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Margaret Shipley

Professor of Management

Office: B490
713-221-8571
shipleym@uhd.edu

Scholarships

Dr. Shipley's primary research interests involve the utilization of fuzzy logic in multi-criteria decision making, project management, and quality management. Her work has appeared in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Omega, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Computers & OR, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, International Transactions on Operational Research, European Journal of Operational Research, and International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, among numerous other journals.

University of Pittsburgh Ph.D. Operations Research/ IE

University of Pittsburgh (MSIE) Master of Science in Industrial Engineering Operations Research

Salisbury University BS Mathematics

Margaret F. Shipley received her Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering. She teaches in the areas of project management, management science, service operations management and international management. Her primary research interests involve the utilization of fuzzy logic in multi-criteria decision making, project management, and quality management. Her work has appeared in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Omega, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Computers & OR, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, International Transactions on Operational Research, European Journal of Operational Research, and International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, among numerous other journals.

She has taught at the University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering, Rice University, and in the International Business program at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University in Bad Mergentheim, Germany.

Operations Management
Management Science
Statistics
Quality Management
Service Operations Management
Management of Organizations
International Management
Small Business Management
Project Management
Decision Making for Security Executives
Decision Making - MBA

Business and Professional Experience:

Quality Control Technician
Project Management Consulting & Training
International Teaching: Statistics, International Management & Project Management

Organizations/Community Experience:

Girl Scout Troop Leader
Treasurer and Board Member for Co-Op Preschool
St. John Vianney Church member

*Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from SGA- University of Pittsburgh - 1984
*Small Business Director's Association UHD SBI Program, Margaret Shipley, Director- 1995 Showcase Award
*Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service- 1996
*UHD Award for Excellence in Scholarship/Creative Activities - 1997
* *UHD Honorable Mention Online Instructor of the Year- 2002
* Who's Who Among America's Teachers - 2002
*Finalist UHD Award for Excellence in Scholarship/Creative Activities – 2006
*Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society- (member, served as UHD chapter president 2005-2006)
* Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society – Business Honor Society (member)
*Omega Rho Honor Society – Operations Research Honor Society (member)

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