Transportation Seminar Series
Optimization Model and Risk Analysis for Global Supply Chain in Container Shipments: Imports to United States
Oct 6, 2009 (1:00 - 2:00 p.m., IACC 422)
There has been phenomenal growth in container shipments over the past couple decades, but with declines in 2008 and 2009. This growth and changes have resulted in logistical pressures and uncertainties that are and will be impacting U.S. container import activity. A spatial stochastic optimization model was specified which optimizes transportation networks flows and accounts for congestion and risks. The research quantifies the distribution of container flows under conditions of congestion and stochastic variables and the results are used to analyze inter-route and inter-port competition.
Lei Fan, PhD Student –
NDSULei Fan, of Zhengzhou, China, is currently working to finish his Ph.D. in transportation and logistics at North Dakota State University. In addition, Fan researches material handling, warehousing and grain terminal engineering. He is interested in researching modeling border crossing, port terminal trip generation and strategic planning for supply chain systems.
Fan earned his B.S. in engineering in 1985 at Zhengzhous Grain College, now known as Henan University of Technology, in China. In 2005, Fan received his M.S. in engineering from the University of Manitoba in Canada.
In the future, Fan wants to conduct consulting works in transportation and logistics engineering with focus on research, design and evaluation of engineering projects.
