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X-WR-CALNAME:MIE Seminar Presentation by Dr. Özlem Ergun: A case study on 
 post-disaster debris operations and solving multi-period network capacity 
 expansion problems
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Debris is the waste generated by hazardous events suc
 h as a natural disaster or a terrorist attack. Post-disaster debris collec
 tion operations are in general not planned in advance and are done in an a
 d-hoc way after an event. Issues in tactical and operational planning incl
 ude clearing quickly\, widely\, and in ways that is good for the environme
 nt and health. Debris impacts the logistics of humanitarian relief and deb
 ris generated in some large-scale disasters can be equivalent in volume to
  years of normal solid waste production in the affected areas. In the cont
 ext of the Haiti earthquake\, six months after the disaster\, only 5% of t
 he debris was collected. Hurricane Ike (2008) generated debris enough to f
 ill a football field stacked 2 miles high. The 30-mile debris along the Te
 xas coast that was standing months after Ike's landfall is a testament to 
 the challenges and the inefficiencies that exist in debris clearance opera
 tions today.  \n\nIn this research\, we consider the decision problems rel
 ated to the three phases of debris management operations: clearance\, coll
 ection\, and disposal. We develop mathematical models that capture the imp
 ortant characteristics of the debris related operations along with methodo
 logies for solving these models efficiently. These models include consider
 ations on fairness (given the public impact nature of the application) and
  robustness (given various types of uncertainty in these settings). We als
 o demonstrate the results of some of these models and algorithms on a case
  study based on the Haitian Earthquake.  \n\nShort Bio: Özlem Ergun\, PhD
  \n\nFaculty Development Fellow and Associate Professor\, Mechanical and I
 ndustrial Engineering\, Northeastern University  \n\nDr. Özlem Ergun was 
 the Coca-Cola Associate Professor in the School of Industrial and Systems 
 Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology until August 2014. She has 
 also a co-founded and co-directed the Health and Humanitarian Logistics Re
 search Center at the Supply Chain and Logistics Institute. She received a 
 B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell Univer
 sity in 1996 and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Ins
 titute of Technology in 2001.  \n\nDr. Özlem Ergun’s research focuses o
 n the design and management of large-scale networks. She has applied her w
 ork on network design\, management and collaboration to problems arising i
 n the airline\, ocean cargo and trucking industries. Recently\, Dr. Ergun
 ’s work has been focused on the use of systems thinking and mathematical
  modeling in applications with societal impact. She has worked with organi
 zations that respond to humanitarian crisis around the world\, including: 
 UN WFP\, IFRC\, CARE USA\, FEMA\, USACE\, CDC\, AFCEMA\, and MedShare Inte
 rnational.
LOCATION:Shillman Hall\, 305
SUMMARY:MIE Seminar Presentation by Dr. Özlem Ergun: A case study on post-
 disaster debris operations and solving multi-period network capacity expan
 sion problems
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 ion_by_dr_ozlem_ergun_a_case_study_on_post-disaster_debris_operations_and_
 solving_multi-period_network_capacity_expansion_problems
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