Faculty, Research & Staff
Amy Z Zeng
Associate Professor
Faculty Listing
Office: Washburn Shops, 308
Phone: +1-508-831-6117
Fax: +1-508-831-5720
azeng@wpi.edu
Educational Background
- B.S., Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 1990
- M.S.E., University of Washington, 1992
- Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 1996
Research & Teaching Interests
Supply Chain Management; Global Logistics; Operations Management
IQP Advising Interests
Effect of technology on social systems; international comparisons; impact of technical change on job & business; foreign policy; economics in developing countries; technological transfer; computers & education; assessing educational experience
Research
Her research efforts focus on the following three areas: (1) Modeling and analysis of decisions in supply and/or distribution networks; (2) Applications of Operations Research and Operations Management techniques to supply chain process design and improvement; and (3) Global supply chain management and international business. She has published over 30 articles on these topics in professional journals, books, and conference proceedings.
Research Grants
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05/00 - 12/01, APICS-the E&R Foundation, the Supply Chain Council, and Pratt & Whitney of UTC.
"Managing Global Supply Chains: A Bilateral Study," -
07/01 - 08/02, WPI Research Development Council
"A Framework for Designing an Efficient Sourcing Process: Preliminary Studies" -
07/02 - 08/03, WPI Research Development Council
"Developing a Shared Resources Hub Model for Managing Multi-tiered Supply Networks in Aviation Manufacturing Industry: Preliminary Studies" -
03/01 - 06/02, WPI Educational Development Council
Co-PI, Using Discovery-Based Learning to Explore the Lean Design of Global Supply Chains, S. Johnson, A. Gerstenfeld, F. Noonan, and J. Zhu, $13,460. -
01/02 - 06/03, National Science Foundation: CCLI-Adaptation & Implementation
Co-PI, Using Discovery-Based Learning to Explore the Lean Design of Global Supply Chains, S. Johnson and A. Gerstenfeld, $49,969.
Recent Publications
Years of Service at WPI
- Operations and Industrial Engineering Committee (08/99 - present)
- AACSB Task Force: Preconditions (08/99 - 08/00)
- AACSB Task Force: Faculty Composition and Intellectual Contribution (08/00 - present)
- Student Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee (SOASC) (07/01- 07/02)
- Graduate Program Curriculum Committee (GPCC) (07/01 - 06/04), chair (07/02 - present)
- Graduate Admission Committee (07/01 - 07/02)
- Industrial Engineering Program ABET Task Force (01/02 - present)
Professional Experience & Activities
- IIE Transactions
- Journal of Operations Management
- Computers and Industrial Engineering
- Production and Operations Management
- International Journal of Production Economics
- IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
- International Journal of Production Planning and Control
- Transportation Research (E): Logistics and Transportation Review
- Production and Operations Management, 9/e, published by South-Western Education Publishing
- Managing World-Class Service Business, 2/e, published by South-Western Education Publishing
- Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting ('95 ~ '99)
- Southeast DSI Annual Meeting, ('96 ~ '99)
- Southeast INFORMS Annual Meeting, ('97 ~ '99)
- Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting ('95, '97, '98)
- Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Meeting ('97, '00, '01)
- Southeast INFORMS Annual Meeting ('97, '98)
- Southeast DSI Annual Meeting ('97)
- Southeast DSI Annual Conference ('97)
- Southeast INFORMS Annual Meeting ('97, '98)
- Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference ('96, '97, '98)
- Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) ('99, '01, invited sessions)
- Academy of Management ('00, '01, '02)
- Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, Miami Meeting, November 4-7, 2001, Invited Cluster: "Perspectives on Supply Chain Integration."
- APICS Donald W. Fogarty Annual International Student Paper Competition ('02 ~ present)
Professional Societies/Memberships
- Academy of Management ('00, '01, '02)
- American Association of Engineering Education ('02)
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