MERAL AZİZOĞLU

Department of Industrial Engineering
Middle East Technical University

Personal

• Date of Birth: December 2, 1965
• Place of Birth: Ankara, Turkey
• Address: Dept of IE, METU, Ankara 06531, Turkey
• Tel: + 90-312-210 2281
• E-Mail: meral@ie.metu.edu.tr

Education

• Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering - Middle East Technical University, November 1994
• M.S. in Industrial Engineering - Middle East Technical University, January 1989
• B.S. in Industrial Engineering - Middle East Technical University, July 1986
• High School - Ankara Anadolu Lisesi - July 1982
• Primary School - T.E.D. Ankara Koleji - 1976

Employment

• Professor: June 2003 – Present, Dept of Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University
• Associate Professor:  November 1997- May 2003, Dept of Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University
• Visiting Associate Professor: June-August 1998, School of Management, Syracuse University, NY
• Assistant Professor:  October 1996- November 1997, Dept of Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University
• Adjunct Assistant Professor:  February 1996 - July 1996, Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Columbia University, NY
• Postdoctoral Researcher:  September 1995 - January 1996, Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Columbia University, NY
• Postdoctoral Researcher:  December 1994 - July 1995, Dept of Operations and Information Mgmt,  School of Business, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
• Research Assistant:  September 1986 - November 1994,Dept of Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University

Administrative Duties

• Assistant Chairperson, Dept of Industrial Engineering, METU, July 1999 - October 2001
• Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Dept of Industrial Engineering, METU, July 1999 - October 2001
• METU, Ethics Code Development Committee, September 2001- September 2002, April 2005- September 2005
• Coordinator of Summer Practices, Dept of Industrial Engineering, METU, November 2003- November 2006
• Member of METU Engineering Faculty Academic Board, November 2005 – present
• METU Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Ethics Committee, May 2006 - May 2007

Awards and Listings

• Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK) Research Encouragement Award, 2002
• METU Prof. Mustafa Parlar Foundation, Young Investigator Award, 2004
• Cited for High Academic Achievement by the Middle East Technical University for the period 2001-2003
• Cited for High Academic Achievement by the Middle East Technical University for the period 2005-2007
• Listed in ‘Marquis Who’s Who in the World’, 2001-2006
• Listed in ‘Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering’, 2003_2006
• Citation of Excellence Award by Anbar Electronic Intelligence (for the paper published in EJOR 1999), 2000
• TÜBİTAK NATO B1 Post Doctoral Research Grant: September 1995-February 1996
• PhD Thesis Encouragement Award by National Productivity Center, 1994

Refereed Publications

· Azizoğlu Meral, Suna Kondakcı and Ömer Kırca, "Minimizing Total Tardiness on a Single Machine", Endüstri Mühendisliği Dergisi (Journal of Industrial Engineering), 2, pp.11 - 18, 1990 (in Turkish)

· Azizoğlu Meral, Suna Kondakcı and Ömer Kırca, "Bi-Criteria Scheduling Involving Total Tardiness and Total Earliness Penalties" International Journal of Production Economics, 23, 11 - 18, 1991

· Kondakcı Suna, Ömer Kırca and Meral Azizoğlu, "An Efficient Algorithm for the Single Machine Total Tardiness Problem" International Journal of Production Economics, 36, 213 - 219, 1994

· Kondakcı Suna, Meral Azizoğlu and Murat Köksalan, "Scheduling with Multiple Criteria" in Multiple Criteria Decision Making: Expand and Enrich the Domains of Thinking and Application, GWO-Hshiung Tzeng, Hsiao-Fan Wang, Ue-Pyng Wen and Po.L. Yu (eds.) pp. 361 - 368, Springer Verlag, New York, 1994

· Azizoğlu Meral and Suna Kondakcı, "Two Heuristic Approaches for the Total Tardiness Problem", Endüstri Mühendisliği Dergisi (Journal of Industrial Engineering), 5, pp.3 - 8, 1994 (in Turkish)

· Kondakcı Suna, Meral Azizoğlu and Murat Köksalan, "Note: Bicriteria Scheduling for Minimizing Flow Time and Maximum Tardiness" Naval Research Logistics, 43, 929 - 936, 1996

· Azizoğlu Meral and Scott Webster, "Scheduling Job Families About an Unrestricted Common Due Date on a Single Machine" International Journal of Production Research, 35, 1321 - 1330, 1997

· Azizoğlu Meral and Scott Webster, "Scheduling About an Unrestricted Common Due Window with Arbitrary Earliness/Tardiness Penalty Rates" IIE Transactions, 29, 1001-1006, 1997

· Azizoğlu Meral, Suna Kondakcı and Murat Köksalan, "Scheduling to Minimize Flow Time and Maximum Earliness on a Single Machine" in Multiple Criteria Analysis, Joao Climaco (ed.), pp. 279-288, Springer Verlag, New York, 1997

· Köksalan Murat, Meral Azizoğlu and Suna Kondakcı, "Minimizing Flow Time and Maximum Earliness on a Single Machine" IIE Transactions, 30, 192-200, 1998

· Azizoğlu Meral and Ömer Kırca, "Tardiness Minimization on Identical Parallel Machines" International Journal of Production Economics, 55, 163-168, 1998

· Azizoğlu Meral and Ömer Kırca, "On the Minimization of Total Weighted Flow Time with Identical and Uniform Parallel Machines" European Journal of Operational Research, 113, 91 - 100, 1999

· Azizoğlu Meral and Ömer Kırca, "Scheduling Jobs on Unrelated Parallel Machines to Minimize Regular Total Cost Functions" IIE Transactions, 31, 153-159, 1999

· Azizoğlu Meral and Scott Webster, "Scheduling a Batch Processing Machine with Non-Identical Job Sizes" International Journal of Production Research, 38, 2173-2184, 2000

· Azizoğlu Meral, Murat Köksalan and Suna Kondakcı, " Scheduling to Minimize Maximum Earliness and Number Tardy where machine idle time is allowed " Lect Notes Econ Math 487, 381-387, 2000

· Webster Scott and Meral Azizoğlu, "Dynamic Programming Algorithms for Identical Parallel Machines with Family Setup Times" Computers and Operations Research, 28, 127-137, 2001

· Azizoğlu Meral, Ergin Çakmak and Suna Kondakcı, "A Flexible Flow Shop Problem with Total Flow Time Minimization" European Journal of Operational Research, 132, 528-538, 2001

· Azizoğlu Meral and Scott Webster, "Scheduling on a Single Batch Processor with Incompatible Job Families" Computers and Industrial Engineering, 39, 325-335, 2001

· Azizoğlu Meral, Tunga Çagıcı and Suna Kondakcı, "Parallel Machine Scheduling with with Family Setup Times to Minimize Total Flowtime" International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, 8, 2002

· Azizoğlu Meral, Suna Kondakcı and Murat Köksalan, "Single Machine Scheduling with Maximum Earliness and Number Tardy: no inserted idle time case " Computers and Industrial Engineering, 45, 257-268, 2003

· Azizoğlu Meral, "Preemptive Scheduling on Identical Parallel Machines Subject to Deadlines"  European Journal of Operational Research, 148, 205-210, 2003

· Alagöz Oguzhan and Meral Azizoğlu, "Rescheduling of Identical Parallel Machines under Machine Eligibility Constraints", European Journal of Operational Research, 149, 523-532, 2003

· Azizoğlu Meral and Scott Webster, "Scheduling Parallel Machines to Minimize Weighted Flowtime with Family Setup Times" International Journal of Production Research, 41, 1199-1215, 2003

· Azizoğlu Meral, Murat Köksalan and Suna Kondakcı, " Single Machine Scheduling with Maximum Earliness and Number Tardy: inserted idle time allowed case" Journal of Operational Research Society, 54, 661-664, 2003

· Toktaş Berkin, Meral Azizoğlu and Suna Kondakcı, "Flowshop Scheduling with Two Criteria: Maximum Earliness and Makespan"  European Journal of Operational Research, 157, 286-295, 2004

· Azizoğlu Meral and Oğuzhan Alagöz, "Parallel Machine Rescheduling with Machine Disruptions " IIE Transactions, 37, 1113-1118, 2005

· Bilgin Selin and Meral Azizoğlu, "Capacity and Tool Allocation Problem in Flexible Manufacturing Systems" Journal of Operational Research Society, 57, 670-681, 2006

· Eliiyi Türsel Deniz and Meral Azizoğlu, "Spread Time Considerations in Operational Fixed Job Scheduling" International Journal of Production Research, 44, 4343-4365, 2006

· Karakayalı İbrahim and Meral Azizoğlu, "Minimizing Total Flow Time on a Single Flexible Machine" International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, 18, 55-73, 2006

· Soylu Banu, Ömer Kırca and Meral Azizoğlu, "Flow Shop Sequencing with Synchronous Transfers and Makespan Minimization" International Journal of Production Research, 45, 3311-3331, 2007

· Kılınç Fatma and Meral Azizoğlu, "The Tool Transporter Movements Problem in Flexible Manufacturing Systems " International Journal of Production Research, 46, 3059-3084, 2008

· Bekki Barış and Meral Azizoğlu, " Operational Fixed Interval Scheduling Problem on Uniform Parallel Machines" International Journal of Production Economics, 112, 756-768, 2008

· Pekin Nilüfer and Meral Azizoğlu, "Bi-criteria Flexible Assembly Line Design Problem with Equipment Decisions" International Journal of Production Research, 46, 6323-6343, 2008

· Bilgin Selin and Meral Azizoğlu, "Beam Search Algorithm for Capacity Allocation Problem in Flexible Manufacturing Systems" Computers and Industrial Engineering, 2008

· Eliiyi Türsel Deniz and Meral Azizoğlu, "A Fixed Job Scheduling Problem with Machine-Dependent Job Weights" to appear in International Journal of Production Research

· Bilgin Selin and Meral Azizoğlu, "Operation Assignment and Capacity Allocation Problem in Automated Manufacturing Systems" to appear in Computers and Industrial Engineering

· Batun Sakine and Meral Azizoğlu, "Single Machine Scheduling with Preventive Maintenances" to appear in International Journal of Production Research

· Özlen Melih and Meral Azizoğlu, "Generating All Efficient Solutions of a Rescheduling Problem on Unrelated Parallel Machines" to appear in International Journal of Production Research

· Bilgin Selin and Meral Azizoğlu, " Allocation and Tooling Problem in Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Branch and Bound Based Approaches" to appear in International Journal of Production Research

· Kültürel-Konak Şadan, Abdullah Konak and Meral Azizoğlu, "Minimizing the Number of Tool Switching Instants in Flexible Manufacturing Systems" to appear in International Journal of Production Economics

· Özpeynirci Bilgin Selin and Meral Azizoğlu, " Bounding Approaches for Operation Assignment and Capacity Allocation Problem in Flexible Manufacturing Systems " to appear in Computers and Operations Research

· Özlen Melih and Meral Azizoğlu, "Multi-Objective Integer Programming: A General Approach for Generating all Non-Dominated Solutions" to appear in European Journal of Operational Research

· Hafızoğlu Baykal and Meral Azizoğlu, "Linear Programming Based Approaches for the Discrete Time/Cost Trade-off Problem in Project Networks" to appear in Journal of Operational Research Society

· Özpeynirci Bilgin Selin and Meral Azizoğlu, "Lagrangean Relaxation Based Approaches for the Capacity Allocation Problem in Flexible Manufacturing Systems " to appear in Journal of Operational Research Society

· Ege Yunus, Meral Azizoğlu and Nur Evin Özdemirel, " Assembly Line Balancing with Station Paralleling" to appear in Computers and Industrial Engineering

Applied Research Projects

• Organization and Management Information System Design for the Metropolitian Municipality of Ankara, Ankara, November 1990 - September 1991
• Project Automation System for the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement, General Directorate of Construction, Ankara, January 1994 - May 1994
• Consultancy Services for Project Automation System: Development Control Plan for the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement, General Directorate of Construction, Ankara, April 1994
• Interactive Scheduling System Design for the Knight Manufacturing Company, Brodhead, Wisconsin, February 1995 - June 1995

Courses Taught

• STAT IEOR W3600 Probability & Statistics (95-96 S) to Columbia Univ, Eng Students
• IE 252 Operations Research II (04-05 S, 05-06 S, 06-07 S)
• IE 262 Engineering Statistics-I (99-00 S, 00-01S)
• IE 323 Production and Service Operations Planning (07-08 F, 08-09 F)
• IE 405  Facilities Planning (89-90 S) to METU, MetE Students
• IE 424  Scheduling (96-97 F, 97-98 F)
• IE 426     Topics in Production Management (96-97S, 97-98S, 98-99S, 99-00F, 01-02F, 02-03F, 03-04F)
• IE 428     Systems Design (96-97 S, 97-98 S, 98-99 S, 99-00 S, 00-01 S, 01-02 F, 02-03 S)
• IE 440     Engineering Economy (98-99 F)
• IE 451     Decision Analysis (00-01 F, 01-02 S, 02-03 S, 03-04 S) 
• IE 454     Network Flows and Project Management (02-03 S, 03-04 F, 04-05 F, 05-06 F)
• IE 461     Forecasting Methods (96-97 S, 97-98 F, 98-99 F) 
• IE 497     Systems Design I (04-05 F, 05-06 F)
• IE 498     Systems Design II (04-05 S, 05-06 S, 06-07 S)
• IE 522     Production Planning & Scheduling (00-01 S, 01-02 S)
• IE 524     Project Scheduling (07-08 S)
• EM502 Operations Management (03-04 S) to METU, EM Students
• IE 529 Topics in Modern Manufacturing (06-07 F)

Graduate Theses Supervised/Under Supervision

MS Theses

• "A Flexible Flow Shop Problem with Total Flow Time Minimization" Ergin Çakmak (with Suna Kondakcı) (September 1998)
• "Shifting Bottleneck Heuristics for Job Shops" Mustafa İnan (January 1999)
• "Family Scheduling with Parallel Machines" Tunga Çağıcı (with Suna Kondakcı) (September 1999)
• "Bicriteria Scheduling on Two Machine Flowshops" Berkin Toktaş (with Suna Kondakcı) (July 2000)
• "Rescheduling under Machine Disruptions" Oğuzhan Alagöz (completed July 2000)
• "Design of Parallel Assembly Lines" Yunus Ege (with Evin Özdemirel) (October 2001)
• "Mixed Model Sequencing in Assembly Systems" Banu Soylu (with Ömer Kırca) (January 2002)
• "Fleet Assignment and Aircraft Routing Problem for an Airline Company" Canan Aydemir (with Sibel Güven) (April 2002)
• "A Setup Reduction Problem in an Electronics Company" Meral Tamer (with Suna Kondakcı) (completed June 2003)
• "Interval Scheduling on Uniform Parallel Machines" Barış Bekki (completed June 2003)
• "Tool Switching Problem in Flexible Manufacturing Systems" İbrahim Karakayalı (completed July 2003)
• "Scheduling with Discounted Cash Flows" Ahmet Kıcıroğlu (with Haldun Süral) (completed September 2003)
• "A Multi Criteria Bin Packing Problem" Işıl Ilıcak (with Esra Karasakal) (completed December 2003)
• "Tool Capacity Allocation Problem in Flexible Manufacturing Systems" Selin Bilgin (completed April 2004)
• "Task Paralleling in Assembly Systems" Özlem Kaplan (with Evin Özdemirel) (completed September 2004)
• "Minimizing Number of Tool Transporter Movements on a Single Flexible Machine" Fatma Kılınç (completed April 2005)
• "Equipment Decisions in Flexible Flow Lines" Nilüfer Pekin (completed January 2006)
• "Disassembly Flow Systems" Ayca Yetere (with Levent Kandiller) (completed January 2006)
• "Scheduling Preventive Maintenance Activities" Sakine Batun (completed June 2006)
• "Time/Cost Trade-off Problem in Project Networks" Baykal Hafızoğlu (completed June 2007)
• "The Budget Constrained Discrete Time/Cost Trade-off Problem in Project Networks" Güvenç Değirmenci (completed August 2008)
• "Multiple Knapsack Problem with Cardinality Constraints" Murat Aslan (ongoing)
• "Equipment Selection Problem in Flexible Assembly Lines" Şirin Öztürk (ongoing)

PhD Dissertations

• "Operational Fixed Job Scheduling Problem" Deniz Türsel Eliiyi (completed September 2004)
• "A Bicriteria Rescheduling Problem on Unrelated Parallel Machines: Network Flow and Enumeration Based Approaches" Melih Özlen (completed November 2006)
• "Allocation and Tooling Decisions in Automated Manufacturing Systems" Selin Bilgin (completed December 2007)