Cameron MacKenzie | Vita | Research | Publications | Presentations | Thesis Supervision | Outreach | Students
Vita
Education
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 2012. Advisor: Kash Barker.
M.S. Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2009
M.A. International Affairs, The George Washington University, 2003
B.S. Mathematics with Computer Science Option and B.A. History and French, Indiana-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, 2001
Work Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University (ISU), Ames, IA, 2015-present
Research Associate, Ames Lab, Ames, IA, 2016-present
Assistant Professor, Defense Resources Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 2012-2015
Co-Instructor for two courses (Applied Engineering Statistics and Decision and Risk Analysis), School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 2011-2012
Teaching and Research Assistant, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 2009-2011
Summer Doctoral Institute Fellow, Center for International Business Education and Research, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2011
Course Assistant, Department of Management and Science Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2008-2009
Summer Associate, The RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007
Senior Associate, The Cohen Group, Washington, DC, 2003-2006
Honors and Awards
Best Paper Award (with student Ramin Giahi and Prof. Chao Hu), Engineering Economy Track, Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers Annual Meeting, 2019
Black & Veatch Fellowship, 2017
Finalist, Public Sector Operations Research Best Paper Competition, INFORMS, 2017
Finalist, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM) Practice-Based Research Competition, 2017
Miller Faculty Fellowship, “Engaging students through online testing modules for a high-enrollment engineering economics course,” ISU, 2017
Judith Liebman Award for Outstanding and Sustained Contributions to Student Chapters, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2012
Best Paper Award, Homeland Security Track, Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2012
First Place in Engineering at the University of Oklahoma’s Student Research and Performance Day, 2011 and 2012
Overall Outstanding Graduate Student in the University of Oklahoma, 2011
Best Poster Award at the Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, 2011
Student Merit Award from the Engineering and Infrastructure Specialty Group for the Society for Risk Analysis, 2010
Professional Societies
Editorial Board, Engineering Economist Journal, current
Society for Risk Analysis (Chair, Defense and Security Group, current; Chair, Engineering and Infrastructure Specialty Group, 2013)
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
- Co-Editor, Decision Analysis Today, Decision Analysis Society, current
- Secretary, Junior Faculty Interest Group, 2015-2016
Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (Program Director and President-Elect, Engineering Economy Division, current)