Metin Cakanyildirim

Metin Cakanyildirim is a Professor of Management at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas. He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University (2000), an M.S. in Management Science from the University of Waterloo (1995), and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University (1993). His expertise spans supply chain operations, inventory management, transshipments, and forecasting, with industry applications in semiconductor manufacturing, cargo airlines, and global supply chains.

Research interests include strategic inventory management, dynamic information delays, cargo overbooking models, and partial inventory observability. He has collaborated with firms like Lennox, Sabre, Motorola, and semiconductor companies on operational challenges. His work has been recognized with the Wickham Skinner Early Career Award (2005) and NSF grants totaling over $300,000. Dr. Cakanyildirim has advised numerous Ph.D. theses and serves on academic committees internationally. His recent projects address risk analysis in supply chains and decision-making under uncertainty.