Doctoral Dissertation Award Winner
Haritha Metta
Revenue Management Science Analyst for Carnival Cruise Lines
Dissertation Title:
A Multi-Stage Decision Support Model for Coordinated Sustainable Product and Supply Chain Design
Dr. Haritha Metta has accepted the position as a Revenue Management Science Analyst at Carnival Cruise Lines starting August 2011. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing at the University of Kentucky. She holds a Master’s Degree and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kentucky and Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, India, respectively. Her research interests are in the areas of supply chain design and optimization with a specific focus on sustainability and multi-criteria decision making in complex systems. She published her work in journal articles, book chapters and in several conference proceedings and also presented at national conferences. A part of her dissertation work won the Ann Taylor best paper award at the International Conference on Value Chain Sustainability. She is an active member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) society, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (Student Chapter President (2008-2009)), and a member of the Delta Epsilon Iota and Golden key International Honor Societies.
