Introduction
Muer Yang, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business. He received his BS in management information systems and his MS in management science from Tsinghua University, and his PhD in operations management from the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati.
His research interests include applications of simulation optimization techniques, health care management and public policy operations. His research publications have appeared in Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, Omega, the International Journal of Production Economics, the Journal of the Operational Research Society, Critical Care Medicine and more.
Yang's teaching philosophy centers on the translation of knowledge into practical skills that bridge the classroom and real business environments. He teaches operations management, business analytics and business statistics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
He received the Susan E. Heckler Research Excellence award in 2015, which recognizes outstanding faculty achievement in research at St. Thomas. He also received second place in the INFORMS SPPSN best paper competition in 2011. His research in voting operations has received media coverage, and he has served as an expert witness in several election law cases.