Following MBTA Research, Pair of MET Graduates Author Simheuristics Paper with Professor Maleyeff
One of Metropolitan College’s most distinctive characteristics is the close relationships students can form with their instructors, who are invested in helping their charges develop in their professional and academic careers. Sometimes, those relationships even lead to scholarly collaboration. Ruthairut Wootisarn (MET’24), an MS in Supply Chain Management graduate, and Jingran Xu (MET’23), an MS […]
Tesla Recruiters Visit BU MET to Talk Supply Chain Opportunities
On Monday, September 29, representatives from Tesla automotive visited Boston University’s Metropolitan College to meet with students and discuss career prospects and the hiring process within the company, specifically within the supply chain field. With BU MET Director of Student Career Development Sandra Sylvestre acting as host of the lunchtime event at 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, […]
Tariffs to Drive Up Cost of Lab Research, Supply Chain Professor Tells Science
Associate Professor Canan Gunes Corlu, an expert in supply chain management, recently told Science Magazine that America’s global tariffs will make scientific equipment more expensive, to the detriment of laboratory research.
Trump Tariffs to Present Supply Chain Challenges
President-elect Donald Trump has made promises to impose raised tariffs on all imports, to widespread confusion and alarm. To help make sense of this pending change in US trade policy, Metropolitan College Associate Professor Canan Gunes Corlu, who coordinates MET’s Supply Chain Management programs, spoke with Manufacturing Dive. One means by which manufacturers might seek […]
In a First, BU MET Supply Chain Management Programs Rated in Top 25 by Gartner
For the first time ever, BU MET’s Supply Chain Management programs have been deemed top-25 in the country, according to the latest rankings by industry research firm Gartner.
MET Online Master’s Programs Climb U.S. News & World Report Poll for 2024, with 3 Top-10 Placements
For the 11th straight year, Metropolitan College online master’s degree programs have been deemed among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. This year, three graduate programs netted top-10 ratings, with each climbing above last year’s rankings.
DSLab Researchers Active at INFORMS 2022
Three MET Decision Sciences Research Laboratory (DSLab) researchers accompanied Professors Canan Gunes Corlu and John Maleyeff to the annual INFORMS conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 16-20, 2022. Claire Ding presented a poster and made a presentation concerning her MBTA winter storm planning project (with co-authors Danielle Song and David Kuo, who were unable […]
Six Sigma Green Belt Awarded to 64 MET Students
In May 2022, 36 on-campus students and 28 on-line students earned their Six Sigma Green Belt. On-campus students were presented with their certificates by Prof. John Maleyeff during a celebration event on May 11.
Supply Chain Management Students Capstone Projects
Pictured: Watts Water Technologies capstone project team with Watts supply chain managers. The supply chain management (SCM) capstone course in Spring 2022 included four projects and 23 students. These projects are required in the course AD 804, which combines online and on-campus students who work in teams to solve real-world problems. The following projects were […]
DSLab researchers to present three papers at NEDSI Conference in Newark NJ
Five MET Decision Sciences Research Lab (DSLab) researchers have co-authored two articles and one poster to be presented at the 52nd Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI) meeting on April 7-9 in Newark, New jersey. The first paper, “Severity Prediction Models to Support MBTA Winter Storm Planning,” was co-authored by M.S. students Yiwei (Danielle) Song, […]