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Cenk Caliskan

Faculty Member

Professor Cenk Caliskan

Biography

Dr. Cenk Çalışkan received his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California. He was earlier an Assistant Professor in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware. He has also worked as an inspector for the largest private bank of Turkey, Türkiye İş Bankası, for two years; and for various software companies in Silicon Valley for five years, specializing in production planning and supply chain visibility for distributed semiconductor manufacturing networks. His research interests are transportation, logistics, production planning, inventory, and network optimization. His work has appeared in European Journal of Operational Research, Omega, IISE Transactions, Transportation Research, Networks, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Computers & Operations Research, Production Planning & Control, Applied Mathematical Modelling, American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences, Symmetry, Journal of Statistics & Management Systems and International Journal of Systems Science_ Operations & Logistics.

Education

PhD, University of Southern California, 1999

Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering

MS, University of Southern California, 1996

Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering

BS, Bilkent University, 1993

Major: Industrial Engineering

Teaching

MGMT 4480

Management Science and Optimization, Spring 2025

MGMT 3450

Operations Management, Spring 2025

MGMT 3450

Operations Management, Spring 2025

MGMT 3460

Scheduling Forecasting and Inventory Management, Spring 2025

Presentations

Caliskan, Cenk , 44th Meeting of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES), "A Mixed-Integer Programming Model for Aggregate Production Planning in Semiconductor Manufacturing", Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES), Istanbul, Turkiye. (July 6, 2023)
Caliskan, Cenk , 33rd Annual meeting of the POMS, "A Simple Algebraic Method for the Economic Production Quantity Model_ An Approach without Calculus", Production and Operations Management Society, Orlando, FL. (May 23, 2023)
Caliskan, Cenk , 51st Annual Meeting of the WDSI, "An Algebraic Method for the EOQ Model with Backordering", Western Decision Sciences Institute, Portland, OR. (April 5, 2023)
Caliskan, Cenk , 52nd Annual Meeting of the SWDSI, "The Economic Order Quantity Model Under Compound Interest", Southwest Decision Sciences Institute, Houston, TX. (March 3, 2023)
Caliskan, Cenk , 50th Annual Meeting of the WDSI, "A Teaching Approach for the Economic Production Quantity Model Using only Algebra and Analytic Geometry_ An Approach without Calculus", Western Decision Sciences Institute, Waikoloa, HI. (April 7, 2022)
Caliskan, Cenk , 51st Annual Meeting of the SWDSI, "Teaching the Economic Order Quantity Model without Using Calculus", Southwest Decision Sciences Institute, New Orleans, LA. (March 3, 2022)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Caliskan, Cenk , "The Economic Order Quantity Model for Exponentially Deteriorating Items with Planned Backorders" . American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences.
Caliskan, Cenk , "The Economic Order Quantity Model under Compound Interest with Planned Backorders" . American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences.
Caliskan, Cenk , (2022) "A Comparison of Simple Closed-Form Solutions for the EOQ Problem for Exponentially Deteriorating Items" . Sustainability. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/14/8389
Caliskan, Cenk , Lin, Binshan , (2021) "A Simple Algebraic Method for the Economic Order Quantity Model with Planned Backorders" (vol. Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute). Jacksonville, FL: Southeast Decision Sciences Institute (SEDSI). https://www.sedsi.org/
Caliskan, Cenk , Gupta, Pia , (2021) "Teaching Approach for the Economic Production Quantity Model Using only Algebra and Analytic Geometry" (vol. Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute). Waikoloa, HI: Western Decision Sciences Institute. www.wdsinet.org
Caliskan, Cenk , Remani, Venugopal Gopalakrishna, (2021) "Teaching the Economic Order Quantity Model without Using Calculus" (vol. Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Southwest Decision Sciences Institute). New Orleans, LA: Southwest Decision Sciences Institute (SWDSI). www.swdsi.org/default.asp

Awards

SPOT Award - Research

Woodbury School of Business - April 23, 2024

I was nominated by my Department Chair for the award and chosen by the Dean's Office, among other nominees.

Facuty Excellence Award

UVU Faculty Senate

Nominees submitted portfolios backing their nomination for the FEA. I was selected from among a number of nominees in the WSB.

FHEA (Fellow of Higher Education Academy)

Advance HE

International recognition of excellence in teaching. Evidenced by attendance in professional development activities, application of new pedagogical approaches learned, demonstrated student success, and peer evaluations of teaching. Awarded after a rigorous evaluation of submitted portfolio.

Best Theoretical Paper Award

Western Decision Sciences Institute - April 6, 2018

Presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, Kauai, HI, April 3-6, 2018.

Lifetime Membership (International Chapter)

Alpha Iota Delta - April 6, 2018

The honor society for Decision Sciences and Information Systems

Scholar of the Year Award

Utah Valley University

Nominees submitted portfolios that detail the scholarly activities in the preceding five-year period. I was selected as the outstanding scholar of the WSB from among several applicants from the WSB.