Senior Thesis and Senior Independent Research by ORFE Faculty Thursday, April 7, 2011

Handouts ’12 Senior Thesis Guide Senior Independent Projects (ORF 479, Spring Semester Only) Guide to Faculty Research Interests Advisor Preference Form Summer Thesis Research Grants

Senior Thesis Spans both Fall and Spring Semester You may NOT count the thesis as two (2) courses in the Spring so that you can take only 2 “normal courses!!!!! NO NO NO NO Don’t even ask!!! Choose topic and advisor before Dean’s Date of Junior Year Do some work on your thesis during the summer e.g. begin collecting data

Senior Thesis Academic Year Deadlines, on page 4 Senior Thesis Prospectus, Due September 29, 2011 Title 50 Word Abstract Initial Table of Contents, with Chapter & Sub Chapter and Sub Chapter Heading 3-5 Page Text Describing Expected Effort Models to be used Sources of Data Key References Fall Term Progress Report, Due November 14, 2011 Interim Progress Report, Due February 6, 2012 Senior Thesis, Due April 9, 2012 Oral Presentation, May 3, 2012

Penalties Failure to meet any of these deadlines is severe! Your grade, eventually applied to two courses (ORF 478 twice) will be reduced by 1/3 of a letter grade for EACH day (or part there of, step function) that you are late for meeting any of these deadlines. No Excuses! No Waivers! No “My Dog Ate My Thesis”! No “I checked into McCosh”! No…!

Senior Independent Research One semester (Spring) “Research Prospectus” Due Dean’s date of Fall Semester (Formal proposal of what you are going to do; same as “Senior Thesis Prospectus)(the one due sept 29”) Final Bound Report Due Dean’s Date Spring Semester

Prof. Alain L. Kornhauser Development and application of operations research techniques in the design of decision systems related to: Transportation Energy Transmission Systems Navigation-Based Commerce (nCommerce) & Mobile Commerce (mCommerce) Special interest in: Route Optimization in Stochastic Networks Image Processing as Related to Optimal Control of Vehicles Human-Machine Interactions Real-Time Dynamic Pricing Consumption Dynamics in the Energy Grid; real-time pricing