Özyeğin University, Çekmeköy Campus Nişantepe District, Orman Street, 34794 Çekmeköy - İSTANBUL

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Burcu
BALÇIK

Professor, Sustainability Platform Academic Director, Humanitarian Relief Chains


Doctorate

Industrial Engineering, University of Washington Seattle, 2008

Master's

Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2003

Bachelor's

Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2001



Research Areas

Design and management of humanitarian relief chains and other nonprofit operations, mathematical modeling, heuristic methods, metaheuristic algorithms


Biography

Dr. Balçık received her Ph.D. (2008) in Industrial Engineering from University of Washington, and her M.S. (2003) and B.S. (2003) degrees in Industrial Engineering from Middle East Technical University. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University (2008-2009). Her main research interests are in the areas of humanitarian logistics, disaster management, supply chain management, mathematical modeling and heuristic methods.