• Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering
  • Marilyn and L. David Black Faculty Fellow, Industrial & Systems Engineering
  • Director of External Education Programs
  • Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Joe Geunes

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Business Administration (Management Science) & Operations Research, The Pennsylvania State University - 1999
  • M.B.A., The Pennsylvania State University - 1993

Research Interests

    • Production and logistics planning, supply chain management and operations research

Awards & Honors

  • Fellow Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers - 2015
  • Best Application Paper, 2018 IISE Transactions Focus Issue on Scheduling and Logistics for Heuristic Algorithms for "Inventory Replenishment with Perishable Products and Multiple Transportation Modes" (by G. Palak, S. Eksioglu, J. Geunes)
  • Best Paper Award, Production Planning and Scheduling Track, 2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, for "Using Quantity Discounts to Improve Coordination in a Two-Level Supply Chain," (by J. Ma, J. Geunes, Y. Guan)
  • Best Paper Award, Operations Research Track, 2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, for "Optimizing Exclusivity Agreements in a Three-Stage Procurement Game," (by M. Prince, J. Geunes, J.C. Smith)

Selected Publications

  • Wang, Y., J. Geunes, X. Nie. 2021. Optimizing Inventory Placement in a Two-Echelon Distribution System with Committed-Fulfillment-Time-Dependent Demand. Forthcoming in the International Journal of Production Research.
  • Merzifonluoğlu, Y., J. Geunes. 2021. The Risk-Averse Static Stochastic Knapsack Problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing 33(3), 931-948.
  • Mohammadivojdan, R., Y. Merzifonluoğlu, J. Geunes. 2021. Procurement Portfolio Planning for a Newsvendor with Supplier Delivery Uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research 271(1), 109-119.
  • Aliakbari, M., J. Geunes, K. Sullivan. 2021. The Single Train Shortest Path Problem in a Railyard. Optimization Letters 15, 2577-2595.
  • Geunes, J., Y. Su. 2020. Single-Period Assortment and Stock-Level Decisions for Dual Sales Channels with Capacity Limits and Uncertain Demand. International Journal of Production Research 58(18), 5579-5600.
  • Konur, D., J. Geunes. 2019. Integrated Districting, Fleet Composition, and Inventory Planning for a Multi-Retailer Distribution System. Annals of Operations Research 273(1-2), 527-559.
  • Mohammadivojdan, R., J. Geunes. 2018. The Newsvendor Problem with Capacitated Suppliers and Quantity Discounts. European Journal of Operational Research 271(1), 109-119.
  • Palak, G., S. Eksioglu, J. Geunes. 2018. Heuristic Algorithms for Inventory Replenishment with Perishable Products and Multiple Transportation Modes. IISE Transactions 50(4), 345-365.
  • Geunes, J. 2018. Revisiting the Two-Stage EOQ/EPQ Model with Inelastic Demand: Decentralization and Coordination. International Journal of Production Research 56(1-2), 238-250.