Post-Doctorate Researcher, The Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute. August 2011-July 2012 Tasks Included:

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1 Dinçer Konur, Ph.D. Post-doc Research Fellow Center for Intermodal Freight Transportation Studies 302 Engineering Administration The University of Memphis Memphis, TN Mobile: (352) Homepage: EMPLOYMENT Post-Doctorate Researcher, The Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute. August 2011-July 2012 Tasks Included: Conduct research in the research projects at the Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute at the University of Memphis. Advise M.S. and Ph.D. students in their theses and dissertations. EDUCATION Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida. August 2011 Dissertation: Mathematical Models of Competition with Explicit Cost Considerations in Supply Chains. Committee: Dr. Joseph P. Geunes (committee chair), Dr. Panos M. Pardalos (committee member), Dr. J. Cole Smith (committee member), and Dr. Jonathan H. Hamilton (external committee member). Honors and Awards: Full graduate scholarship including tuition waiver and full stipend from Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University of Florida INFORMS, Future Academician Colloquium participant, 2010 (Nominated by the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida). Selected Courses: Fundamentals of Mathematical Programming Modern Analysis I Linear Programming and Network Operations Stochastic Modeling and Analysis Numerical Optimization Discrete Optimization Theory Advanced Network Optimization Linear Programming Extensions Advanced Topics in Integer Programming Global Optimization Introduction to Stochastic Optimization Analysis of Algorithms Game Theory for Economics Dynamic Economics: Theory and Applications. M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida. December 2009 B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University - Ankara, Turkey. May 2007 Honors and Awards: Full undergraduate scholarship, full tuition waiver, accommodation and full stipend from Bilkent University for all semesters enrolled High Honor and Honor Student Awards for all semesters enrolled Best Senior Project in Bilkent University Industrial Engineering Project Fair, 2007 Best Industry- University Project in National Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Project Competition (YA/EM), Turkey, Selected Courses: Introduction to Modeling and Optimization Operations Analysis and Design Modeling and Methods in Optimization Engineering Economic Analysis Manufacturing Processes Stochastic Models Simulation Production Planning Production Information Systems Quality Assurance and Reliability Supply Chain Management Distribution Logistics Inventory Theory Cost Analysis and Control Introduction to Research in IE and OR I-II Economy Theory I-II. Undergraduate Research: Conducted research on replenishment problem of an EOQ type of retailer, who is subject to an all units quantity premium purchase cost schedule and explicit transportation costs including per truck capacity and per truck costs Conducted research on replenishment problem of a Newsboy type of retailer, who is subject to and all units quantity premium purchase cost schedule and explicit transportation costs including per truck capacity and per truck costs Conducted research on how the value of supply chain coordination changes with channel parameters of a two-echelon supply chain with stochastic demand.

2 Dinçer Konur, Ph.D. 2 RESEARCH Research Interests, Areas, and Methodology: Research Interests: Operations Research Game Theory Supply Chain Management Mathematical Modeling Linear Programming Nonlinear Programming Transportation and Logistics Integer Programming Inventory Control. Application Areas: Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Coordination and Contracts Inventory Control and Production Planning Competitive Supply Chains Competitive Facility Location Analysis Transportation and Logistics Traffic Congestion Analysis. Methodology: Equilibrium Analysis Nonlinear Modeling Variational Inequalities Linear/nonlinear Optimization Heuristics Decomposition Methods Column Generation Mixed Integer Programming. Research Assistantship: Research Assistant: In project Impacts of Efficient Transportation Capacity Utilization via Multi-product Consolidation on Transportation Usage and Congestion Supervised by Dr. Joseph P. Geunes Sponsored by Center for Multimodal Solutions (CMS) for Congestion Mitigation at University of Florida May May I was active in writing the Pre-proposal for this grant. Research Assistant: In project Characterizing the Tradeoffs and Costs Associated with Transportation Congestion in Supply Chains Supervised by Dr. Joseph P. Geunes Sponsored by Center for Multimodal Solutions (CMS) for Congestion Mitigation at University of Florida May May This project is featured in The September 2010 issue of the UTC Spotlight Newsletter. PUBLISHED, SUBMITTED, and WORKING PAPERS Konur, D., J. Geunes Competitive Multi-facility Location Games with Non-Identical Firms and Convex Traffic Congestion Costs. Transportation Research Part E 48 (1) Konur, D., J. Geunes Analysis of Traffic Congestion Costs in a Competitive Supply Chain. Transportation Research Part E 47 (1) Konur, D., J. Geunes Supplier Wholesale Pricing: Implications of Decentralized vs. Centralized Procurement under Quantity Competition. Revision is submitted to Production and Operations Management (POM). Konur, D., A. Toptal Analysis and Applications of Replenishment Problems Under Generalized Transportation Costs and Wholesale Prices. Submitted for publication to International Journal of Production Economics. Konur, D., M. Golias Inbound Truck Scheduling at A Cross-dock Facility with Truck Arrival Time Uncertainty. Submitted for publication to Computers and Operations Research. Konur, D., J. Geunes A Symmetric Competitive Multi-Facility Location Game with Convex Congestion Costs. Submitted for publication to International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management. Konur, D., J. Geunes A Multi-Item EOQ Model with Shipment Consolidation and Explicit Truckload Transportation Costs. Working paper. Konur, D Retailer Store Locations in A Competitive Market. Working Paper. Konur, D., M. Golias Truck Scheduling At a Cross-dock Facility with Controllable Handling Times. Working Paper. Konur, D., M. Golias Reliable Scheduling At Cross-dock Facilities. Working Paper. Konur, D An Iterative Method for A Class of Generalized Supply Chain Equilibrium Problems. Working paper.

3 Dinçer Konur, Ph.D. 3 Konur, D., G. Yildirim Supplier Competition for a Limited Retailer Resource. Working Paper. Ayabakan, S., A. Celik, E. Erdogan, C. Karakan, S. Kocak, D. Konur, and H. Yaman Market Analysis and Distribution Network Design for HOD-Demijohn Water. Endustri Muhendisligi 18 (3), 2-12 (in Turkish). CONFERENCE and SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS, TALKS Konur, D., J. Geunes. Shipment Consolidation Policy Analysis with Stepwise Freight Costs. Invited, INFORMS 2011, Charlotte, NC, USA. Konur, D., J. Geunes. Multi-item EOQ Model with Shipment Consolidation and Explicit Transportation Costs. Session Chair, Annual IIE Conference and Expo - May 2011, Reno, Nevada. Konur, D., J. Geunes. Impacts of Efficient Transportation Capacity Utilization via Multi-Product Consolidation on Transportation Network Usage and Congestion. Annual CMS Conference - March 2011, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Konur, D., J. Geunes. Supplier Wholesale Pricing: Implications of Competitive vs. Cooperative Buyers under Quantity Competition. Department Seminar, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, February Konur, D., J. Geunes. Modeling Supplier Wholesale Pricing Decisions with Competitive Buyers under Cournot Competition. Session Chair, INFORMS 2010, Austin, Texas, USA. Konur, D., J. Geunes. Supplier Pricing Strategies for Competitive Buyers. Annual IIE Conference and Expo - June 2010, Cancun, Mexico. Konur, D., J. Geunes. A Competitive Facility Location Game with Traffic Congestion Costs. Invited, INFORMS 2009, San Diego, California, USA. Konur, D., A. Toptal. Supplier Selection under Varying Replenishment Cost Structures. Session Chair, INFORMS 2009, San Diego, California, USA. Konur, D., J. Geunes. A Competitive Location Game with Traffic Congestion Costs. Annual IIE Conference and Expo - June 2009, Miami, Florida, USA. Konur, D. Multi-item Inventory Systems with Stepwise Costs. Supply Chain And Logistics Engineering (SCALE) Center, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Konur, D. A Competitive Facility Location Game with Traffic Congestion Costs. Annual CMS Conference - March 2009, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. TEACHING Guest Lecturer for CIVL7907/ Transportation Network Analysis, University of Memphis, Fall Lectures: Introduction to Linear Programming (modeling and simplex method), Linear Programming Duality, Linear Programming Extensions, Integer Programming, Dynamic Programming, and Nonlinear Programming. Tasks Included: 3 hours of weekly lectures for 4 weeks, preparing lecture notes, assigning and grading homework. Instructor for EIN Inventory Control and Supply Chain Systems, University of Florida, Spring Class Size: 45 Teaching Evaluation: 4.36/5.00 Course Description: 3 credit course for undergraduate students (seniors) in Industrial and Systems Engineering Department of University of Florida Course syllabus include demand forecasting, inventory control under deterministic demand (EOQ model and its extensions), inventory control under stochastic demand (Newsboy model and its extensions, (Q, R) and (s, S) inventory control systems), multi item inventory systems (resource constrained EOQ model for multi product systems and knapsack formulations, EOQ

4 Dinçer Konur, Ph.D. 4 model for production planning, Joint-Replenishment-Problem, and ABC analysis), supply chain coordination and contracts, and modeling varying inventory and supply chain problems Students are assigned course projects (preparing reports and presentations) on practical supply chain methods and problems. Tasks Included: Designing syllabus, lecture notes, project topics and descriptions 3 hours of weekly class teaching, 2 hours of weekly office hours Preparation of 4 quizzes and their solutions, 4 homework and their solutions, 2 exams and their solutions Grading exams, and project reports and presentations Preparation of learning objectives for the exams and giving feedback on the project progresses. Instructor for EIN Inventory Control and Supply Chain Systems, University of Florida, Spring Class Size: 45 Teaching Evaluation: 4.20/5.00 Teaching Assistant for EIN Inventory Control and Supply Chain Systems, University of Florida, Fall Teaching Assistant for ESI Models for Supply Chain Management, University of Florida, Summer Teaching Assistant for EIN Engineering Economy, University of Florida, Spring Teaching Assistant for EIN Lean Production Systems, University of Florida, Fall Grader for MATH Introduction to Statistics, Bilkent University, Spring WORK EXPERIENCE and PROJECTS Senior Project for The Coca Cola Company - Turkey, Bilkent University. Fall Spring 2007 Project Title: Market Analysis and Distribution Network Design for HOD-Demijohn Water. Tasks Included: Demand forecasting for a brand new HOD-Demijohn water product of The Coca Cola Company - Turkey in Ankara Mathematical formulation of the distribution network design problem to determine retailer locations, labor and infrastructure requirements of the retailers Case analysis for different objectives of the company Solving mathematical formulations for different cases and determining the best distribution network design (Express is used in the solutions). Implementation: The result of this project is implemented by The Coca Cola Company - Turkey in Ankara. Internship at Unal Electronik A.S., Istanbul, Turkey. Summer 2006 Department: Production Planning Department. Tasks Included: Worked for job preparation process Optimized utilization of raw material usage Designed an algorithm to maximize the number of parts to be produced out of a specified amount of raw material. Internship at Mercedes-Benz Turk, Istanbul, Turkey. Summer 2005 Department: Bus Manufacturing Plant, Internal Parts Production Department. Tasks Included: Control of internal parts logistics Production and delivery of emergency parts Monitoring part flows via SAP Updating KANBAN cards in SAP KAIZEN studies in the internal parts manufacturing work stations. Term Projects University of Florida: Analysis of stochastic demand allocation to capacitated resource for Introduction to Stochastic Optimization course Analysis of different cut generating techniques for a production planning problem for Advanced Integer Programming course. Bilkent University: Routing optimization for a transportation problem Managing inventory of a retailer with stochastic demand Analysis of Vendor-Managed-Inventory Analysis of a health center and improvement proposals Simulation of a manufacturing cell using ARENA Profitability analysis of a promotion for a fast food company OR and time studies in a restaurant.

5 Dinçer Konur, Ph.D. 5 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES and SOCIETIES Attended the Future Academic Colloquium at the INFORMS meeting Reviewed articles/papers for European Journal of Operations Research (EJOR), Journal of Global Optimization, OMEGA - The International Journal of Management Science, Optimization Letters, Computers and Industrial Engineering (CAIE), Transportation Research Part E, IERC Proceedings 2011, International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, Journal of Risk and Reliability, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Member of Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science (INFORMS), Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society (MSOM) of INFORMS, Marketing Society of INFORMS, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), European Operations Management Association (EurOMA). Attended INFORMS Annual Meeting - Charlotte, NC, 2011, Annual IIE Conference and Expo - Reno, NV, 2011, INFORMS Annual Meeting - Austin, TX, 2010, Annual IIE Conference and Expo - Cancun, Mexico, 2010, INFORMS Annual Meeting - San Diego, CAL, 2009, Annual IIE Conference and Expo - Miami, FL, 2009, INFORMS Annual Meeting - Washington, DC, 2008, INFORMS Annual Meeting - Seattle, WA, 2007.

6 Dinçer Konur, Ph.D. 6 REFERENCES Dr. Joseph Geunes Professor & Associate Chair Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering University of Florida Address: 303 Weil Hall, Gainesville, FL Phone: (352) x geunes@ise.ufl.edu Webpage: Dr. H. Edwin Romeijn Professor Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering The University of Michigan Address: 2893 IOE Building, 1205 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan Phone: (734) romeijn@umich.edu Webpage: romeijn/ Dr. J. Cole Smith Professor Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering University of Florida Address: 303 Weil Hall, Gainesville, FL Phone: (352) x cole@ise.ufl.edu Webpage: Dr. Martin Lipinski Ensafe Professor Department of Civil Engineering University of Memphis Address: Engineering Science Building Room 104A, Memphis, TN Phone: (901) mlipinsk@memphis.edu Webpage: This CV is last updated: December 4, 2011