Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 2008

 FIRST PLACE

Team: Netherlands Railways
Paper: The New Dutch Timetable: The O.R. Revolution
Laureates: Leo Kroon, Netherlands Railways and Erasmus Univ. Rotterdam
Dennis Huisman, Nethelands Railways and Erasmus Univ. Rotterdam
Erwin Abbink, Netherlands Railways
Pieter-Jan Fioole, Netherlands Railways
Matteo Fischetti, University of Padova and Double-Click sas
Gábor Maróti, Erasmus Univ. Rotterdam
Alexander Schrijver, CWI and Univ of Amsterdam
Adri Steenbeek, Safiro Software Solutions
Roelof Ybema, Netherlands Railways

FINALISTS

Team: City of Stockholm, Sweden
Paper: Operations Research Improve Quality and Efficiency in Home Health Care
Laureates: Patrik Eveborn, Optimal Solutions
Mikael Rönnqvist, Norwegian School of Economics & Bus Admin
Helga Einarsdóttir, City of Stockholm
Mats Eklund, TietoEnator
Karin Lidén, Norberg Municipality
Marie Almroth, Linköping Municipality
Team: Federal Aviation Administration
Paper: Reducing Flight Delays Through Better Traffic Management
Laureates: Ved P. Sud, Federal Aviation Administration
Midori Tanino, Federal Aviation Administration
James Wetherly, Federal Aviation Administration
Michael Brennan, Metron Aviation
Miro Lehky, Metron Aviation
Ken Howard, Volpe Center
Rick Oiesen, Volpe Center
Team: StatoilHydro
Paper: Optimizing the Norwegian Natural Gas Production and Transport
Laureates: Frode Rømo, SINTEF Technology & Society
Asgeir Tomasgard, NTNU & SINTEF
Lars Hellemo, NTNU & SINTEF
Marte Fodstad, NTNU & SINTEF
Bjørgulf Haukelidsaeter Eidesen, StatiolHydro
Birger Pedersen, Gassco 
Team: Xerox
Paper: LDP Lean Document Production-O.R-Enhanced Productivity Improvements for the Printing Industry
Laureates: Sudhendu Rai, Xerox Innovation Group
Charles B. Duke, Xerox Innovation Group
Vaughn Lowe, Xerox Services
Cyndi Quan-Trotter, Xerox Services
Thomas Scheermesser, Xerox GmbH
Team: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Paper: US Environmental Protection Agency Uses Operations Research to Reduce Contamination Risks in Drinking Water
Laureates: Regan Murray, U.S. EPA-Ohio
William E. Hart, Sandia National Laboratories
Cynthia A. Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories
Jonathan Berry, Sandia National Laboratories
Erik G. Boman, Sandia National Laboratories
Robert D. Carr, Sandia National Laboratories
Lee Ann Riesen, Sandia National Laboratories
Jean-Paul Watson, Sandia National Laboratories
Terra Haxton, U.S. EPA-Ohio
Jonathan G. Herrmann, U.S. EPA-Ohio
Robert Janke, U.S. EPA-Ohio
George Gray, U.S. EPA-Washington, DC
Thomas Taxon, Argonne National Laboratory
James G. Uber, University of Cinncinnati
Kevin M. Morley, American Water Works Association