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Javier Salmerón, Associate Professor of Operations Research, NPS

Post-doctoral fellow, National Research Council, October 1999-September 2000

Ph.D., Mathematics, Universidad Politécnica, Madrid (Spain), March 1998

M.S., Mathematics, Universidad Complutense, Madrid (Spain), June 1992

Dr. Salmerón is currently an associate professor in the Operations Research Department at the Naval Postgradate School. His research focuses is in the area of optimization, with special interest in stochastic models and decomposition. Before his time at the Naval Postgraduate School, Professor Salmerón was with Spanish electric utility Iberdrola (engineering and counsulting branch) and was a part-time assistant professor in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the Statistics School of Complutense University of Madrid.

Dr. Salmerón has participated in civil and military optimization projects including: Railroad freight transportation, Power generation, Capital investment planning, and Tomahawk land-attack predesignation.

Graduate and undergraduate courses taught: Statistics, Probability, Linear Models, Operations Research, Linear Programming, and Nonlinear Programming

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R. Kevin Wood, Professor of Operations Research, NPS

Ph.D. in operations research, University of California at Berkeley, 1982. Areas of concentration: combinatorial optimization, network and system reliability, computer science, and statistics.

M.S. in operations research, Columbia University, 1978.

B.S. in mathematics and electrical engineering, University of Portland, 1977.

Dr. Wood has over 20 years of experience of building optimization models for the military and civilian sectors. His research on interdiction has led to models for theater missile ballistic defense as well as for protecting electric power networks from terrorists.

Graduate and undergraduate courses taught: Linear Programming, Integer Programming, Stochastic Programming, Interdiction Models, Introduction to Operations Research, Engineering Probability

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Ross Baldick, Professor , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, TX

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Utility Planning and Policy Group, Energy and Environment Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, February 1991–July 1992. Conducted research on electric transmission policy. Advisor: Dr. Edward Kahn.

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, December 1990

Dissertation Title: “Improving Power System Operating Efficiency Through Real-Time Control and Tariffs.” Committee: Professor Felix Wu (Advisor and Chairman), Professor Pravin Varaiya, Professor Shmuel Oren.

Graduate Coursework: linear and non-linear system theory, continuous and discrete optimization, topology, real analysis, stochastic processes, information theory, power systems, time series analysis, technical writing.

M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, May 1988

B.E., Electrical Engineering, first-class honors, medal (pr. acc.), University of Sydney, Australia, March 1985

B.Sc., Physics and Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney, Australia, March 1983

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