Resume

JONATHAN F. BARD

The University of Texas
Graduate Program in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering
Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
Austin, TX 78712-1591

512-471-3076 (office)
512-471-8727 (fax)
jbard@utexas.edu
www.sites.utexas.edu/bard

EDUCATION:

D.Sc. – The George Washington University
Operations Research (Minor in Statistics)

M.S. – Stanford University
Aeronautical Engineering (Concentration in Optimization and Control Theory)

B.S. – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Aeronautical Engineering

REGISTRATION:

Professional Engineer, Texas # 58835

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

1984 – present
University of Texas
Austin, TX
Professor & Industrial Properties Corp. Faculty Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Operations Research & Industrial Engineering Graduate Program

Area Coordinator, ORIE Program (1997-2009)

Associate Director, Center for Mgt of Ops & Logistics (2001-2014)

Assistant Graduate Advisor, Mfg Systems Program (1993-2008)

1981 – 1983
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Assistant Professor
College of Business Administration
Department of Management Science

1979 – 1982
University of Massachusetts
Boston, MA
Assistant Professor
College of Management
Department of Management Science

VISITING POSITIONS:

May 2015
Universidad Nacional del Sur
Professor
Bahia Blanca, Argentina

June 2014
Augsburg University
Professor
Operations Management Department
Augsburg, Germany

May – July, 2010
London Business School
Professor
Department of Management Science and Operations
London, UK

1989 – 1990
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Professor
Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management
Haifa, Israel

1983 – 1984
University of California
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Berkeley, CA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1975 – 1979
The Aerospace Corporation
Program Manager
Washington, DC

1972 – 1975
Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Project Manager
Bethesda, MD

RESEARCH:

Design and analysis of manufacturing systems, healthcare delivery, internal and external logistics, hierarchical optimization and decomposition techniques, personnel planning and scheduling, irregular airline operations.

HONORS & AWARDS:

Inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar (2024)
ScholarGPS

Best Researcher Award (2024)
Strategic Management and Business Strategy Organization

Best Paper (2017)
IIE Transactions on Manufacturing & Design

Honorary Doctorate (2016)
Technical University of Munich

Fulbright Scholar (2015)
Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina

Harold Kuhn Award (2015)
Naval Research Logistics

INFORMS Fellow (2006)
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

Hamilton Book Award; Operations Research Models and Methods (2004)
University Co-operative Society

Outstanding IIE Publication (2003)
Institute of Industrial Engineers

IIE Transactions Award for Best Application Paper (2003)
Institute of Industrial Engineers

David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award (2002)
Institute of Industrial Engineers

Dean’s Fellow (2002)
The University of Texas

Fellow, Center for Decisions under Uncertainty (2001)
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

Operations Research Division Outstanding Contribution Award (1997)
Institute of Industrial Engineers

IIE Fellow (1996)
Institute of Industrial Engineers

Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award; Project Management (1995)
Institute of Industrial Engineers

LAIL Research Fellowship (June 1995)
Ecole Centrale de Lille

Outstanding IIE Publication Award (1994)
Institute of Industrial Engineers

CORE Research Fellowship (1994)
Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, UCL, Belgium

Distinguished Scholar (June 1994)
Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications

Operations Research Division Application Award (1993)
Institute of Industrial Engineers

Industrial Properties Corp. Endowed Faculty Fellow (1990-present)
The University of Texas

Lady Davis Fellowship (1989-90)
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

University Faculty Research Award (1989)
The University of Texas

IIE, Vector to Excellence Award, Austin Chapter (1988-89)
US Army-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship (1988)

Belvoir RD&E Center
Sun Oil Fellowship (Spring 1986)

NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship (1985)
Johnson Space Center/Texas A&M University

NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship (1983)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/CALTECH

EDITORSHIPS:

IIE Transactions on Operations Engineering (Editor), 1996 – 2009

Management Science (Associate Editor), 1997 – 2002

IEEE Trans. on Engineering Management (Editorial Board), 1985 – 2010

Journal of the Operational Research Society (Advisory Board), 2006 – present

Int’l Journal of Production Research (Editorial Board), 1997 – present

Computers & Operations Research (Editorial Board), 1985 – 2019

Computers & Industrial Engineering (Editorial Board), 2008 – present

IIE Transactions (Department Editor for Applied Optimization), 1986 – 1995
h3>PATENTS:

“Systems and Methods for Scheduling Delivery of Healthcare Services; pending US20210225496A1CIP

INDUSTRIAL HIGHLIGHTS:

Designed long-range planning framework for automating general mail processing facilities at the U.S. Postal Service and developed software to manage both equipment acquisition and operations.

Reengineered the information flows in a PCB assembly plant and developed a decision support system for scheduling production.

Designed and implemented a nurse management decision support system now running in over a dozen hospitals in the US and UK.

Analyzed and redesigned the layout of a $10 million FMS work center using group technology concepts.

Developed the requirements for, and oversaw the acquisition of, a fully automated MRP system for an international electronics firm.

Designed a management information system for measuring worker productivity in the shipbuilding industry and performed a longitudinal statistical study to assess operational deficiencies.

Designed and conducted a wide variety of feasibility and operation analyses involving vehicle routing, risk-benefit tradeoffs, telecommunications systems, and corporate strategic planning.

SOFTWARE:

BLP: Branch and bound algorithm for linear and integer bilevel programming

NBLP: Branch and bound algorithm for nonlinear bilevel programming

AHP: Implementation of Saaty’s Analytic Hierarchy Process

R&D: Interactive code for R&D project selection and termination

PALB: Dynamic programming implementation of assembly line balancing with parallel workstations

MAJOR CONSULTING:

2017 – present
AccentCare, Inc.
Dallas, TX

2001 – present
Care Systems, Inc.
Rockville, MD

2006 ­- 2012
Federal Express
Pittsburgh, PA

1997 – 2005
Caleb Technologies
Austin, TX

1996 – 2003
Continental Airlines
Houston, TX

1994 – 1996
Ryder Trucking
Miami, FL

1994 – 1996
Ministry of Agriculture
Paris, France

1994 – 1996
Japan Post
Tokyo, Japan

1992 – present
Planmatics, Inc.
Bethesda, MD

1992 – 1993
AIQ Systems, Inc.
Incline Village, NV

1990 – 1991
U.S. Postal Service
Washington, DC

1988 – 1991
Arthur D. Little, Inc.
Washington, DC

1988 – 1991
Texas Instruments
Austin, TX

1987 – 1988
American Airlines
Dallas, TX

1985 – 1990
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA

1984 – 1985
Transamerica Delaval, Inc.
Burlingame, CA

1983 – 1984
Zehntel Corporation
Walnut Creek, CA

1982 – 1984
Decision Analysis Corporation
Lexington, MA

1982 – 1985
System Software, Inc.
Boston, MA

1981 – 1983
Office of Technology Assessment
Washington, DC

1980 – 1983
U.S. Department of HUD
Washington, DC

BIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS:

Who’s Who in Frontier Science and Technology

Who’s Who in Computer Education and Research

International Directory of Distinguished Leadership

International Who’s Who in Engineering

Who’s Who in Engineering Education

SOCIETIES:

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) (Past President, Austin Chapter)

Production & Operations Management Society (POMS)

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Omega Rho (Operations Research)

Sigma Tau (Engineering)

GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION:

Ph.D. Dissertations

[1] Efficient Arc Reduction in Stochastic Networks, James E. Bennett (1987).

[2] Extensions to the Multilevel Programming Problem, James T. Moore (1987).

[3] Algorithms for Nonlinear Bilevel Mathematical Programs, Thomas A. Edmunds (1988).

[4] Mathematical Models for the Design, Analysis and Staffing of General Mail Facilities, Ahmad Jarrah (1991).

[5] The Set-Union Knapsack Problem, David Nehme (December 1995).

[6] Framework for Exact and Heuristics Solutions for the Airlines’ Irregular Operations Routing Problem, Michael Arguello (May 1997).

[7] The Inventory Routing Problem with Satellite Facilities, Liu Huang (August 1997).

[8] The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Capacity Constraints, Georgios Kontoravdis (August 1997).

[9] Theory and Algorithms for Flow Shop Scheduling with Setup Times, Roger Rios Mercado (August 1997).

[10] Models and Solution Techniques for the Aircraft Schedule Recovery Problem, Benjamin G. Thengvall (August 1999).

[11] Modeling and Optimization of Disruption Management, Xiangtong Qi (May 2003).

[12] Model and Solution Techniques for Machine Scheduling Problems in High Volume Factories, Xinhui Zhang (August 2003).

[13] Multimachine Scheduling with Priority and Resource Constraints, Siwate Rojanasoonthon (May 2004).

[14] Staff Planning and Scheduling in the Service Industry: An Application to US Postal Service Mail Processing and Distribution Centers, Lin Wan (May 2005).

[15] Models and Algorithms for Midterm and Daily Nursing Scheduling, Hadi W. Purnomo (May 2005).

[16] Resource Reallocation in Project Management, Guidong Zhu (May 2005).

[17] A Stochastic Optimization Approach to Long-Term Staff Planning at the U.S. Postal Service, Yong Min Wang (August 2006).

[18] Lot-Sizing and Inventory Routing for a Production-Distribution Supply Chain, Narameth Nananukul (May 2008).

[19] Flexible Shift Scheduling of Physicians in Hospitals, Jens Brunner (July 2009).

[20] Combining Mathematical Programming and Metaheuristics: An Application to Semiconductor Manufacturing, Yumin Deng (December 2009).

[21] Weekly Routing and Scheduling of Home Therapists. Yufen Shao (December 2011).

[22] Pickup and Delivery Problems with Side Constraints, Yuan Qu (December 2012).

[23] Assembly and Test Operations with Multipass Requirements in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Zhufeng Gao (December 2013).

[24] Models and Methods for Optimizing Baggage and Ground Handling at Airports, Ferdinand Kiermaier (May 2015).

[25] Analysis, Design and Implementation of Models for Housestaff Scheduling at Outpatient Clinics and Improving Patient Flow at a Family Health Clinic, Zhichao Shu (May 2015).

[26] Models and Methods for Operational Planning in Freight Railroads, Xiaoyan (June) Si (May 2015).

[27] Optimization Models and Methods for Transportation Services, Sifeng Lin (August 2015).

[28] Scheduling of Crews and Vehicles: Models and Algorithms, Yutian Yang (May 2016).

[29] Combining Simulation and Optimization Techniques to Schedule Assembly & Test Operations and Semiconductor Facilities, Shihui Jia (May 2016).

[30] Optimization Models for Manufacturing and Personnel Scheduling, Youngbum Hur (August 2017).

[31] Use of Optimization to Solve Problems in Electricity Distribution and Healthcare Delivery, Jia Guo (May 2020).

[32] Workforce Planning in Manufacturing and Service Industries, Christian D. Ruf (May 2020)

[33] Optimization Approaches for Energy Infrastructure Network Design. Gopika Geetha Jayadev (May 2021).

[34] Natural Gas Market Applications of Multi-Agent Optimization. Baturay Çalci (May 2022).

[35] Optimization Methods for Scheduling in Industrial Applications. Ai Zhao (August 2023).

[36] Application of Analytic Techniques to Support Organizational Decision Making. Yanyue (Lillian) Ding (May 2024).

[37] Optimization of Budgeted Investment Planning for Multi-Period, Multi-Facility, and Multi-Product Systems. Donghao Liu (December 2025).

M.S. Theses

[1] Optimal Through Flight Analysis, Ian G. Cunningham (1985).

[2] A Multiple Objective Methodology for Evaluating Space Station Subsystem Automation, John M. Kelly (1985).

[3] Optimal R&D Resource Allocation, Pedro E. Kaufmann (1987).

[4] Shortest Path Problems for Probabilistic Networks, Jeanne L. Miller (1987).

[5] Single Machine Scheduling with Flowtime and Earliness Penalties, Krishnamurthi Venkatraman (1989).

[6] Design and Optimization of a Long-Distance Telephone Networks, Wassim Bejjani (1989).

[7] Printed Circuit Board Component Insertion Optimization, Raymond Clayton (1989).

[8] Simulation and Mixed Integer Linear Programming Models for Analysis of Semi-Automated Mail Processing, Steven D. Wert (1989).

[9] Simulation of a Printed Wire Board Facility, Louis G. Zachos (1989).

[10] Discrete Event Simulation of a Medium Volume Production Line Using Slam II Simulation Language, Daniel J. Crowley (1991).

[11] Sequencing Mixed-Model Assembly Lines to Minimize Inventory and Line Length, Sameer Joshi (1991).

[12] A Manufacturing Data Collection System, Lea Ann Graham (1992).

[13] Facility-Wide Improvements to Printed Wire Board Assembly Scheduling, Scott D. Holland (1992).

[14] An Analysis of the Potential Impact of Control Strategies for Bulk Queueing Systems on Semiconductor Manufacturing Facilities, Jennifer K. Robinson (1993).

[15] Capacity Expansion with Discrete Options in Semiconductor Manufacturing Systems, Krishna Srinivasan (1995).

[16] Collaborative Product Development and Management, Raja W. Shaik (2000).

[17] Workforce Scheduling in the Service Industry, Canan Binici (2000).

[18] Solving Nurse Scheduling Problems Using the Column Generation Approach, Hadi W. Purnomo (2002).

[19] Solving the Workgroup Assignment Problem Using Tabu Search, Lakshmi N.K. Ramachandran (2003).

[20] An Analysis of the Arrival Slot Reallocation Problem during a Ground Delay Program, Dinesh N. Mohan (May 2005).

[21] On Implementing Hit-and-Run Drivers in a Multi-Start Framework, Domingo A. Lara (May 2007).

[22] Using Monte Carlo Simulation to Analyze and Validate Heuristically Determined Vehicle Routing Zones, Jing Zan (December 2008).

[23] The Therapist Scheduling Problem for Patients with Fixed Appointment Times, Huan Wang (December 2011).

[24] Portfolio Optimization Using Stochastic Programming with Market Trend Forecast, Yutian Yang (August 2014).

[25] Benders Decomposition and an IP-Based Heuristic for Selecting IMRT Treatment Beam Angles, Sifeng Lin (December 2014).

[26] Formulations and Algorithms for the Kidney Exchange Program, Lizeth Carolina Riascos Alverez (April 2017)

[27] Controlling Work in Process During Semiconductor Assembly and Test Operations, Chuwen Zhang (May 2017)

[28] Applied Materials Dimension Line Factory Simulation, Agnes Elimbi Moudio (May 2022).

[29] Weekly Crew Scheduling for Freight Rail Engineers: A Network Approach, Jinhu Lyu (May 2024).