Susan M. Sanchez
Professor of Operations
Research
Naval
Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Operations Research, Cornell University, 1986.
Dissertation: Contributions to the Bernoulli Selection Problem (R.E. Bechhofer, advisor)
M.S. in Operations Research, Cornell
University, 1984.
B.S.E. in Industrial and Operations Engineering (summa cum laude), University
of Michigan, 1981.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Naval Postgraduate School (August 2000 - present)
- Co-Director, Simulation Experiments & Efficient Design (SEED) Center for Data Farming (June 2006 - present).
- Professor of Operations
Research with a joint appointment as Professor in the Graduate School of
Business and Public Policy (2000-Present).
- Associate Chair for Research, Operations Research Department (October 2006 - December 2008).
- Associate Chair for
Instruction, Operations Research Department (April 2002 - June 2003).
INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France), Visiting Scholar, Technology and Operations Management Area (April - June, 2011).
National Research Council, Senior Research Associate at the Naval
Postgraduate School Operations Research Department (1999-2000).
University of Missouri-St. Louis, College of Business Administration,
Professor (2000-01), Associate Professor (1993-2000).
University of Arizona, College of Business and Public Administration,
(1985-1992).
HONORS AND AWARDS
2008 Best Student Paper Award finalist for “Efficient Experimental Design Tools for Exploring Command and Control Organizational Structures,” by R. P. T. Oh (student), S. M. Sanchez, H. Wan, and T. W. Lucas, at the 13th International Command and Control Research & Technology Symposium.
2007 Edward Kelleher U.S. Army TRADOC Analysis Center-Monterey Director's Award for Research Excellence
2005 (Winter) and 2006 (Spring) Outstanding OR Teaching List
2004 Outstanding Service recognition, INFORMS Simulation Society
1999 National Research Council Senior Postdoctoral
Award for “Robust System Selection”
1998 Beta Gamma Sigma faculty inductee
1994 Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, Best Application Paper Award for
“A Comprehensive Model for Managing Credit Risk and Forecasting Losses” (with L.
D. Smith and E. C. Lawrence)
1993 Meritorious Service Award, Students with
disAbilities Association, University of Missouri-St. Louis
1990 Teaching
Distinction List, College of Business and Public Administration, University of
Arizona
Tau Beta Pi
Mu Sigma Rho
Alpha Pi Mu
SCHOLARSHIPS
IBM Graduate Manufacturing Fellowship.
Cornell
University Sage Graduate Fellowship.
Tau Beta Pi Graduate
Fellowship.
Eastman Kodak Company Fellowship.
National Society of
Professional Engineers - Burroughs Corporation Fellowship.
University of
Michigan Regent Alumni Award.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Chair-Elect, American Statistical Association's Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security, 2012.
Chair, Design of Experiments Subgroup, NATO Modeling & Simulation Group MSG-088: Data Farming in Support of NATO, 2010-2013.
Member, NATO Modeling & Simulation Group ET-029: Data Farming, 2009-2010.
Board of Directors, Winter Simulation Conference,
2004-2011. Liaison for web pages and conference proceedings, 2005-2011; Vice Chair, 2007; Chair, 2009; Liaison to WSC Foundation, 2010.
INFORMS
- Subdivision Council, 2004-2005
- INFORMS College on Simulation,
President (2002-2004), Vice-President/President-Elect (2000-2002),
Secretary/Treasurer (1998-2000).
- Forum on Women in OR/MS,
President (2003), Vice-President/President-Elect (2002).
- Bylaws, Policies and Procedures Committee, 2000-2001.
- College on Simulation Committee on Underrepresented Minorities and
Women: chair (1995), member (1994,1996,1997).
- Gateway Chapter of St. Louis, President (1994-1995), Vice
President/President Elect (1993-1994).
- Chair, ORSA Ad Hoc Committee on Women in Operations Research, 1993-1995.
Member, American Society for
Quality.
Member, American Statistical
Association.
Member, Decision Sciences
Institute.
Editorial Board, Naval Research
Logistics: Associate Editor, 1994-2000; Guest Editor-in-Chief, 2001;
Deputy Editor, January 2002-June 2003.
Simulation Area Editor, INFORMS Journal on Computing,
2001-Present.
Associate Editor, Operations
Research, simulation area, 1994-2000.
Co-host, Project
Albert International Workshop 6, Naval Postgraduate School, March 2003
in Monterey, CA.
Local Organizing Committee, IFORS OR and Engineering Design Specialty
Conference, October 1995 in St. Louis, MO.
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