2023 Annual Conference Award Winners

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AS NEWEST DSI FELLOW

Xenophon Koufteros | Texas A&M University
Kevin Linderman | Penn State University

DENNIS E. GRAWOIG DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Peggy Daniels Lee | Indiana University

ELWOOD S. BUFFA DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD

Sanghoon Cho | received PhD from University of South Carolina
Advisors:  Pelin Pekgun and Mark Ferguson

Innovative Data-Driven Demand Estimation Strategies in Revenue Management

and

Sofia Perez-Guzman | received PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Advisor: Jose Holguin-Veras

Social Optimal Disaster Relief Distribution with Mobile Beneficiaries

INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION AWARD

Charles Munson | Washington State University
Vicky Luo | University of Hartford

Playing Goldratt’s Dice Game in Large Classes

BEST PROBLEM-DRIVEN ANALYTICAL RESEARCH PAPER

Jaelynn Oh| University of Utah
Chloe Kim Glaeser | University of North Carolina
Xuanming Su| University of Pennsylvania

Food Ordering and Delivery

BEST CONCEPTUAL RESEARCH PAPER 

Nesreen El-Rayes| New Jersey Institute of Technology
Aichih (Jasmine) Chang| New Jersey Institute of Technology
Jim Shi| New Jersey Institute of Technology

From Waste to Wealth: A Future Paradigm for Plastic Management Using Blockchain Technology

BEST THEORY-DRIVEN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH PAPER

Chinedu Ufodike | University of Tennessee
Yemisi Bolumole | University of Tennessee
Jason Miller | Michigan State University

Investigating Heterogeneous Regulatory Pressure in the U.S. Trucking Industry

BEST TEACHING CASE STUDIES AWARD

Sarbani Bublu Thakur-Weigold | ETH Zurich
Vera Tilson | University of Rochester
Dessislava Pachamanova | Babson College
Samah El Sayed Mohamad | International Committee of the Red Cross

Humanitarian Supply Chains and Inventory Management: Planning Medical Supply at the International Committee of the Red Cross

BEST STUDENT PAPER

Hanu Tyagi | University of Minnesota
co-authored with
Manuel Hermosilla | Johns Hopkins University
Rachna Shah | University of Minnesota

How Does Transparency Impact Technological Novelty?

EMERGING ECONOMIES RESEARCH AWARD

Nishant K. Verma | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Prashant Chintapalli | Western University
Kumar Rajaram | UCLA

Managing Product-reusability under Supply Disruptions

DOCTORAL RESEARCH SHOWCASE AWARD

Yingru Han | University of South Carolina
with
Luv Sharma | University of South Carolina
Pelin Pekgun | University of South Carolina
Olga Perdikaki | University of South Carolina

A Redundancy to Build Resilience in Food Bank Operations

DSI CHAPTER BEST PAPER PRESENTATION AWARD

From EDSI
Giuseppe Bruno| University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Diglio | University of Naples Federico II
Carmela Piccolo | University of Naples Federico II
Eduardo Pipicelli | University of Naples Federico II

Strategies for the Redefinition of Postal Collection and Delivery Services in Urban Areas

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL BEST PAPER AWARD

Qiong Chen | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Gulru Ozkan-Seely | UUniversity of Washington Bothell
Shouqiang Wang | The University of Texas at Dallas
Aleda Roth | Clemson University

Knowledge-based View of the Use of an Intermediary in New Product Manufacturing Outsourcing

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION BEST TEACHING BRIEF AWARD

Natallia Gray | Iowa State University
Olga Petrova | The University of Tampa

Teaching Root Cause Analysis in Healthcare Management with Grey’s Anatomy

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION BEST EMPIRICAL RESEARCH PAPER AWARD

Johannes Ulrich Siebert | Management Center Innsbruck
Maxi Becker | Management Center Innsbruck
Nadine Oeser | Management Center Innsbruck

Making a Good Career Choice: A Decision-analytical Intervention to Enhance Proactive Decision-making and Career Choice Self-efficacy in High School Students

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL BEST DEPARTMENT EDITOR AWARD

Christopher Craighead | University of Tennessee

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL BEST REVIEWER AWARD

Deepa Goradia | Georgia State University

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL BEST ASSOCIATE EDITOR AWARD

Alfonso Pedraza-Martinez | University of Notre Dame

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION BEST REVIEWER AWARD

Matthew Castel | Boise State University
Kara Li Liu | University of Rhode Island

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION BEST ASSOCIATE EDITOR AWARD

Chun-Miin Chen | Bucknell University