Tulay Varol

Ph.D. student in Management Science

Email: varol@som.umass.edu
Office: Isenberg 226

 

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Education: M.S. Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010 B.S. Mathematical Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007

Research/Teaching Interests: Deterministic Models Integer Programming Retail Facility Layout Design Supply Chain Management

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Tulay Varol is a doctoral student in Management Science at the Isenberg School of Management.

Her research interests are in designing mathematical models for retail facility layouts, with a focus on shelf space allocation.  Her advisor is Dr. Ahmed Ghoniem.

Working Papers

"Optimal product shelf-space allocation under retail store layouts" with A. Ghoniem and B. Maddah.

Honors & Awards

Turkish American Women Scholarship Fund (2006)

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) fellowship (2007-2009)

Academic Activities

Vice president, student chapter of INFORMS UMASS 2011-2012