We are proud to celebrate the recent accomplishments of members of the UMass INFORMS Student Chapter.
On Thursday, May 1st, the OIM Elevate Scholarship Ceremony was held at the Dickinson Ballroom at the Inn on Boltwood in Amherst, where former chapter president Dana Hassani was honored as a recipient of the OIM Elevate Scholarship.
In addition to this honor, Dana also received the Isenberg Outstanding Doctoral Student Researcher Award for the second year in a row. Since he was presenting at the POMS Conference in Atlanta at the time, Professor Anna Nagurney accepted the award plaque on his behalf. Upon Dana’s return, the plaque was formally presented to him by Professor George Milne, Associate Dean of Research and PhD Programs at the Isenberg School of Management, together with Professor Anna Nagurney.
Recent Publications
Congratulations to Dana Hassani, who co-authored the paper “A Multiperiod, Multicommodity, Capacitated International Agricultural Trade Network Equilibrium Model with Applications to Ukraine in Wartime”, published in Transportation Science. The paper was featured in a press release by INFORMS.
Congratulations to Ismael M. Pour, co-authored the paper “Integrated Crop and Cargo War Risk Insurance: Application to Ukraine” published in International Transactions in Operational Research. This research introduces a novel framework that integrates insurance and supply chain planning under conflict-related disruptions.
Congratulations to Samira Samadi, co-authored the paper “Multicommodity Trade, Tariffs, and Rerouting” in the Convex and Variational Analysis with Applications: In Honor of Terry Rockafellar’s 90th Birthday. This research adds to the literature on multicommodity trade by constructing a spatial price equilibrium model with tariffs that allows for the investigation of rerouting of commodities to evade tariffs.
Congratulations to Semih Boz, who co-authored the paper “Parcel Delivery by Vehicle and Drone in Ordered Customer Neighborhoods” published in Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. His work examines innovative logistics strategies combining ground and aerial delivery.
We would like to express our sincere appreciation to Professor Anna Nagurney, our faculty advisor, for her continued guidance, encouragement, and support of our chapter and our research. We are proud of the accomplishments of our chapter members. Congratulations again to all who presented and published, and best wishes for a great summer from the UMass INFORMS Student Chapter!