Faculty - Management Sciences
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David A. Schilling
Professor of Management Sciences
Director, General Business Programs
| Personal Page: | |
| http://fisher.osu.edu/~schilling_1/ | |
| e-mail: | schilling.1@osu.edu |
| phone: | (614) 292-3157 |
| fax: | (614) 292-1272 |
| address: | 624 Fisher Hall
Fisher College of Business 2100 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 |
Education
PhD, Johns Hopkins University
BS, Miami University
Areas of Expertise
- facility location decisions
- distribution systems
- optimization and simulation modeling
- supply chain management analysis and design
Biography
Professor Schilling’s research and consulting is in the design and implementation of computer-based tools to support management decision making and has spanned both the public and private sectors.
Dr. Schilling’s articles have appeared in Management Science, Decision Science, Business Logistics, Management Information Systems Quarterly and European Journal of Operations Research, among others.He is founding chair of the College on Location Analysis of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science, and has also served as chair of the College on Information Systems of the same institute.
Within the Fisher College, he served as chair of the Department of Management Science for eight years and is formerly academic director of the MBA program. He currently directs development of general business programs, including the new general business major being offered online through Ohio State’s regional campuses. Professor Schilling teaches at the undergraduate, MBA and PhD levels and regularly offers courses in the decision sciences, logistics and operations management programs. Several of these courses are unique in the college in that they combine information technology and mathematical modeling with the fields of logistics and operations management. He recently received a Fisher College of Business Undergraduate Program Teaching Award.

