by or4green on Sun, 30 July 2017 at 13:23

A paper written by Bob Day and me about our Carbon Game will appear in an upcoming issue of INFORMS Transactions on Education.  An advance version is available from the journal’s website at […]

by or4green on Mon, 13 March 2017 at 22:23

Bicycle sharing systems are growing in urban areas.  Instead of using your own bicycle, you rent one for a short amount of time from one location, and return it to another. by Marco Verch (Vélo Libre Service: Mieträder in Lille) [CC […]

by or4green on Sat, 19 November 2016 at 18:45

The Computational Sustainability group is still going strong.  Founded in 2009 by a group led by Carla Gomes of Cornell University, the “interdisciplinary research network” received renewed funding from the US NSF earlier this […]

by or4green on Tue, 23 February 2016 at 14:55

A colleague of mine in the mechanical engineering department, Professor Ron Adrezin, has been getting very active with 3D printers.  Along with his colleagues, he has outfitted their labs with numerous 3D printers for use by students and […]

by or4green on Sun, 25 October 2015 at 15:37

The Capstone is the culminating course in our Operations Research and Computer Analysis (ORCA) undergraduate major.  Students work in small teams on applied O.R./Analytics problems.   (See this page for links to ones we have done […]

by or4green on Mon, 05 October 2015 at 18:59

Here in Connecticut, the first statewide Campus Sustainability Week is going on this week (October 5th – 9th).  It is filled with great events at colleges and universities throughout the state (see the calendar here) such as: screening of […]

by or4green on Tue, 04 August 2015 at 13:52

I put together a poster about the carbon emissions game I’ve mentioned on this blog before to be shown at MathFest. Thanks to Ben Galluzzo from Shippensburg University for arranging for the poster to be shown without me being able to be there. […]

by or4green on Mon, 27 July 2015 at 17:07

With all of the energy- and environment-related data now available through sensors, machines, and other equipment there are great possibilities for green O.R. and analytics surrounding the “Internet of Things”.    A recent […]

by or4green on Fri, 10 July 2015 at 14:02

I was saddened to learn in the June issue of ORMS today that Gene Woolsey passed away.  There is a poignant “In Memoriam” article about him in that issue with remembrances from former students and colleagues.  Gysbert […]

by or4green on Sun, 30 November 2014 at 15:47

Here are a few interesting bits and pieces I have come across recently: Check out the “Gestión de Operaciones” website.  It is a blog on operations  management and operations research in Spanish, written by Francisco […]