Message from Coordinator
In this program, doctoral students receive an exceptional training under the tutelage of renowned faculty members. Their research is conducted at the highest levels of academic rigor and scholarly excellence and target prestigious journals of the field.
We support and prepare our students for exciting academic and research positions by offering:
- An assistantship for five years, including the first four summers
- Excellent research training that yields several research manuscripts targeting some of our best journal outlets
- Opportunities to present research work at major conferences in our field, including INFORMS, POM, and ICIS
- Immersion into academia by nominating students for doctoral colloquia at major conferences
- Opportunities to strengthen CVs by teaching introductory courses for three semesters
- Opportunities to compete for school and campus awards, including the prestigious Isenberg Outstanding Doctoral Student Researcher Award and the Isenberg Outstanding Doctoral Student Teacher Award. Our students have regularly garnered such awards.
The totality of the training and mentoring our students receive at Isenberg uniquely prepares them for outstanding careers.
Anna Nagurney
Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies and Ph.D. Coordinator in Operations Management
Isenberg’s PhD in Operations Management is a full-time, residential program designed to train students in the diverse area of operations management. It comprises a solid program of coursework, a three-semester teaching requirement, and several examinations for the completion of the degree.
Operations Management PhD students can study any area of interest and take courses in:
- Operations Management
- Mathematical Modeling
- Stochastic Processes
- Optimization
- Business Process Optimization
- Supply Chain Management
- Advanced Topics in Transportation and Logistics
- Deterministic Models in Management Science
Isenberg faculty conduct research at the forefront of their disciplines and are involved in projects that are nationally and internationally funded by agencies such as the National Science Foundation.
In the operations management program, students conduct novel research in such areas as supply chain management, manufacturing and service operations management, transportation and logistics, retail analytics, airline management, portfolio management, sustainable operations, humanitarian logistics and healthcare, quality management, or disruption and business continuity management, to name a few. Such research is methodologically grounded in operations management core competencies and employs optimization theory, mathematical modeling, statistics, stochastic processes, and big data analytics.
Students are admitted for Fall semesters and receive an assistantship that is continued over five academic years (including their first four summers) subject to good academic standing and progress. Students complete forty-five credits of course work, in addition to a 3-credit teaching course. Students must successfully complete four examinations: the Core Exam, the Comprehensive Exam, the Dissertation Proposal Defense, and the Dissertation Defense.
YEAR 1: Coursework and Core Exam
YEAR 2: Coursework and Comprehensive Exam.
YEAR 3: Development of dissertation proposal and Teaching
YEAR 4-5: Dissertation research, teaching and dissertation final defense.
Operations Management Doctoral Candidates
