SOLA Dissertation Award

2022 Winner(s)

  • Jing Xu, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Aditya Malik, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University

Purpose of the Award

A competition for the annual dissertation prize on location related research. The winners will be invited to present their work in a special session during the INFORMS Annual Meeting where the prizes will be awarded.

Application process:

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Past Awardees

2022
Winner(s)
Aditya Malik, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
Jing Xu, University of California, Santa Barbara
2020
Winner(s)
Mercedes Pelegrín García , Universidad de Murcia
Runner-Up
Gita Taherkhani, University of Waterloo
2018
Winner(s)
Barış Yıldız, Bilkent University
Camilo Ortiz-Astorquiza, Concordia University
Runner-Up
Kayse Maass, University of Michigan Student Chapter
2016
Winner(s)
Kien Trung Nguyen, Kaiserslautern University of Technology
Markus Sinnl, University of Vienna
Honorable Mention
Fan Jia, University of Minnesota
2014
Winner(s)
Gemma Berenguer, University of California-Berkeley
Honorable Mention
Gina Galindo, SUNY-Buffalo
Hans-Peter Ziegler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2012
First Place
Gisela Bardossy , University of Maryland
Honorable Mention
Federico Liberatore, University of Kent
2009
First Place
Sebastian Velten, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Finalist
Ho-Yin Mak, University of California-Berkeley
Michael Lim, University of California, Berkeley
2007
First Place
Boglarka Toth, University of Almeria
Finalist
Elrem Alper Murat, McGill University
Roger Lezhou Zhan, University of Florida
2005
First Place
Beryl Castello, Johns Hopkins University
Finalist
Leyla Ozsen, Northwestern University
Qi Liu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
2003
First Place
Monica Gentili, Universita Di Roma, Italy
Finalist
Lawrence Snyder , Northwestern University
Patricia Dominguez-Marin, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
2001
First Place
Bahar Yetis Kara, Bilkent University
1999
First Place
David R. Mazu, Johns Hopkins University
Second Place
Susan Hesse Owen, Northwestern University
Third Place
James W. George, Johns Hopkins University
1995
First Place
Ana Isabel Martins Botto de Barros, Erasmus Universiteit
1993
First Place
Russell D. Meller, University of Michigan
Second Place
Shiv Kumar, Stanford University
Third Place
Terri Anne Johnson, Clemson University
Honorable Mention
John Cooper Fortney, University of Iowa
1992
First Place
Ingrid Bongartz, University of Waterloo
Second Place
Karen Aardal, Delft University of Technology
Third Place
Dilip Chhajed, Purdue University
1991
First Place
Fernando Mata, The Ohio State University
Runner-Up
Eric Kosiba, Purdue University
Shuzhong Zhang, Erasmus University