HANDE YURTTAN BENSON Curriculum Vitae

HANDE YURTTAN BENSON Curriculum Vitae Department of Decision Sciences Bennett S. LeBow College of Business Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875 (215) 895-6999 (215) 895-2907 benson@drexel.edu http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~hvb22 EDUCATION Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Ph.D. in Operations Research and Financial May 2001 Engineering Dissertation Title: Interior-Point Methods for Nonlinear, Second-Order Cone and Semidefinite Programming M.A. in Operations Research and Financial May 1999 Engineering Georgetown University Washington, DC B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science May 1997 Magna Cum Laude EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Decision Sciences Assistant Professor September 2003-Present United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland Mathematics Department Assistant Professor August 2002-August 2003 Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Operations Research and Financial Engineering Postdoctoral Research Associate September 2001-June 2002 Princeton Environmental Institute Postdoctoral Fellow September 2001-June 2002 Rutgers University Piscataway, New Jersey Management Science and Information Systems Part-Time Lecturer September 2001-June 2002

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Excellence In Research, LeBow College of Business, Drexel 2005 University Travel Grant, Princeton University 2000 Graduate Student Fellowship, DIMACS 1999 Excellence in Teaching Award, Princeton University 1998 Dean s Fellowship, Princeton University 1997-1998 Henry M. Leslie Award in Mathematics, Georgetown University May 1997 Computer Science Award, Georgetown University May 1997 RELATED EXPERIENCE Lattice Financial LLC Princeton Junction, New Jersey Optimization Software Developer June-August 2001 Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Senior Thesis Writers Group Mentor September 1999-April 2001 IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Yorktown, Heights New York Summer Intern July-September 1998 FEDERALLY FUNDED GRANTS RECEIVED National Science Foundation $59,960 (September 2007-August 2009) Efficient Interior- Point Methods for Mixed-Integer Nonlinear and Conic Programming, principal investigator. Office of Naval Research $90,000 (December 2003-September 2006) Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming with Applications in Sensor Optimization, principal investigator Office of Naval Research $25,000 (April-September 2003) A New Approach to Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming, principal investigator INTERNAL GRANTS Drexel University Summer Research Grant (July 2007-September 2007) Multi-Vehicle Path Coordination under Communication Constraints, principal investigator OTHER GRANT PROPOSALS PREPARED AT DREXEL National Science Foundation Pre-proposal (September 2009-August 2014) IGERT- EPICS for Resilient Cities, senior personnel (collaborative proposal) National Science Foundation $332,911 (July 2008-June 2010) Optimization Methods for Multi-Vehicle Path Coordination with Communication Constraints, principal investigator (collaborative proposal)

National Science Foundation Pre-proposal (September 2009-August 2014) IGERT: Computers, Materials, Continua, and Applied Mathematics, senior investigator (collaborative proposal) National Science Foundation $417,385 (July 2007-June 2012) CAREER: Robust and Efficient Interior-Point Methods for Nonlinear Programming and Extensions, principal investigator National Science Foundation $410,261 (July 2006-June 2011) CAREER: Interior-Point Methods for Nonlinear Programming: Algorithms, Extensions, and Applications, principal investigator National Science Foundation $1,987,035 (October 2007-September 2009) EFRI-ARESCI Preliminary Proposal Robust Autonomous Reconfiguration of Safety Critical Systems, senior-personnel (collaborative proposal) National Science Foundation Pre-proposal (September 2006-August 2011) IGERT: Materials by Design for Highly Constrained Multi-Functional Performances, senior investigator (collaborative proposal) Drexel Faculty Career Development Award Proposal $5,000 (September 2008-August 2009) Seminar Series on Optimization of Large-Scale Uncertain Systems (collaborative proposal) REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS I. Griva, D.F. Shanno, R.J. Vanderbei, and H.Y. Benson. Global Convergence of a Primal-Dual Interior-Point Method for Nonlinear Programming. Algorithmic Operations Research 3(1), 12-19, 2008. H.Y. Benson and D.F. Shanno. Interior-Point Methods for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming: Regularization and Warmstarts. Computational Optimization and Applications 40(2), 143-189, June 2008. H.Y. Benson and D.F. Shanno. An Exact Primal-Dual Penalty Method Approach to Warmstarting Interior-Point Methods for Linear Programming. Computational Optimization and Applications 38(3), 371-399, December 2007. H.Y. Benson, A. Sen, D.F. Shanno, R.J. Vanderbei. Interior-Point Algorithms, Penalty Methods, and Equilibrium Problems. Computational Optimization and Applications 34(2), 155-182, June 2006. H.Y. Benson, D.F. Shanno, R.J. Vanderbei. Interior-Point Methods for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming: Jamming and Comparative Numerical Testing. Mathematical Programming Series A 99(1), 35-48, January 2004.

H.Y. Benson and R.J. Vanderbei. Solving Problems with Semidefinite and Related Constraints Using Interior-Point Methods for Nonlinear Programming. Mathematical Programming Series B 95(2), 279-302, February 2003. H.Y. Benson, D.F. Shanno, R.J. Vanderbei. Interior-Point Methods for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming: Filter Methods and Merit Functions. Computational Optimization and Applications 23(2): 257-272, November 2002. CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES H.Y. Benson, D.F. Shanno, R.J. Vanderbei. A Comparative Study of Large Scale Nonlinear Optimization Algorithms. In High Performance Algorithms and Software for Nonlinear Optimization, G. Di Pillo and A. Murli, editors, pages 94-126, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. PAPERS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW AT REFEREED JOURNALS H.Y. Benson, A. Sen and D.F. Shanno. Convergence Analysis of an Interior-Point Method for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming. Submitted to SIAM Journal on Optimization, July 2008. H.Y. Benson. Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming Using Interior-Point Methods. Submitted to Optimization Methods and Software, November 2007. PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED PROCEEDINGS X. Liu and H.Y. Benson. On the Solution of a Discrete Bilevel Programming Problem in Biofuel Production. To appear in the Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute, November 2008. P. Abichandani, H.Y. Benson and M. Kam. Multi-Vehicle Path Coordination under Communication Constraints. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pages 650-656, June 2008. X. Liu and H.Y. Benson. Bilevel Optimization of Biofuel Production with Fixed Cost. Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, New York, USA, April 2008. Banerjee, A, K. Mokhashi and H. Benson. Production and Distribution Decisions in Direct Shipment Networks under Time-Varying Demand. Proceedings of the Fourth AIMS International Conference on Management, December 2006. W. Hu, X. Liu, H.Y. Benson. Nonlinear Programming for Supply Chain Management: A Survey and Extensions. Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, Puerto Rico, USA, pages 705-710, April 2006.

H.Y. Benson. Optimal Pricing and Procurement Strategies in a Supply Chain with Multiple Capacitated Suppliers. Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, Philadelphia, USA, April 2005. H.Y. Benson and A. Banerjee. Lot Sizing for Group Technology Cells: A Mixed Integer Nonlinear Model with Complementarity Constraints. Proceedings of the Second AIMS International Conference on Management, pages 423-434, December 2004. H.Y. Benson and J.M. Ogden. Mathematical Programming Techniques for Designing Minimum Cost Pipeline Networks for CO2 Sequestration. Proceedings of the Sixth Greenhouse Gas Technologies Conference, Kyoto, Japan, pages 627-632, August 2002. WORKS IN PROGRESS H.Y. Benson and X. Liu. A Discrete Bilevel Programming Problem Arising in Biofuel Production. Being finalized for submission to Omega, September 2008. P. Abichandani, H.Y. Benson and M. Kam. Multi-Vehicle Path Coordination for Communicating Vehicles in the Face of Jamming. Being finalized for submission to the Proceedings of the American Control Conference, September 2008. H.Y. Benson and V. Mahanta. Warmstarting in the Homogeneous Self-Dual Framework. Being prepared for submission to Optimization Methods and Software, December 2008. H.Y. Benson. Penalty Methods for Conic Programming. Being prepared for submission to Mathematical Programming, February 2008. TECHNICAL REPORTS H.Y. Benson. A Branch-and-Bound Approach to Discrete Bilevel Programming with Applications in Supply Chain Management. Department of Decision Sciences, Drexel University, 2005. H.Y. Benson, D.F. Shanno, R.J. Vanderbei. Interior-Point Methods for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming: Complementarity Constraints. Technical Report ORFE 02-02, Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University, 2002. R.J. Vanderbei and H.Y. Benson. On Formulating Semidefinite Programming Problems as Smooth Convex Nonlinear Optimization Problems. Technical Report ORFE 1999-01, Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University, 1999. R.J. Vanderbei and H. Yurttan. Using LOQO to Solve Second-Order Cone Programming Problems. Technical Report SOR-98-09, Statistics and Operations Research, Princeton University, 1998.

SHORT COURSES (FULL-DAY) Short Course on Numerical Optimization: Algorithms and Software, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Toronto, May 2002. INVITED COLLOQUIA State-of-the-Art in Large-Scale Nonlinear Optimization, School of Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series, Drexel University, April 2007. Warmstarting Interior-Point Methods for Linear Programming, Department of Applied Mathematics Seminar Series, University of Maryland Baltimore County, September 2005. Interior-Point Algorithms, Penalty Methods, and Equilibrium Problems, IOE Departmental Seminar Series, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, March 2005. INVITED CONFERENCE TALKS Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming using Interior-Point Methods, INFORMS Annual Meeting Washington, DC, October 2008 (upcoming) Interior-Point Methods for Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Conic Programming, SIAM Annual Conference, San Diego, July 2008. Interior-Point Methods for Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Conic Programming, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Boston, May 2008. LOQO, an Interior-Point Code for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting Seattle, November 2007. Interior-Point Methods for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming: Regularization and Warmstarts, IMA Conference on Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimisation, University of Birmingham, UK, September 2007. LOQO, an Interior-Point Code for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming, ICCOPT- MOPTA, McMaster University, August 2007. Interior-Point Methods for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming: Regularization and Warmstarts, 8 th Annual US-Mexico Workshop on Optimization, Huatulco, January 2007. Warmstarting Interior-Point Methods for Nonlinear Programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting Pittsburgh, November 2006. Interior-Point Methods for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming: Regularization and Warmstarts, CORS/Optimization Days Joint Conference, Montreal, May 2006.

Penalty Methods in Interior-Point Algorithms, Conference on Complementary, Duality, and Global Optimization, Virginia Tech, August 2005. Interior-Point Algorithms, Penalty Methods, and Equilibrium Problems, 4 th International Conference on Complementarity Problems, Stanford University, August 2005. Recent Advances with LOQO, an Infeasible Interior-point Code for Nonlinear Programming, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Stockholm, May 2005. Interior-Point Algorithms, Penalty Methods, and Equilibrium Problems, INFORMS Annual Meeting Denver, October 2004. Interior-Point Algorithms, Penalty Methods, and Equilibrium Problems, Banff CORS- INFORMS, May 2004. Benchmarking of NLP Software, INFORMS Annual Meeting Atlanta, October 2003. LOQO, an Infeasible Interior-Point Algorithm for Nonlinear Programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting Atlanta, October 2003. LOQO: an Interior-Point Code for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming, International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Copenhagen, August 2003. Designing an Interior-Point Algorithm for Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting San Jose, November 2002. Solving Nonlinear Complementarity Problems Using Interior-Point Methods for Nonlinear Programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting San Jose, November 2002. Recent Advances in Solving Large Scale Nonlinear Programming Problems with LOQO, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Toronto, May 2002. Solving SDPs and SOCPs via Interior-Point Methods for Nonlinear Programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting Miami, November 2001 Filter Methods & Interior-Point Algorithms, INFORMS Annual Meeting Miami, November 2001. A Nonlinear Programming-Based Interior-Point Method for Solving Semidefinite Programs, INFORMS Annual Meeting San Antonio, November 2000 Using LOQO to Solve Problems with Semidefinite and Related Constraints, Seventh DIMACS Implementation Challenge, November 2000

Solving Semidefinite Programming Problems as Smooth Convex NLPs, International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Atlanta, August 2000 Solving Second-Order Cone Programming Problems via Interior-Point Methods, INFORMS Annual Meeting Philadelphia, November 1999 CONTRIBUTED TALKS Large-Scale Nonlinear Optimization of Engineering Models, Modeling and Simulation Day, Drexel University, April 2008. Nonlinear Programming for Supply Chain Management: A Survey and Extensions, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, March 2006. Optimal Pricing and Procurement Strategies in a Supply Chain with Multiple Capacitated Suppliers. Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, March 2005. LOQO: An Infeasible Interior-Point Algorithm for Nonlinear Programming, Mathematical Programming Society International Conference on Continuous Optimization, Troy, NY, August 2004. OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Member, Drexel Engineering Cities Initiative, 2007-Present RESEARCH WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION External Funding for Research, Center for Research Excellence, November 16, 2007 Collaborative Research (LeBow and IST): A Conversation with Mike Atwood, Associate Dean for Research, IST, Center for Research Excellence, April 20, 2007 Inter-Unit Collaboration within LeBow and across Drexel, Center for Research Excellence, December 1, 2006 Research at LeBow: A Meeting with Dr. Ken Blank, Vice Provost for Research, Center for Research Excellence, June 2, 2006 Proposals to NSF: Achieving Success, Center for Research Excellence, February 11, 2005

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES Course Number Course Name Course Level Terms Taught OPR 320/ POM 331 Linear Models for Decision Making Undergraduate (Writing- Intensive) Fall 05-06 Fall 06-07 Spring 06-07 Fall 07-08 Spring 07-08 OPR 330/ POM 335 Advanced Decision Making and Simulation Undergraduate Winter 05-06 Winter 06-07 OPR 620 Operations Research I Masters Winter 04-05 Winter 05-06 OPR 922/ OPR 920 Operations Research I PhD Winter 04-05 Winter 06-07 Winter 07-08 OPR 924 Operations Research II PhD Spring 03-04 Spring 05-06 OPR 990 Sp. Topics: Advanced Transportation PhD Winter 04-05 Management OPR 992 Applied Mathematical Programming PhD Winter 03-04 Winter 05-06 Fall 06-07 Fall 07-08 POM 300 Operations Management Undergraduate Fall 03-04 Spring 03-04 Summer 04-05 POM 499 Sp. Topics: Advanced Operations Undergraduate Fall 03-04 Planning & Mgmt Independent Study POM 601 Operations Management One-Year MBA Spring 04-05 Spring 05-06 Spring 06-07 Spring 07-08 POM 698 Sp. Topics: Supply Chain Masters, MBA Winter 03-04 Management POM 990 Sp. Topics: Pricing Models in Supply PhD Fall 05-06 STAT 601 Chain Mgmt Business Statistics Executive MBA MBA Winter/Spring 04-05 Spring 04-05 Fall 05-06 STAT 604 Decision Sciences Executive MBA One-Year MBA MBA Fall 03-04 Winter 03-04 Spring 04-05 Spring 05-06 Spring 06-07

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE PhD Math Camp, Fall 07-08 and Fall 08-09 One-Year MBA Boot Camp, Summer 04-05 PEDAGOGY PRESENTATIONS Writing in Decision Sciences, The University Writing Program and the Writing Center Fall Forum, November 15, 2006 Innovative Uses of Technology to Enhance Learning, Center for Teaching Excellence, January 30, 2006 TEACHING WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION Teaching Portfolio Workshop, Drexel Center for Academic Excellence, March 17-21, 2008 My LIFEfolio: Effective Use of Student Learning Portfolios at LeBow A Faculty Discussion, Center for Teaching Excellence, October 12, 2007 Course Portfolios as Faculty Tools, Center for Teaching Excellence, January 25, 2007 Creating Significant Learning Experiences, Center for Teaching Excellence, March 2, 2006 SAP Faculty Users Workshop, IRT, August 12, 2004 Teaching Portfolio Workshop, Drexel Center for Academic Excellence, June 14-18, 2004 EDITORIAL BOARDS Technical Editor, Mathematical Programming Computation (2008-Present) Editorial Board Member, CONE World, GAMS Corporation (2004-Present) FUNDING AGENCY SERVICE Grant Review Panel Member, National Science Foundation (October 2008) (upcoming) Grant Reviewer, Department of Energy (May 2008) Grant Review Panel Member, National Science Foundation (May 2007) Grant Reviewer, MITACS Canada (February 2007)

AD HOC REFEREEING Mathematics of Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Computational Optimization and Applications, Optimization Methods and Software, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Computer Mathematics, Central European Journal of Mathematics, Applied Numerical Mathematics, ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, Computational Management Science, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Journal of Mathematical Modeling and Algorithms, Mathematical and Computer Modeling CONFERENCE SESSIONS ORGANIZED AND CHAIRED Nonlinear Programming: Algorithms and Applications, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 2008 (upcoming) Interior-Point Methods: Theory, Computation, and Applications (2 Minisymposia), SIAM Conference on Optimization, Boston, May 2008 Linear Programming and Linear Complementarity Problems, INFORMS Annual Meeting Seattle, November 2007 Nonlinear Programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting Seattle, November 2007 Interior-Point Methods for Linear Programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting Pittsburgh, November 2006 Implementation and Robustness for Nonlinear Programming, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2005 Interior-Point Methods for Nonlinear Programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting Atlanta, October 2003 Nonlinear Programming Software, INFORMS Annual Meeting San Jose, 2002 OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Board of Directors, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (2006-Present) MEMBERSHIPS Mathematical Programming Society (MPS)

Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DECISION SCIENCES Coordinator for Course Substitutions, Business and Engineering, Summer 2008-Present Content Developer, Advertisement Flyer for the Decision Sciences PhD Program, 2007-08 Member, Committee to Revise Undergraduate Courses in the POM Concentration, 2007-08 Member, New Faculty Hiring Committee, 2006-07 Member, Committee to Develop an Assessment Plan for Business and Engineering, 2006-07 Organizer, Departmental Seminar Series, 2006-07 Member, Department Chair Search Committee, 2004-05 SERVICE TO THE LEBOW COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Member, Roadmap Team for the LeBow College of Business Strategic Plan, 2008- Present Board Member for One-Year MBA Simulation Exercise, Summer 2004-05 Member, eportfolio Task Force, Summer 2004-05 Faculty Member, One-Year MBA and Executive MBA orientation and assessment activities, 2003-Present SERVICE TO DREXEL UNIVERSITY Member, Taskforce on Teaching and Assessing Writing in the Disciplines, 2007-08 STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISION PhD Dissertation Co-Advisor Virginia Miori, Department of Decision Sciences

Dissertation Title: Dynamic programming applied to a new formulation of the stochastic truckload routing problem Graduation Date: June 2006 Xiangrong Liu, Department of Decision Sciences Dissertation Topic: Discrete Bilevel Programming with Supply Chain Applications Expected Graduation Date: June 2009 Vivek Mahanta, Department of Decision Sciences Dissertation Topic: Mixed-Integer Cone Programming Problems with Applications in Finance Expected Graduation Date: June 2010 Pramod Abichandani, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Dissertation Topic: Game Theoretical Multi-Vehicle Path Coordination Models under Communication Constraints Expected Graduation Date: June 2010 PhD Dissertation Committee Member Wan-ting Hu, Department of Decision Sciences Dissertation Title: Supply Chain Coordination Contracts with Free Replacement Warranty Graduation Date: April 2008 Jiali Liao, Department of Decision Sciences Dissertation Title: A Discretionary Stopping Problem in Stochastic Control: An Application in Credit Exposure Control Graduation Date: June 2006 Other Research Supervision Christina Achampong, Undergraduate Student, 2003-05 Ming-Kwan Yuen, Undergraduate and PhD Student, 2003-05