Michael Caramanis

Ph.D. Harvard University

Professor and Associate Chairman
for Graduate Studies
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Division of Systems Engineering
Production Control of Manufacturing Systems (PCMS) Laboratory
College of Engineering

Contact Information:

Email: mcaraman@bu.edu
Phone: 617-353-3247
Office: EMB 137

Research interests:

Production Planning and Control of Manufacturing Systems Operating Under Uncertainty
Dynamic Scheduling of Production Systems
Enterprise Integration of Production System Planning and Control
Stochastic Control and Mathematical Programming
Power System planning and Probabilistic Production Costing
Real Time Pricing of Electricity
Marginal Costing of Power Transmission Services

Courses Taught:

ENG MN/SC 710 Dynamic Programming and Stochastic Control
MN 765 Production Systems Design
ENG MN510 Production Systems Analysis
ENG MN308 Statistics and Quality Engineering
ENG EK 500 Probability and Statistics.

Abbreviated CV:

Michael Caramanis holds a BS (1971) in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University and an MS (1972) and PhD (1976) in Engineering from Harvard University. Prior to joining Boston University in 1983, he served as a consultant to the World Bank (1976 1977) and directed the Scientific Secretariat of the Greek National Energy Council (1977 1979). From 1979 till 1983 he was associated with MIT's Energy Laboratory where he was deputy director of the Utility Systems program. He has served as editor of IIE Transactions on Design and Manufacturing, is a member of the same journal's editorial board, and has participated in national and international scientific conference planning committees.

For more information about Michael Caramanis' research, please visit the Production/Supply Chain Systems section of CISE Research.

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