Uday Venkatadri, Ph.D., P.Eng, is Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has taught at Dalhousie University since July 2001 and also served as Department Head. Before joining Dalhousie, he was a Lead Architect for supply chain planning products at Baan (now Infor Global Solutions Inc.). He also worked as a Research Associate at Université Laval in Québec City.

He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University, a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT-BHU, Varanasi, India.

His current research is focused on production and distribution systems design within the Industry 4.0 context. He is interested in forward and reverse supply chain management, the Physical Internet, and production planning.

His research interests are in smart and hyperconnected logistics networks, facilities planning, production planning and control, and sustainable supply chain management. He teaches courses in these areas as well as operations research, modeling of industrial systems, information systems, algorithms, and quality control. He has published in journals such as the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, International Journal of Peformability Engineering, Production Planning and Control, International Journal of Production Economics, European Journal of Operations Research, IIE Transactions, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, and Management Science,. He is a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), a member of the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) and a member of Engineers Nova Scotia.

Optimization Models for Contemporary and Sustainable Production-Distribution Systems, NSERC Discovery Grant

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