Ibrahim Çapar
Ibrahim Çapar has Ph.D. in the Operations Management (OM) program at the University of Alabama (UA). He earned his MBA degree from the University of Alabama in 2011 with dual concentrations in Business Analytics and Supply Chain & Operations Management. His research interests mainly focus on applied, large-scale optimization problems with applications in routing. His paper that appeared in Interfaces was a finalist for the 2013 Daniel Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice.
EDUCATION
- PhD, Operations Management, The University of Alabama, 2016.
- MS, Operations Management, The University of Alabama, 2013.
- MBA, Business Analytics and OM Concentrations, The University of Alabama, 2011.
- BSc, Management Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 2004.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH August 2015 - Present
Assistant Professor - The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL May 2012 - August 2015
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant - Alabama Productivity Center, Tuscaloosa, AL May 2010 - May 2012
Graduate Research Assistant - Alabama International Trade Center, Tuscaloosa, AL August 2009 - May 2010
Graduate Research Assistant
- Vehicle Routing
- Business Analytics
- Optimization
- Metaheuristics
- Vehicle Routing
- Patrol Routing
- Online Optimization
- Facility Location
Capar, I., Capar, I., Erdogan, S., & Nejad, M. M. (2022). Establishing a statewide electric vehicle charging station network in Maryland: A corridor-based station location problem. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Vol. 79.
Freeman, N. K., B. B. Keskin, I. C apar. (2018). Attractive Orienteering Problem with Proximity and Timing Interactions. European Journal of Operational Research. 266, 354-370.
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