Ph.D., Management Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Assad has conducted research in operations management, optimization of distribution systems, and mathematical programming. He has published over 60 research articles and six scholarly books and compilations in these areas.  His last book, co-authored with Saul Gass is entitled An Annotated Timeline of Operations Research (Springer, 2005). He has served as an  associate editor for Operations Research, Transportation Science, Production and Operations Management, and the INFORMS Journal on Computing.

Arjang A. Assad received his Ph.D. in Management Science from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978. He also holds a B.S. in Mathematics,and two master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering and Operations Research from the same institution. He joined the University of Maryland in 1978, and was promoted to Professor of Management Science in 1988.  During 1998-2003, he served as the chair of the Decision & Information Technologies group, the largest department within the School.  In July 2004, he was appointed Senior Associate Dean at the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Dr. Assad received the Kirwan Undergraduate Education Award in 2002.  This award recognizes outstanding contributions to undergraduate education on the UM campus.   Dr. Assad was selected as a Lilly-CTE Fellow for 1999-2000, and won the Krowe Award for teaching innovation at the R. H. Smith School of Business twice in 1999 and 2001.  He was also awarded the 1996 Maryland Association of Higher Education Award for innovative instruction in the IBM Total Quality Curriculum Program.