Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 2000

FIRST PLACE

Team: Jeppesen
Paper: Improving Performance and Flexibility at Jeppesen: The World's Leading Aviation-Information Company
Laureates: Elena Katok - Pennsylvania State University
William Tarantino - United States Army-Center for Army Analysis
Ralph Tiedeman - Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.

FINALISTS

Team: Air New Zealand
Paper: Optimized Crew Scheduling at Air New Zealand
Laureates: E. Rod Butchers - Air New Zealand Ltd.
Paul Day - Optimal Decision Technologies Ltd.
Andrew Goldie - Optimal Decision Technologies Ltd.
Jeff Meyer - Optimal Decision Technologies Ltd.
Stephen Miller - Air New Zealand Ltd.
David Ryan - University of Auckland
Amanda Scott - Air New Zealand Ltd.
Chris Wallace - Air New Zealand Ltd.
Team: Federal Aviation Administration
Paper: Enhancements to the FAA Ground-Delay Program Under Collaborative Decision Making
Laureates: Kan Chang - Metron, Inc.
Ken Howard - Volpe National Transportaton System Center
Rick Oiesen - Volpe National Transportaton System Center
Laura Shisler - Metron, Inc.
Midori Tanino - Metron, Inc.
Michael Wambsganss - Metron, Inc.
Team: Fingerhut
Paper: Optimizing Customer Mail Streams at Fingerhut
Laureates: Eric Bibelnieks - IBM Global Services
Mark Bullock - Level 3 Communications
Deb Campbell - Fingerhut Companies, Inc.
Harlan Crowder - Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Randy Erdahl - Fingerhut Companies, Inc.
Michael Haydock - IBM Global Services
Dough Johnson - Fingerhut Companies, Inc.
Team: Motor Company
Paper: Rightsizing and Management of Prototype Vehicle Testing at Ford Motor Company
Laureates: Kenneth Chelst - Wayne State University
Jeffrey Lockledge - Wayne State University
Demetrios Mihailidis - Technological Education Institute of Crete
Alex Przebienda - Ford Motor Company
John Sidelko - Ford Motor Company
Team: IBM Microelectronics
Paper: Matching Assets with Demand in Supply-Chain Management at IBM Microelectronics
Laureates: Peter Lyon - IBM Microelectronics
R. John Milne - IBM Microelectronics
Robert Orzell - IBM Microelectronics
Robert Rice - IBM Microelectronics

Interfaces Edelman Award Special Issue

Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Interfaces features the Edelman papers! Read these inspiring examples of major difference-making O.R. projects.

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