Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Buket AVCI
Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Operations Management (Education)
Education
|
2014 |
PhD. in Technology and Operations Management |
|
2009 |
MSc. in Management |
|
2007 |
MSc. in Industrial Engineering |
|
2005 |
BSc. in Industrial Engineering |
Current Position(s) Held
|
2023 - Present |
Assistant Professor of Operations Management (Education) |
|
2014 - 2023 |
Assistant Professor of Operations Management |
Research Interests
- Sustainable Operations Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Behavioral Operations Management
Awards, Recognition and Honors
- Dean's Teaching Honor List, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, 2024, 2023, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015
- Runner-up of the 2020 INFORMS TIMES Best Paper Award, INFORMS TIMES Section, 2020
- SMU Most Promising Teaching Award Nominee, 2017, 2016
- Dean's Impact Award, 2017
- Finalist in the 2012 MSOM Student Paper Competition
- Second Prize in the 2012 POMS College of Supply Chain Management Student Paper Competition
- INSEAD Doctoral Scholarship, 2007-2012
- Passed INSEAD PhD qualification examination with distinction
- Ranked 1st in the Turkish National University Entrance Exam among over 1.3 million students
- Ranked 1st in the graduating class of 2005
- IBM Travel Grant for the MSOM Conference, June 2009
- TUBITAK National Scholarship Program for MSc Students, 2006-2007
- Haci Omer Sabanci Foundation Scholarship, 2000-2005
Research
- Economic and environmental implications of biomass commercialization in agricultural processing, with Bin Li and Onur Boyabatli, Management Science, 69(6), 3561-3577, 2023
- The impact of commodity price uncertainty on the economic value of waste-to-energy conversions in agricultural processing, with Bin Li and Onur Boyabatli, Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management, 16(3-4), 229-249, 2023
- Electric Vehicles with a Battery Switching Station: Adoption and Environmental Impact, joint with Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine, Management Science, 61(4), 772-794, 2015
- Second Prize in the 2012 POMS College of Supply Chain Management Student Paper Competition
- Finalist in the 2012 MSOM Student Paper Competition - Comparison as Incentive: Newsvendor Decisions in a Social Context, with Zeina Lout, Jurgen Mihm, Elena Belavina and Steffen Keck, Production and Operations Management, 23(2), 303-313, 2014
- Optimal Staffing with Endogenous Goals, joint with Ioana Popescu and Francis de Vericourt, Working Paper
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Sustainable Sourcing and Capacity Investment in Urban Water Management, joint with Onur Boyabatli and Stefano Galelli, Work in Progress
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Sustainable Practices in Agriculture: Community Supported Agriculture, joint with Li Bin, Work in Progress
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Optimal Location Problem of a Battery Switching Infrastructure Provider, joint with Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine, Work in Progress
