell, SORIE Cornell University, Ithaca. Workshop. . Level:National
Torabi, Elham; Froehle, Craig; Rao, Uday; Magazine, Michael (05-2014. ) Resilient Patient Scheduling in Complex Outpatient Clinics .POMS, Conference. .
Qin, Fei; Rao, Uday; Fry, Michael (11-16-2013. ) Consumer Trade-in Program Design and the Role of Retailers .DSI Annual Meeting 2013, Decision Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland. Conference. . Level:International
Qin, Fei; Rao, Uday; Fry, Michael (10-08-2013. ) Consumer Trade-in Program Design and the Role of Retailers .INFORMS Annual 2013, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Minneapolis,MN. Conference. . Level:International
Torabi, Elham; Mai, Feng; Rao, Uday; Magazine, Michael; Froehle, Craig (06-2013. ) A Queueing-Based Measure to Evaluate Responsiveness to Multi-Class Customers in Healthcare Delivery .INFORMS Healthcare Conference, Conference. .
Torabi, Elham; Froehle, Craig; Rao, Uday; Magazine, Michael (05-2013. ) A New Buffer-Sizing Approach to Robust Patient Scheduling .POMS, Conference. .
Torabi, Elham; Froehle, Craig; Rao, Uday; Magazine, Michael (10-2012. ) A New Buffer-Sizing Approach to Robust Patient Scheduling .INFORMS, Conference. .
Torabi, Elham; Froehle, Craig; Rao, Uday (10-2012. ) Resilient Patient Scheduling in a Complex Outpatient Clinic .INFORMS, Conference. .
Qin, Fei; Rao, Uday; Gurnani, Haresh (10-2012. ) Impact of Random Yield in Decentralized Supply Chains with Competing Suppliers .INFORMS Annual Meeting 2012, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona . Level:International
Qin, Fei; Rao, Uday (04-2012. ) Random Capacity Risk in Decentralized Supply Chains with Competing Suppliers .Production and Operations Management (POMS) Annual Conference 2012, Production and Operations Management (POMS), Chicago,IL. Level:International
Magazine, Michael; Rosales, Claudia; Rao, Uday (11-2011. ) Managing Hospital Supplies .DSI-Special Featured Session, Level:International
Magazine, Michael; Ferrand, Yann; Rao, Uday (2010. ) Who Should Emergency Physicians see next .INFORMS,
Magazine, Michael; Rao, Uday; Rosales, Claudia (2010. ) New Inventory Policies in Health Care .POMS,
Magazine, Michael; Ferrand, Yann; Rao, Uday (10-2009. ) Building Cyclic Schedules for ED .INFORMS, INFORMS, San Diego . Level:International
Magazine, Michael; Rosales, Claudia; Rao, Uday (10-2009. ) New Inventory Policies in Healthcare .INFORMS, INFORMS, San Diego,CA. Level:International
Honors and Awards
11-22-2014 Decision Sciences Best Paper Award 2014 Recognition as the best paper published by the Decision Sciences journal in 2014. Level:International Type:Scholarship/Research
05-2014 Two-Year Lindner Research Fellow Award for past, continuing and proposed research in Operations Management. Level:College Type:Scholarship/Research
03-2007 RFID Rapid Adoption Initiative Projects with three companies to develop methods to evaluate the return-on-investment of RFID technology in the supply chain. (Joint with Professors Magazine and Fry) Level:National Type:Leadership
09-2005 Three-year CoB Research Fellow Award Summer support for three years to sustain reseach excellence Level:University Type:Scholarship/Research
08-2001 NSF Grant Characterizing Sampling Error for Optimization under Uncertainty: A Fractal Dimension Approach, joint with U. Diwekar and R. Pitchumani Level:International Type:Scholarship/Research
03-2000 Ford-Visteon Contract Remanufacturing Case Study Level:University Type:Teaching
08-1996 Distinguished Service Recognition as a Reviewer Awarded for excellence in reviewing journal manuscripts Level:International Type:Leadership
Student Advising
Dinger, Steven Dissertation Committee Chair Status:In-Process
Dinesh, Lakshmi Dissertation Committee Chair Status:In-Process 12-2017
Inukonda, Anusha Directed Individual/Independent Study Status:Completed 08-2017
Kuppusamy, Saravanan Dissertation Committee Chair 12-2014
Qin, Fei Dissertation Committee Chair Status:Completed 06-23-2014
Ferrand, Yann Dissertation Committee Chair Status:In-Process 06-2012
Claudia, Rosales Dissertation Committee Chair Status:In-Process 06-2012
Bhuyan, Soumya Directed Individual/Independent Study Status:Completed 12-2011
Qin, Fei Supervised Research Status:Completed 12-2011
Yu, Feng Master"s Thesis Committee Member Status:Completed 12-2007
Narayanaswamy, Bhaskar Master"s Thesis Committee Member Status:Completed 08-2007
Wang, Jocelyn (Xinfang) Dissertation Committee Member Status:Completed 07-2007
Harrod, Steven Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Status:Completed 07-2007
Nooti, Raj Master"s Thesis Committee Chair Status:Completed 05-2007
Service
University Research Council (Read, rank, and provide feedback for several URC graduate student grant proposals ) Reviewer for URC Grant Applications Type:University Level:University 02-01-2014 -03-25-2014
University Research Council (Review URC grant proposals - post docs, Ph.D. summer research grant proposals. ) Grant Proposal Reviewer, Internal Type:University Level:University 09-2010 -06-2012
Operations Excellence Certificate (Process Applications for Op.Ex. certificate; advise students on course work; certify graduation ) Faculty Advisor Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-25-2013
OBAIS faculty recruiting committee (Initiate search for two new faculty members over the 2017-18 academic year. ) Co-chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-2017 -04-2018
IS faculty recruiting committee (Process applicants from job opening advertisement to pick successful candidate ) Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 01-2017 -09-2017
OBAIS Seminar (Schedule OBAIS seminars, advertise event ) Coordinator Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 09-01-2011 -08-15-2016
IS faculty Search Committee (Manage the faculty recruiting process, develop job advertisement, post ad., review applicants, meet with applicants for screening, schedule campus visits, help department pick candidates to hire ) Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 06-2015 -12-2015
DRPT 2012-13 (Facilitate DRPT meetings, DRPT letters, post on eRPT system ) Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 03-01-2013 -03-30-2013
CRPT (Assessing CRPT cases for Reappointment, Promotion, Tenure; drafting CRPT committee letters ) Type:University/College Service Level:University 08-2017
Lindner Research Excellence Committee (Implement programs to foster Excellence in Research at the Lindner College of Business ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 08-2016 -05-2018
European Journal of Operational Research Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
IIE Transactions Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
Interfaces Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
Management Science Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
NSF unsolicited grants review panel (Production Systems) Member Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
Operations Research Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
Production and Operations Management Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
UC Fall Hot Topics Lecture event (2004,05,06 on RFID and the supply chain) Organizer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
Interfaces Special / Invited Associate Editor Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-2014
POM Journal - Supply Chain Student Paper Competition (Read / evaluated a few papers to help pick the student paper prize winner. ) Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 01-2013
Interfaces Practice Summaries (Encourage, review, accept / reject submissions of Practice Summary articles ) Editor, Journal Editor Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-2012
Judging Committee for INFORMS Daniel Wagner Prize for the Practice of OR/MS (Judge submissions to pick a list of finalists. Judge final presentations and paper to pick a winner. ) Member Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-2012
University Grants Commission, Hong Kong Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -03-2014
Case competitions (international, operations, consulting) Judge Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -12-2013
Research for tenure decision External Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -03-2007
The Journal of Manufacturing and Operations Management Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -01-2005
UC’s BSIM/BBA programs Interim Director Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 01-2004 -03-2004
Bridge-fund award, H.H. Franklin Center, Syracuse University Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -01-2004
Professional Affiliation
1999: Member Member of M&SOM Society (served as Editor for M&SOM Journal from 1999-2005) Manufacturing and Service Operations Management – an INFORMS society,
01-1992: Member Institute of Operations Research and Management Science , International
2003 -08-2008: Senior POMS Journal Editor, Supply Chain Area Serve as Senior Editor processing journal manuscripts submitted for publication (identify reviewers, obtain referee reports, and communicate accept/reject recommendation to Area Editor) Production Operations Management Society, International
2006 -2007: Member Operations Management Education Review (a new educational journal),
01-1992 -01-1997: Past Senior Member Institute of Industrial Engineers,
Courses Taught
OM
OM
OM
OPS
OM
OM SPECIAL TOPICS
SUPPLY CHAIN STRAT
OM
OPS
OM
OM
OPS
IND STUDY IN OM
OM
OM SPECIAL TOPICS
SUPPLY CHAIN STRAT
OM
OPS
PHD DISS RES IN OM
PHD DISS RES IS
PHD RESEARCH IN QA
OM
Management of Operations
Operations Planning and Scheduling
Supply Chain Strategy and Analysis
Management of Operations
Operations Planning and Scheduling
Management of Operations
Operations Planning and Scheduling
Supply Chain Strategy and Analysis
OM
OM
OPS
OPS
OM
OPS
Management of Operations
Management of Operations
Operations Planning and Scheduling
Management of Operations
Operations Planning and Scheduling
Seminar in Operations Management I
Management of Operations
Operations Planning and Scheduling
Management of Operations
Management of Operations
Supply Chain Strategy and Analysis
Management of Operations
Special Topics in Operations Management
Supply Chain Strategy and Analysis
Operations Planning and Scheduling
Sem in Quan Anal
Operations Planning and Scheduling
Operations Planning and Scheduling
Supply Chain Strategy and Analysis
Ops Plan and Sched
MS Thesis Research
MS Thesis Research
MS Thesis Research
Ops Plan and Sched
Supply Chain Strat
MS Thesis Research
Ops Plan and Sched
MS Thesis Research
Mgt of Operations
MS Thesis Research
MS Thesis Research
Ops Plan and Sched
Sem in Quan Anal
Sp Topics: Oper Mgmt
Mgmt of Operations
Ops Plan and Sched
Ops Plan and Sched
Faculty Development Activities
12-2004 -03-2005 Grant Writer"s Workshop Workshops supporting grant writing, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, USA Type:Workshop