Ming Chen

Operations management, supply chain management, decision analysis, service management, revenue management, and simulation.

• PhD, Robert H. Smith School of Business, 2011
  Major/Concentration: Operations Management/Management Science
• Master, Transportation Engineering, 2005
  Major/Concentration: Transportation Engineering
• Master, Civil Engineering, 2003
  Major/Concentration: Civil Engineering
• Bachelor, Tsinghua University , 2001
  Major/Concentration: Structural Engineering

Academic
• Robert H. Smith School of Business (2009 - 2009) Instructor
• Robert H. Smith School of Business (2006 - 2009) Teaching Assistant
Professional
• California State Univeristy Long Beach (2011 - Present) Assitant Profesor
• Sabra, Wang & Associates, Inc (2005 - 2006) Traffic Engineer
• Tsinghua University (2003 - 2003) Research Associate

• "Data driven course scheduling to ensure timely graduation", International Journal of Production Research , May-2021
• "Optimal Pricing to Minimize Maximum Regret with Limited Demand Information", Computers & Operations Research , Dec-2020
• "Restructuring Degree Roadmaps To Improve Timely Graduation in Higher Education", International Journal of Educational Management, Jan-2020
• "Uncertain about your travel plan? Lock it and decide later: Dynamic pricing with a fare-lock option", Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, May-2019
• "Robust Dynamic Pricing with Two Substitutable Products", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management , Jan-2018
• "Would you Snap up the Deal, A Study of Consumer Behavior under Flash Sales", International Journal of Market Research , Dec-2015
• "Recent developments in dynamic pricing research: multiple products, competition, and limited demand information", Production and Operations Management , Jan-2015
• "Markdown optimization at multiple stores", IISE Transactions, Jan-2015
• "Comparative Study of Behavioral Mindsets in Team Decision", International Journal of Educational Management, Jan-2014
• "Identifying Team Behavioral Mindset to Improve Consesus Decision", International Journal of Services and Standard (The), Jan-2013
• "Integrated Production and Distibution Scheduling with Committed Delivery Dates", Operations Research Letters , Jan-2010

• "Applying Operations Research Techniques In The Higher Education System: An Exploratory Study Of Roadmap To Timely Graduation", Western Decision Science Institute (WDSI) Meeting , Sep-2019
• "Optimizing Degree Roadmap and Course Scheduling to Improve Timely Graduation Rates at a Four-Year Public University in California", Asia Pacific Conference on Social Sciences & Management , Seoul, Korea , May-2019
• "Shooting for a better, fast, and more efficient system: a study on students' timely progress to graduation", Asia Pacific Conference on Social Sciences & Management , Shanghai, China , May-2018
• "Dynamic pricing with a fare-lock option ", POMS Annual Conference , Jan-2016
• "Dynamic pricing with a fare-lock option", INFORMS (Annual Meeting) , Jan-2015
• "Recent development of dynamic pricing research in revenue management", INFORMS (Annual Meeting) , Jan-2013
• "Robust Dynamic Pricing with Two Substitutable Products.", INFORMS (Annual Meeting) , Dec-2012
• "survey of dynamic pricing research in revenue management ", INFORMS (Annual Meeting) , Jan-2012

• "Harvard Business Case Workshop" (Aug-2016) , Harvard Business Case Harvard Business Case Workshop Portland

• "Placement of Students", 2015, Bachelor’s/Master’s Level Education Impact CBA Students
• "Active Learning Class and Collaborated With Toyota to Create a Case Study for SCM 414", 2014, Teaching/Instructional Impact CBA Students
• "Elite Journal Publication, Conference Session Chair Reviewer for POM, Omega", 2013, Academic Impact