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Chris Caplice

Executive Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics
Executive Director, MIT's Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) Program

Dr. Caplice runs the Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) Program and is Executive Director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics. Prior to joining MIT, Dr. Caplice held senior management positions in supply chain consulting, product development, and professional services at several companies including Chainalytics LLC, Logistics.com, and SABRE.

Dr. Caplice received a Ph.D. from MIT in 1996 in Transportation and Logistics Systems. His dissertation, "An Optimization Based Bidding Process: A New Framework for Shipper-Carrier Relationships," was selected as the winner of the Council of Logistics Management (CLM) Doctoral Dissertation Award. It also received an Honorable Mention in the 1996 Dissertation Award sponsored by the Transportation Science Section of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

Dr. Caplice also served five years in the Army Corps of Engineers, achieving the rank of Captain. His writing has appeared in the Journal of Business Logistics, the International Journal of Logistics Management, and Transportation Research. He obtained a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI).


News and announcements:

Dr. Chris Caplice in DC Velocity – Fill 'er Up....With Biodiesel (April 2, 2008)

Traffic World Online Special Report by MLOG's Chris Caplice (August 19, 2005)

MLOG's Chris Caplice in Logistics Today (August 5, 2005)

"Logistics Management" Features Q&A with MLOG's Chris Caplice (PDF file 3.3mb) (February 17, 2005)

Chris Caplice's Traffic World article on Logistics Education (August 30, 2004)

 
Chris Caplice

Contact info:

Chris Caplice
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Building E40-363
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

Phone: 617.258.7975
Email to: caplice"at" mit.edu

 

         
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