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Cynthia
Barnhart
Professor
of Civil
and Environmental Engineering
and Engineering Systems
Co-director, Operations
Research Center
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,
MIT
School of Engineering
Dr.
Barnhart holds a Ph.D. from MIT, which
she received in 1988. Her research
interests include mathematical programming
models and large-scale optimization
approaches for transportation and
logistics systems; and service network
design and operations planning for
scheduled transportation systems.
Dr.
Barnhart’s teaching interests
have focused on the development and
application of optimization models
and algorithms to the design, management
and operation of transportation systems.
Two of her most recently taught courses
are: Airline Schedule Planning and
Transportation Operations, Planning
and Control: Carrier Systems. She
has published extensively in academic
and professional journals.
Dr.
Barnhart formerly served at MIT as
Leader of the Engineering Systems
Group in the Civil and Environmental
Engineering Department, Co-Director
of the Operations Research Center
and Co-Director of the Center for
Transportation and Logistics.
News
and announcements:
Cynthia Barnhart quoted
in article on stackable CityCars “MIT
inching closer to making CityCars
a reality on wheels” The
Boston Globe (March 8, 2008)
Prof.
Barnhart named president of INFORMS
(February 28, 2008)
Barnhart
named associate dean for School of
Engineering (August 30, 2007)
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