JonathanBard
- jbard@utexas.edu
- 512-471-3076
- ETC 5.126
Design and analysis of manufacturing systems; Large-scale hierarchical optimization; Health care delivery improvement; Workforce planning and scheduling
About
Jonathan Bard is a professor of Operations Research Industrial Engineering in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas. He holds the Industrial Properties Corporation Endowed Faculty Fellowship, serves as the Associate Director for the Center for the Management of Operations Logistics, and as the Assistant Graduate Advisor for the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program.
At The University of Texas, Dr. Bard teaches courses in mathematical modeling, production planning and control, optimization theory, and project management. His research centers on (1) the development of efficient algorithms for problems related to airline operations, vehicle routing, and machine scheduling; (2) the design and analysis of manufacturing systems; (3) the use of decomposition techniques to solve large-scale hierarchical planning problems; and (4) multicriteria decision making applied to socio-economic systems.
Prior to beginning his academic career, he worked as a program manager for the Aerospace Corporation and as a systems engineer for Booz, Allen Hamilton. He is an internationally recognized expert on bilevel programming and postal operations, and is an active consultant for a number of government agencies and U.S. corporations. Dr. Bard is the founding editor of IIE Transactions on Operations Engineering and currently serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Production Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Computers Industrial Engineering, Journal of the Operational Research Society and Computers Operations Research. He is a fellow of INFORMS and IIE, and a senior member of IEEE, and has held several offices in each of these organizations.
Dr. Bard’s research has been published in the leading technical journals and has won numerous honors and awards. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
Educational Qualifications
- D.Sc., Operations Research, George Washington University
- M.S., Aeronautical Engineering, Stanford University
- B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic University
Select Awards & Honors
- Best Researcher Award – Strategic Management and Business Strategy Organization (2024)
- Fulbright Scholar (2015)
- Harold Kuhn Award – Navel Research Logistics (2015)
- David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award – Institute of Industrial Engineers (2002)