Dr. Roger A. Solano
Chairperson - Department of Management and Marketing
Slippery Rock University
105 Eisenberg Classroom Building |
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ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES: |
EDUCATION |
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering – August 2008. New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ. Research area: supply chain management for business process outsourcing. Expertise: mathematical modeling, optimization, and statistical analysis. Chair: Dr. Sanchoy Das. Master of Science in Industrial Engineering. January 2001. New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ. BS in Industrial Engineering – March 1994.UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA, Maracaibo, Venezuela |
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS |
Solano, R., Hart, M. Dong, N. Bender, C & Li, X. (2017). “Study of Bus Schedule Reliability in The Butler Transit Authority System” Pennsylvania Economic Review volume 7 (1) Gönül, F. F. & Solano, R. (2017). “Empirical Insights on Improving Bus Reliability at a Rural Transit System,” Asian Journal of Empirical Research. volume 7 (12) Solano, R., Hart, M., & Nguyen, D. (2017). “Identifying automatic vehicle location (AVL) data completeness issues in a rural transit authority system.” Asian Journal of Empirical Research. volume 7 (1) Gönül, F. F. & Solano, R. (2013). “Innovative Teaching: An Empirical Study of Computer Aided Instruction in Quantitative Business Courses,” Journal of Statistics Education. 21(1) Solano, R. & Mondal, S. (2012). “Using Social Networks and Internet Based Audience Response Systems in the classroom.” Pennsylvania Economic Review 19(1) External Research Grant Report: Mondal, S. & Solano, R. (2017) “Analysis of 2012 Census of Ag Data” Funding: Center for Rural Pennsylvania (Co-principal Investigator), Center for Rural Pennsylvania’s 2015 Research Grant of $15,000 |
GRANTS |
Solano, R. (2015) “Improving Schedule Adherence in the Butler Transit Authority System” Funding: SRU Faculty/Student Research Grant Mondal, S. & Solano, R. (2015) “Analysis of 2012 Census of Ag Data” Funding: Center for Rural Pennsylvania Solano, R. (2014) “Improving Time Tables in a Local Transit System” Funding: SRU Faculty/Student Research Grant Tustin, T. & Solano, R. (2015). “Identifying Data Completeness Issues in the Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) Data of the Butler Transit Authority System” Funding: SRU Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) in STEM Grant Program. Li, X. & Solano, R. (2014). “Improving Bus Schedule Reliability in the Butler Transit Authority System.” Funding: SRU Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) in STEM Grant Program. |
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS |
Solano, R. Xu, L. (2019). Actual running time variability in a rural transit system. Invited paper to be presented at the POMS 30th Annual Conference May 2019, Washington DC, USA Solano, R. (2017). Identifying Missing Values Occurrences in AVL Data from a Rural Transit System. Paper presented at the POMS 28th Annual Conference May 2017, Seattle WA, USA Solano, R. (2017). Allowed Time, Half-Cycle Time, and Recovery Time Analysis for a Rural Transit System. Paper presented at the POMS 28th Annual Conference May 2017, Seattle WA, USA Solano, R. Hart, M. Bender, C. (2016). Using AVL Data to Determine Bus Schedule Achievability for a Rural Transit System. Sponsor: SRU FSRG. Invited paper presented at the POMS 27th Annual Conference May 2016, Orlando FL, USA Solano, R. (2016). Hart, M. Bender, C. Tustin, T. Completeness analysis of AVL Data in a Rural Transit System. Sponsor: SRU FSRG. Paper presented at the POMS 27th Annual Conference May 2016, Orlando FL, USA Solano, R. Bender, C. Hart, M. Tustin, T. Nguyen, D. (2016). Improving Bus Schedule Adherence in a Rural Transit System Using Automatic Vehicle Location Data. Sponsor: SRU FSRG. Paper presented at the POMS 27th Annual Conference May 2016, Orlando FL, USA Mondal, S. & Solano, R. (2014). Identifying the Trends and Conditions in the Pennsylvania Agricultural Sector. Presented by Dr. Mondal at the Pennsylvania Economic Association Annual Conference on May 2014 at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, Pennsylvania Solano, R. & Gönül, F. F. (2012) “Innovative Teaching: A Test of the Khan Academy in Improving Learning Business Statistics" presented in the 2012 ACBSP Annual Conference in Baltimore on June 15-18, 2012. Solano, R. & Gönül, F. F. (2011). “Innovative Teaching: A Test of the Khan Academy in Improving Learning Business Statistics”. Presented in the ACBSP Region 2 Conference, Eastern Council of Business Schools & Programs, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, November 2011. Selected as having the “Best of the Regions” presentation at the Region 2 meeting. Invited to present in the 2012 ACBSP Annual Conference in Baltimore on June 15-18, 2012. Mondal, S. & Solano, R. (2011). “Using Social Networks and Internet Based Audience Response Systems in the classroom”. Presented at the Pennsylvania Economic Association Annual Conference on June 2011 at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA Solano, R. & Sanchoy, D. (2009). A Hierarchical Framework for the Design of Service Supply Chains. Paper presented at the POMS Conference. Orlando, Florida. Solano, R. & Sanchoy, D. (2009). Service Supply Chains - Selecting Service Providers to manage demand shift with a flexible labor pool. Paper presented at the POMS Conference. Orlando, Florida Solano, R. & Sanchoy, D. (2006). Design of a Service Supply Chain for Business-Process Outsourcing. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society. Boston, Massachusetts
Research Involving Undergraduates: Dong, N. Solano, R. (2017). Improving Schedule Adherence in the Butler Transit Authority System. Sponsor: SRU FSRG. Paper presented at the SRU Symposium for Student Research, Scholarship and Creative Achievement, March 2017, Slippery Rock, PA Solano, R. Hart, M. Bender, C. (2016). Using AVL Data to Determine Bus Schedule Achievability for a Rural Transit System. Sponsor: SRU FSRG. Paper presented at the Pennsylvania Economics Association (PEA) Annual Conference June 2016. Slippery Rock University, PA Dong, N. Tustin, T. Solano, R. (2016). Identifying Data Completeness Issues in the Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) Data of the Butler Transit Authority System. Sponsor: SRU FSRG. Paper presented at the SRU Symposium for Student Research, Scholarship and Creative Achievement, March 2016, Slippery Rock, PA Hart, M. Bender, C. Solano, R. (2016). Using AVL Data to Determine Bus Schedule Achievability for a Rural Transit System. Sponsor: SRU FSRG. Paper presented at the SRU Symposium for Student Research, Scholarship and Creative Achievement, March 2016, Slippery Rock, PA Solano, R. & Li, X. (2015). Using Automatic Vehicle Location to Improve Bus Schedule Reliability in a Rural Transit System. Paper presented at the POMS 26th Annual Conference May 2015, Washington DC, USA Li, X. & Solano, R. (2015). Improving Bus Schedule Reliability in a transit system. Sponsor: SRU Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) in STEM Grant Program. Presented at the Symposium for Student Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, April 2015, Slippery Rock University Li, X. & Solano, R. (2014). Improving Bus Schedule Reliability in a transit system. Sponsor: SRU Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) in STEM Grant Program. Presented at the second annual PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, November 2014, Slippery Rock University. Award: 2nd place in presentations. Rivet, S., Sirianni, A., Boulding, C., & Solano, R. (2014). Reducing variation in time between stops in a bus system. Presented at the second annual PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, November 2014, Slippery Rock University Bender, C., Friel, J., & Solano, R. (2014). Dwell time in a local transit system. Presented at the second annual PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, November 2014, Slippery Rock University Scialabba, K., Shearer, A., & Solano, R. (2014). Study of the capacity and staffing levels at a university residential complex. Presented at the second annual PASSHE Undergraduate Research Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, November 2014, Slippery Rock University |
PUBLICATIONS IN PROFESSIONALLY, EDITORIALLY-REVIEWED JOURNAL |
Guthrie, R., & Solano, R. (2016). A Closer Look at Slot Hold Percentages. Casino Journal. |
WORK IN PROGRESS |
Solano, R. (2019). Allowed Time, Half-Cycle Time, and Recovery Time Analysis for a Rural Transit System. |
OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES |
Contribution to the scholarly growth of one's peers: - Reviewer, Journal of Statistics Education 2016-Present. |
COLLEGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
Professor, (2018- present) Associate Professor (2009 – 2018) Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock, PA. School of Business Chairperson (May 2019 – May 2021) Department of Management and Marketing Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock, PA. School of Business Graduate Courses, MBA: Winter and summer courses
delivered on-line. Regular semester courses Blended/Hybrid: 51-79% Online.
Quantitative Analysis, Supply Chain Management. Spring 2014 - Present Undergraduate Courses: Operations Management 1, Operations Management 2 Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO (Formerly University
of Missouri at Rolla). Department of
Business and Information Technology (2008-2009): Lecturer Courses: Undergraduate: Supply Chain Management, Business Operations Management, And Business Statistics. Graduate (MBA): Project Management. New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ. Department of Industrial and Manufacturing
Engineering (2001-2008): Teaching
Fellow Courses: Applications of Computer Graphics in Industrial Engineering, Engineering Cost Analysis (Distance Learning. Web Based), Engineering Economy. Center for Pre-College
Programs
(2005-2008): - Assistant Director: (Specific Programs) Coordinated daily operations, academic, material and human resources. Designed academic program. Supervised personnel. - Elementary Science Outreach: Retrained science teachers in Newark, NJ. UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA, Maracaibo, Venezuela. School of Industrial Engineering. Assistant Professor (1995 – 2007) Courses: Engineering Economy and Introduction to Industrial Engineering. Academic Scholarship to pursue Ph.D. from 8/1999 to 8/2005 UNIVERSIDAD RAFAEL BELLOSO CHACIN, Maracaibo, Venezuela. School of Science and School of Management. Adjunct Professor (Sept 1994 - Jul. 1995) Courses: Statistics, Operations Research, Production and Processes Control. |
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