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Lyle 2021 Senior Design Expo

Short summary videos and presentations of Lyle senior design projects for Spring 2021 are available here. Click on “EMIS” to see those by 13 Management Science teams.

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Improving Patient Flow in LBUCC’s Obstetrics

Client: Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic Team: Shorjoe Bhattacharya and Harvey Hauw Faculty Advisors:  Drs. Barr, Bing         Year: 2017 Documents: Presentation, Report Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic, located in West Dallas, offers services in many different healthcare areas including … Continue reading

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SMU Students Aim to Save Lives at Busy Intersection

NBC Channel 5 news story: Southern Methodist University students focus their project on making the intersection of Fitzhugh and Travis streets in Dallas safer for pedestrians. Senior Design team Andrew Brunts, Hailey Phelps, and David Smith built a simulation of … Continue reading

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Call Center Trunks Optimization

Client: ORM Technologies Team: Lexi Farrar, Ashley Hall, Neimy Sarmiento Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barr     Year: 2014 Documents: Presentation, Report, Video ORM Technologies currently has a call center client looking to make their call center more efficient. Currently, ORM Technologies has … Continue reading

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Clustering and Segmentation of Ticketing Data

Client: Sabre Airline Solutions Team: Hunter Ross, Mary Liz Tuttle, Ramon Trespalacios Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barr   Year: 2014 Documents: Presentation, Report, Video Sabre Airline Solutions offers data solutions and software to aid airlines sell products, market themselves, and operate efficiently. … Continue reading

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Frito-Lay Out-of-Stock Inventory Modeling Tool

Client: Frito Lay Team: Matt Alfano, Brittany Masi Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barr Year: 2010 Documents: Presentation, Report, Video The project is to design and create an out-of-stock inventory tool that is user-friendly and able to historically scan data while predicting … Continue reading

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Optimizing Sales Force Levels for Gamesa

Client: Frito Lay Team: Rodrigo Cantu, Sergio Hueck, Rafael Virzi Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barr Year: 2012 Documents: Presentation, Report, Video Gamesa, a subsidiary of Frito-Lay, is a Mexican Cookie company that sells its product in many different countries, including the … Continue reading

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Senior Design Projects & Client Perspectives

The stories of three Senior Design projects from the clients’ point of view, including North Texas Food Bank, Texas Department of Transportation, and Southwest Airlines:

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Optimal Phasing of the Opening of Buildings in an Office Complex

Client: Texas Plaza, Prof. Peiser Faculty advisor: Dr. Barr Year: 1982 Documents: Final report (PDF) Appeared in different form as a journal cover article.  R. Peiser and Scot Andrus, Phasing of Income-Producing Real Estate, Interfaces 13:5 (1983) 1-9. Integer programming … Continue reading

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Financial Product Mix for Capstone Asset Management

Client: Capstone Asset Management Co. Team: Mallory Harrison, Natalie Jaroski Faculty advisor: Dr. Barr   Year: 2010 Documents: Final report (PDF), Presentation (PDF) Capstone is a privately owned investment advisory firm in Houston, TX that offers privately managed accounts to achieve … Continue reading

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