Managerial Logistics
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Program Director: Dr. Denver Tolliver
Assistant to the Director
of Educational Programs: Jody Bohn
Program Location: Upper Great Plains Transportation Inst.
Telephone Number: (701) 231-7938
Degree Offered: M.M.L.
Application Deadline: July 1 for Fall semester
December 1 for Spring semester
English Proficiency TOEFL ibT 71
Requirements: IELTS 6
Program Description
Changing global environments pose great challenges for civilian and military logisticians alike. Response operations require huge amounts of material and personnel delivered in precise quantities and with precise timing. A key to meeting these challenges is a joint interdisciplinary approach to logistics.
The online Master of Managerial Logistics program targets inspiring logisticians, industry professionals, military officers and DOD civilians who want to meet the transportation challenges of the 21st century. A wide range of career opportunities exists in the transportation industry: logistics and supply chain management, operations management, purchasing and demand management, emergency management, consulting, retail and many more.
An advanced degree in logistics will help you stand out above others when you begin your career or advance your career in industry. The Master of Managerial Logistics degree at NDSU will enhance your knowledge, skills, and opportunities for a successful career in transportation. Advance your education and become a leader who sets the industry pace.
Admission Requirements
The Managerial Logistics master’s program is open to qualified graduates of universities and colleges of recognized standing. Students must meet the Graduate School admission requirements.
The Master of Managerial Logistics degree is an online degree and does not require a thesis. A minimum of 35 credits is required for the Master of Managerial Logistics. All 35 credits must be completed using approved courses numbered from 700-789, and 790. The creative component is the capstone experience, culminating all course material, applications, and research skills together in the Case Studies in Logistics course. An overall GPA of 3.0 or higher must be maintained.
Master of Managerial Logistics courses consist of the following:
Courses
The MML is an interdisciplinary program. All candidates are expected to take the same courses in proper sequence. The courses are shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Courses in MML Degree Program
| TL 711 | Logistics Systems | 4 |
| TL 715 | Enterprise Resource Planning | 3 |
| TL 719 | Crisis Analysis and Homeland Security | 3 |
| TL 721 | International Logistics Management | 4 |
| TL 723 | Advanced Supply-Chain Planning Across the Enterprise | 3 |
| TL 725 | Technology Advances and Logistics | 3 |
| TL 727 | Organizational Change Management | 3 |
| TL 729 | Adaptive Planning in Logistics Systems | 3 |
| TL 731 | Logistics Decision Analysis | 3 |
| TL 733 | Case Studies in Logistics | 3 |
| TL 751 | Transportation Systems Security | 3 |
Sample plan of study (Note: Plan of study can be adjusted if transfer credit are accepted.)
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| TL 711 | 4 | TL 719 | 3 | TL 729 | 3 |
| TL 751 | 3 | TL 723 | 3 | TL 731 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| TL 725 | 3 | TL 715 | 3 | TL 727 | 3 |
| File Plan of Study | TL 721 | 4 | TL 733 | 3 | |
| 3 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Total Credits: 35 | |||||
Magdy Abdelrahman, Ph.D.
University of Illinois-Urbana, 1996
Research Interests: Characterization of Modified Asphalt Binders and Mixes; Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Techniques; Performance-Related Specifications for Pavement Materials; Quality Control and Quality Assurance in Pavement Construction
Department: Civil Engineering
Canan Bilen-Green, Ph.D.
University of Wyoming, 1998
Research Interests: vQuality and Reliability Engineering, Design and Auditing of Quality and Productivity Monitoring Systems, Statistical Modeling and Applications, Applied Operations Research
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
John Bitzan, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1997
Research Interests: Transportation Economics
Department: Management, Marketing and Finance
Alan Dybing, Ph.D.
North Dakota State University, 2013
Research Interests: Asset Management, Energy Impacts, Freight Transportation, Agricultural Transportation, Supply Chain Management, Transportation Economics, Spatial Analysis, Transportation Systems Modeling
Department: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Robert Hearne, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, 1995
Research Interests: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
Department: Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Siew Hoon Lim, Ph.D.
University of Georgia, 2005
Research Interests: Production Economics, Transportation, Industrial Organization
Department: Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Jill Hough, Ph.D.
University of California-Davis, 2007
Research Interests: Public Transportation, Travel Behavior, Built Environment, Accessibility and Mobility of Seniors
Department:Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Won Koo, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 1974
Research Interests: International Trade
Department: Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Brenda Lantz, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University, 2006
Research Interests: Commercial vehicle safety systems and analysis, supply chain, intelligent transportation systems for commercial vehicle operations, and statistical modeling and diagnostics.
Department: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
EunSu Lee, Ph.D.
North Dakota State University, 2011
Research Interests: Transportation systems modeling, informatics, spatial analysis, logistics, supply chain management, Industrial engineering
Department: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Pan Lu, Ph.D.
North Dakota State University, 2011
Research Interests: Asset Management, Freight Transportation, Statistical Modeling and Applications, Multi-Modal Transportation, Applied Operation Research
Department: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Wesley Marshall, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut, 2009
Research Interests: Road Safety, Active Transportation, Transit, Street Networks, Transportation Planning and Land Use Modeling, Parking, Sustainability, Livability, and Resiliency
Department: University of Colorado Denver, Department of Civil Engineering
Subhro Mitra, Ph.D., P.E.
North Dakota State University, 2007
Research Interests: Freight Travel Demand modeling, Urban Travel Demand Modeling, Asset Management and Life-Cycle Cost Study Optimizing Logistics Network, Economic Appraisal of Infrastructure Investment
Department: University of North Texas at Dallas, Business School
Diomo Motuba, Ph.D.
North Dakota State University, 2009
Research Interests: Transportation Economics, Transportation Systems Modeling, Freight Transportation, Econometrics, Logistics, Supply Chain Management
Department: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Peter O'Dour, Ph.D.
University of Missouri-Rolla, 2004
Research Interests: GIS, Groundwater contamination, Remote sensing
Department: Geosciences
Richard J. Porter, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University, 2007
Research Interests: Road Safety, Highway and Street Design, Project Development, Risk and Reliability Analysis, Traffic Operations
Department: University of Utah, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Joseph Szmerekovsky, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University, 2003
Research Interests: Project management and scheduling, Complex systems and flexible manufacturing and using linear and nonlinear dynamic and integer programming and network flows
Department: Management, Marketing and Finance
Denver D. Tolliver, Ph.D.
Virginia Polytechnic University, 1989
Research Interests: Transportation Systems Planning, Freight Transportation, Economic Analysis
Department: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Rodney D. Traub, Ph.D.
Purdue University, 1994
Field: Operations Management
Department: Management, Marketing, and Finance
Kim Vachal, Ph.D.
George Mason University, 2005
Research Interests: Policy, Economics, Regional Development
Department: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Amiy Varma, Ph.D.
Purdue University, 1993
Research Interests: Transportation Systems and Planning, Traffic Engineering, Airports, and Infrastructure Management
Department: Civil Engineering
Nadim Wehbe, Ph.D.
University of Nevada, Reno, 1997
Research Interests: Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Structures, Bridge Engineering, Earthquake-Resistant Bridges, Advanced Composites
Department: South Dakota State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
David L. Wells, Ph.D.
University of Missouri-Rolla, 1996
Research Interests: International Studies in Manufacturing Technology, Strategic Management, Economic Development Strategies
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
William W. Wilson, Ph.D.
University of Manitoba, 1980
Research Interests: Commodity Marketing, Agribusiness, Industrial Organization
Department: Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Frank Yazdani, Ph.D., PE
University of New Mexico, 1987
Research Interests: Structural Engineering/Mechanics, Constitutive Modeling of Materials, Damage Mechanics, Plasticity, Computational Plasticity, Finite Elements, Concrete and Masonry Materials
Department: Civil Engineering
