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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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Assessing the Effectiveness of the Dallas Police Dept.’s First Offender Programs

Client: Dallas Police Department Team:  Kyle E. Kidd, Eric B. Lakey, S. Tyler Nau Faculty advisor: Dr. Richard Barr Year: 1995 Documents:   Final report The purpose of this study is to analyze historical data on the Dallas Police Department’s First … Continue reading

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Convenience Store Staff Scheduling

Client: Towers Perrin, TeePee  Convenience Stores Team: Eric Mentz, Greg Meurer Faculty: Dr. Richard Barr      Year: 1995 Documents: Final report Tee Pee is a United-States-based convenience store chain (renamed for confidentiality reasons) consisting of approximately 4000 stores. Tee Pee is … Continue reading

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MCI Private Network Model Design: Digital DS-3 Cross Connects

Client: MCI Communications Corp. Team:  Mona Abou-Sayed, Charlene Edwards, Scott Singleton Faculty advisor: Dr. Richard Barr     Year: 1995 Documents:   Final report This project involved developing an optimized  telecommunications-network design for a client of MCI Communications Corp. Requirements included determining the … Continue reading

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Improving Emergency Room Effectiveness via Process Simulation

Client: Baylor University Medical Center Team:  Amy Haller, Chris Johnson, Christian Puryear, Adam Saucedo Faculty advisor: Dr. Richard Barr     Year: 1996 Documents:   Final report Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) is a downtown-Dallas-based hos­pital with many satellite locations around the metroplex. … Continue reading

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Baylor Cardiac Patient Flow Simulation

Client: Baylor Heart Hospital Team: Ashley Backwith, Steven Chapman, Ikechukwu Irozura, Kelly Nelson, Josh Urquhart Faculty advisor: Dr. Richard Barr     Year: 1998 Documents:   Final report Baylor University Medical Center, a five-hospital complex located just north of downtown Dallas, is one … Continue reading

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Raytheon Software Procurement Model

Client: Raytheon Corp. Team:  Ellen Cieszkiewicz, Chuck Haley, Heather Schofield Faculty advisor: Dr. Richard Barr     Year: 2008 Documents:   Final report, final presentation Raytheon supplies its customers, mainly the government, with programs they utilize for important projects.  It is Raytheon’s job … Continue reading

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