Robert L. Smith, The Altarum/ERIM Russell D. O'Neil Professor of Engineering, Ph.D. (Operations Research), University of California, Berkeley, 1971; MBA University of California, Berkeley, 1968.

Recent IOE courses taught: 316,512,515,600,616,712

Office: 1847 IOE

Phone: (734)763-2060

Web page: www-personal.umich.edu/~rlsmith/

Professor Smith teaches courses in stochastic processes, queueing systems, and dynamic programming. His current research interests include the optimization of complex systems using global optimization methods and the determination of planning and forecast horizons for decision making over time. Dr. Smith is Director of the Dynamic Systems Optimization Laboratory at the University of Michigan. The Laboratory research is directed toward the modeling and analysis of dynamical systems over time. He is also the UM Thrust Leader for Manufacturing Systems for the General Motors Collaborative Research Laboratory in Advanced Vehicle Manufacturing at the University of Michigan. He has been honored with the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award from the University of Michigan, the College of Engineering Research Excellence Award, an Outstanding Teacher Award from the Michigan Student Assembly and is a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Dr. Smith is past Associate Editor of Management Science and is the author of nearly eighty peer reviewed publications.