Committee On Industry-Academia Collaborations

Mission: To facilitate strong partnerships between practice organizations and academic institutions as well as between practitioners and academics interested in the education and practice of operations research and analytics.

2026 Membership

Bhubalan Mani, Chair

Zhi-Long Chen

Carlos Paternina Arboleda

Melvin Drent

Raghad Alkhawaldeh

Thunyarat (Bam) Amornpetchkul

Zhaohu (Jonathan) Fan

Staff Liaison: Director of Practice Programs, Carol Curley
Board Liaison:  VP Practice, Pooja Dewan