Yao Cheng

 Ph.D Student

 Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences Department
 Northwestern University

 2145 Sheridan Road, C223
 Evanston, IL 60208-3119 
 Phone: (847) 491-3193
 Email: yao-cheng [at] northwestern [dot] edu

 

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Research Interests [top]

Crisis management, models and algorithms for optimization, stochastic programming,

and logistics; their applications in transportation, economics, management, etc.

Education [top]

bullet Ph.D student, Department of IEMS, Northwestern University  9/2005-present
bullet Advisors: Dr. Wallace Hopp, and Dr. Iravani
bullet M.S. Department of SIE, University of Arizona   8/2003-7/2005
bullet Advisor: Dr. Wei Lin
bullet Thesis : “A Game Theory Approach to Allocating the Cost of Empty Miles in a Railcar System”
bullet B.S. Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China   8/1999-7/2003

Graduate Courses Taken [top]

bullet Linear Programming, Nonlinear Programming, Integer Programming
bullet Stochastic Modeling, Queueing Theory, Advanced Production Control, Stochastic Programming
bullet Algorithm for Networks and Graphs, Game Theory, Statistics, Theory of Linear Systems
bullet Microeconomics, Economics and Decision Analysis, Real Analysis
bullet Simulation, Financial Engineering, Supply Chain Reliability and Robustness, Logistics

Awards [top]

bullet Arthur P. Hurter Outstanding Academic Excellence Award, Northwestern University, 2006
bullet Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern University, 2005~2006
bullet Fellowship, University of Arizona, 2003 ~ 2004
bullet First Prize and Innovation Prize, 20th “Challenge Cup” Competition, Tsinghua University, 2002
bullet First Class Scholarship, Tsinghua University, 2001
bullet Third Prize, the 17th Physics Contest in Beijing, 2001