Georgia Institute of Technology The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute

SCL Global Logistics Scholars


Dr. Meilong (Charles) Le

Global Logistics Scholar, 2007

Dr. Meilong (Charles) Le is a visiting global logistics scholar in SCL. Dr. Le is vice-dean & co-founder of Sino-US Global Logistics Institute(SUGLI), Chairman of International Shipping Department, is a professor in transportation and logistics in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dr. Le received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Shanghai Maritime University and received a Ph. D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dr. Le is standing director of China Communications and Transportation Association (CCTA).

During the past 21 years, Dr. Le has taught 10 undergraduate and graduate courses, and directed 35 graduates. The research projects supervised by Dr. Le include Water Transportation System of Shanghai Yangshan Deepwater Port, Planning of Yangkou Chemical Logistics Park, Nantong Port, the Economical Feasibility Analysis of Kemen, Fuzhou Port, the Hinterland Economical Analysis and Cargo Volume Forecasting of Dongwu, Putian Port, the Logistics System Design for Ningbo Chemical Industry Zone, the Development Strategy of International Container Transport, Domestic Container Transport, Coal Transport System in various ports such as Ningbo Port, Shantou Port, Guangzhou Port, etc. Dr. Le once was deeply involved in Simulation. The Shiphandling Simulator finished by Dr. Le and his team is the first one in China. He has published 4 works and textbooks, 53 Journal papers and has presented many times to Japanese, Korean and domestic institutions.

Dr. Le also has extensive shipping & logistics consulting experience. He is Consultant of EXPO'2010, Construction Bank of China, Economy Committee of Shanghai Municipality. Dr. Le has wide interests in supply chain and logistics engineering and management, and industrial and systems engineering.

Sergio Maturana

Global Logistics Scholar, 2006

Professor Maturana visited SCL on a 6-month sabbatical to study temperature-controlled supply chains, such as those moving agricultural produce from South to North America.

Professor Maturana graduated as an Industrial Engineer from the Catholic University of Chile in 1980 and obtained his PhD at UCLA, under the supervision of Art Geoffrion, in 1990. He is now a professor at the Catholic University of Chile in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department.

His main research interest is the application of optimization tools to help solve production and logistics problems.

Journal Publications:

  • L. Neustadter, A. Geoffrion, S. Maturana, Y. Tsai and F. Vicuña. "The Design and Implementation of a Prototype Structured Modeling Environment", Annals of Operations Research , 1992.
  • S. Maturana. "Issues in the Design of Modeling Languages for Mathematical Programming", European Journal of Operations Research, 1994.
  • S. Maturana and Y. Eterovic. "Vehicle Routing and Production Planning Decision Support Systems: Designing Graphical User Interfaces". International Transactions in Operational Research . 1995.
  • S. Maturana and L. Contesse. "A Mixed Integer Programming Model of the Logistics of Sulfuric Acid in Chile ". International Transactions in Operational Research,1998.
  • P. Gazmuri and S. Maturana , Developing and Implementing a Production Planning DSS for CTI using Structured Modeling. Interfaces, 2001.
  • H. Jensen and S. Maturana, "A Possibilistic Decision Support System for Imprecise Mathematical Programming Problems". International Journal of Production Economics, 2002.
  • S. Maturana, J.C. Ferrer and F. Barañao. Design and Implementation of a Generator of Optimization-Based Decision Support Systems. European Journal of Operations Research , 2004.
  • L. Contesse, J.C. Ferrer and S. Maturana. A Mixed-Integer Programming Model for Gas Purchase and Transportation. Annals of Operations Research, 2005

 

Charles Mbohwa

Global Logistics Scholar, 2006

Charles Mbohwa of the University of Zimbabwe was chosen to be a Fulbright Scholar from Africa. He used this award to visit SCL during the 2005-2006 academic year to study the role of logistics in economic development.

Professor Mbohwa graduated with a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from the University of Zimbabwe in 1986 and a master's degree from the University of Nottingham in 1991. He studied for his doctorate at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology in Japan from 2001 to 2004. He is now a senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Zimbabwe with research interests in the areas of logistics, life cycle assessment and bio-energy/fuel.