Ph.D. University of Missouri
M.S. University of Missouri
M.S. University of New Orleans
B.S. University of New Orleans
My research appears in scholarly periodicals such as Production and Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, and International Journal of Production Economics. My research has also been sponsored by various agencies including the National Science Foundation, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, and the Army Research Laboratory. My work on inventory management policies for commercial organizations prior to the landfall of a hurricane or major storm received an Emerald Literati Network award. My commitment to excellence and creativity in teaching has been recognized by the Culverhouse College of Business with the Thomas D. Moore Endowed Teaching award and the John Bickley Innovation and Creativity award.
KE Paret, ME Mayorga, and EJ Lodree. (2021). Assigning spontaneous volunteers to relief efforts under uncertainty in task demand and volunteer availability. OMEGA: International Journal of Management Science, 99, 102228.
G Zayas-Caban, EJ Lodree, and D Kauffman (2020). Optimal control of parallel queues for managing volunteer convergence. Production and Operations Management, 29(10), 2268-2288.
HF Abualkhair, EJ Lodree, and LB Davis (2020). Managing volunteer convergence at disaster relief centers. International Journal of Production Economics, 220, 107399.
EJ Lodree, N Altay, and RA Cook (2017). Staff assignment policies for a mass casualty event queuing network. Annals of Operations Research.
RA Cook and EJ Lodree (2017). Dispatching policies for last-mile distribution with stochastic supply and demand. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review (106), 353 – 371.
ME Mayorga, EJ Lodree, and J Wolczynski (2017). The optimal assignment of spontaneous volunteers. Journal of the Operational Research Society 68(9), 1106 – 1116.