Biography
Mark H. Karwan, the Praxair Professor in Operations Research, has 30+ years in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). He has broad expertise in the area of mathematical programming - modeling and algorithmic development. His 20+ Ph.D. students have been guided in areas of algorithmic development in integer programming, multiple criteria decision making and 'mixed' areas such as integer/nonlinear or integer/multi-criteria. His 80+ publications show diverse application areas such as logistics, production planning under real time pricing, capacitated lot-sizing, hazardous waste routing and security, and military path planning. Techniques to solve these problems come from the fields of linear, nonlinear and integer programming. Funding has come from NSF, ONR and industry. His industry consulting experience has largely been in the industrial gas industry and concerned with all area of production planning, routing, forecasting and energy use planning and in supporting corporate contracts in military operations research focused on logistics and dynamic resource allocation. He has won multiple teaching awards including the (SUNY) Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Professional Education
Ph.D. in Operations Research
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Dec-1976
M.S. in Operations Research
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Sep-1974
B.S. in Mathematical Sciences
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
May-1974
Academic Employment
Chief Executive Officer, January, 1998 - May, 2001
Business Alliance
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Professor & Dean, July, 1996 - August, 2006
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Professor & Interim Dean, July, 1995 - June, 1996
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Professor & Acting Dean, September, 1994 - June, 1995
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Professor & Associate Dean of Graduate Education, September, 1992 - June, 1995
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Professor & Chair, June, 1987 - August, 1992
Department of Industrial Engineering
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Full Professor, September, 1986 - Present
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Associate Professor, September, 1981 - August, 1986
Department of Industrial Engineering
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Assistant Professor, September, 1976 - August, 1981
Department of Industrial Engineering
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Part-Time Instructor, September, 1975 - September, 1976
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Other Employment
Consultant, 1987 - Present
Praxair, Inc., Tonawanda, NY
Consultant, 1984 - 1987
Health Care Plan, Inc., Buffalo, NY
Consultant, 1974
Management Advisory Services, Inc., Columbia, Maryland