Smith Chair of Management Science Michael Fu, was presented with the George E. Kimball Medal for recognition of distinguished service to the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the operations research profession and that of management sciences.

Airport congestion and bottlenecks are a hassle for travelers and the airline industry. But new research from Maryland Smith is helping improve decision making within airport operations by producing accurate traveler forecasts in real-time.

As courses convene for the new academic year, Maryland Smith is welcoming eight new scholars to its faculty. Tejwansh (Tej) Anand is joining the decision, operations and information technologies department as a clinical professor. Anand earned a PhD from Columbia University.

There will be a few new professors in the corridors of Van Munching Hall and in Maryland Smith’s online courses this academic year. Five new professors will join the faculty at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Here’s a little bit about them.