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Four INFORMS Members Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
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BALTIMORE, MD, March 25, 2024 – Four INFORMS members have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Antonio Conejo is a professor in integrated systems engineering at The Ohio State University. Martha Grabowski is the McDevitt Distinguished Chair in Information Systems, Information Systems Program Director and professor of information systems in the Madden College of Business and Economics at Le Moyne College. Patricia Mokhtarian is a Clifford and William Greene Jr. Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Stephen Wright is a George B. Dantzig Professor of computer sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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After Baltimore bridge collapse, the next few weeks will be challenging for supply chains, Temple professor says
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Tuesday morning is sending shockwaves throughout the local community, and across shipping sectors.

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Key Bridge collapse cripples Port of Baltimore, hits local businesses
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Business, port and government leaders on Tuesday afternoon were busy trying to address the impact of the bridge's destruction while first responders scoured the waters below the bridge to search for victims.

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University of Iowa researchers develop new model to predict which universities student athletes will commit to

University of Iowa researchers develop new model to predict which universities student athletes will commit to

News Release, December 12, 2017

CATONSVILLE, MD, December 12, 2017 – With revenue from college football at an unprecedented $3.4 billion annually, universities across the country invest tens of millions each year in recruitment efforts to attract high school athletes to play for their football teams. But with talented players typically receiving scholarship offers from multiple universities, team rosters are in limbo until student athletes commit to a university. However, a new study in the INFORMS journal Decision Analysis shares how social media can provide universities with valuable insight into the decision-making process of their recruits.

Engineering management student presents research at national conference

Engineering management student presents research at national conference

Penn State News, December 4, 2017

An international student in the Master of Engineering Management program at Pennsylvania State University, Samarth Patel, had a unique opportunity to present data on New York City’s bike sharing system, CitiBike, at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Houston this October.

New tool to improve kidney transplant success, reduce costs

New tool to improve kidney transplant success, reduce costs

UBC News, December 6, 2017

Waitlists for life-saving kidney transplants are long and every donated kidney is precious. That’s why patients on the waitlist are screened regularly to ensure their suitability for transplant. But is the screening process as effective as it could be? A new study in the INFORMS journal Operations Research, conducted by INFORMS members UBC Sauder professor Steven Shechter, Woonghee Tim Huh of UBC Sauder, and Alireza Sabouri of the University of Calgary, devised a strategy— the first evidence-based tool of its kind— that would reduce the number of risky transplants by 23 per cent and reduce the annual number of screenings by 27 per cent.

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