Jonathan F. Bard

Jonathan Bard is a professor of Operations Research & Industrial Engineering in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas. He holds the Industrial Properties Corporation Endowed Faculty Fellowship, serves as the Associate Director for the Center for the Management of Operations Logistics, and as the Assistant Graduate Advisor for the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program. He received a D.Sc. in Operations Research from the George Washington University, an M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University, and a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. At The University of Texas, Dr. Bard teaches courses in mathematical modeling, production planning and control, optimization theory, and project management. His research centers on (1) the development of efficient algorithms for problems related to airline operations, vehicle routing, and machine scheduling; (2) the design and analysis of manufacturing systems; (3) the use of decomposition techniques to solve large-scale hierarchical planning problems; and (4) multicriteria decision making applied to socio-economic systems. Prior to beginning his academic career, he worked as a program manager for the Aerospace Corporation and as a systems engineer for Booz, Allen & Hamilton. He is an internationally recognized expert on bilevel programming and postal operations, and is an active consultant for a number of government agencies and U.S. corporations. Dr. Bard is currently the Editor of IIE Transactions on Operations Engineering and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Production Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of the Operational Research Society and Computers & Operations Research. He is a fellow of IIE, a senior member of IEEE and INFORMS, and has held several offices in each of these organizations. His research has been published in the leading technical journals and has won numerous honors and awards. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

Most Significant Journal Articles

1. J.F. Bard, G. Kontoravdis and G. Yu, "A Branch-and-Cut Procedure for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows", Transportation Science, Vol. 36, (2002), 2, pp. 250-269
2. J.F. Bard, C. Binici, and A.H. deSilva, "Staff Scheduling at the United States Postal Service", Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 30, (2002), 5, pp. 745-771
3. J.F. Bard, S. Rojanasoonthon, "A Branch & Price Algorithm for Parallel machine Scheduling with Time Windows and Job Priorities", Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 53, (2006), 1, pp. 24-44
4. X. Qi, J.F. Bard, G. Yu, "Class Scheduling for Pilot Training", Operations Research, Vol. 52, (2004), 11, pp. 148-162
5. J.F. Bard and L. Wan, "Workforce Design with Movement Restrictions between Workstation Groups", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Vol. 40, (2008), 1, pp. 24-42