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Lake Highlands Soccer Association Game Scheduling

Client: Lake Highlands Soccer Association Team:  Sherif Khalifa Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barr Year: 2008 Documents: Final Report (Word), Presentation (PPT) The scheduling of sports competitions is a challenge for both professional teams, such as the NBA, to amateur leagues. In … Continue reading

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Telecom Mergers & Acquisitions: Economical & Technological Effects

Team:  Julianna LaFerney, Casey O’Brien Faculty Advisor: Dr. Siems Year: 2009 Documents: Final Report (Word), Final Presentation (PPT) Telecommunications industry is one of the most profitable and rapidly developing industries in the world and it is regarded as an indispensable … Continue reading

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Tuning-In on the Market: The Financial Impact of Project Delays in Product Development

Client: Microtune Inc. Team: Andrew Bass, Chris Ginder, Shan Zaidi Faculty Advisor: Dr. Siems Year: 2009 Documents: Final Report (Word), Final Presentation (PPT) The problem our team faced was how to account for the financial impact of project delays in … Continue reading

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The Wealth of Nations: A Study of Political Institutions and Economic Growth

Team: Kathryn Gotcher, Kyle Merino, Gregory Moran Faculty Advisor: Dr. Siems   Year: 2009 Documents: Final Report (Word), Final Presentation (PPT) In the present global economic state, finding ways to improve a nation’s economy is vital to government leaders. The … Continue reading

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Transportation Bid Selection Tool

Client: Alix Partners Team: Matthew Hale Faculty advisor: Dr. Barr   Year: 2008 Documents: Final report, final presentation The main goal of this project was to create a tool that would assist midsize companies in their selection of transportation bids. … Continue reading

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More Than Just Great Food: Factors Influencing Customer Traffic in Restaurants

Client: Team: Emily Moravec, Megan Siems, Christine Van Horn Faculty advisor:  Dr. Siems  Year: 2009 Documents: Final report (Word), Final presentation (PPT) Although our client is a world leader in casual dining, the company experienced a decrease in overall customer … Continue reading

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Orange Grove Management

Client: Gonzalez Orange Groove Team:  Rafael Alvarez, Sylia Gallegos, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Sky Noyd Faculty advisor: Dr. Barr   Year: 2008 Documents: Final report (Word), final presentation (PPT) For this project we represent both the client and the consultant. This … Continue reading

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Gulf Freeway Evacuation Model

Client: Team: Ava Damri, Calvin Smellage, Al Zinkand Faculty advisor: Dr. Barr  Year: 2009 Documents: Final report (Word), final presentation (PPT) Our team examines the evacuation of six cities in the Gulf Freeway area stretching from Galveston in the south, … Continue reading

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Scheduling Agency Pick-ups at the North Texas Food Bank

Client: North Texas Food Bank Team:  Allison Griffin, Pragya Lohani, Megan Walker Faculty advisor:    Year: 2009 Documents: Report (Final report) Presentation (PPT) The North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) is a non-profit hunger relief organization that distributes donated, purchased, and prepared foods … Continue reading

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Call Center Scheduling: Federal Reserve Bank

Client: US Treasury-Federal Reserve Bank Team:  Morgan Brunz, Brittany McCluskey Faculty advisor: Dr. Siems, Barr Documents: Final report (Word), final presentation (PPT) The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has a call center that responds to customer requests to change from … Continue reading

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