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Biography
Personal Pronouns
she/her
Additional Title(s)
- Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (dry appointment)
Prof. Shen joined the faculty of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in Fall 2011. She is the recipient of the 2025 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Fellow Award, 2017 Department of Energy (DoE) Early Career Award, and 2012 IBM Smarter Planet Innovation Faculty Award. She currently serves in the editorial boards for Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, IISE Transactions. She has served as an elected board member for the INFORMS Computing Society, track chairs for various IISE/INFORMS conferences, and the general associate chair for the 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting. She was a program director in the US National Science Foundation from 2023-2025 and an Associate Director for the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE) from 2016-2023.
Education
- PhD, University of Florida, 2011, Industrial and Systems Engineering
- BS, Tsinghua University, 2007, Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
Prof. Shen’s research is in integer programming, stochastic programming/robust optimization, and network optimization. The models she considers usually feature stochastic parameters and discrete decision variables. In general, optimal solutions are desired for trading off between the immediate benefits and the long-run gains, or between cost effectiveness and operational risk. Applications of her research include design and operations management problems in transportation, energy, healthcare, and quantum computing.
Professional Society Memberships
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)
- Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Awards
- 2025 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Fellow Award
- 2024 NSF Director’s Award for Superior Accomplishment (Group)
- 2021-2024 IOE Richard Wilson Faculty Scholar
- 2017 Department of Energy (DoE) Early Career Award
- 2012 IIE Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award, 1st Place