Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 2013

FIRST PLACE

Team: Dutch Delta Programme Commissioner
Paper: Economically Efficient Flood Standards to Protect the Netherlands Against Flooding
Laureates: Wim Kuijken, Delta Programme
Carlijin Bak, Deltares
Jarl Kind, Deltares
Carel Eijgenraam, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
Kees Roos, Delft University of Technology
Matthijs Duits, HKV Consultants
Ruud Brekelmans, Tilburg University
Dick den Hertog, Tilburg University
Pieter Vermeer, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

FINALISTS

Team: Baosteel
Paper: Operations Research Transforms Baosteel's Operations
Laureates: Lixin Tang, The Logistics Institute at the Northeastern University in China
Ying Meng, The Logistics Institute at the Northeastern University in China
Gongshu Wang, The Logistics Institute at the Northeastern University in China
Zhi-Long Chen, University of Maryland
Jiyin Liu, Loughborough University
Guofen Hu, Baosteel 
Lijun Chen, Baosteel
Bo Zhang, Baosteel
Team: Chevron
Paper: Optimizing Chevron's Refineries
Laureates: Ted Kutz, Chevron
Nick Kenaston, Chevron
Mark Davis, Chevron
Robert Creek, Chevron
Craig Stenstrom, Chevron
Margery Connor, Chevron 
Team: Dell Inc.
Paper: Dell's Channel Transformation: Leveraging Operations Research to Unleash Potential Across the Value Chain
Laureates: Rahul Kumar, Dell Inc.
Mahesh Krishnan, Dell Inc.
Sudeep Maity, Dell Inc.
K. Chandrasekhar, Dell Inc.
Ganesh Hegde, Dell Inc.
Tejinder Kaur Bimbraw, Dell Inc.
Parag Chitalia, Dell Inc.
K. Raghava Rau, Dell Inc.
Rohit Saksena, Dell Inc.
Sumathi Subramanian, Dell Inc.
Randhir Hebbar, Dell Inc.
Murugan Pugalenthi, Dell Inc.
Karl Martin, Dell Inc. 
Team: The Kroger Co.
Paper: Kroger Uses Simulation-Optimization to Improve Pharmacy Inventory Management
Laureates: Xinhui Zhang, Wright State University
Doug Meiser, The Kroger Co.
Yan Liu, Wright State University
Lebin Lin, Wright State University
Brett Bonner, The Kroger Co. 
Team: McKesson
Paper: Supply Chain Scenario Modeler: A Holistic Executive Decision Support Solution
Laureates: Bob Gooby, McKesson
Matt Johnson, McKesson
Nathan Mott, McKesson
David Wagnon, McKesson
Graeme Case, McKesson
Kaan Katircioglu, IBM Research
Pawan Chowdhary, IBM Research
Youssef Drissi, IBM Research
Mary Helander, IBM Research
Takashi Yonezawa, IBM Japan
James Kalina, IBM
Howard Smith, IBM
Karthik Sourirajan, IBM Research
Lin Li, IBM Research
Karthik Subbian, IBM Research