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X-WR-CALNAME:Spencer C. Schantz Distinguished Public Lecture
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DESCRIPTION:Spencer C. Schantz Distinguished Lecturer: Mingzhou Jin\n\nLect
 ure Title: Industrial Engineering for the Design and Improvement of System
 s with Societal Significance\n\nAbstract: Industrial engineering and opera
 tions research can be applied to a wide range of systems with significant 
 societal impact\, including logistics and supply chains\, manufacturing\, 
 energy\, building construction\, agriculture\, healthcare\, environmental 
 systems\, and scientific discovery enterprises. By leveraging advanced dec
 ision-making tools and a systems perspective\, these approaches enable the
  design and improvement of such systems\, enhancing their efficiency\, res
 ilience\, and overall contributions to human well-being. In this talk\, Dr
 . Jin will share insights from his experience in applying industrial and s
 ystems engineering across diverse domains\, as well as his leadership in l
 arge-scale\, convergent research initiatives.\n\nBio: Mingzhou Jin is the 
 John D. Tickle Professor and department head of Industrial and Systems Eng
 ineering at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville (UTK). He also directs
  the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment\, ISSE for UTK\, a
 nd is the PI for the Center for Freight Transportation for Efficient & Res
 ilient Supply Chain (FERSC)\, a $10M DOT/UTC tier-1 center. He also co-lea
 ds a new $20M initiative at UTK and Oak Ridge National Lab for advanced ma
 nufacturing for affordable building construction. His research interest in
 cludes operations research\, sustainability\, supply chain\, logistics\, b
 uilding environment\, additive and smart manufacturing\, energy efficiency
 \, transportation\, and data analytics. His research has been well sponsor
 ed\, with over $30 million in grants and contracts from many federal and l
 ocal government agencies and corporations. He has published more than 130 
 journal papers. His recent work appeared in Nature\, Nature Communications
 \, Nature Climate Change\, Production and Operations Management\, INFORMS 
 Journal on Computing\, Mathematical Programming Computation\, IISE Transac
 tions\, and other top journals. He won the 2024 and 2021 UTK Success in Mu
 ltidisciplinary Research Award\, UTK Research and Creative Achievement Awa
 rd\, Tickle College of Engineering Research Achievement Award\, Outstandin
 g Faculty Service Award\, and Teaching Fellow Award. He is a fellow of the
  Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. Currently\, he is the Edit
 or-in-Chief of the Engineering Economist\, the Editor-in-Chief of Cleaner 
 and Circular Bioeconomy\, and the Executive Editor of the Journal of Clean
 er Production. He received his Ph.D. from Lehigh University in 2001.
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LOCATION:Mohler Laboratory\, 355/356
SUMMARY:Spencer C. Schantz Distinguished Public Lecture
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 tinguished-public-lecture
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