Michael Hewitt

Michael Hewitt is a Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago, where he holds the Ralph Marotta Chair in Free Enterprise. He serves as Executive Director of the Quinlan Business Leadership Hub and Director of the Supply Chain and Sustainability Center, playing key leadership roles in academic and research initiatives.

His research focuses on Supply Chain Optimization, Freight Transportation, and Network Design, leveraging advanced mathematical modeling and operations research techniques. His work bridges theoretical innovation with practical applications in logistics and transportation industries.

The 15 most recent publications (limited here to 5) reflect a strong trend in continuous-time network modeling, dynamic discretization methods, and large-scale optimization for freight and service network design. His research spans disciplines including Operations Research, Transportation Science, and Supply Chain Analytics, with recurring subfields such as Benders decomposition, time-expanded networks, and resource-constrained pathfinding.

Scientific Awards:

• CSoNet Best Paper Award 2023
• INFORMS TSL Freight Transportation & Logistics SIG Best Paper Award 2021
• Glover-Klingman Prize 2019
• INFORMS TSL Best Paper Award 2018
• Loyola Faculty Researcher of the Year 2015

Dr. Hewitt has secured research funding from the National Science Foundation, Material Handling Institute, and New York State Health Foundation. He actively mentors students through research collaboration and has advised projects with real-world impact at companies like Bayer Crop Science, Exxon Mobil, and Schneider. He serves on editorial boards and holds leadership roles in INFORMS, including past presidency of the Transportation Science and Logistics Society.

He leads two major centers: the Supply Chain and Sustainability Center and the Quinlan Business Leadership Hub, fostering interdisciplinary research, industry partnerships, and student development in supply chain and leadership education.