Emanuel Melachrinoudis
Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Associate Chair for Operations, Industrial Engineering
Contact
- e.melachrinoudis@northeastern.edu
- 334 Snell Engineering Center
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Social Media
Office
- 617.373.4850
Related Links
Research Focus
Deterministic operations research and multi-criteria optimization; facility location; supply chain, transportation and logistics; wireless sensor networks wildfire prediction and mitigation
Education
- PhD (1980), Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Honors & Awards
- Excellence in Mentoring Award, College of Engineering at Northeastern
- Outstanding Faculty Service Award, College of Engineering at Northeastern
- University of Massachusetts Outstanding Alumni Award
- Industrial Engineering Professor of the Year Award, 2004
- Industrial Engineering Professor of the Year Award, 2003
- Member of Board of Editors of International Journal of Operational Research
- Member of Board of Editors of Sensor Networks
- Member of Board of Editors of Journal of Mathematical Modeling and Algorithms in Operations Research
Teaching Interests
- Deterministic and Probabilistic Operations Research
- Network Optimization
- Multi-Criteria Optimization
Professional Affiliations
- Decision Sciences Institute
- Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences
- Institute of Industrial Engineers (Senior Member)
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Research Overview
Deterministic operations research and multi-criteria optimization; facility location; supply chain, transportation and logistics; wireless sensor networks wildfire prediction and mitigation
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Zaarour, Nizar, Melachrinoudis, Emanuel, Kapadia, Moulik (2020). Optimal Collection Policies for Returned Products in the Reverse Supply Chain. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 1(1),1. 10.1504/IJLSM.2020.10030853
- J. Santivanez, E. Melachrinoudis, Reliable Maximin-Maxisum Locations for Maximum Service Availability on Tree Networks Vulnerable to Disruptions, Annals of Operations Research, 286, 2020, 669-701
- N. Zaarour, E. Melachrinoudis, S. Kapadia, H. Min Determining the Optimal Collection Period for Returned Products in a Stochastic Environment, International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 33, 2019, 42-58
- N. Zaarour, E. Melachrinoudis, What is in a Coefficient? The “Not so Simple” Interpretation of R2, for Relatively Small Sample Sizes, Journal of Education and Training Studies, 7, 2019, 27-40
- R. Heydari, E. Melachrinoudis, A Path-Based Capacitated Network Flow Model for Empty Railcar Distribution, Annals of Operations Research, 253(2), 2017, 773-798
- H. Min, E. Melachrinoudis, A Model-based Decision Support System for Solving Vehicle Routing and Driver Scheduling Problems under Hours of Service Regulations, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 19, 2016, 256-277
- M. Hajian, E. Melachrinoudis, P. Kubat, Modeling Wildfire Propagation Using the Stochastic Shortest Path Problem: A Network Size Reduction Methodology, Environmental Modeling and Software, 82, 2016, 73-88
- N. Zaarour, E. Melachrinoudis, M. Solomon, Phase-out of Obsolete Inventory Items in Retail Stores, European Journal of Operational Research, 255, 2016, 133-141
May 05, 2015
COE Faculty and Staff Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2015 winners of the COE Faculty and Staff Awards: Outstanding Teachers of First Year Engineering Students Thomas Gilbert, Chemistry Joshua Hertz, Engineering Marco Rainho, Mathematics Swastik Kar, Physics Martin W. Essigmann Outstanding Teaching Award Marvin Onabajo, ECE Outstanding Cooperative Education Coordinator Award Alison Nogueira, MIE Outstanding Staff Award Roy Dalsheim, Student Services Susan […]
May 05, 2015
COE Faculty & Staff Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2015 winners of the COE Faculty and Staff Awards.
Mar 23, 2015
Ruhollah Heydari Receives 2015 NEDSI Best Ph.D. Student Presentation Award
IE PhD student Ruhollah Heydari received the Best PhD Student Presentation Award at the 2015 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference (NEDSI).