Christopher M. Rump

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  • Position: Associate Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-8098
  • Email: cmrump@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 224 Maurer Center

Dr. Christopher Rump is an Associate Professor of Operations Research. He earned a B.S. in Applied Mathematical Sciences at Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Operations Research at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests have covered a broad span of applications including sports statistics, production and inventory planning, queueing facility location, hazardous material routing, police districting and resource allocation, and emergency vehicle dispatching and routing. He has served as an Associate Editor for INFORMS Transactions on Education. He is also a past president of Omega Rho, the international honor society for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

Education & Experience

EDUCATION

  • 1995, Ph.D., Operations Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 1989, B.S., Magna Cum Laude, Applied Mathematical Sciences Texas A&M University, College Station

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • 2009 to present, Associate Professor, Applied Statistics and Operations Research, Bowling Green State University
  • 2003 to 2009, Assistant Professor, Applied Statistics and Operations Research, Bowling Green State University
  • 1995 to 2003, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo
  • Fall 1994, Graduate Lecturer, Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Spring 1993, Graduate Research Assistant, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
  • Fall 1990 to Fall 1992, Graduate Research Assistant, Operations Research The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 1987 to 1989 Grader, Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station

SELECTED AWARDS

  • Marie R. Hodge Advising Award, Schmidthorst College of Business, BGSU, 2022
  • Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Award, Schmidthorst College of Business, BGSU, 2015
  • Faculty Service Award, Schmidthorst College of Business, BGSU, 2014
  • Most Outstanding Faculty of the Year, MBA Student Association, BGSU, 2008
  • Robert A. Patton Scholarly Achievement Award, Schmidthorst College of Business, BGSU, 2006
Areas of Expertise
  • Applied Probability
  • Operations Research
  • Business Analytics
  • Queueing Analysis
  • Facility Location
  • Districting
  • Dispatching & Routing
  • Production Scheduling
  • Data Clustering
Research

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Rump, C. M. (2024) The Best Time to Play the Lottery, The American Statistician, 1–10. 

Rump, C. M. (2024) Mining a Lottery for a Favorable Jackpot, Expert Systems with Applications, 238(D), Article #122063. 

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Department of Applied Statistics & Operations Research (ASOR)
Maurer Center 241J
419-372-2363

Department Chair:
Kyle Moninger
kmoning@bgsu.edu

Administrative Assistant:
Crissy Merrill
crissym@bgsu.edu

Updated: 11/08/2024 01:54PM