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FACULTY • • • NEWMAN • • • [DIVISION OF ECONOMICS
AND BUSINESS]
Education:
 B.S., Applied Mathematics,
University of Chicago, 1993
M.S., Operations Research, University of California at Berkeley, 1994
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California
at Berkeley, 1998
Research Assistant Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, 1998-2000
Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Mines, 2000-2006
Associate Professor, Colorado School of Mines, 2006-present
Teaching
Philosophy:
I teach and conduct research in the field of Operations Research.
Operations Researchers study the mathematical formulation of complex engineering,
economics, and management problems, solution methodologies for such problems,
and the analysis of the resulting solutions. Optimization is a prescriptive
operations research modeling technique directed towards discovering the best outcomes
to practical difficulties. Optimization courses must contain good theoretical
foundations. Students not well versed in theory will not know how to evaluate
the practical aspects of their discipline. On the other hand, because optimization
is a widely-applicable modeling tool, it is imperative that students are exposed
to as many applications areas as possible, e.g., transportation, manufacturing,
telecommunications, energy, and mining. Finally, students can only really
understand a topic through active participation. Therefore, my courses require
a good deal of modeling--both small-scale homework problems and larger projects. My
athletic experience in track and field teaches me that perseverance, discipline,
and patience are essential to success, not only athletically, but also academically. Courses
Taught:
EBGN325:
Operation
Research
EBGN511:
Managerial Microeconomics
EBGN 525: Introduction
to Operations Research for Eng.and Tech.Management
EBGN 552: Computational Nonlinear
Programming
EBGN
555: Linear Programming
EBGN 556: Network
Models
EBGN 557:
Advanced Computational Optimization
Areas of Specialization:
Mixed-integer programming
Combinatorial optimization
Linear programming Application
Areas:
Transportation
and logistics
Military
operations
Mining
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