• Industrial Distribution
  • Associate Professor
Manoj Vanajakumari

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. in Operations Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2007
  • M.S. in Supply Chain Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2007
  • M.Tech in Industrial Management, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, 2002
  • B.Tech in Industrial Engineering, University of Kerala, 1998

Research Interests

    • Logistics and Supply Chain Management
    • Robotic Arm Scheduling
    • Humanitarian Logistics
    • Transfer Pricing
    • Social Data Analytics

Awards & Honors

  • DSI 2010, Instructional Innovation Award: Honorable Mention
  • Faculty Award, PAID, 2012

Selected Publications

  • Manoj U. V., S. Kumar., S. Gupta., An Integrated Logistic Model for Predictable Disasters., Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming
  • Vanajakumari, M., K. Johnston., B. Lawrence., R. Menon., 2015. “An Effective Teaching Methodology for Continuing Education Programs”. Journal of Engineering Technology, 32.
  • Geismar, N., U.V. Manoj., A. Sethi, C. Sriskandarajah., 2012 Scheduling Robot Cells Served by a Dual-Arm Robot. IIE Transactions, 44
  • Manoj, U.V., C. Sriskandarajah., E. Wagneour., 2012. Coordination in a Two-Stage Production System: Complexity, Conflict and Cooperation. Computers and Operations Research, 39 1245–1256.