Alan Erera

Alan Erera is the Manhattan Associates/Dabbiere Chair and Professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. He serves as Associate Chair for Research, Faculty Director for the M.S. in Supply Chain Engineering program, Co-Director for Global Transportation in the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, and Co-Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Innovation & Research Center.

Education:

• Ph.D., Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (2000), University of California, Berkeley
• M.S., Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (1996), UC Berkeley
• B.S.Eng., Civil Engineering & Operations Research, Summa Cum Laude (1993), Princeton University

Research Focus: Transportation and logistics systems planning under uncertainty, with emphasis on dynamic vehicle routing for same-day distribution, resilient food supply chains, service network design for freight carriers, container fleet management, and real-time operational control. His work combines stochastic/robust optimization with applications in urban delivery, shared mobility, and supply chain security.

Scientific Contributions:

• Developed dynamic dispatch wave frameworks for same-day delivery
• Created robust network design models for food supply chains
• Innovated container fleet management techniques for global shipping
• Pioneered truckload linehaul optimization
• Advanced real-time routing algorithms

Awards & Honors:

• INFORMS Transportation Science Dissertation Prize Winner
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellow
• NSF/USDOT/DHS Research Grant Recipient
• Berkeley Fellowship for Graduate Study
• W. Mack Angas Prize at Princeton

Methodological Trends: Combines dynamic programming, stochastic optimization, and machine learning for logistics challenges. Key article themes show progression from fundamental network design (2002-2014) to modern AI-enhanced approaches (2023-2025) in urban delivery and real-time systems.